I am locking down tonight....when I get home.....not sure how late that will be..... It will also be day 7 on the eggs I set for a fertility check....22 silkies and the first eggs laid by my teenage EE's. My silkie eggs haven't been fertile, and my poor 11 month old Silkie Roo (daddy to all the babies I've hatched) died over the weekend. So, I'm hoping my 7 month old roo starts stepping up the plate....
Update to the ice chest I left on the steps of the UC Davis Pathology lab Sunday night.... I called their receiving area. I said, I drove up Sunday and - at that point she started laughing and said "left an ice chest". We chatted for a bit, with her giggling the whole time, she put me on hold for a few minutes to check on the status of things. She came back, still laughing, and told me they were working on the birds as we spoke. , I did NOT ask them if they thought it was a bomb. But something about the whole situation really hit her funny bone. I am hoping that both Gotro17 and I get answers as to why our young chickens died suddenly.
MC it is really good to have you back!!!