Can you post some pictures of your lovely little girls?Good morning fellow chicken lovers. I thought I would give you a bandit update.
This is her eating with our baby flock. They still sleep in the garage and I wake them up with the sun. They usually follow me like little duckies to the chicken run, but my 16 month old spilled a bunch of food on the ground. As you can see she is healthy and happy. She really didn't want to be isolated from her sisters, so put them together. Given their breeds, they all have sweet temperaments and don't pick on eachother. No like my big girls. Also, I would have taken one of my big girls to the vet and spent $1200 if I needed to because they made it to adulthood, braved the winter and have given me many, many eggs. With the chicks, although I love them, I do know that their lives are very delicate and I just couldn't justify the money on a chick. No one has to agree with me, but I did what I thought was right. He life meant enough to me that I spent about $100 in medical and surgical supplies. I gave her a chance instead of culling her and I took pain management measures. I actually used the anesthetic on my middle toe to test it out before giving it to our chick. Should something happen to our flock that we can not treat at home, we would do vet care or euthanize. I also have the money to spend on the vet, but I disagree with the idea if you can spend money on an outrageous vet bill, you shouldn't have animals. I do however respect other people's opinions that counter mine. Thank you for all your support for bandit.
So you trying to jinx my desire for a cockerel?! I know call me crazy, but want/need one, especially a blue egg gene carrying dude (that would be nice). I am wondering about the white one being a male, that was Percheron Chicks guess. As far as the broody, I believe the count starts the day after you load her up with eggs. Just like when you incubate. How exciting, we passed on Cathy's eggs as we didn't have a broody or time for another incubation round and of course have had two Broodies since then. One is very serious, been having to pull her out of the nest boxes at feeding time or she won't eat. Oh well that is how it works sometimes. Good luck with your broody can't wait to see pictures. I have garden envy, you have a great garden space and lots of sunlight! Anyway, we haven't gotten ours in yet, been working on our greenhouses. Hoping to get our starts planted soon.
Thanks for the advice and suggestions, I admit I am not afraid of the roo. I am just more mad at him. After
all we raised him from day one, gave him more girls than he ever knew what to do with, eliminated all of his competitors, etc. I figured he would show some appreciation or respect.
Cute babies and congrats on the eggs.Some exciting news today, I got my first quail eggs. Just shy of six weeks. I don't know yet how many females I have in total but I got two little eggs this morning. I'll probably have to separate them soon as the boys are starting to get a little feisty. They still have two more weeks to grow out. Gives me a little more time to mentally prepare.Here's a few shots of my girls from their first trip outside a while back.
