Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Broody Mama Take Two! Minerva Gets Serious About Hatching Eggs

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It really is lucky that Minerva went broody just a few days before we lost Gypsy the mama hen to the foxes. She is now setting on 15 eggs: ...

RIP Gypsy--Finally, We Lose Birds to the Local Foxes...

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I am sad to report that we lost two good hens in the last two days. First, Maybell the Black Java pullet was not with the other birds when ...
Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Charming Family Life of Chickens

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Watching Gypsy the mother hen bring her chicks out into the flock today was just a delight. YouTube Video Jules, the French Coppered Black ...
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Monday, May 30, 2011

And Then There Were Six--Trial and Error with a Clumsy Mama Hen

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Video of Mama and Babies I almost hesitate to post this as the number may change again by tomorrow.  Since I last posted, I found anothe...
Saturday, May 28, 2011

Success! 7 Healthy Chicks Peeping Under Broody Mama

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Beware:  the cute in this video is intense. Well, that was a hair-raising adventure.  After removing one chick from the nest whose egg was ...
Friday, May 27, 2011

Sad News for Gypsy's First Babe, and an Intervention

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The chick I removed from Gypsy's nest yesterday, an adorable white or silver baby, has been in the incubator for 12 hours.  It has kicke...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

Gypsy's Hatch--Tale of a First Time Broody

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I am so proud of my girl!  It's been a bumpy road, and we've lost a few eggs, but Gypsy is sitting pretty on a clutch of peeping egg...