𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 2𝐤22 ~ Flo's Hatch-A-Long ~

[All4Eggz]

more bees

Setting up a dish with sugar water.
We’ll see how it goes.

you can put a shallow saucer / plate with some sugar water for them
To “detour” to

 

[All4Eggz]

Knowing that you have the comfort to snap these pics with your allergy suggests you’d be able to do the plate of sugar water and watch them goto it and avoid the feed…. Likely 80-90% will detour from what I’ve learned.

I am deathly allergic, but I have learned there is no use in being afraid. I know that if I don’t bother them, they won’t bother me. Snapping a few photos and setting up sugar water is as close as I’ll get to them.

 

[All4Eggz]

I snapped this photo the moment after Peanut pecked a bee for intruding into her space. That bee quickly retreated.

Then I noticed a dead bee right next to Peanut on the pellets. She must have pecked it to death .

Clearly she is not having it. Neither am I .

 

[PetraStonegirl]

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I snapped this photo the moment after Peanut pecked a bee for intruding into her space. That bee quickly retreated.

Then I noticed a dead bee right next to Peanut on the pellets. She must have pecked it to death .

Clearly she is not having it. Neither am I .

I am here for Peanut! I love birds with their own special peculiarities.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Also wanted to add that when we had the day that was in the 50’s, the bees were going crazy for the chicken feed for some reason.
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There were dozens of bees inside the bags of feed, and the bags are feed are in the same area as the broody in her crate… when I was going to candle the eggs, I had to cover up and wait for the bees to clear up, being allergic to them.

Just thought it was interesting that they came so early.

They are desperate for pollen. They need it to feed their larva (baby bees).

 

[All4Eggz]

By the time March rolls around, looks like the weather will be getting closer and closer to ideal .

 

[Daisy1702]

Good luck, the chickw if they hatch will be due on and aroundy birthday

 

[All4Eggz]

Today is the two-week update.

One. Week. Left.

They will be hatching next Saturday into Sunday.



Flo (the name y'all voted for in this thread) is doing very well! She gave me a bit of a heart attack yesterday... When she was finished eating, drinking, and running around, she started going inside the coop and started climbing the ladder to the ROOSTS! I immediately got her off the roost and gave her a little push towards her crate, and thankfully, she plopped right back down on the eggs. I don't know if she forgot about them, or what, but since I don't have an incubator, I got really scared.


Will candle hopefully tonight and give y'all updates. The pictures don't seem to be working well, so I will give verbal updates (I'll see if the pictures turn out okay) .

Flo had gotten off the nest every day except one. One day it was snowing hard and she decided to stay on the nest.

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[All4Eggz]

Good luck, the chickw if they hatch will be due on and aroundy birthday

Thank you!
I am hoping some chicks hatch a little earlier than expected . My impatience can't bear to wait another week .

 

[Daisy1702]

Thank you!
I am hoping some chicks hatch a little earlier than expected . My impatience can't bear to wait another week .

Haha, unfortunately you shouldnt acually hope for earlier ones and i had a silkie hatch at day 16 and didnt survive cause hadn't ebsorbed the yolk sack