Pipd's Peeps!

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I'm looking everywhere while getting things put away for the evening and then I spot him on top of the main coop. Now, this thing is at least 6-7' high. His pen is at least 4' high with a fabric covering over it. I was flabbergasted that he was able to get up so dang high for a ground bird - Little ball of Cheddar cheese that he is.

Goodness, that's very impressive for a Cochin! They're about as opposite to aerodynamic as you can get in a chicken Glad you found him!

And thank you (and Tink! ) for the congrats and well-wishes! Soonest I will know is June 1.

 

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I come with an offering of Dorks

Erm, anyway, not much to report in the flock these days. We're settling into a routine of free-ranging a little earlier each day as the leaves fill out and I feel safer about their cover. Freia is not pleased, but gradually coming out of her broody spell after I took her eggs away. Her crop still seems a bit bloaty to me, but is emptying more now that she's not locked in on hatching. Opal is sitting tight and doing a phenomenal job--6 out of 6 eggs are developing under her!

And the peeps are precious as always. I'm still going back and forth on one of them for color, but I think I have an even split of 4 Blues and 4 Blacks. Here are the Blues:

And the Blacks:

I swear I looked into the brooder today and they'd already visibly grown since yesterday They really get to growing once they start getting feed in their little crops! This set seems particularly self-sufficient compared to other first batches of the year. Usually, the first chicks I have to coddle a lot because they get 'lost'(as if they can't figure out how to duck under the EcoGlow at first). This set, I'll hear peeping likesomeone's upset, but by the time I get part way up the stairs they've already figured it out and settled down. Such smart babies