The Moonshiner's Chick Chat

[kurby22]

When I first saw this I thought there was a chicken with a waterer on it’s head and I was so confused

Me too!!

 

[kurby22]

Faverolles and BC cross

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Sooooo cute!!

 

[kurby22]

I’m swimming in chicks! Some are 7 weeks old and some are less than a week and I have about 30 more (Olandsk Dwarfs, quail, d’Anver and my own mixed birds mainly Orp-Ameraucana crosses (not planned but the broodies are sneaky!) in the incubator and under the broody bunch, my three BCs.

 

[sdm111]

That is awesome how they will hatch non stop.

In my opinion game hens are the best most devoted momma hens and of those the grey hens are the best of the best. Other breeds can sometimes be skittish but it's normal for me to pick up the bucket with them in it to go from dome pens to above the ground pens walking across the yard without even a twitch. They act like a statue. When pulling chicks they can get kinda loud and bite and twist or slap with thier wings. I sometimes wear a jacket or flannel for protection but when they are switched they never got off the nest

 

[JacinLarkwell]

@ColtHandorf

 

[ColtHandorf]

@ColtHandorf

I've been summoned?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Baby pictures stat

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I've been summoned?

If you so please

 

[ColtHandorf]

Baby pictures stat

If you so please

That will have to wait until I'm home from work.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

That will have to wait until I'm home from work.

I can probably wait that long

 

[JacinLarkwell]

The rain made the nest box door on my prefab swell so no candling last night for me.

Lost two chicks for broodies yesterday (not too surprised, one had something wrong and the other was a new baby with a new mom, things are bound to happen