A nice neighbor just cleard our driveway of most of the snow with his brand new John Deere! Thought I'd be unable to get the car out for at least a couple of weeks with the temps we've been having and are expecting. We left Vashi's truck outside the gate so he'd be able to get to work when the roads are passable. Kept the car down in the carport with feed in the trunk in case we couldn't get to the feed shed.
Lost one very nice blue silkie hen; not sure exactly when. She's been broody in their coop awhile, and hadn't moved much in the last few days. She's in with two other hens and no roo, and stationed herself right by the feed dish. She was given to me over a year ago and had won several awards back East, but I have no idea how old she was. I've had to baby her, as her roo apparently broke an egg inside her soon afater I got her. Some of you may remember. With great advice from Les, I was able to get her over it, 'though it took nearly a year for her to absorb the large mass. She laid a few eggs after that, but ate them all right away, and most were soft shelled anyway.
So far, 16 of the 20 eggs I'm incubating for my friend have hatched. He was surprised at the four yesterday, as they'd gotten cold.
