jessschlles4
Chirping
Congrats on your new addition! Also appreciate all the kind words left regarding T.S. Colin. We faired ok. Lots of rain. The new coop and run held up very well, just a few leaks which we have now fixed. I brought in the girls as weather was expected to get worse - in their typical teenage girl fashion they appeared to hate me for being an overly protective momma hen. It was definately an 'If looks could kill' kind of moment. But nonetheless everyone was safe and slept in comfort. Glad everyone here faired well.I am so excited Martha's first chick! They were in a brooding box hung on the wall of the coop - 12 inches from floor - and I knew a chick had hatched this morning when I heard a very loud cheep cheep because the chick had gotten out of the brooding box and was on the coop floor! Martha didn't have a clue she was sitting on her other four eggs like nothing had happened. I moved the operation to the crate I kept my four baby chicks in when I brought them home and they are separated from rooster and other two hens right now while Martha figures out how to be a Momma! I had to put the chick under her wing 4 times before I left for work but when I got home tonight and the chick moved out from under her, she pecked at it until it ran back under. Not hard pecks. I hope that is ok. I have a tiny waterer and chick feeder in the crate. Martha obviously left the crate to poop on the coop floor a couple of times today, so all is going ok so far now to try to sleep tonight! Thank goodness no T.C. Colin, I have the other chickens in the outside pen it has a roof but if the rain were blowing sideways, it would be awful for them. I hope everyone else is doing ok with the storm.