Spring means New Life!

Esther became "broody" the first week of April, so we let her sit on an assortment of the flock's eggs. She hatched out a cute little assortment of chicks. She is such an amazing mom. It is really sweet to hear her chortling at the babies & showing them food.

Adorable!

Success!

I found a lovely lady to take our little rooster boys & give them a nice home. Rose misses them, but the coop is quieter without all that crowing. Also, the girls don't have to dodge all the excessive "attention."

Roosters, roosters, roosters...

Yes, it is rooster re-homing time again. The cute, adorable chicks begin to take on the characteristics of mature, vicious raptors. The raping & pillaging begin and our collective patience waines. Thus, begins the cycle of hooking up with strangers via Craigslist & arranging meet ups in the parking lots of fastfood restaurants.

Here are some of our candidates for strangers' soup pots (just kidding): The first fuzzy reject is Raven, a romantically aggressive Silkie.






We also have two Turken/Silkie mixes: Rock & Liberace. I have nothing against these guys, except it is rather disconcerting to watch them drag eachother around by the face. They love to be cuddled and held. They just have sibling issues.


I am going to need all the luck in the world to get someone to take these dudes off our hands...

Hey, that's not a chicken!

We are starting some kind of farm, here.

A Funny Farm?

Rose's new bunny is a mini rex, named Blue. Rose plans to show her in the fair.

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas!

Thought I'd post a picture or two from our chicken photo shoot. Ahhhh, the glamour!!!

This is Cinnamon, the Silkie.

Beautiful Fall Photos!

We got some cute shots of our flock pigging out on pumpkin.

Here's Cookie. It looks like the pumpkin is eating HER!

And here is a group shot: Lou is one handsome rooster!

Doom!

It is "Day 21" as they say in the incubating world. Hatch day! I don't anticipate any hatch at all. We are down to 4 out of 24 eggs. I have little hope for these... We have not seen any movement in them. In fact, I think all the eggs were "fried" by a temperature spike early on in the process. We opened some eggs this week & did not see so much as a tiny 7-day sized embryo.
So we did what any senseless chicken farmers would do: We put more eggs in the incubator! Insanity it is!
Oh, and I am considering allowing R. to purchase some of the Showgirl birds that we tried & failed to hatch... I am weak.
Here are some Showgirl photos - for the uninitiated. They are a Turken/Silkie cross, ugly as sin.
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/ShowGirls/BRKShowGirl.html