AL - Recording baby steps: Newest Addition

[AL]

There has always been a flag around our place as well. But the terrorist attacks gave it a whole new meaning. I love seeing the flag in the wind. (that pic would be the southern breezes people hear / dream about)

 

[AL]

My Jersey Giant hen hatched a chick yesterday, and there is another one pipped this morning. Will they be ok with the big flock or should I move the whole nest into a kennel?
I am going to be overrun with chickens!!! My original 14, the 11 incubator chicks and now this hatch!


The frost a few days ago killed a couple of my pepper plants so I went and bought 4 more (kind of like chicken math). I replaced the 2 jalapenos and also bought a red hot cherry pepper and a banana pepper.

I have an insane schedule today and should be home sleeping. I would rather be gardening, but it is supposed to storm tonight and I figure it'll jsut wash away my seeds.

 

[hillfarm]

I had two hens and a rooster. a hen died. so I just bought 12 more babies. That's chicken math. A lot like algebra, never made any sense. LOL.

 

[Wifezilla]

I keep my duck mamas separate from the flock until the babies are a bit bigger. You never know if the others will develop an attitude and attack the chicks.

 

[TanksHill]

My Momma hens who natural hatch have always done a great job of protecting the little ones from the flock. They usually do really well.

Well, before I had a big turkey that is.

g

 

[lorihadams]

I would separate them just to be on the safe side....at least for the first week or so until you know everyone is cool...maybe put a smaller pen inside the larger chickens area so they can see the babies but not actually get to them.

 

[AL]

Ok... I think I'll see if she'll tolerate me putting the whole nest in the kennel. I just hope it doesn't run her off the nest...

Getting off work in 4 minutes then making a mad dash to spend a couple of hours in the garden before doctor appointments and ballgames.

I love weather forecasts like this

The foggy mornings and humidity, and hot afternoons are gone for a couple of days after a passing cold front.

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

Tuesday: Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 80. North wind around 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: Clear, with a low around 47. North wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 80. North wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 49. South wind around 5 mph.
Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming south between 5 and 10 mph.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

I would be hesitant to move them until the hatch is done! My mommas have always protected their babies. Yours will probably remain on the nest for a few days anyways. Maybe after they hatch you can move them if you want. I'd hate to disrupt a hatching nest!

 

[savingdogs]

I moved one and she stopped feeling broody in the new place.

We were on like day 22....I was trying to get all prepped for the chicks.

 

[AL]

Well I ended up not moving her after all... when I went out she had her one chick, one pipped and one peeping in the shell. This evening everyone else was standing outside of the door because she wouldn't let them in - they finally braved her enough to go in and get on the roost.
I have been awake about 34 hours - I've had a counseling appointment, 9hrs work, worked in the garden 2 hours, a gyn appt (which is kind of like facing the firing squad to me)that last TWO hours not counting the waiting room, filled up my truck for $90 and then headed straight downtown for my meeting with my dietician. Finished up there, headed home for a quick bite to eat and then zipped off to the next county for my older nephew's baseball game. I stopped at TSC and bought a sprinkler, went out in the dark to hook it up and didn't see that the stupid thing is installed upside down - the sprayer sprays out of the bottom so I got soaking wet . I rounded up my older chicks that still haven't figured out sleeping in their shelter (of course Pat doesn't either). Now I am eating a scrambled egg before my last walk around the place for the night.

Here are some photos of the day. The squash came up on its own near the edge of the garden, I guess from the frost-killed ones that I tilled under in September. My peas are making, not filled out yet. And then the sweet little chick (the 2nd one hatched sometime today and is all dry and happy).