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Aww, thanks!
My current broody count:
1. Ombretta, who does not want to give up the mom role even though the "chicks" are far too big to even be called that and are getting to be bigger than her... yet still sleeping under her! 11 weeks old!
2. Bonnie and the 13 troublemakers/balcony jumpers/heart attack factors: they are exactly one month old today.
3. Rosita on Pallina's eggs - I had thought/said July 2 hatch date, but then I remembered that Pallina is a banty, so that probably means a day earlier - tomorrow!!!!
4. Pallina on booted bantam eggs... day 2.
5. Chiocciola on Ameraucana eggs... day 2.
...plus the bator with the rest of Ameraucana/Araucana/booted bantam eggs also day 2.... I could use another broody if over 60% of them hatch! Teila, can I borrow Cilla if she does go broody?
IC, welcome back .. re: “Hmm, so if Cilla does go straight to broody, are you going to give her eggs? “ see above! No, no, no … eggs!
You know, you are so adamant, someone might even think that the strong reaction is a sign of denial... not me of course... but you know, someone might.
Yeah I actually almost deleted my comment yesterday when I saw a bigger picture, because on closer view, the color is too dull and I figured it was just the light/angle. Sorry to needlessly worry you!
I know you weren't asking me, but I also gave Bonnie 13 bator chicks this year, and she accepted them with no problems. Last year, Cenere had hatched two, and I added two more 5 days later.
The recommendation is generally to do it at night and slip them under her... I followed that last year (all went well), but not this year. - the bator chicks had all hatched in the afternoon/evening, and were getting restless the next morning, and I didn't feel like waiting... so I did a test with a couple of them first. Bonnie had been sitting for the full 21 days, only hers did not develop, so I swapped a couple of eggs for chicks, waited a bit, saw her chatting to them, and proceeded to bring the rest in twos and threes. All went splendidly except for the initial overwhelm at about 11 when she didn't seem to be able to fit them under, but a bit of shuffling and waiting more fixed that too. A month later, they're a big happy family.
Oh no, I am so sorry!
what??? Wendy Wyandotte heard you wanted another broody hatch a long!!!she is sitting pretty in the most heavily trafficked nest box and ROARS at me when I stick my hand in.
oh boy.....
Yay for hatch-alongs!!!!!!
I did this last year, with Cenere, because of an eggcident with the original ones she was sitting on - I was thinking none might hatch because of a broken one, and added some more 5 days after the original ones... what actually happened was, two of them did hatch and she got up... then we had to invent a very improvised bator box (didn't have an incubator at the time) which was basically a heat lamp in a box plus a bowl of water... three more hatched, on two different days, and I added them at night (two different nights, that is). She accepted them all with no problems, even though the first hatched were a week old by this time.
It always depends on chickenalities, but I'd say worth a try - though a back-up plan is a good idea.
I have no other news to tell, except for the fact that I think I heard peeping from Rosita's eggs... no pips yet, so I could be hallucinating... or they could be internally pipped and that's why I hear them... anyway, another day or at most two to go!
Oh, and have I shown you how pretty the pretty boy from the first hatch is becoming? I haven't, have I? Here he is:
The orange girl is a cutie too, I'm thinking both of them are keepers:
And one for Cenere fans, since it has been a while... a kiss from one of her best pals.
Edited to add another shot of the above scene, as it is a much funnier view!
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