Stella's Social Club

[The Sheriff]

Thanks for the Broody Chronicles Update Kathy! Cute pic! Nice to see you post!

Lukka is doing great with her adopted Swedish Flowers. Great mama as always.

 

[kathyinmo]

What kind of strange chicken is this?

Oh, Okay.

Awwwwwww, I love Lukka!

 

[The Sheriff]

Isi is not happy about the coop reassignments leaving him with just three girls. Miss Polaris is not happy about being moved back in with Isi after being AWOL in the project coop for a couple of months.

 

[BlueWater29]

Kathy you are too funny! You and your crazy chickens.

 

[Mahonri]

DW said yes.... we'll see

 

[The Sheriff]

DW said yes.... we'll see

I think.

 

[cbnovick]

OH GREAT ! ! ! I hear chirping! I forgot I put a few eggs in (only 6) - for chicks for the broodies who failed at hatching.

I have one Barred Rock and one Delaware that are about bone thin from sitting and still have no chicks. I hope these eggs hatch tonight so I can give them chicks to care for.

Another broody story....
I took one Wheaten Ameraucana OUT of the doghouse that she thinks she owns. She raised 5 chicks already. Then, she laid a dozen eggs or so and proceeded to sit on them. I pulled them out yesterday and tossed them all. PEEE UUUUUU - a couple smelly rotten eggs exploded. The whole dog house was a stinky mess. There were a couple broken eggs in the mess. YUK. I cleaned it all out and moved Wheaten Ameraucan #2 in there, with her 5 chicks. #1 is NOT happy about this. She is trying to steal the chicks and move in with her sister. She stands outside the fence and hollers and flairs up. WOW is she serious, or what?! haha I found one dead chick. Now, there are 4.

Kathy---Love reading about the "Broody Bunch"

Sorry about your Icelandic boy.....that stinks worse than the rotten eggs ...why does it seem like it's always the favorites that something happens too???

BTW ---Tom Roebuck in VA shipped me 18 Buff Rock eggs....they are on day 4 and all developing but 1 thus far.

I am CRAZY to be hatching in June in AZ...growing chicks out in 105++ days is going to be challenging...but I did not want to pass up this rare opportunity...instead of brooder bulbs I am going to need fans after the first few days.

I mean this is my second summer here in AZ....WOWZA!...
Too D#%n hot here for this post menopausal gal....every day is one big hot flush from here 'til November.

Been keeping the birds cool enough thus far...intermittent misting, frozen jugs and topping off water buckets a few times a day...they are still laying etc etc. thus far....good thing I love my chickens...it's HIGH maintenance season, no doubt. May have to break out the electrolytes in July. The hens have taken to laying eggs in the cool part of their sand runs instead of up in the coop this past week...bless their hearts.

Kathy---send some rain our way???

 

[The Sheriff]

 

[Miss Molly]

What kind of strange chicken is this? Oh, Okay.

She is so good to here baby's ...I love it! Great picture

 

[cbnovick]

that's 'off the hook' ADORABLE...mama, babies and proud papa---headed to bed now ...slumber with a smile