Titus 2 Homemakers
The Kitchen Table Visiting Corner => Anything Goes! => : MoWin May 30, 2014, 08:51:51 PM
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Penny had her babies this morning. I don't want to disturb them, so will wait for pictures till they have fur and their eyes open. She seems to be a good mama. She is nice to me, but I can tell she is nervous when I mess with the nest box. I believe there are at least 6-8 babies. Hard to tell just by feel. I can sure see the hair moving, though. ;D
I still have 63 baby chicks, who no longer look like babies. I will try to grab a picture of them tomorrow. I have an Australorp pullet that I just love. (Since I only ordered pullets of the Australorps, I am assuming this is a pullet. ;)) Anyway, it comes up to me and lets me pick it up and nuzzle. So cute! The others all run away.
I have a hen missing tonight. I saw no signs of feathers. Then I remembered hearing a grouchy hen this morning. I didn't really think much about it at the time, but now I am guessing she has gone broody and is hiding. That is not something I want, since a predator can get her if she isn't safely locked up at night. Oh well, not much I can do about it. I will mark the calendar and hopefully in 21 days she will turn up with a brood of chicks. ;D
Copper should have her babies by Tues. or Wed. Since she is a first time mom, not sure how things will go. :-\
I really think both Anthony (guy I bought the rabbits from) and Kevin are wrong about Dano. I think Dano is a Dani. I checked again yesterday. He/she is about 11 or 12 weeks old now, and sure looks like a girl to me. Not sure whether to be excited or disappointed about this. :-\ I really wanted a good quality buck, but a good doe would be great too. I will wait a bit to bring this up to Kevin again. ;) If Dano is a girl, it will mean building another hutch and getting a buck or saving one from ours. :D
Kevin plans to help me get the wire wall built for my ducks on one side and the older chicks on the other once they are old enough to move. I hauled out 2 trailer loads of stuff from that shed. Kevin plans to till it into the garden this fall. My ducks are supposed to ship on Monday, so I will probably get them on Tues. Kind of excited. ;D
Well, that is an update on all our critters. I share pictures when I can.
Blessings,
Winona
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Congratulations on the babies!
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Yay! Can't wait to see the pictures!