Looky what I collected from the grandkid's playhouse this morning.

[Struttn1]

The Eastern/Royal Palm cross hen that was sitting the nest of 12 eggs hatched her babies yesterday. There was one dead and 1 unhatched and 2 eggs not accounted for that I am assuming were bad and she had at sometime carried them away from her nest. After relocating them to a secure pen a very agitated Mommy finally joined them and all ar resting comfortably next to the feed and water. I will try to get pics but it may be a few days as this hen gets very agitated when approached too closely.

 

[Mahonri]

What a beautiful post Easter blessing!!

Congrats!

 

[Lagerdogger]

Was the tom a Royal Palm or also a cross?

 

[Struttn1]

The hen is a cross from a Royal Palm hen and True wild Eastern tom. The hen bred with my Royal Palm tom and the variety in the box is the result. The hen has a lot of wild wariness in her and does not tolerate being approached closely at all.

 

[flowergirl60]

Cuties. Congratulations.

 

[chicmom]

Darling!

 

[kagedgoddess]

Thats so exciting!!! Congrats!!! I wish my rp hen would set! I have two royal palm x standard bronze hatching right now. Cant wait to see what they look like. Keep posting pics as they grow!

 

[kuntrygirl]

Too cute!

 

[Struttn1]

I just went out to check on the ducklings in the brooder cage and heard the hen putting and yelping and I could here a poult in distress. I found this little guy has squeeze under the side of the pen where the rain has washed the dirt away. he/she was in the cold drizzling rain and pretty wet. I grabbed him/her up and after a session with the hair drier and an hour under my shirt on my belly he was kee keeing for Mommy so I returned him to the pen after taking care of the escape hatch.

 

[whenchickensdream]

Oh my goodness, how cute. Love the pictures.