The chicks are 5 1/2 weeks old now, all fourteen of ’em. They are in the ugly kind of stage, in which they are still growing in their head and neck feathers, so look rather gangly. And yet, there are all sorts of beautiful feather colours coming through on their bodies. The Sookie babies are … More Chick Update: It’s About Time!
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
While we were away, the chickens did not die. Woohoo! Neither did they run away, incapacitate themselves or fall into the grips of illness. Frodo did manage to escape into the Vege Garden one day, but didn’t cause too much damage. The hens even managed to lay in the new coop. I wasn’t expecting them … More While we Were Away & Since We’ve Been Back
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