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What a lovely set of pictures, amazing to see those gorgeous little fluff balls coming out of an egg... |
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Lovely chicks Smudgley - hope they lay loads of eggs when they are old enough. What a great sequence. You miss all that when you buy POL. Wait 'til Calismum sees these pictures!!! |
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That was a great sequence of shots! Fun to see them hatching. How many chickens and chicks do you have now? I agree, Calismum will be very broody seeing those little peeps! |
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Oh you two just knew I'd be - just soooooo jealous, green, envious etc. They are loveley. No wonder all took up residence in front of it! I just can't wait, no patience. Only 4 weeks to go! OH read in the Scottish Farmer that Stirling Market are having a poultry sale end July. The ad says livestock, hatching eggs and equipment. Think I might go see the equipment side. - Would that not be a good place to get an incubator Smudgely? - not Stirling but local livestock mkt? Ooooh - can't wait. can't wait, ca............ |
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We have a local poultry auction every Wednesday, but I've not seen an incubator there, although I don't get to go that often. There is a big specialist poultry sale on Thursday evening this week which I plan to go to, although I'm on a bloody course! (these courses are compulsry & if you don't attend you have to do catch-up at another site which would be miles away) bloomin' typical isn't it, so if I go, I won't get there til after it starts!  DM - We have 8 adults ( 3 calder Ranger, 4 black rocks and my new buff orpington called Matilda) and about 20/25 chicks. I had 4 duck eggs incubating but have chucked them out as the incubator I was using overheated this morning and fried the poor eggs. Just waiting on one goose egg to hatch now, which is under a hen (safest place to be I reckon) |
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Goslings are so cute! Sort of loose limbed and floppy! Beware grown geese though - they are real characters and often very fiercely protective of their territory. |
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Make excellent guards though - but perhaps you'll need more than one? |
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Yes - I think the usual grouping is 2 geese with one gander. I also think they get quite, um, sentimental? - that's not the right word but they do tend to stick together, mope when they are bereaved etc. |
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Great photos Smudgley, the chicks are sooo cute! |
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