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These adorable lucky ducks were hatched by our lovely buff orpington, Sophia

Our sweet Myrtle was the first hatch here on our little backyard homestead... And yes, she finally grew into those feet!!

We do, but it's currently housing a batch of chicken eggs! That was my first thought though, to put her in there to possibly regain strength.

Here she is

About 2 weeks into our first attempt at letting a broody khaki Campbell hatch a clutch I read that they are NOT reliable moms and now on day 31 I see why. We were down to 1 egg (from the 8we originally gave her). I could tell there was a living duckling inside so I wasn't too worried when we...

Tomorrow is (by our calculations) hatch day for our first khaki Campbell eggs incubated by a broody hen! She has spent the last couple days seriously fortifying the nest and only comes out for a few minutes at a time a couple times a day. Unfortunately her nosey duck and chicken brothers and...

My husband and I have been keeping chickens for a little over a year now and we finally had our first broody hen. She disappeared 4 days ago and after searching extensively we assumed she'd been taken by a hawk. Two days later we bought a batch of chicks to replenish our flock and while...