Live Hatching Update:
Good morning!
I finally got my Tumblr blog transferred over to Posterous, but I do need to go through and delete some of the old RSS posts from The Krafty Lady. I don’t want to be a spammer..! Just a quick update on the chicken situation: the chicks (6 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Buff Orpingtons), are due to hatch today! Last time they were a whole week late (nearly 28 days instead of the normal 21), but we made some improvements in the broody coop so hopefully they’ll arrive at some point over the weekend. Last time was painful - Paul and I sat in the potting shed all day every day from the day they were due to hatch, like expectant mothers. This time, it’ss gone so quickly! We’re just leaving her to it today. It’s our smallest hen, a bantum Wyandotte, who is sitting - she had the best hatch rate last time and she’s a fantastic mum. It’s amazing to see her teach the chicks how to feed and water themselves, and she has a tendancy to tell them off when it’s bedtime: she makes a clucking noise and ushers them in with her wings like you see in the cartoons! The last lot of chicks are now bigger than her. They don’t hang around their mum anymore, but they do hang around together which is quite sweet. We thought one of them was a cockerel but SHE’S not! Hoping to get a Rhode Island cock, though. They’re beautiful. We have 7 hens at the moment. I’ll get a picture page going on the blog to introduce you to the family. Finding it hard to find any spare time at the moment! I’ll keep updating and obviously post photos of the cuteness once they arrive! Back to my coffee and painting for now though…
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I finally got my Tumblr blog transferred over to Posterous, but I do need to go through and delete some of the old RSS posts from The Krafty Lady. I don’t want to be a spammer..! Just a quick update on the chicken situation: the chicks (6 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Buff Orpingtons), are due to hatch today! Last time they were a whole week late (nearly 28 days instead of the normal 21), but we made some improvements in the broody coop so hopefully they’ll arrive at some point over the weekend. Last time was painful - Paul and I sat in the potting shed all day every day from the day they were due to hatch, like expectant mothers. This time, it’ss gone so quickly! We’re just leaving her to it today. It’s our smallest hen, a bantum Wyandotte, who is sitting - she had the best hatch rate last time and she’s a fantastic mum. It’s amazing to see her teach the chicks how to feed and water themselves, and she has a tendancy to tell them off when it’s bedtime: she makes a clucking noise and ushers them in with her wings like you see in the cartoons! The last lot of chicks are now bigger than her. They don’t hang around their mum anymore, but they do hang around together which is quite sweet. We thought one of them was a cockerel but SHE’S not! Hoping to get a Rhode Island cock, though. They’re beautiful. We have 7 hens at the moment. I’ll get a picture page going on the blog to introduce you to the family. Finding it hard to find any spare time at the moment! I’ll keep updating and obviously post photos of the cuteness once they arrive! Back to my coffee and painting for now though…
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