BYC Café

[LaFleche]

Come on Broody Magician! Send a spell her way!! And don't miss and hit the rest of the girls like you did last year.

 

[little chick-y baby mama]

Someone less than 5 mi from my house has offered to incubate the eggs. They arrive Wednesday. So if nothing else I'll have to brood and integrate the little buggers myself.
But I'm still hopeful Astrid will tip over the edge. The first year she went broody she did it in July. Last year she went broody in July and again in August.
Come on Broody Magician! Send a spell her way!! And don't miss and hit the rest of the girls like you did last year.

very funny

 

[sourland]

Come on Broody Magician! Send a spell her way!! And don't miss and hit the rest of the girls like you did last year.

Sing a little song Dance a little dance walla
The Broody GPS slipped a bit, but I was fairly centered on you. Ten days for results.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning Cafe cleaning the bigger brooder see if they can handle nipples yet

 

[ronott1]

From what I understood they were broody but did not like being moved to the maternity ward. They prefer their previously chosen nesting place.

Oh, they're broody alright. I've been breaking them left and right since spring. Once I finally relent and buy hatching eggs, THAT'S when they decide to knock it off... somewhat.
Every broody I've ever let set, locks on in the Ward. Not these two stubborn midgets.

Broodies are not reliable for a breeding program.

I hatched for a breeder for three years that was sure that broodies where the way to go. Finally they realized that they needed an incubator!

The breeding program is going much better now

 

[Sally PB]

The littles survived their first night out in the coop. They were in the huddle box when I went out there at lockup. Six more nights, babies, and then you can go outside in the run! I promise, you will like that.

They do not like pellets. They like crumble. The adult food they will be eating is crumble, so I'm processing their starter pellets in the blender to mash then up a bit. They also don't like their feeder. They want to eat either off the floor, or out of a bowl. They'll be eating out of a bowl when they get bigger, so I'm giving in on that too. Momma softy.

 

[aart]

They also don't like their feeder.

What feeder were they using before?

 

[aart]

Lovely semi lazy day here...smelling rain falling and bread rising/baking.

 

[ronott1]

Lovely semi lazy day here...smelling rain falling and bread rising/baking.

I mowed the front lawn, pruned roses and pulled some weeds. When the sweat was getting into my eyes, it was time to stop!

The high today will be 107F

 

[Sally PB]

What feeder were they using before?

It's the same one. One of the kind that mates to a regular mouth canning jar. But they'll peck a little at it, then peck at anything that spills onto the floor. They prefer stuff down at foot level...? I guess...?