Yup, it is really sad to witness. I'm a wreck for a few days, making sure the chicks get enough to eat and get into their coops at dusk.I do understand the reasons behind the behavior... I just don’t like it... it’s just so sad... But that said.. what I have noticed was that they were more readily excepted by the flock than the ones without a mama..
Way to go Sydney!! What a champ!Maturity
Based upon comb color and physical size of the New Girls I figured they were not quite mature. Probably several weeks to go. I mean look at Sydney's comb. It's not exactly red and she is still smaller than Lilly.
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This is despite the fact that she is nearly 25 weeks old.
Yesterday, Sansa squatted for me. A sure sign she is getting older. (They are the same age). No one had inspected nesting sites that I have seen. I had no heads up so what happened this morning shocked me.
What happened when Farmer Bob let them out at 0 dark thirty this morning? Only 5 hens emerged to free range.
Sydney was missing.
A search immediately ensued. Let ne zoom out on the above photo.
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So thought, OK, she's getting warmed up. I need to get the prefab out of the run today anyway. Isn't that cute. So I let her be and started catching up on all of the posts here from overnight.
While I was still doing that, you all were very busy last night, I hear the escort call.
I am still thinking how cute. She is practicing.
It was no practice!
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I actually took a photo of her nest assuming it was empty. It was only when I looked at the photo that I realized she had laid a tiny egg.
I am stunned!
They grow up so fast!
But woohoo! More eggs!
When I was little, I really loved my nana. She was our care giver. Her face was so deeply lined, it was like railway tracks and I still love that face more than any others, ever. I hope I get lots and lots of wrinkles too!I only wear makeup if I'm "dressing up". Say, for a wedding. Sometimes not even then.
Men don't usually wear make up. Why should we? A face is a face.
I make tea and watch the steam curl off in the sunlight. Interrupts almost every impulse!How do you do that?
Of course now I am dying to know what your extreme views are! Given that everyone who responded basically said they don't wear make-up, it is hard to imagine what could possibly be a problem. Maybe you believe that nobody should leave the house without a full face on? Somehow, although I don't know you in person, that seems like a highly improbable view for you to hold!
