Rest in peace Poopy.
We lost Blue Raptor today.
Delft is improving
Family friend is visiting for a few days so I'll check in here and there.
Pictures of Delft hanging out on the back porch.
Yummy blackberries
Standing strong
Found a place to perch.
Broody puddle <3
Candled eggs, 3 polish, 1 silkie, and 1 orpington quitters. Some seemed clear but I will leave them til day 7 candling in case they just were a bit behind in starting.
I will also leave Navy's eggs until day 7 to candle. She's been an absolute sweetie with me checking her a...
She has the six eggs that didn't fit in the incubators. It'll be a learning experience for both of us. But they have a chance instead of having to be tossed.
I miscounted yesterday
46 eggs are in the incubators. They are double stacked so I'm manually turning them every so often.
Y'all, Navy is only 5 months old but she is doing her featherduster ancestors proud and staying broody. Tonight is the night the cochins move to the integration pen, and...
42 eggs across...34 slots. Going to be very difficult juggling all these. Navy wants eggs, but she's only 5 months old...
Also here's the hospital coop. Yes, Delft has come ill as well. Thinking they got into moldy food or something. Tomorrow all the food and water dispensers will be scrubbed...
Unfortunately Yeti Feathers passed away last night. I accidentally buried her right next to a red ant nest.
Blue is able to hold her head up today, it's wobbly but she might be on the mend. She's feisty enough to fight against the medicine gel.
The 5 labeled "SG" are showgirl silkies. The rest are assorted from the silkie pen
Blue circled are Cream/Opal/Blue legbar
Red circled are Tolbunt Polish
Black circled are orpington (silver, jubilee, buff, chocolate, and I think she said black?)
So many eggs!!!
Now you know why we're making a...
Hubby is making plans! Hardware cloth in all the windows and a spinny roof vent, cabinets to store the brooder plates and water tank heater, along with any other equipment.
However, I will be selling some chickens to make money to buy the hardware cloth. I have a few candidates.
Today was the day
Bye boys, have fun with your new family.
Here they were cuddling and complaining
I'm not crying, you're crying
😭
Also they gave me nearly 4 DOZEN eggs and want to ship more to me in the fall. Hubby and I thought we were getting a dozen silkie eggs.....😮
Hubby says he's...
Okay so internet says wry neck. I got the selenium orange goo and gave each girl a tiny bit. The other chickens have been spending time with them, just now it was Delft who did not want to go to bed, she wanted to stay.
How they tuck themselves back as soon as I let them go. Poor sweeties
The...