Good morning all. Well, I may be done with the April HAL. I candled this weekend on day 10 and am down to 2 developing, 5 blood rings and 3 clear. I knew that shipped eggs could be problematic and they are. I may try again with eggs from a different source. I wish I could find Icelandics locally but it's difficult to find any fertile eggs locally. I'll be going to our local trade day/flea market this weekend and take a look at the chicken row.
On a funny note, a dog got after one of my young hens and chased her under my shop. I tried to coax her out to no avail so I got one of the other hens and got her to clucking and peeping (they're still very young and just starting to sound henlike). That didn't work. It was getting dark and I thought to myself "Self, she'll stay under there until the morning." A few minutes later, there's a brown streak running across the backyard. Chicken being chased by the dog again. I grab the dog and the hen is now under the back porch. I'm half way under the porch, clucking at the chicken. My wife says that I looked like the scene from the Wizard of Oz where the house feel on the witch and her feet were sticking out. Anyway, the chicken finally ran out, ran up next to me and pressed up as close as she could to me. "Save me Daddy!"
All's well that ends well. Any advice on how to train a dog to ignore the chickens?
