fuzzi's Chicken Journal

[fuzzi]

What a good mom! It does look crowded in there, maybe little chick will get up on the roost tomorrow?

Just checked, Martha's in the box with the chicks. I guess LC isn't ready to roost, yet.

In time.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Just checked, Martha's in the box with the chicks. I guess LC isn't ready to roost, yet.

In time.

Yes, all in time.

She was testing the waters, but not all is ready. She'll try again soon I'm sure. During the day the chicks may start "playing" on the roosts too. I've always found that so adorable, they get on roosting bars acting like little big shots, but when it starts to get dark or cooler, they hurry right back to the security and warmth of Mama

 

[fuzzi]

The eggs have arrived!


I put them pointed end down in a refrigerator egg holder, and am going to let them sit on my kitchen table until tomorrow before putting them under Tamar.

 

[fuzzi]

I think even LC is a boy...

 

[fuzzi]

Martha brought her chicks up on the roost.

The Dominiques were intimidated...

I placed the Sillies on the roost, far right side, and Rahab and Hannah moved over. Good.

Oh, wait...

LC in the box, alone?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

How eggciting to get the eggs, now we can count down!!

Oh no LC!!!!

LOL Who wouldn't be intimidated by the "Broody Stare" while on the roost

 

[kcan2]

Martha indeed appears to be casting some dark looks in the direction of the Dominique's roost bar! Yikes
But, but she forgot LC!

 

[fuzzi]

I lay awake about 4:30, thinking about the eggs, but mainly about LC. I went outside about 5:30 to check on him, and he seemed relatively alert, still in the box.

Martha's other four appear fine, too. The black chick decided to stretch as I took a photo.

Martha's face has gotten redder, maybe she's getting ready to "wean" this bunch?

 

[fuzzi]

Egg-citing!

I got 12 eggs from a private breeder, but there's no way Tamar can cover all of them.

Enter incubator!

It's a freebie I got through Amaz0n, for the price of a review. It's currently warming up, sitting on my desk in the family/living room. I have tried to somewhat protect it from my cat Debbie.

Tentative plans:
1. Eggs will sit large side up until 5pm today, 24 hours after arriving and being settled on the kitchen table.
2. The 6 cleanest eggs will go in the incubator
3. The other 6 will be slipped under Tamar after dark

I've not used an incubator before, so after reading a lot of posts here I have decided to try a dry hatch, adding water to raise the humidity upon lockdown. I don't have distilled water, but I do have a gravity water filter, can use some of its water.

Weeeee!