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Good morning Club![]()
Thank you all so much for your lovely comments; I will pass them on to Tina![]()
I have no idea how she stays so white either! She rolls in the dirt like everyone else and ends up so dirty but then a couple of hours later, sparkling white again![]()
You all know that I love my gals and I do remember saying that I do not have a favourite but there is something about a broody on a nest that just tugs on the heart strings!
You know how they say that women have a ‘glow’ when they are pregnant; I wonder if the same goes for a broody hen … how could you not love that sweet face?
Liz lolz at “blue makeup” .. just cos a gal is broody does not mean she can’t look her best on the nest![]()
Woo hooo .. let's get this Friday over and done with and bring on the weekend!!!![]()
Maybe our girl Tina stays so white because of her silkie feathers. My Delawares look horrible right now. I actually think I am going to bathe them both this weekend.
She is a lovely broody and so photogenic. I like that you can still see her head and neck. Gracie and Julie look like piles of feathers in those nest boxes.
Best of luck with the integration liz! Frankie's noggin must be looking better.I would suspect it's from someone else. Wellsummers lay dark, terracotta, eggs - much darker than either of those. Enjoy the abundance, regardless!
Unless she's hiding them (unlikely), Marsha hasn't laid in 3 days. She might be on strike until Broodzilla calms down, or she might be doing an early molt, or a combination of both. Sigh.
Grace and Rousseau have been sparring between the wire separating the short nest. I want to integrate them tomorrow - those bubbies have been waiting a long time while the popular kids run amok. I'm nervous about it, wish us luck!


I do not know but like @16 paws says apparently they were listening when you said you wanted more brown in your basket.
Speaking of baskets thanks for posting yours here is mine:
I have 17 layers right now - 4 raising or sitting or about to begin sitting so I should be getting more but I think heat plays a role. I have had a couple of 12 egg days though and new Olive Egger, the 2 Marans and 2 Ameraucauna should add some nice color once they are laying. I also have Stella who should lay a lovely little cream egg and Aster and Garnet and Topaz and my 2 New Hampshire girls who, when they start laying with add more brown.
And yes don't think anyone is necessarily keeping track besides me but my girl Beak Face is back on the nest. So I have GB and JT with eggs BF waiting for some and Norma Ray...still hanging in with those babies who are 7 weeks old today!! Gracie Belle hung out with Garnet even longer. Laid 2 or 3 eggs then went broody again
I have contacted a breeder here on BYC who has Blue Barred Plymouth Rock. I hope to get her eggs unless I can find some others close by with breeds that I want.
I have also had contact with a woman who lives in Chico, 2 hours away, who has two Bantam Cochin pullets one of which carries the frizzle gene...I am very tempted to pick them up but haven't decided yet for sure...on the one hand I would be getting known pullets and eliminating the guess work of hatching...on the other hand...I want to hatch them and get them to love me from day 1. On the third hand getting over to Chico will be a pain in the butt now that school is in session again as I won't want to take the time after work or on one of my precious weekends to get over there.
Finally, I have a mystery in the coop. I found a partial egg shell in Gracie Belle's nest on Tues. There was no egg goo or anything just the small end of an egg shell. I had given her 3 eggs on Sunday but only two remained.

I hope hope hope that I can get those Plymouth Rock eggs!
I hope you all have great weekends!