Jul 23, 2011

A New Record

Our chickens are very prolific.  Every year they hatch out oodles of new chicks. We have a few to sell, a few to butcher and a few replacement hens. This year we have 38 new members in our flock...so far.  We still have two hens setting and a duck.  (Our ducks hatch out the chicken eggs, too.  They want to be moms.)

Two days ago, we had a hen hatch out a total of 16 new chicks.  That's a record for us.  She's just a little bantam cross, so how did she set on all of those eggs???

We've taken 9 of them and put them in the brooder.  She keeps misplacing them.  :)  She still has 7 with her.
I only count six here, but one must be on the other side.

The little chicks are hers.  The bigger ones were abandoned by someone else.  We have a lot of people wanting chickens this year.  Things are working out well.  What a blessing.

1 comment:

Mama Pea said...

I love it when our hens go broody and hatch out their own chicks. This is the first year in a long time that hasn't happened, but we know it's because our girls are most likely getting too old. That's why we started new chicks (purchased from a hatchery). We picked two breeds that are known to go broody so maybe we'll be good again for a few years of hatching our own.

Jul 23, 2011

A New Record

Our chickens are very prolific.  Every year they hatch out oodles of new chicks. We have a few to sell, a few to butcher and a few replacement hens. This year we have 38 new members in our flock...so far.  We still have two hens setting and a duck.  (Our ducks hatch out the chicken eggs, too.  They want to be moms.)

Two days ago, we had a hen hatch out a total of 16 new chicks.  That's a record for us.  She's just a little bantam cross, so how did she set on all of those eggs???

We've taken 9 of them and put them in the brooder.  She keeps misplacing them.  :)  She still has 7 with her.
I only count six here, but one must be on the other side.

The little chicks are hers.  The bigger ones were abandoned by someone else.  We have a lot of people wanting chickens this year.  Things are working out well.  What a blessing.

1 comment:

Mama Pea said...

I love it when our hens go broody and hatch out their own chicks. This is the first year in a long time that hasn't happened, but we know it's because our girls are most likely getting too old. That's why we started new chicks (purchased from a hatchery). We picked two breeds that are known to go broody so maybe we'll be good again for a few years of hatching our own.