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My broody leghorn doesn't like the maternity ward and she's back in general population. Oh, shucks, I was so curious what she'd do. I'll wait and see if she ends up back in her grass nest by the time I get back home. I may just move the electric fence to encompase her instead of convince her to...

It's dusk, so I relocated my escapee broody leghorn from her grassy nest to the dog house and kennel. She squawked the whole way, but no pecks. I've got some fake eggs under her. If she stays broody, then I'll be happy to switch them out for real ones...

Oh?! You think it's more likely she's sick? Oh no, she just seemed so typically broody. She makes sounds like this: But I'll get in touch with the vet when they open. Edit: Oh and she's been hiding eggs in this little grass nest, too. This is from a few days ago...

I wanted to hatch out a fayoumi/leghorn mix anyway, so it really is convenient. I'm not exactly complaining! The older fayoumi hen I have is always on the edge of being too rough with my pullets... so hatching out a replacement would be ideal. I just wish this featherbrain hadn't picked such a...

Well, I have a broody leghorn. Not sure how that counts for thirsty thurs. I caught her on this hidden nest that's outside the electric fence yesterday and moved her into the isolation bay in my run (dog kennel and dog house) but this morning, she acted like she wanted out. So I let her out. Now...

Two-money C Zeet Q... I wonder what a chicken with a name like that does in their spare time...

Like zeta? I thought zed was the Bri'ish pronunciation.

Ok, quail hatch is over. 10 out of 24. Considering I lost power like 3 times, I'll call it a win. One of the last 2 eggs wasn't developing at all, and I just couldn't see through the shell. The other one, the chick didn't turn around, and likewise, it's a very dark shell. Oh, well. I have one...

Oh my power was out when this happened, but speaking of flipping chickens, had a leghorn mudwrestling match after a rain.

I just realized it's my cats' birthdays, but they got completely overshadowed by the quail chicks. Happy birthday to my stinky little fatso, Beanie, who's the best mouser in the houser. Happy birthday to my stinky little slinky, Goblin, whose little paw got stepped on yesterday because he can't...

7 hatched so far. 3 out of the five remaining have pipped.

It's starting!

Can you read it here?

10 quail eggs have pipped :o

Thanks for posting! I was curious how it was going to go. I have misters set up, and they do a great job cooling the area, but the chickens hate them so much... But they come back to the wet run when they're done running. So the soaker sounds awesome. I have these Orbit 62056 things, they're on...

Awww, I wanted to join the creme legbar club this august, but I just really, really, really don't want to put together another coop in this awful heat. Early spring for me! Whichever of my pullets is laying green eggs keeps laying them on a shelf and then they roll off and crack! Stop it, lady!

I've heard of adult chickens who can't figure these out, what a little smartie! 18, so they should be expected to hatch around Friday. Ugh,. deer. I have a little herd of ~11 that really like my property. There's pronghorn too, which are somehow even stupider than the deer when it comes to...

Got a proper candler instead of just using my phone's flashlight. Seems I've got 4 more duds that were just too dark to see through. That leaves 12 quail eggs... They go into lockdown on Monday, we'll just see what happens!

And now we blame cow farts for global warming. How cruel we are to these gentle animals! I'm with you. I think Mrs. Oleary was a firebug.

I'll be awaiting that too. I didn't get any peppers in the ground this year. But I have plenty of seeds saved.