Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

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NotAFarm said:
I had some eggs in the incubator and was hoping one of my hens would go broody....an Icelandic pullet, only 8 months old, was the only volunteer this week...she has been on the nest all week with just one/two quick potty breaks...so tonight when I went out to the garage to check the lockdown humidity, one of the Icelandic eggs had a pip....wasting no time.....I ran in the house....got a hot damp towel.....grabbed the five Icelandic eggs and one Blue Isbar egg from the 'bator and ran out to the barn. I traded the golf ball under the pullet for the six eggs. We'll see how she does with them.........
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Ohhhhhhhhh, I am so excited to hear ! ! !
 
I'll bet she'll be a great mama... so far my Icelandic pullet has shown no signs of going broody... but wouldn't it be great if that happened sometime during the hatch so I'd have a mama to raise chicks!?!?!

I'm planning on one of my Ameraucanas to go broody, they always do in March or April. And they've really started laying well, I'm getting 10 eggs a day regularly, out of 16 hens.
 
Mahonri said:
I'm planning on one of my Ameraucanas to go broody, they always do in March or April. And they've really started laying well, I'm getting 10 eggs a day regularly, out of 16 hens.
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EVERY one of my Wheaten Ameraucanas has already went broody. One is done with her 3 chicks, as of a few days ago. Two more have chicks now, and 2 are in the layers coop after I broke them. Those are the broodies girls ever!
 
chevynova said:
Time for some pic spam.

Plus six buff Brahmas, two red pullets, and four Rouen ducks from TSC:
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The chicks and ducks are nice, but the hand is beautiful. Seriously. What a pretty hand.
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NotAFarm said:
I had some eggs in the incubator and was hoping one of my hens would go broody....an Icelandic pullet, only 8 months old, was the only volunteer this week...she has been on the nest all week with just one/two quick potty breaks...so tonight when I went out to the garage to check the lockdown humidity, one of the Icelandic eggs had a pip....wasting no time.....I ran in the house....got a hot damp towel.....grabbed the five Icelandic eggs and one Blue Isbar egg from the 'bator and ran out to the barn. I traded the golf ball under the pullet for the six eggs. We'll see how she does with them.........
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Updates to follow tomorrow!!
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Yay! Can't wait to hear. How will you know so quickly? My broody hens don't let me know what is going on until they take the chicks off the nest after a day or two. Are Icelandics broodies quite easy to work with?

Do a lot of people put pipping eggs under a broody hen? I have never tried that, but it sounds like a good idea. Usually, I let them hatch in the incubator and then I'll know how many broodies I need for the number of chicks that hatched. (No, it's not foolproof.)
 
A little more Alaskan drama tonight. Momma moose and her calf are in the pasture. I was going to snowplow a path to the barn, and I got through the gat and about halfway to the barn when the dog took off towards my BIL's 5th wheel thats parked about 20 yards from where I was working. I looked to see what the dog was chasing and see the young calf bolt past the camper and then momma came charging out after the dog. He got out of the way easy enough but I think it surprised him since the other moose (without a calf) had been so non-chalant about everything.

Anyway, while the dog was busily distracting the moose I took the opportunity to hustle my bustle out of the pasture. Then I had to work outside of the pasture till momma and baby went back to their browsing.

Once I felt it was safe enough I made the trip to the barn to do chicken chores. Production in my layer pen is up :D

Feeding the dog was just a little dicey. The dog gets fed outside in a 3sided shelter that was the old goat house. The moose where on the near side of the trees, about 40 feet away. Fortunately they pretty much ignored us.

When chores are done and I'm back in the house I hear my house dog barking her fool head off :rolleyes: I see baby moose is working his way, nibbling tree to tree, along the fence line. I can't see momma anywhere, but the maremma is sitting about 10 yds from the baby moose just quietly watching.

Next check, baby is over by the compost bins, dog is following it, momma is still nowhere to be seen. A few minutes later we spot baby heading up the path into the woods, dog close behind. He's not harming the baby but he is making it want to move away. He's pushing it away, almost herding it away from the barn and "his" chickens. Momma is finally spotted way back over by the original sighting, out of site of baby and dog. She's calmly browsing.

I'm really glad I was out there early, when it was still light enough to see, and that my dog, although young, is a very quick study.
 

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