Hello everyone,
Awww, I am sorry about Peach. I wish MC many happy adventures in the truck. The pictures of all the baby chicks are making me think thoughts of getting the incubator out, again.
Roger, Hecate, my Barred One, says you could come to NM. But, there is a rooster here. He...
Well, I will see how Gilgamesh grows out. If he looks good, then he is going to be the flock roo. But, I think I need to find some unrelated, or only distantly related CCL females. The other three I am going to grow out and pick the female that fits in best to be a flock member. The others I...
I only have the one marans, but she is a sweet natured chicken. Not like certain psycochicken EE/"Americauna"s I know.
My Easter hatch was awful. Chicks pipped, but didn't zip and died in shell. One was bracing another egg that seemed to have a pip going on at the bottom and I so...
Cute chicks! I like the grey blue ones especially. Not a clue on boys vs. girls. Astrid made it pretty apparent from, like, day three that she was a he. And George has always looked like a girl. Pink combs before four weeks of age seem an indicator.
George hangs more and more with the...
Good Girl, Smoke!
I am back up to two a day, again, at least for today. Hattie made her little blue green donation to the cause today.
Lockdown! Hope I get chickies!
Hi Rawley!
So, my chickens' egg production has halved. Hattie has quit laying, at least for the last two days. I do not know if this is because her egg is getting eaten, or she is just feeling a bit verklempt about the fact that the rooster has found his mojo and she's his favorite. I miss...
My hatchalong eggs are still percolating. They looked good the last time I candled, until I dropped one. It didn't break, but it bounced on the carpeted floor and I am highly dubious that one will hatch. I'll know when I candle them Friday for the second "official" candling whether to pull...