I got home from work this evening and checked on Shirley in her "cat litter box" nest on the floor of the coop, and she has at least two newly hatched - but all dried off - chicks! I thought tomorrow was going to be her hatch date.
There have been four eggs under her, which she has allowed me to count every couple of days. But this evening, she did NOT want my hand in that nest box with her new babies! There's one yaller one with a smudge on the top of its head and one brownish one I couldn't see very well. There may be more than just two, but those were the ones just poking their heads out of her fluff.
Not all of Shirley's four eggs were those she laid.
Anyway, hadda share. I'm so jazzed!
I put food and water on the floor of the coop just outside of the covered kitty litter box. I've been putting high protein treats IN it for Shirley, but I can't fit any dishes in that nest with the new family.
I have new GrandChicks!
There have been four eggs under her, which she has allowed me to count every couple of days. But this evening, she did NOT want my hand in that nest box with her new babies! There's one yaller one with a smudge on the top of its head and one brownish one I couldn't see very well. There may be more than just two, but those were the ones just poking their heads out of her fluff.
Not all of Shirley's four eggs were those she laid.
Anyway, hadda share. I'm so jazzed!
I put food and water on the floor of the coop just outside of the covered kitty litter box. I've been putting high protein treats IN it for Shirley, but I can't fit any dishes in that nest with the new family.
I have new GrandChicks!
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