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[Fields Mountain Farm]

Its the sweetest thing in the world!!! I'm glad we did it!

I'm so glad it's working out well!
You need some hatching eggs to put under the new broody...

 

[kwhites634]

I'm going to give a few of the jubilees to my broody tonight.
Hey @kwhites634 , every single BCM hen I have is or just was broody; completely illiterate group of breed specification readers. That, or Sour's incantation bounced through Rav and WV and ended on me.

Interesting, & a setup for an experiment. Assuming the eggs in the oven now actually hatch, I should have a few pullets a month younger than the Buffs I bought a couple weeks ago, all living together. We'll see which, if any, regularly get broody.

 

[kwhites634]

Pretty sad when you have to wear snowshoes in the back yard on 18 April...... Snow is as deep as the dang to of the picnic table.
Had to shovel down to open the smoker door.View attachment 1345092

But think of the feeling of superiority when you tower over things you're normally at eye level with. Of course, it would be more effective if you could actually see the things you're towering over.

 

[kwhites634]

hink I'm gonna add any babies. At first I wanted to & if Poppy hI don't tadn't seemed on deaths door, I might have (especially since the feed store has Langshans & I'm a sucker for black iridescence. ) Ultimately tho, after watching them these past two days in the brooder I've decided not to. Their bond is INCREDIBLE & throwing a couple strangers in the mix feels unnatural. If she hadn't hatched any, or if they hadn't bonded, or whatever I would have, but in this exact scenario its a no. If things change I'll reconsider, but it doesn't look like it.

They say broodiness is contagious & Mako (rhymes with taco) has been in her nest the past two days ripping out all of her feathers.







That sounds like a busy, but great day! Congrats on finally getting the mask!
I hope he gets the job! I bet we've seen him at the aquarium & didn't know it.

Or, she could be a closet exhibitionist.

 

[kwhites634]

@LittleLakePhil
You still hate your Tigers? They've been kicking Oriole butts for the last two games.

 

[room onthebroom]

I'm so glad it's working out well!
You need some hatching eggs to put under the new broody...

Mako's a duck. Pretty sure 1/2 the family & all of the neighborhood would kill me. I do have a hard case of Cayuga & Welsh Harlequin envy. I'd love to stick a couple under her & she could definitely use the duck exposure. A lifetime of living with chickens makes her think she is one.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Mako's a duck. Pretty sure 1/2 the family & all of the neighborhood would kill me. I do have a hard case of Cayuga & Welsh Harlequin envy. I'd love to stick a couple under her & she could definitely use the duck exposure. A lifetime of living with chickens makes her think she is one.

Ohhhh...


Go for it! She needs ducklings!

 

[room onthebroom]

Ohhhh...


Go for it! She needs ducklings!

She does! I believe its hard for her to be a duck in a land where everyone else speaks chicken. I long for the day when we can sex birds by their shell before they're born. Pyxis' emu shell DNA makes me believe this is in our future, just not soon enough for poor Mako.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

She does! I believe its hard for her to be a duck in a land where everyone else speaks chicken. I long for the day when we can sex birds by their shell before they're born. Pyxis' emu shell DNA makes me believe this is in our future, just not soon enough for poor Mako.

Maybe you could just get another duck hen for a buddy for her??

 

[room onthebroom]

Maybe you could just get another duck hen for a buddy for her??

I hate just adding one of anything to a group of velociraptors. I tried to get two a couple years ago (because her BFF in my avy is getting really old) but I was out voted. Normally I would've just done it anyway, but because they help me with the chores I felt like they should have a little say in it. Also, ducks are really loud in a suburban neighborhood. She wakes the whole neighborhood up every morning yelling, "SNACK! SNACK! SNACK!" or "I'm STUCK! STUCK! STUCK!" or "HAWK! HAWK! HAWK!" Man I love that funny girl!!!