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One of my keepers from July, “Sugar.”

Bia means “food” in Irish!

A couple more pics

So I hatched 5 eggs on the incubator and gave the chicks to the hen. She hatched 2 herself and her last egg is now zipping. So she will be taking care of 8 babies! She looks a bit stressed; hope she is big enough to keep 8 chicks warm. She is a bantam Cochin; a bit bald right now from the rooster.

Well my Broody’s eggs were supposed to hatch last Sunday but they still have not. One got crushed somehow and I removed one that was covered in poop from the hen pooping in the nest. I picked the remaining 3 up to candle them and one of them chirped! They had internal pips so I put them back...

My broody hen is doing great in the shed. She was upset when we spent the day cleaning out her shed, and got off the eggs for an hour or so, so I grabbed a couple and candled them. One was clear but the other was developing so I gave it back to her. She is sitting on 5 now. So I have been...

Gave 6 Swedish Flower eggs to my broody bantam Cochin today; I think she will be a great mom. 🤞

Ok looks like I will be hatching again for the 4th month in a row. I have never hatched so much before 😂 One of my bantam Cochins went broody and I decided to let her hatch. I moved her to a cage in the shed with a cat litter box for her to sit in, and she seems to be staying broody so I will...