BlaknitesChickens

At the beginning of the month Stirfry decided to sit some eggs. I let her do so and she started May with 7 eggs, then the next morning her sneaky coop mates dropped some into the nest bringing the total up to 13 eggs. The first week she still had 13 eggs, then she culled out a bunch over the second and third week and ended up bringing 7 eggs to term. May 21, I happen to be out of town and got a call from Dad saying "Hey you have 4 chicks." I was like WHOOOO. She sat the other 3 eggs and Friday 1 more hatched. She gave up on the last 2 eggs Saturday. Unfortunately Saturday was a bad day for the chicks, 3 died leaving me with a yellow and a bro

Well all my chickens are growing fast and being silly. I have 25 that are out in the coop and 17 inside as well as another 14 that died in transit so they will be replaced next month by the hatchery. The most of the 13 younger birds in the coop need names as do the 17 that are in the brooder. Pictures will be posted later of all the chickens.

Well all my chickens are growing fast and being silly. I have 25 that are out in the coop and 17 inside as well as another 14 that died in transit so they will be replaced next month by the hatchery. The most of the 13 younger birds in the coop need names as do the 17 that are in the brooder. Pictures will be posted later of all the chickens.