Chicken News....The Good, The Bad and The Ugly...Updated!!!!

Taken when the broody hens were just chicks!

We now have three hens that are broody,

sitting on eggs. Lots of eggs.

They have been getting broody one at a

time so the others just kept laying and

laying eggs.

For a while we could tell which were new

eggs and retrieved them for eating.

Then I opened an egg "in process"...

not so fun. So we stopped retrieving

them. Now there are way too many eggs

up there and three hens trying desperately

to sit on them.

One night I went up and fed them later than

usual and they were very hungry. Those hens

hopped up and ate and then carefully sat once

again using their heads and beaks to pull each

and every egg back under their outspread wings.

Loved that.

Our Creator has built in such a

marvelous knowledge into these critters.

Our neighbors have five quail eggs they would

like us to let our hens hatch out.

We have been trying to figure out how to do

this...It looks like we now have an answer.

Sadly, I came home yesterday to find one of

the older chickens dead in her box. 

 The hen that died yesterday

It is our working theory that a snake got

in and killed her.

I admit being glad that it wasn't the one

I call Mabel. 

 Mabel

She is my favorite and the

last of the older batch.

Soon her day will come because chickens just

don't have long lifespans, but thankfully

it wasn't yesterday.

Anyway, I think with this event happening 

we will move her over with the non-broody hen

and rooster and move the nursery over

to this side of the chicken coop.

This might be a bit risky as they have

lived side by side but not together up 

until now but it is a risk we need to take.

SO... now you know more about 

our chickens than you probably 

ever wanted to know.

LOL

But, they are a part of our daily routine and 

we love having them here.

UPDATE: I just found our first new peep!!!
It looks really good.  There are four
very protective Momma's taking care of it!
And that doesn't count me.

Now, I must get moving.

Back to the chiropractor.

There is progress but my neck still has a very 

bad spot in it.  

Thankfully I can turn my head now. 

It is just a matter of time and all will be well.

Thanks so much for all of the kind words.

And...Chelsea has posted her Cheesecake 

recipe on her blog.

You'll find it here.

She has been commissioned to make one for 

our neighbor Ellen.

She is so very excited!

And speaking of Chelsea...

she met a very nice lady who owns a 

candy making shop.

Today Chelsea will be turning in an 

application for work.

We understand that the staff is in place for  the

Summer....but we can always hope

for the Fall

or next Summer.

Update Number Two:
My Grandma is in ICU on a ventilator.
Please pray that the Lord's Will is done!!!!

Have a blessed day!