MJ's little flock

[BY Bob]

Good evening MJ and everyone

Good afternoon grammy

 

[MaryJanet]

Use the worry to prepare and then let it go and trust the ladies to do their job. It will be much more enjoyable.

I'm pretty sure everything will be ready on time. The only thing left to do is prepare the gravel for the water dish.

 

[MaryJanet]

I will be very interested to see what your observations are.

There's gorgeous weather forecast right up hatch dates, so I'm not sure if my observations will say much about weather awareness. I already mentioned Peggy took an hour yesterday morning. Ivy took an hour yesterday afternoon.

So far today, neither of them are inclined to get up.

 

[Shadrach]

Mainly me

I've just been outside in the dark candling the eggs and it looks like there are two chicks and one non-starter.

One each then.

 

[Shadrach]

Good evening folks

The girls will at some point reject any egg that isn't going to hatch.

I've had hens roll non fertile eggs right out of the nest. I've often wondered how they know so early on.

 

[Shadrach]

In future I won't bother checking the eggs. I'll let the hens do it for me.

That's what I've done in the past. I'm pretty sure most broody hens know well before we do.

 

[Shadrach]

That is very interesting.

I also found Sydney's breaks to roughly correlate with the temperature. The hotter the day the earlier she got off the nest and the longer she would stay off. Have you noticed that?

Donk holds the tribes record for time off nest at almost four hours. I was begining to worry.

 

[Shadrach]

8-11 days to go!

Ok. I'm getting excited now


Still heaps worried though

I did mention it was a full time job.

 

[BY Bob]

Donk holds the tribes record for time off nest at almost four hours. I was begining to worry.

Wow. That's long. Glad she knew what she was doing.

 

[Grammy60]

Good evening MJ and everyone

Good afternoon grammy

Hello BY Bob How are things at your place ? Good morning to you and the misses ❤