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I bet she was, lol.

I thought about finding some goose eggs for her to sit on earlier on, since they wouldn't get squished and wouldn't die like poults if they get wet, but now that she's been sitting a month I want something that'll hatch quick so she can be done. 

lol. give her some quail.

that would be a real site to see haha .

too bad you dont have any goose eggs that are halfway done.

the sizzle eggs prolly are your best bet.

I hope so. She's a midget white, so not a whole lot bigger than a big chicken so I think it might work. I have 2 that are going on lockdown today, so she wouldn't be on them long. Then I'll have a turkey with tiny sizzles, and a sizzle with EE chicks bigger than her. 

It was a rough night here....I was up till almost 3am watching tornadoes bouncing around all  over the place.  I wasn't going to go to bed till the storms passed in case the power went out and I had to go into incubator survival mode.  Most of the tornadoes stayed about 50 miles north of me, thank goodness.  Reports are that they weren't big tornadoes and damages weren't too bad.  No one hurt bad, but there was some major flooding in areas, with people being rescued from flooded homes.  I got some much needed rain...some hail, ugh, and some major lightening and thunder...I mean major lightening!  I'm really amazed my electric did nothing more than blink on and off once. 

Sorry QJ it's always rough losing one either to illness or predators or unknown reasons even. Sounds to me like it would be better for her to pass along at this point.   

It's finally May! This is the month that all of my ducklings should be coming in. I've got 10 Silkies coming from Holderread in 2 weeks (with alternate dates the following weeks). Then I have 16 Anconas coming to expand colors in my flock. In the meantime I've got to figure out where I'm going to put all of them in the event they all come at the same time. 

i let everyone out today and was trying to get the guineas out and keep the chickens in so i could put my silkie girls in with them .

i stepped in the chicken house and notice something doesnt look right,

i look all around and no red rooster

i searched the barn for him.

behind the shed.

i have no clue what happened to him.

i dont remember even seeing him yesterday (i kno that sounds horrible but on nice days they stay out in the field all day . other than the hens come up one at a time to lay)

now im stuck with this plain black rooster.

i woner if i could talk grandma into a pretty splash rooster? orrrr maybe i can keep one of my silkie chicks that end up being a rooster

Morning All 

I hope so. She's a midget white, so not a whole lot bigger than a big chicken so I think it might work. I have 2 that are going on lockdown today, so she wouldn't be on them long. Then I'll have a turkey with tiny sizzles, and a sizzle with EE chicks bigger than her. 

haha .

you girls are all gona be mixed up

I slept on the couch watching the lightening storm so I know what you mean.  3am I fell asleep.  Now the sky looks kinda black again.  Actually that was 5 minutes ago, so it could have all changed by now.  Love Missouri weather.

PR?

Oh no!!

Hey Kevs

Why don't you get some eggs from Duckie Hottie Guy?  That other girl did.  She PM'd me that they met somewhere and that he is "not bad on the eyes."  ;)  I told her to lay off my duckie hottie guy.

Ok UPDATES:   Chicken is still breathing.  I'm shocked.  But I think she'll go sometime today.  She is very comfy and doesn't appear to be in any pain.  Still watching the others to make sure all is well.  I think this was an isolated freak thing.  We all know how Chicken Luck goes.

Hatchings:  I have one mallard x ancona that hatched early early this morning.  It is super cute.  Black with a yellow bib.  And tiny like a mallard.  2 more will be out by this afternoon including backwards pipper who has not needed any help at all.  :)

The 2 ancona eggs have both pipped and won't be out until tmw at least.  

Beaker is laying!! So that's neat.  Gotta find a way to separate them now.  I saw mallard doing the hanky with ancona.  We can't have that.

Ok, #2 mallard cross just popped out.  Black with a white bib. So cute.