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This morning I heard Tintin trying to crow. 🐸

I posted the HDD 4 egg incubator in the reviews section for people who search for info on incubators. Nice if you give a few stars for my review. https://www.backyardchickens.com/reviews/hdd-4-egg-incubator.12126/

Review 4 egg HHD incubator : In this tiny incubator I can only turn the 55g eggs up and down. Strange I have to turn the eggs up and down, especially when they develop later in the process. I believe it is more natural to lay the eggs sideways and roll them over to the other side. But in this...

So far so good! I did candle 4 of the eggs from underneath the broodies. They are underneath the broody from Wednesday evening. The torch I have to candle is broke. Therefore I used my mobile with the ring of the candle torch. It worked but didn’t get a clear image of the veins. After 5 whole...

I think the Amrocks will resemble the size and build of Katrientje. Today I picked up the 4eggs-mini brooder. Because one egg was not under the 2 broodies yesterday evening, I thought it might be a good idea to start the machine anyway. The 3 hatchery eggs I hadn’t put in the nest started 1.5...

❣️You could let her sit for 3 weeks on a couple of her own eggs ;). She looks so wonderful I wouldn’t mind to have her offspring. Great for Chipie to have a few daughters of about the same size. 😍 Hope you dont mind my silly response. I know you dont want more chickens and certainly not more...

No words needed. 😍

My broodies Black and Ini mini are very pleased I leave them to sit in the nestbox. I gave them 7 hatchery eggs tonight. The count down starts today! The first chicks are expected on June 19. Its busy in the small old coop with the nestboxes now. Pearl and Tintin sleep in the other nestbox.

I have an option for a mini-incubator. Second hand for 10€ to pick up tomorrow. Its for 4 eggs only. Because its nice to discard any infertile eggs when I can only put 4 -5 under Black its great to be able to change the infertile eggs with eggs from the incubator. And….. just now I caught...

Nope. I don't want more than 4 or 5 chicks. The main reason is: I really had too many problems with 9 chicks last year. The hens probably thought there were too many invaders and didn’t want the chicks to roost in the coop extension (the main roosting area). Didnt have such problems before...

I bought 6 bantam Amrock eggs today, and got 4 extra as a present. 🎁 When I got home I weight the eggs, because they looked so big. 40-50 g is standard. But these eggs were 50-55 g. I contacted the owner and she said the Amrocks weren’t big at all, bc her bantam Wyandotte are the same size. If...

Pearl and Tintin Ini mini and Katrientje Things can change rapidly with chickens. Kraai didn’t seem to know or she should be broody or not be broody. The tiny coop with the chicken door is definitely a no go. Black became broody too on Saturday on freshly laid real eggs in the normal laying...

Katrientje. Pearl and Tintin Ini mini and Janice Today I made the Chickencozy door upon the tiny coop. easy peasy to install. This seemed the perfect place for Kraai to hatch a couple of eggs too. But I didn’t buy eggs. Two things went wrong. 1 I moved Kraai to the tiny coop with the...

Bantam speckled Sussex.

Kraai is broody. I'm in doubt. What should I do? Give her a second chance and buy 6 hatchery eggs or expel her from the nestbox? Time for an outdoor tea. :gig 3 hens waiting on the bench hoping I bring some cookies. Black volunteers to poor the tea. Mama Pearl and Tintin are hanging out...

In the article (in the spoiler), the writer explains that there is a decrease of mixed sewerage systems. The rainwater coming from the roof of our house doesn’t go into the sewerage of the household water. There is a separate pipe which goes directly to a small stream behind our house. They...

The sewers couldn’t cope with all the rain from the cloudburst. The hail drifted on top of the water in the sewer. Something with too much water in a very short time and pressure made the hail come up through the sewer system in the home for elderly where they filmed the handicapped toilet.

Thanks for the congrats! Yesterday was a National holiday in the Netherlands. We visited a castle with a park they have turned into museum with a mix of very old and very modern art. It was a lovely day with lots of sun. We only had short moment with rain/thunder after we got back to my sons...

Yes. Ini Mini and Black were/are perfect mothers but the younger ones not so. Pearl is almost perfect but a bit skittish and Tintin became a bit skittish too. It seems the chicks learn to be afraid according to the behaviour of the mother. Janice is a very skittish hen and was too protective...

Last week: Ini mini, Janice and Kraai. Katrientje no longer cares for Tintin. Black is nice to him. Today: Tintin and his stil caring momma Pearl. This is the first time I try to keep a cockerel in a separate and dark cage with a his own automatic door. A little bit further away from the...