by markstocking | Nov 10, 2021 | Chickens
We still are not sure about the sexes of the pair. Tater has started crowing like dad, so all signs point to a rooster. I am still holding out some hope for Pancake. She (pretty please) hasn’t been crowing, and seems to not be as large as Tater. From all the...
by markstocking | Nov 10, 2021 | Chickens
I got to say, these are some fine looking birds. I must really not understand chicken genetics, because they look NOTHING like their parents.
by markstocking | Nov 10, 2021 | Chickens, More
The chicks soon outgrew their boxes and needed to leave the laundry room for the great outdoors. Cleaned up and rebuilt the second coop and built a nice secure pen for the six-week old chicks, or should I say teenagers.
by markstocking | Nov 10, 2021 | Chickens
They grow up so fast. The first two “grandkids”. Rosie named them Pancake and Potato (Tater). Good luck telling them apart.
by markstocking | Nov 10, 2021 | Chickens
We started with 21 eggs. After 21 days, we had 2 chicks hatch. I guess Snowy was doing his job. From my basic math skills and my research, I figured that there were less that 5 eggs in the batch fresh enough to hatch. So I figure 2 out of 5 ain’t too bad for a...