Pigeon Talk

[WVduckchick]

Bantam cochins are a broody bunch!! At least mine are.
I've had 4 or 5 try to cram in one nest box at the same time.
Look at t different age ranges: All hatched and raised by broodies in the same pen.

But they don't get much cuter, so I have a hard time telling them "No".

 

[biophiliac]

Bantam cochins are a broody bunch!! At least mine are.
I've had 4 or 5 try to cram in one nest box at the same time.
Look at t different age ranges: All hatched and raised by broodies in the same pen.
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But they don't get much cuter, so I have a hard time telling them "No".
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[CCUK]

Bantam cochins are a broody bunch!! At least mine are.
I've had 4 or 5 try to cram in one nest box at the same time.
Look at t different age ranges: All hatched and raised by broodies in the same pen.
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But they don't get much cuter, so I have a hard time telling them "No".
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Oh wow! That's definitely the cutest picture ever! I can understand how come you ended up with so many!! Well speckle has been on her own in the cage today and when I got home she had her head down and bum all fluffed up sat on an egg! She didn't move when I took it! But she back to running/hopping around my living room now. I wouldn't want to have to try and break her especially whilst I'm trying to fix her!

 

[biophiliac]

Oh wow! That's definitely the cutest picture ever! I can understand how come you ended up with so many!! Well speckle has been on her own in the cage today and when I got home she had her head down and bum all fluffed up sat on an egg! She didn't move when I took it! But she back to running/hopping around my living room now. I wouldn't want to have to try and break her especially whilst I'm trying to fix her!
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[biophiliac]

It's -8° and only getting to +1° today! I know the birds are cold hardy but I still feel bad for them...

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-89.25773620605469&lat=43.239200361809#.XErmvFVKhdj

 

[WVduckchick]

It's -8° and only getting to +1° today! I know the birds are cold hardy but I still feel bad for them...

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-89.25773620605469&lat=43.239200361809#.XErmvFVKhdj

Makes my 25 degrees this morning seem almost warm!

 

[biophiliac]

Makes my 25 degrees this morning seem almost warm!

Yeah, count your blessings my friend! I won't see +15° til Monday.
Hey - tomorrow you might catch Java on the nest? or do you work Sat?

 

[WVduckchick]

Yeah, count your blessings my friend! I won't see +15° til Monday.
Hey - tomorrow you might catch Java on the nest? or do you work Sat?

Brrrrr! We are on the weather roller coaster for a few more weeks, I suppose. Monday is supposed to hit 40F!!
I was thinking the same about Java, since I don’t work Saturday’s.
I’ll be watching him for sure! I dreamed one of their eggs froze and cracked.

I also have call ducklings supposed to hatch tomorrow!!

 

[biophiliac]

Brrrrr! We are on the weather roller coaster for a few more weeks, I suppose. Monday is supposed to hit 40F!!
I was thinking the same about Java, since I don’t work Saturday’s.
I’ll be watching him for sure! I dreamed one of their eggs froze and cracked.

I also have call ducklings supposed to hatch tomorrow!!

Call ducks are terribly cute! Which thread will you post the first pics at?

 

[WVduckchick]

Call ducks are terribly cute! Which thread will you post the first pics at?

Probably the January HAL. I haven’t really been talking about them much. These were eggs I pulled from a broody nest, thought she wasn’t interested in sitting, so a bunch of them had been outside for several days in fluctuating temps. And some are new layers, so not good odds lol
Started with 22, only 7 made it to lockdown. Just checked and my first 2 internal pippers have already died.

But I have another incubator with 12 more, and my broody girls finally stuck to the nest. Hard to tell how many they have. Lol