Well I guess it's a good thing I got the new BC Marans rooster just in time. The one I told you all hasn't been doing well died today, I found him out under the bush he liked to sit under. It didn't surprise me a lot, I have kind of been expecting it. I think he had a problem with his heart because his comb & wattles were bluish. The hens seem to be fine though & the new little roo is settling in. He kind of gave me a scare this evening, I couldn't find him. I had seen him earlier sitting in the coop on the roost. He hasn't really ventured out to free-range much yet, I don't think he had that option where he had been, so he's not used to it. Anyway when I fed the chickens I looked for him & didn't see him. I walked all around thinking maybe he was sitting under a bush or something because we had a short rain. Finally I went into the coop & all of the chickens were already roosting, so I started looking through them all & he wasn't on the roost. I looked over & I have a couple hens that I think are trying to go broody, so I didn't think anything of them sitting in the nests. I got to the end nest & looked & there was my little rooster sitting in the nest like the hens, silly boy. I pulled him out of there & sat him up on the roost.
I empathize with you Hawkeye, it's hard to leave the eggs alone & the waiting is hard! I have two more days before any more eggs are due to hatch. I visit my little chicks in the brooder often though to check on them. They're doing great so far & they actually got too warm today & spread out from under the light. I got caught in the garage when it started pouring rain, so I stayed in there for awhile so I didn't have to get soaked going back to the house since it's across the drive a ways. The roof on the garage is metal, so the sound of the rain is loud! Those little chicks acted like the sky was falling, they ran under the lid on the brooder since it's solid wood & the top of the brooder is hardware cloth. They stayed under there until the rain stopped.
KarenS, I haven't forgotten your bunny pics, I'm going back out in a few minutes to take some. I got caught out in the rain trying to do chores & I came in as soon as it let up, but I have to go back out before long & try to finish what I started out there. I'm trying to clean my old furniture that we put out in the garage with my small carpet cleaner so I can take pics of it. I'm hoping to find a new home for it soon so DH can get his car back in the garage. He's already complaining & it hasn't been out that long.
I empathize with you Hawkeye, it's hard to leave the eggs alone & the waiting is hard! I have two more days before any more eggs are due to hatch. I visit my little chicks in the brooder often though to check on them. They're doing great so far & they actually got too warm today & spread out from under the light. I got caught in the garage when it started pouring rain, so I stayed in there for awhile so I didn't have to get soaked going back to the house since it's across the drive a ways. The roof on the garage is metal, so the sound of the rain is loud! Those little chicks acted like the sky was falling, they ran under the lid on the brooder since it's solid wood & the top of the brooder is hardware cloth. They stayed under there until the rain stopped.
KarenS, I haven't forgotten your bunny pics, I'm going back out in a few minutes to take some. I got caught out in the rain trying to do chores & I came in as soon as it let up, but I have to go back out before long & try to finish what I started out there. I'm trying to clean my old furniture that we put out in the garage with my small carpet cleaner so I can take pics of it. I'm hoping to find a new home for it soon so DH can get his car back in the garage. He's already complaining & it hasn't been out that long.
