Rusty Bucket Farm

[CoopBoots]

5/11 News:

Ding Dong's group has moved to a neighbor's place for some help controlling ticks on their property. Marshmallow, Peppa, and Blue will be missed for various reasons, but due to escapism and strong personalities I think this is best for them and the flock.

I'm extra glad I'd set one of Blue and Peppa's eggs. Hopefully Ding Dong is the father, so we'll see if any barring pops out. He was an especially good and pretty boy.

In other news, I forgot to mark all of Puffy's eggs and she suddenly has 6. Looking like an unfortunately staggered hatch for her. I've reserved Daisy's to take over whatever she does not hatch... The rest I'll have to leave to nature.

 

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5/11 News:

Ding Dong's group has moved to a neighbor's place for some help controlling ticks on their property. Marshmallow, Peppa, and Blue will be missed for various reasons, but due to escapism and strong personalities I think this is best for them and the flock.
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I'm extra glad I'd set one of Blue and Peppa's eggs. Hopefully Ding Dong is the father, so we'll see if any barring pops out. He was an especially good and pretty boy.

In other news, I forgot to mark all of Puffy's eggs and she suddenly has 6. Looking like an unfortunately staggered hatch for her. I've reserved Daisy's to take over whatever she does not hatch... The rest I'll have to leave to nature.

I did a staggered hatch last year, and my broody, Martha (RIP), sat for three additional days to hatch the two last eggs. One of those chicks is my Zacchaeus.

 

[CoopBoots]

I did a staggered hatch last year, and my broody, Martha (RIP), sat for three additional days to hatch the two last eggs. One of those chicks is my Zacchaeus.

I hope my girls will perform as well as Martha!! A good mother hen is worth her weight in gold, and she was certainly one of them.

This will be my first ever experience with a staggered hatch as I'm usually very controlling, haha. Puffy is harder to mess with as Rusty has increased his normally aggression since she began sitting in his coop. I wonder if he's doing it for that specific reason!

 

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5/15 Updates:

Sorsha has hatched two of her five, with other pips observed with difficulty:

Blue's egg hatched out penguin-ish! Another cute black pullet, I hope, and no headspot, so it isn't barred? In that case, either Yorvir or Ding Dong could be the father...

Daisy's is still drying off; the typical blonde/Buff I've had from her and Yorvir before:

One egg had a misadventure and got trapped inside the leftover shell of Blue's egg. Luckily she moved enough that we spotted it. It was pipping and seemed fine after!

Three to go? No sign of a pip on Noodle's egg, but I haven't had a recent good look. Trying not to be too nosy ><' I used biscuits to bribe mama and soften her up as she is one of my wildest pullets...