I heard from Tonopah Pati. She has been sick for a month and is very weak.
That was all she said before signing off.
NEW CHICKS: On getting new chicks for my flock, I think we have made a decision (my mother is my chicken partner).
Thank you to all of you for suggestions and letting me know what you had available. I especially appreciated the PM from
Triple T letting me know they have Cinnamon Queens available and the PM from cluckin_crazy with a tip on a lady who hatches sex-links in Gilbert and the note from Monhonri about breeds that have layed well for him..
Bobbie in Gilbert is hatching sex-links this weekend, and since I wanted brand new babies to give to my broody hen, I am planning to go that route. Shocker...I think I rather than getting matching hens like we did last time (all BA's), this time we are going to get one of each of each sex link color: red, black and gold. It will be a big change to be able to tell them apart easily! I think we will also get some "packing peanut" roosters too keep the 3 girl babies company during the raising process.
Last night we moved Broody Squiggles from the up in the air nest box to a dog carrier on the ground under the orange tree. She is setting on 2 ceramic eggs and 3 golf balls. She seemed content with the change until she got up and got confused and went back to the up in the air nest box. I moved her and she stayed put on the eggs in the carrier, so I think she is ok with it, just used to going into the coop where the regular nest boxes are. My nest boxes are very small and I don't want chicks falling out and getting hurt. Also, my irrigation comes Sunday so I need to be able to mover her/them off the ground for a few hours. The dog carrier will enable that easily. I hope soon to report that we have the brand new babies and that she has accepted them and is being a good mama. I choose her because sheis the most protective broody.
Hoping all goes well, as she has only been broody for a week or so. We are very excited!
