NY chicken lover!!!!

[horsekeeper]

Life of Pi is a good movie. About the mint, lovely smell. I have chocolate mint in the flower bed and it grows onto the patio. Once in a while I step on a leaf and this delicious smell surrounds me. Don't know about the mice and rats, but plant it just for the pleasure of the scent. It makes a nice flavoring, too.

Years ago I had mint and chives planted along the house under my bedroom window. The daughter thought it was weeds and grass and wacked it to neaten up; the stench was unbearable.

This is my first week of retirement and I can't get used to not having to rush. Kind of scary not having a paycheck for the first time in 40 years.

Loving all your pictures of broodies. Fluffy the strange little bantam mix started brooding in the favorite nest box and got ousted by one of the silkies. Now one of the cuckoo marans kicked the silkie out and decided to set on the same eggs. I wonder if anything will hatch and if they will squabble over the chicks if they do.

 

[stonykill]

She just thinks literally. Someone said DUCK! and she did.

I was wondering if anyone even noticed she has ducklings

a 3rd was nearly hatched at coop lock up time.

 

[County Boy]

If anybody would like Cochins I have a lot for sale right now including one of my breeding Mille Fleur hen and rooster being sold as a pair. If anybody wants them, let me know. I can post pics. If you want, I could post them right here or you can PM me. Money is tight and I need to cut back. Please let me know. The will all be heading to the auction Saturday unless somebody lets me know they want them. I hate putting animals through that action. Many of the other birds that go through are very poor and sickly looking. There are some that do look nice though. So let me know ASAP.

 

[Lynzi777]

I was wondering if anyone even noticed she has ducklings

a 3rd was nearly hatched at coop lock up time.

I noticed the duckling! I also thought I replied to your photo but I guess it didn't go thru :-(. I was actually drawn in to your hen's tail feathers with the black? She looks like my buff Orpington that is mixed with BSL. She has black feathering in her tail feathers as well.

 

[stonykill]

I noticed the duckling! I also thought I replied to your photo but I guess it didn't go thru :-(. I was actually drawn in to your hen's tail feathers with the black? She looks like my buff Orpington that is mixed with BSL. She has black feathering in her tail feathers as well.

I'm pretty darn sure my girl is a mutt but is mainly Buff O. She is pretty when Not molting and broody at the same exact time

She is so big duck eggs were just the obvious choice

she is only 10 months old . A young Mama

 

[Cass]

Mixed up the birds tonight at 0 dark o'clock. Cleaned out the sand from the small side and added wood shavings. Then waited for dark. Moved the 4 birds from that side to the large side. Picked up the co-parenting pair's box and moved it to the small side. Now just have to wait for the ducks and chicks to hatch. Due to hatch on Thursday. I am hoping that my hen likes ducklings as much as Stony's does.

Right now I have the smallest chick I have ever seen in my life. It is 3 days old and can still fit through the hole in the chicken wire. I know I don't own any Quail, but maybe a wild male mated with one of my bantams? Cuz this chick is very very small and FAST. It took me almost 5 minutes to catch it last night. Tonight I caught the momma and threw her into the run and she clucked them close to the mesh side of the run and I caught all three in one hand.

It's supposed to rain tomorrow. I wish I had gotten the rest of my seeds in the ground this weekend. Oh well.

 

[Gramma Chick]

Quote:
thanks for the link .
10 -11 days today ...some of my eggs look like day 12 ..

 

[brahmapapa]

So I looked at ( candled / flashlighted my eggs . 1 week & 1 day . some look black or dark inside ...approx 1/2 way up ..
That means a baby chick right ?
ones that are just clear are duds right ?

if they appear clear @ day 7 then they will not develope.

 

[brahmapapa]

FREE EGGS,if anyone else out there wants Brahma orWyandotte eggs let me know, i will even ship them to you for $15 shipping and handling if you can't make it here to pick them up, just PM me to let me know, these are from really nice birds, too good to wind up in egg salad. thanks, Tom

 

[JLaw]

I was wondering if anyone even noticed she has ducklings

a 3rd was nearly hatched at coop lock up time.

I just thought you breed mutants and i didnt want to say anything.