Oh Lordy .. this is more challenging than my own 1st birth and my son was a whopping big 11lb natural birth
So after seeING one little chick yesterday, all sweet and fluffy and going out with Mom to peck, this morning I saw that there were 2 fluffies sitting in the sun.
Then I noticed a...
Thx so much Chicmom and Nayeli! Appreciate it :) She's made her nest under a large lavender bush in the herb garden which is enclosed with chicken wire and shade cloth. I made a kind of shantytown, skwatta construction when I discovered her to give her some protection from the rain which has...
I was wondering why the hens had stopped laying and thought it was due to stress from 2 of them being caught by a "rooikat" (caracal) some 10 days earlier. Meantime, Big Red Hen had made a nest and was broody - I actually thought she had been eaten as well, as she had disappeared for a day or...