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Honestly I am not exactly sure what it was for, lol. My hens were having issues with itching/ preening constantly and frayed feathers. I think it was some kind of depluming mites. I have also seen red mites here and there in the yard and I saw lice on the eggs a while back. So I decided to...

I signed up at the workshop I went to in Oakland. I think they have enough people though cause everyone there signed up for it, lol. If you want I can send you their email though, & you can ask if they need any more participants in their study on backyard flocks. I used the 4 ml of injectable...

Like a charm! The chickens were pronounced healthy & pest free. The only issues he saw were a few damaged/ crooked keel bones & a few swollen feet. Pretty cool to get a free check-up from chicken experts. They were from UC Davis & doing a study on backyard flocks' health.

I was visited by chicken experts today, lol, and one of them gave me some kaolin clay powder. He said you can mix it with sand for dust bathing, like DE, but he also said it is good for getting rid of pests on plants. I have no idea where to get it though, he said he had a bunch lying around. ?

At least the hens aren't noisy at 6 A.M.

Ok, here is an update on my hatch. The chick that hatched from the rejected egg is doing great! She is with the hen now, and the hen also hatched out 2 other chicks (boys). So we have 1 female chick & 2 males. Pretty bad hatch rate this time. I had 0/6 eggs hatch in the incubator, the...

That's so cute! She is so interested in the mirror!

Girl? My son named her "Ida."

I am getting so awesome right now. I went to check on the hen outside and I saw she has a chick! I am going to check on this little one that hatched inside & then give her to the mama if her navel looks good. Probably put some neosporin on it in any case. It did not look bad last night...

It hatched! It seems to have an open navel, though, & is bleeding a little. I'll have to look up what to do for that. My last hatch the chicks had navel issues, too, and they were all fine, so I think she will be ok.

OMG! I am so glad I put that egg in the bator when the hen pushed it out of the nest this morning! It has a pip!

I didn't candle yet. Boy I hope some hatch. I feel like a kid on Christmas who didn't get any presents.

The broody pushed one egg out of the nest this morning, maybe it was a bad one. I threw it in the incubator just in case. She is still sitting on the rest but I looked under her & didn't see any chicks or pips. It is day 21 and there are no chicks.

Day 21, no pips in the incubator & haven't seen any chicks under the broody. I guess it would be bad if I lift up the broody to look underneath, lol. I am feeling very impatient though!

Well I haven't seen any chicks yet, but the broody hen stayed on her eggs all day today, didn't get up for her potty break. That's a good sign right?

Well, Day 20 here and no chicks yet. No pips in the incubator, as expected, and no chicks under the broody. Come on chickies! Hatch!

Lockdown for my last 2 eggs. Did not see any movement at candle. I doubt they will hatch but we'll see. I think there were too many temperature fluctuations this time. I am just hoping the broody is doing a good job sitting out there under the bush & hope to see some chicks from her! I...

I think Bielfelders look pretty similar to this, right?

Did my Day 14 candle on my last 2 Bielefelder eggs in the bator. I could see some veins and feathers, but one was not moving at all and the other one was only moving slightly. Crossing my fingers but I don't have a lot of hope for these eggs. This is my 3rd time hatching & the last 2 times I...

What? You have a deer? Very cute!