Mama and her Valentine’s Week chicks made their first visit to the run this sunny warm weekend!! First time mama who hatched 2 of her 3 eggs on February 16 & 18th is doing great with chipmunk and #2 who we think are babes from each of our roosters.
We had to rehome the Roos on Valentine’s Day...
I posted yesterday about moving a broody hen and her eggs.
we were off yesterday was day 21 on egg 1. At 12:30 she was on the eggs. At 3:30 I found her moved over a nesting box and Easter egger in her box. The eggs were cold to touch and there was a chick.
I removed the chick and egg and...
We have three hens. 2 silkies 1 Easter egger. All about 10 months old. Silkie is broody and about three weeks in on 4 eggs (she started with 5 we were sure one was a dud and removed that 1).
she seems serious. She exits the coop into the run 1x a day. First thing with the other girls...