2020 Flock Life

Which came first: the chicken or the egg?

  • Chicken

    Votes: 90 54.2%
  • Egg

    Votes: 55 33.1%
  • Neither

    Votes: 21 12.7%

  • Total voters
    166
We did a photo shoot this morning with the littles,we also candled the two remaining eggs and they are still moving just very comfy or they are a day or two behind because of the power outage. not sure but since they are still moving in there i'm just leaving them for right now.

Babies!! Let's play Who do I belong to? :gig
View attachment 2143341 this is the chick we assisted! It made it! This one is Dijon's baby has leg feathers.
View attachment 2143342 This one is easy too, Cajun's baby
View attachment 2143343 This one might be Sundae's or Hersey's? leg feathers, almost all black, kids named it Midnight.
View attachment 2143344View attachment 2143346 This one is pretty coloring, maybe Yoshi or Hopper? or maybe Syrup? we're just not sure
View attachment 2143347 This one same thing but also might be a brahma? the egg was a lighter color, nice amount of leg feathers.
View attachment 2143348 This was the first one born and it's Dijon's baby as well. no spots on their heads so maybe these ones will be girls
View attachment 2143349 Maybe another Australorp baby? no leg feathers on this one. we named it Licorice
View attachment 2143356Another Cajun baby, this one is a little bitey, the other one was more chill.


We got in our new numbered zip tie leg bands for the young ones out in the barn area, so we'll be working on getting everyone tagged and put into the computer spreadsheet, and naming them! I got two packs because I know we'll have to change out the bands when they are almost full grown. I'm also figuring out which ones will be only egg layers and which ones I'll be breeding/ hatching from I'm unfortunately not going to be hatching anymore of Dijon's eggs, i'm not liking the temperament i'm seeing from them, same with Hopper, and Chase. which are RIR and golden comet.

Lots of things to think on, but first good hatch will hel us figure out which way we're going.
They're so adorable! 💞
 
We lost Toasted this afternoon. Boys came in yelling that he was bleeding, went out and saw there was no way we could have helped him. I just ordered trail cameras too to help us figure out what was killing our flock and they are arriving tonight. I'm so upset right now.
I'm so sorry to hear that! 😪 I hope you can figure out whats going on and dispatch of it!
 
I'm so sorry to hear that! 😪 I hope you can figure out whats going on and dispatch of it!

Thank you, we do too, hubs got the trail cam all set up so we'll see what it picks up over the next couple of days.

We set a batch of only Brahma eggs today as the 9th baby hatched out and the waxed one didn't make it. Scrubbed everything down and now we'll see how these go. Other wise I'll be looking for a breeding replacement for my girls.
 
All 6 hatched! :jumpy:jumpy:jumpy
Luna and Clucky with their six new chicks.
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In other news, my white gander (Walter) passed away on the 10th May. 😔 He was 44 years old and was only 5 years off of the world record. His partner (Emma) has been distraught and has done nothing except sit about all day since his death. They had been together for well over 30 years and had never been apart from each other.
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Some nice photos of Walter.
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Poor Emma is very lonely now.

Sorry for your loss:hugs
Looks like he lived a long happy life.
 
We lost Toasted this afternoon. Boys came in yelling that he was bleeding, went out and saw there was no way we could have helped him. I just ordered trail cameras too to help us figure out what was killing our flock and they are arriving tonight. I'm so upset right now.

That’s awful. Sorry for your loss:hugs
I hope you find what’s getting them

We had a fox problem with the ducks a few weeks ago. They were wandering off around the fields and foxes were getting them.
 
I haven’t been on here in a while, uploading photos takes too long so I’ve been using my Silkies Instagram instead 😭

How’s everyone’s flocks been doing?

My 2020 flock life has not went to plan at all unfortunately.

Just a few photos from while I’ve been away:

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lovely photos!! :love
I love the last one of the three on front of the lake.
 

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