I should be cleaning my house (including stinky litter boxes) but instead my daughter and I are doing head stands and other fun things. She also made me do this back flip thing. It wasn't that fun when I landed flat on my back. She says "you did pretty good, try it again".
Thanks for sharing your experience and opinion. We thought it would be good to keep her near her Coop mates too. I think TerriO suggested waiting about a week after the hatch to move mom and chicks. I knew there would be alot of good advice,I'm so glad I stumbled onto this forumI have one splash left..I am bringing it..I have no idea the sex yet..It is a huge chick..I will post pictures..
The new coop looks beautiful.
This is just my opinion..Moving birds during broody periods can be good and bad. Some just abandon the nest, most do not and settle right in if done at night. If you choose to move her and the eggs, it is good for mom and chicks to be with the general population. That way there is no integration period for growing chicks. She is used to the other chicken sounds and will be comforted by them if you move her soon after you move your general flock over. Try to take as much of her original bedding as you can with the eggs if you do make that decision. If you decide to leave her where she is at, I would not move her into the new coop till the chicks are hatched and she is ready to take them off the nest.I would probably choose the latter decision myself.
I have a broody who gets off just at night or early morning. I never see her off the nest. I have some who take three hour breaks during the day. I just watch comb color. If it gets pale I take them off and put them in the yard so they have to move a pretty far distance to get back to the nest. I have two broody's in the same box now. I will have to move someone eventually. One is a chick stealer and it might not turn out well. The other one is setting on duck eggs.My duck is not too happy, but she is looking for another nest sight.
Your chicken sounds pretty normal..
Those are my kind of pet turkeys... the kind that eat sleep and shite next door and are available for showing off and playing with. Nice!Hi All!
cuties.... You can name the lone chick "Uno" lol
Psyco.... What most of us do to "post along" is open 2 tabs. Go to the end of the thread with one (where you want to respond) and "your last post" on the other. But sometimes you just don't want to do that much! LOL
vicki....My youngest son's birthday is the 3rd too!
Angie... Mariposa That's kinda cute. Hope I remember which one she is when she grows out of it.
RBerry... Neat broody box.
JIm.... That's going to be a big greenhouse! Cool!
Well, only 4 hatched so far. One IDK what is up with it, I'll pull it tomorrow. Looks like mom chipped 1/2 the shell off down to the membrane. I did touch it, it's real rubbery.
I got about 20# of asparagus .... now I got to go prep it for the freezer!
Oh.... Our new neighbors are in love with our turkeys! LOL The Toms have been going to visit and she pets them and talks to them and gives them massages! LOL She shows them off to her relatives and has more pictures of them than I do!
Night all!
