Wow, that’s a bit harsh Penny! I got 13 eggs and 2 developed so I won’t have many. Decided not to hatch more, I ordered 3 ducklings to be shipped instead.
I’m working on it, but I’m hatching Runner ducks right now. I miss my chickens SO MUCH and decided ducks would be an acceptable substitute for a while.
That sounds so nice! I understand the need to take a break, I do once in a while. We had enough rain last night to leave a few puddles but not much. It’s gardening season here, just planted artichokes, garlic, carrots and lettuce. No flock atm.
If you take the fake eggs out and collect regularly it may help the broody break. All I had to do was take eggs and give mine chicks and she left in a huff :gig
Good almost afternoon. I cleaned up the yard, cleaned and filled waterers and feeders and stirred the litter in the coop. The flock got some crickets with their scratch this morning and some FF a little while later. I’m working on training my AC chicks to roost at night. Their poor mama has been...
I managed to downsize a bit today. I sold the Turken and d’Uccle chicks. Almost got murdered by mama but managed to get out alive. I’m down to the rooster and 6 hens plus two AC chicks that are about 2.5 months old now. We’ll start working on integration this weekend.
Yes’m I am. I have wanted at least one barred hen for a while. I lost 4 birds this year to heat after I sold 9 hens so I was left with only 3 hens plus some chicks and the eggs in my incubator.