Texas

[electrycmonk]

One side is not like the other…..
Passenger side. Do take note of the mud dobber apartment complex



The drivers side both seem to of had the inside seal given up…

 

[Matejka]

On the plus side-i don't see dirt dauber on the driver side

 

[Matejka]

No rust either

 

[Matejka]

Morning! I did something different. My birds are penned mostly. I occasionally let em free rande-not often. I have feral flock (4-5) that has been here for years. No coop feed totally loose. They're hungry, I've been tossing feed by the run door for em. Last night, my bigs in coop, babies in run (that's way they been sleeping since I removed dogcrate. I herded all the babies into coop with bigs and closed tunnel gate so they couldn't get back in run. Total chaos for about 30 minutes. This morning everyone half a$$ getting along. I cleaned waterer in run, threw out scratch and feed. Within 10 min 2 feral were in run eating. I closed run door. 30 min later, I went in and opened tunnel gate. Now everyone . Still at least 3 feral around. But I have increased my flock.
My original 3
Rooster
Black foundling from sonic
Feral that joined group a few weeks ago
12 babies 7 weeks old
2 new feral
So 20? Birds

 

[electrycmonk]

Silkie Momma (charcoal 1) with one hatchling at ~2 weeks old & 1 failed egg.
Silkie Momma (charcoal 2) with one hatchling from yesterday morning (likely Saturday night) and 2 more eggs that might hatch

 

[Matejka]

Pictures?

 

[TX Chick Noob]

Morning y'all. I keep forgetting about this thread, just dropped in to say howdy. We **finally** got some rain last week, probably about 4" total, and then another inch or two on Saturday afternoon. (I'm in Bell County, just east of Temple).

8 of my 11 pullets are now laying. Ten of them will be 21 weeks old tomorrow, the other is about 18 weeks (feed store didn't give a very good estimate on age when I got her). Here is yesterday's batch:

My flock is:
5 ISA Brown
3 Olive Egger
1 Unknown colored egg layer, no clue yet
1 suspected Easter Egger
1 Welsummer (the youngest)

Not surprisingly the ISAs laid first. The first one was 16-1/2 weeks old, and all five were laying by 19-1/2 weeks. The OEs started next, between 19-20 weeks. Those three look identical so I call them OEs because the first one laid olive, but the other two lay mint and cream ( the three eggs on the bottom row of my pic).

 

[electrycmonk]

Pictures?

Please Stand by…..

 

[Matejka]

Meanwhile, patty my rescue cat is the sweetest thing. She gets along with e eryone. Today, she's la

id out on thr rug on her back. She has a huge heart on her chest.

 

[electrycmonk]

Pictures?

And fresh outta the camera eye….

Momma 1 & her solo hatchling. The other Silkie egg is two weeks later and still not hatched. I’m gonna take it in and candle it shortly.


This little one hatched sometime today…

Upper left is the Sunday/Saturday night hatchling. That is the 3rd egg & It will come in for candling shortly as well.

Todays hatchling…

This is the Saturday night/ Sunday morning hatchling. Still have the cream colored Silkie egg that needs to hatch yet.