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RebeccaBoyd
Crossing the Road
Thought i'd update here instead of creating a new thread. Things are going well with the flock. Toothless is molting and his tail looks pitiful. I think Henrietta will start molting soon as well. Her feathers look a bit shabby and her egg production is starting to slack off. She's went from laying 7 or 8 days in a row before taking a day off to laying every other day now. Holly and Nugget are happily still raising their chicks. Nuggets 2 Bread and Clover are 7 weeks old and Holly's 6 are 4 weeks old. Those 2 clutches were supposed to be the last of the season for me. Then momma hen won me over. She'd been trying to hide nests for over a month on the hillside. I'd risk breaking my neck to find them and remove them only to start over again. She then started trying to sit on the girls eggs in the nest boxes. Both of my dog crates are occupied at the moment so she won. She is smugly sitting on 4 eggs, 3 of which are marans. The girls we kept from the spring hatch are getting close to laying soon. Nuggets 3 were named Butterball, Snowball and Oddball. Momma hens daughter is Snickers. Here are some pictures taken over the last week or two.
Toothy and his pitiful tail.
Toothy and Henrietta
Nugget Bread and Clover
Snowball
Oddball
Butterball or Butter
Holly and her 6 babies.
Drumstick
Snickers
Daisy
Toothy and his pitiful tail.
Toothy and Henrietta
Nugget Bread and Clover
Snowball
Oddball
Butterball or Butter
Holly and her 6 babies.
Drumstick
Snickers
Daisy