We have chicks, people! The first bundles of cuteness arrived early yesterday morning and there is a long train of them. I could never get over how cute chicks are. So small. So soft. So many colours. The Little Fulla is loving them too. So far, we have 13: 5 Lorelai-Mr Bingley jnrs 3 Sookie-Mr … More The Bundles of Cuteness Arrive
Chick-hatching time is drawing closer. Frodo has done so well sitting for longer than usual and with so many eggs. The Husband and I did the second candling session tonight, Day 17/16. We weeded out two more duds, which, thankfully, were actually duds. They were just runny, warm, slightly smelly egg. I think they were … More You’re Hatching How Many Eggs?!
Frodo was waiting a while for some eggs to sit on. Well, some real eggs. The trouble with using a broody hen to hatch eggs is that you just have to run with whatever eggs you can get your hands on when she does go broody. I bought 12 fertile Australorp eggs that were being … More In Which Frodo Finally Gets Her Eggs
The Case of The Egg Thief has been a long and frustrating saga. Fortunately, it has now come to a close and thus I can release my full report. We have had an egg stealer. Eggs were going missing without a trace after I had seen a hen in the nestbox or heard her singing … More The Case of The Egg Thief
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