The 4th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long

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well... as I was waiting for chick number 7 to hatch (12 in the 'bator, six pipped, six nothingsofars, six hatched and in brooder), I went outside to give my hens the asparagus bottoms I had cut off while preparing dinner... my sweet but sassy Eleanor was in the neighbor's yard... She wasn't home, so I had to open her gate. Eleanor proceeded to bolt out the gate and DOWN THE STREET... There I am running down the street chasing a VERY fast chicken. Finally she made the mistake of going between two houses. I caught her and carried her back giving her a pretty big lecture. She clucked at me the whole way home in a way that was very much NOT sorry for her actions, only that she got caught.

She normally comes right to me, so she must have REALLY wanted something in the neighbor's yard to run from me like that...
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LOL.. had to replace my avatar with this chick's picture.. this face cracks me up...

I can't think of a caption, but I'm sure there are millions of hilarious ones.


 
Razadia said:
Morning everyone! It's official, I have two broodies! One I knew would stay on the nest and one that hatched my lovely Tally last year. Fox is about 4 or 5 years old and still lays like a champ. She has been a fantastic mother in the past, but she will try to take your arm off over her eggs. Honey didn't start laying until she was 1 1/2 years and didn't go broody until she was 2. I'm not sure how she does with chicks because I had to take them from her last year. I'm not separating them from the others because I've never had a problem in the past. I've also had two hens brood the same bunch of chicks and never lost one that way. Normally it's Fox and her sister Cream, but Cream hasn't made a move to go Broody this year.

I candled last night. 14 eggs had quit, so I have 23 eggs left out of 60. Both duck eggs are still going strong. You can see into one a little, but in the possible double yolker you can't see anything but the veins near the air cell and minimal movement. I wish I had another bator to keep it in so I can keep a very close eye on it without compromising all my other eggs.
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Raz is the only girl i know happy to have a fox in the hen house
 
Time-Out said:
I had a hen get badly damaged too. There was a large triangular flap of skin that had been pushed right back, revealing her flesh underneath. I put some Neosporin on it daily and would massage it daily. The skin gradually moved back into place and healed over. It was pretty horrific. I put saddles on any hens that are looking even slightly worn now. Don't want to risk even a small tear going unnoticed and getting infected. They're skin isn't very thick, is it? Did it stitch ok? I did wonder if mine, at the time, would need stitches.
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Yes she stitched fine. I was concerned but it was an avian vet. She was well passed Neosporin when I found her. I have a folder of pics on my profile page that shows the extent of her injury.

misskeeter said:
well... as I was waiting for chick number 7 to hatch (12 in the 'bator, six pipped, six nothingsofars, six hatched and in brooder), I went outside to give my hens the asparagus bottoms I had cut off while preparing dinner... my sweet but sassy Eleanor was in the neighbor's yard... She wasn't home, so I had to open her gate. Eleanor proceeded to bolt out the gate and DOWN THE STREET... There I am running down the street chasing a VERY fast chicken. Finally she made the mistake of going between two houses. I caught her and carried her back giving her a pretty big lecture. She clucked at me the whole way home in a way that was very much NOT sorry for her actions, only that she got caught.

She normally comes right to me, so she must have REALLY wanted something in the neighbor's yard to run from me like that...
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Cute! chicken chasing is not one of my favorite things to do.
 
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