I didn't get my nap. Wound up transplant more bushes instead. Last night's coon capture resulted in one of the newly transplanted bushes being destroyed so I had to replace it and since I had more bushes I decided to plant a few more.
Now I'm waiting for dark so that I can candle the eggs in the incubators. I sure hope that the Vorwerk eggs are growing. Last year I hatched chicks sired by my Vorwerk rooster but the 6 eggs that I had under the broody all turned out to be duds. I hope that he hasn't decided to quit taking care of business.
I gather Welsummer eggs for the past week to send to a BYCer in New York. I gather eggs shortly before 6 and spooked a hen off the nest. When I started packaging up the eggs I had 23. Went back out at 7 and the 24th egg was in the box. Now that is a cooperating chicken. My Welsummers are from the Calico Woods line and his are as well. Since I currently have eggs in both of my incubators he will wait until after Chickenstock and send me some of his eggs. By breeding distantly related birds from the same line it will reinforce the good qualities my birds possess.
