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  1. Ribh

    Ribh's D'Coopage

    Wrold had bubs out in the run when Henry gave his warning call. Bubs immediately went under cover while mum stood guard. She is actually well under cover & hard to see.
  2. Ribh

    Ribh's D'Coopage

    Wrold is definitely protective. I am still treating for stick flea & have to keep mum & bubs together or they both get frantic. No-one did this the last 2 times so I wasn't sure if this was normal or a strange aberration. :fl I have a pullet. Mr Google, not the most reliable source, suggest...
  3. Ribh

    Ribh's D'Coopage

    Thanks, Shad. I don't care so long as her behaviour isn't detrimental to her or her chick.
  4. Ribh

    Ribh's D'Coopage

    Yes, she's done all that. They've been out of the coop in the run. All that is normal. She's doing all the mum things while still acting broody. I know my girls are nutters but this is a whole new level of nuts.
  5. Ribh

    Ribh's D'Coopage

    Ok, all you broody experts: Wrold has hatched her chick; the excess eggs have been removed but the silly girl is running round with her chick still acting broody. She is bokking away, fluffed up like a dandelion head & tossing bits of straw over her back. Has never happened before. Should I...
  6. Ribh

    Ribh's D'Coopage

    The chick is doing well. Much healthier than the 1st lot.
  7. Ribh

    Ribh's D'Coopage

    Me too. You probably don't remember but she & her sister, Alpia, were chronic broodies their 1st year. Unbreakable. 🙄 It's so nice to be able to give her fertile eggs & let her sit to some purpose.
  8. Ribh

    Ribh's D'Coopage

    CATURDAY. No surface is safe.
  9. Ribh

    Ribh's D'Coopage

    Wrold has her chick out & about.
  10. Ribh

    Ribh's D'Coopage

    No. She stole an Aracuna egg so was sitting on 2 blue & a brown- not that it matters any more. I was out all morning & came home to find Wrold off the nest & out in the coop with her chick, the extra eggs stone cold. I'd say she is done.
  11. Ribh

    Ribh's D'Coopage

    No...but she stole an extra egg & is still sitting. The extra egg isn't due for another 10 days. Not happy, Jan...🫤
  12. Ribh

    Ribh's D'Coopage

    So far, so good. Doing well. Eating. Drinking. Pooping.
  13. Ribh

    Ribh's D'Coopage

    One. Definitely one of Cobwebs.
  14. Ribh

    Ribh's D'Coopage

    EXCITING NEWS! I have one egg hatching! I can see the beak & some of the feathers. She looks a bit like Cobweb. I'd about given up thinking all the eggs were duds or Wrold had done something dastardly along the way.
  15. Ribh

    Ribh's D'Coopage

    I think I am winning - finally!
  16. Ribh

    Ribh's D'Coopage

    Henry... Allowing me to check him over.
  17. Ribh

    Ribh's D'Coopage

    Henry is the most wonderful rooster! I am, as I have said, battling stick flea. Today there were very few on anyone & few running round ~ until I came to Henry. Now Henry doesn't like being grabbed anymore than any other chicken but he is docile once nabbed & He settled into my lap prepared to...
  18. Ribh

    Ribh's D'Coopage

    Probably. I watched her send 2 kookaburras off. Too near her nest. Q
  19. Ribh

    Ribh's D'Coopage

    My resident currawong has built her nest in the ficus that overhangs the chicken coop. She is fiercely territorial but seems to understand the chickens, the cats & I are now part of her territory. She does not harass us. She does steal the occasional egg but what's an egg or two between friends?
  20. Ribh

    Ribh's D'Coopage

    I lost Sweetpea yesterday. Not really a surprise. She never regained her mobility despite everything I tried. I think she enjoyed her life, such as it was. She had a good appetite & was always excited for me to lift her out of her crate & settle her somewhere in the pen with food & water...
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