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Missing Hen Returns With Chicks

February 21, 2011 by Darren

Our missing hen returns with a pleasant surprise for us – four gorgeous little chicks!

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: backyard chickens, barnevelder, brahma, broody chickens, chicks, chooks, eggs, ISA brown, rooster

An Assortment of Duck and Chicken Eggs

January 12, 2011 by Darren

You get a lot of variations in the size, shape and colour of eggs between different breeds of chickens and ducks. There’s a fair bit of natural variation within a breed, and even with eggs from the same bird. Here’s a lineup of some recent eggs we’ve collected.

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: barnevelder, brahma, chickens, chicks, ducks, eggs, ISA brown, pullets

Hatching Chicks

March 15, 2010 by Darren

This story has been a bit of a saga. Remember back when I got Molly the leghorn to go broody and slipped some eggs under her? Well, none hatched. I think it was a combination of inexperienced first-time mother and low fertility rate of eggs. She was sitting on 6 eggs: three exploded in the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: backyard poultry, barnevelder, brahma, broody chickens, chickens, chicks, eggs, faverolles, incubator, ISA brown, leghorn, rooster

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