Myztik
Jogging around the block
Sooo my lone chook went broody recently and after weeks of her trying to hatch a Christmas bauble (bless the silly girl) I felt sorry for her and bought some fertilized eggs and snuck them into her nest while she was eating.
Much to her and my pleasure all six eggs hatched!
The chicks are about 2.5wks old now and getting big fast! They are silver laced Wyandotte.
1day old
1wk
2wks (little one with the 'eye makeup' is my fav and the most adventurous)
For the first 1.5 wks they were shut in the chook house with Mumma chook so the cats couldn't go near them as they could just walk through the chicken wire and weren't safe. Now that they are bigger they stay out during the day when I'm home to supervise. Once they are bigger then they'll be 'free range' like mum. My cats are scared of the big chook and won't go near her.
Much to her and my pleasure all six eggs hatched!
The chicks are about 2.5wks old now and getting big fast! They are silver laced Wyandotte.
1day old
1wk
2wks (little one with the 'eye makeup' is my fav and the most adventurous)
For the first 1.5 wks they were shut in the chook house with Mumma chook so the cats couldn't go near them as they could just walk through the chicken wire and weren't safe. Now that they are bigger they stay out during the day when I'm home to supervise. Once they are bigger then they'll be 'free range' like mum. My cats are scared of the big chook and won't go near her.