I popped a few cuckoo marans eggs under Heidi the bantam hen when she went broody (23 days ago!) and look what pecked it's way out! Sadly the other 2 eggs didn't hatch. This wee chick is strong as an ox though!
I've got three broody hens at the moment and in total they're sitting on 20 eggs (all Cuckoo Marans eggs!). So this time next month hopefully I'll have more chicks! I'm also expecting arrival of 24 hatching eggs (yes... cuckoo maran!) next week for the incubator. I've never hatched in an incubator before so I'm hoping all goes well. We're limited to our three solar panels for energy and will have the incubator set up in the yurt with us. If for some reason the sun stops shining or the batteries fail we have a small generator as back up! Exciting times! : )
hen xx
Awe! So cute!
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ReplyDeleteSo cute! I just got three bantam chicks from my local pet store out of the "Mixed Bantam Chicks" cage and I've been wanted to identify what types they are and what they'll look like once they get older. That black chick looks just like my large and sturdy black one at home!
ReplyDeleteI recently got 3 Bantam chicks from my local pet store out of the "Mixed Bantam Chick" cage. I've been trying to identify them to figure out what they are and what they'll look like once they get older and the black chick in the video looks like my large and sturdy black chick at home!
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