This past week was crazy busy, very tiring and wicked exciting. It kicked off with a weekend chock full of chicken chat as my husband and spoke with countless chicken supporters on the town green during the annual fall festival. The Zoning Commission meeting to legalize backyard chickens will be held this coming Monday and the town is currently looking for a bigger meeting room as attendance in favor of chicken-keeping is expected to exceed capacity under the fire code. RIGHT ON! Tune in on Monday, September 16th at 7:00 pm EST as I stream the hearing LIVE here. There are two other matters on the agenda before mine, so punctuality isn’t critical.
Rachel (Bantam Cochin Frizzle) has pin feathers emerging from her neck and tail, which are painful, so I try not to handle her and continue to give her high-protein snacks and treats.
The Olive Egger, above and Black Copper Marans pullet, below, are both too young to molt, so they’re responsible for carrying the egg production load while the molting girlz devote their energies to feather production.
The other exciting event this week was the hatching of four chicks. Blaze is the likely baby daddy of several of the chicks, but it appears that my dear departed Brutus may be the father of at least one of them. ♥ I don’t know the breeds of the hens whose eggs they hatched from with the exception of the little brown and white chick, which was Vera’s egglet (Red Sex Link pullet, below).
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This past week was crazy busy, very tiring and wicked exciting. It kicked off with a weekend chock full of chicken chat as my husband and spoke with countless chicken supporters on the town green during the annual fall festival. The Zoning Commission meeting to legalize backyard chickens will be held this coming Monday and the town is currently looking for a bigger meeting room as attendance in favor of chicken-keeping is expected to exceed capacity under the fire code. RIGHT ON! Tune in on Monday, September 16th at 7:00 pm EST as I stream the hearing LIVE here. There are two other matters on the agenda before mine, so punctuality isn’t critical.
Rachel (Bantam Cochin Frizzle) has pin feathers emerging from her neck and tail, which are painful, so I try not to handle her and continue to give her high-protein snacks and treats.
The Olive Egger, above and Black Copper Marans pullet, below, are both too young to molt, so they’re responsible for carrying the egg production load while the molting girlz devote their energies to feather production.
The other exciting event this week was the hatching of four chicks. Blaze is the likely baby daddy of several of the chicks, but it appears that my dear departed Brutus may be the father of at least one of them. ♥ I don’t know the breeds of the hens whose eggs they hatched from with the exception of the little brown and white chick, which was Vera’s egglet (Red Sex Link pullet, below).
I really need one of these :)
I have some silkie eggs in the incubator right now so a brinsea ecoglow 20 brooder would come in handy when they hatch .then I can get ride of my heat lamp.
It has turned very cool here in Ohio today. I have newly hatched chicks under an old heat lamp. I would love to try the Brensea Eco Glow 20 brooder
I would LOVE to win the Brinsea eco glow! I don't have one! But I did buy the Brinsea Oct incubator and LOVE it! :) This heat source would be perfect for my chicks! Thank you for the opportunity! I'm a subscriber and I "like" Brinsea, and I'm heading their way to tell them you sent me! :)
Already was connected with Google but I did like Brinsea on facebook. I could really use this as its about that time to replenish my flock. Thanks for the cool giveaway opportunity.