Sadly, no. She sat on them for only about another 36 hrs, then dedicated her time to the two that hatched. I put the rest in the incubator only to find out my incubator failed to heat. I suppose its time for a new one ... this one was close to 15 yrs old, so it was just a matter of time before...
I'm a grandfather! .... again 😁
Here's two of the new little ones ... and the brooding mama. The two small white eggs came from my Bantam frizzle and should reach its 21 day on the 2nd.
Ok, ok ... I guess we'll keep them around for the fun. I say 'them' because I just found out my wife has two more white ones stashed away in the hatchling pen.
Appreciate the lightining fast reply!
However weird and cute it may look, I'm sure it'll still give me the eggs I want and will make great soup in a couple years.
Over the years I've had plenty of chicken surprises, and my current flock co hosts of sexlinks, orphingtons, red rock, leghorns and a few funny feather legged things I cant remember the names of ... but I got this little bugger with a group of what was supposed to be rhode island reds.
What is...
Thanks all ...
The horses and the few milk cows we had got a little tired of the chickens all over the place. And once the barns got too full w/ the 2k+, we called in the aunts and uncles for package/cleaning day! Everyone that showed up to help was able to fill their trunks w/ up to 100...
Hello all ..
Moved to Pasadena a couple years ago after retiring from the USAF after some 25+ yrs.
I grew up on a horse farm and have wanted to have livestock again throughout my entire career.
I know I said horse farm ... but there was once a time we had over 2K chickens quite unexpectedly...
Mary ...
Normally I just read these threads and have never added opinion or praise.
But since we seem to be city neighbors ... I thought I'd send you this link:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/anne-arundel-county-maryland-chicken-ordinance
City ordinance gives 40K sq ft as a guide for...