I have a project pony that I bought 2 years ago. He was broke at one point walk-trot and then was left out in a pasture for a few years, so when I got him I essentially had to restart him from the very beginning. Now he's a successful show hunter and just completed his first season of...
...you shouldn't mess with." And of course he had to throw in how cute Crick is which just proves that they are so much a like in that aspect too. *cough cough* He wishes...
Well, it seems that the older Cricket becomes, the more Polish features start to appear... He/She may not end up...
Oh no... I think I have a little boy...
Today the chicks were acting a little fresh and wound up in their brooder - they were jumping, flapping their wings, darting all around. All of sudden Cricket pounces on Bernie. Bernie shoots forward, startled, and turns to face the attacker. Crick...
Haha! Very true. Crick has the funky toes too!
I know! I'm going to have a hard time giving Bernie back... I really hope he/she can stay. The agreement was to borrow until the others eggs hatch and none hatched, so..... ??? I might have to make them an offer, lol. ;)
1 Week old:
(It was such a HOT and sunny day, I let the duo out for a few minutes to soak up some sunshine):
(^^^ Wing feathers starting to grow in!)
^^^ Two-Legged Race! LOL
8 days old:
(Warm day, but too breezy to go outside, so I let them explore my room - not without putting down...
As some of you may know, my first time hatching chicks (broody method) was a huge FAIL and an overall pretty bad experience (clumsy hen). Out of 15 eggs only 4 hatched. Out of the 4 that hatched, only 1 survived.
The survivor is Cricket - 1/2 Polish, 1/2 Silkie, hatched May 15th. Lovingly named...
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^^^ Spanky and Bo-Peep
^^^ Spanky (RIP :( )
^^^ Bo-Peep (note: that's not her egg...)
^^^ Mr. Puffy (I'm not really crushing him, I swear!)
^^^ Mr. Puffy
^^^ Yeti
^^^ Yeti
THE NEW ADDITION - CRICKET (hatched 5/15 - Polish X Silkie):
Since Cricket was the only [surviving]...
So I finally decided to kick my broody off the nest and discard the rest of the eggs. I checked the eggs one last time - candled them, saw no movement or further development... I decided to crack them open just to see what was wrong. All the eggs did have [mostly developed] chicks, but they were...
Haha! I think that red streak is actually a reflection off the heat lamp - it only appears in pics that the flash goes off on, lol. It does look pretty neat though :)
Thanks. She's my only hen that goes broody and was practically raised up by me (got her at 2 days old). She's a real sweetheart...
Thank you.
This was #3, drying off under the heat lamp right after hatching (looked just like #1, lots of white, grey legs with orange toes)... :-/
AND IT SEEMS LIKE OUR LUCK HAS CHANGED (knock on wood)!!! We have chick #4 (who looks just like #2 did), hatched last night! This one was...
*properly readjusted brooder
Thank you.
I haven't seen/heard signs of life from the other eggs [yet]. I'm wondering if the chicks are already dead. The first egg to be laid candled positive for chick development, and later on candled "solid" for chick close to hatching... has yet to hatch...
Yeah, that was my new plan... However, I just can't seem to win with this.
A third chick hatched, with assistance, very early this morning (there's quite a story with this one). I put it in the brooder and it was doing quite well considering the circumstances of its hatch... My parents were...
...as the first one had. I'm excited to see how this one looks once dry! This one also has inherited the "silkie toes"
I'll update this post later with more pics of this one fuzzy
**** hen [accidently] killed this baby too!!!
I'm sorry for the language, but *** is going on here with her?!