MJ's little flock

[BY Bob]

@RoyalChick I thought you'd appreciate this teapot

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That's a beauty. That reminds me I have a cat teapot somewhere. Where is it....

 

[MaryJanet]

I agree with this. I could not move Sydney. She would have none of it.

Mary is extremely easy to move around no muss, no fuss.

 

[MaryJanet]

Wonderful.

So beautifully wrapped in their little white jackets!

 

[MaryJanet]

She was so happy!

I'm really looking forward to a day at home tomorrow so I can take the fake eggs away. I'm worried the fake ones might crack the real ones.

 

[MaryJanet]

Hopefully she does not need to be.

I have a feeling Peggy will make a challenge first chance she gets. My job is to make sure that doesn't happen until any little ones are agile enough to get away from her.

 

[MaryJanet]

That's a beauty. That reminds me I have a cat teapot somewhere. Where is it....

Share a photo?

 

[MaryJanet]

Oh no! There's a piece of Welsummer egg shell on the ground

I have no further info at this time, but I'll be taking a good look later on when its dark and the other hens are asleep. I suppose I'll have to cut the other eggs away from her sticky feathers and give her a wash and blow dry while the other eggs slowly go cold.

I am not lucky when it comes to hatching.

 

[BDutch]

She was so happy!

I'm really looking forward to a day at home tomorrow so I can take the fake eggs away. I'm worried the fake ones might crack the real ones.

You can take them out in the night without any problems.

 

[BDutch]

Oh no! There's a piece of Welsummer egg shell on the ground

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I have no further info at this time, but I'll be taking a good look later on when its dark and the other hens are asleep. I suppose I'll have to cut the other eggs away from her sticky feathers and give her a wash and blow dry while the other eggs slowly go cold.

I am not lucky when it comes to hatching.

Ooh, how awful
And the only one who could have done it is Mary?

If you need to wash her:
Do you have an old fashioned soft hot water bottle? Fill it with bath temp water and wrap it in a soft cloth. Or put a warm fleece on top of the eggs.

Better not wash the eggs. And certainly not with detergent.

I would get myself a small incubator asap (+thermo/hygrometer) and turn it on directly after arrival. Give the peeping eggs back to Mary at day 18-19.

 

[Perris]

Ooh, how awful
And the only one who could have done it is Mary?

If you need to wash her:
Do you have an old fashioned soft hot water bottle? Fill it with bath temp water and wrap it in a soft cloth. Or put a warm fleece on top of the eggs.

Better not wash the eggs. And certainly not with detergent.

I would get myself a small incubator asap (+thermo/hygrometer) and turn it on directly after arrival. Give the peeping eggs back to Mary at day 18-19.

Remember this is all about giving Mary the broody experience; it is not about growing the flock.