I've got a gut feeling we're in for a harsh winter here if our lakes don't start cooling down pretty darn fast. You must be pretty far north, I'm guessing...U.P.?
And another first I noticed a few days ago but finally got a pic...
Dbl yellow broke from her 7 a few days ago and has started laying. Betty with her 3 is my last of the Marans to still have hers but now she's sort of adopted the other 7.
The 2 little ones of Jett's may end up in that box. These 2 are from Black who I suspect is a Midnight Majesty. I'm seeing mossy in both of them and lots of leakage. I'm watching them closely as they feather out for weirdness.
If I can confirm Midnights the pullet will go to mixed flock and...
Jett has broke from her 2 last week and started laying, and she doesn't roost with them but does still visit them and hang with them on occasion.
So this was a cool photo moment this morning. They are 7 weeks. Family affair while she lays.
It's not the pairing I wanted to do which I don't even know that yet without selecting thru all the grow outs but it's more these 3 pullets eggs did darken up a tad so mainly want to keep that egg color in the flock and maybe, hopefully the progeny will be a little darker still.
Basically I...
No it's not over yet for sure. Actually told the wife a week or so back I'm over all these hatches and chicks, it's alot of work.
And now here we are...🤣
Exactly... My thought process here is I need more of Joannies progeny only having the one pullet but she hasn't started up laying yet from her molt. By hatching from Jessi gives me grandbabies (F2) and hopefully darker eggs yet. Harmony is my wild card because her eggs are a little older than 2...
In my own twisted retaliation to "that look".
I've done this...
3 sets of eggs from Jessi, Gloria and Harmony. 13 total. Harmony's are over 2 weeks old but I'll throw some hope that maybe 1 will hatch. I'll have to watch these little ones grow out as these are all pullets eggs,
But here we...