Stella's Social Club

[holm25]

How about "The Nanny Diary" Or something like that?

The life long story of ................................

 

[drumstick diva]

What, did you mean Nanny or Ninny Diary? I get them mixed up all the time.

 

[holm25]

Nanny

 

[debs_flock]

BTW Mary, the cone was under a large hat. NO cone till I have a ring on my finger!!

It turned out he wasn't a tree trimmer, he was the foreman.

Oooooh, a man with a title!

 

[drumstick diva]

Man - actually he was probably younger than my son. But at my age, I can't be fussy!!

 

[holm25]

Man - actually he was probably younger than my son. But at my age, I can't be fussy!!

 

[robhuncor]

So I went out to feed the animals this morning, after that last pos. As I walked past Coop #5 I hear mad cheeping. Inside I find two adorable little Icelandic chicks, one in the nest box and another in the floor where it had fallen from the nest box. There was also a cold egg in the nest. The two broodies were out in the run!

I grabbed the two chicks and the eggs. I candled the egg and the chicks is still moving so I put it in the incubator. Then I pondered what to do with the two chicks. One thing came to mind that I thought I could try again. I introduced them to Lukka.



They were tired and started falling asleep. With a little peck on each head she woke them up. (Notice the little Brabanter in the back.)

She tucked them under her wing and they were home.



If this last egg hatches, I am going to try it again.If there is a Foster Mom Award for chickens, Lukka is a shoe-in.

I'll have to watch these two closely since they are so young. They might get left behind since they are so little.

UPDATE: They seem to be keeping up! Here's Lukka with all 7 babies.

What a gorgeous assortment - so cute! And the mother of the year!

 

[crazyhen]

Not one but two more broodies noted tonight on nest. That makes 4. Two hens are due on the 21. I'm out of space for broodies and baby chicks. I only have three spots. Thats three coop spaces. I'd have to build more to have more now. I have never had but one persistant broody at a time. Is this the yr. of the broodies? or something.

I had put my deleware roo in with the layer hens. That means if I save just the blue eggs I can have some Delewaggers hummmmm.

I have to build a broody coop for moms and babies fast. Sigh! My hb is going to kill me Not

 

[debs_flock]

My daylilies have been blooming like crazy. I planted about twenty new ones last year and the d@mn deer ate them right to the ground. Fortunately they didn't kill the roots and they grew back with a vengeance. I'm hoping to get several more weeks of blooms before the deer come for them this year. All the wild forage is just about gone, so it's only a matter of time.

Anyway, my favorite is this lovely orangey double.



We put in huge fences around my two Lady Banks roses, it looks a bit like a prison camp here. Last year when we planted the first one, the deer would come by each week and eat any new growth. The rose is a fast grower, but just couldn't get ahead of the d@mn vermin!

 

[1muttsfan]

Dog Shaming - from K9 cops Magazine

OK but - she didn't move the couch for 2 1/2 years?