Well, not only was I mistaken about the number of eggs that we had incubated but I also miscounted the number of chicks that hatched in the incubator. There were 16 eggs total incubated and 12 of them hatched. Three of Wynona's chicks are still alive and well, and ALL SIX of the eggs we put under Nell, an Australorp/Silkie mix, hatched the other day. So, that makes a total of 21 baby Wellsummers! Unfortunately, one of the mama Wellsummers died last week. It was probably Marek's Disease again. :-( She was the Wellsummer pullet that layed really pretty dark brown eggs. The other pullet lays lighter brown eggs with dark speckles. We shall see what their offspring produce.
Today, while making the afternoon rounds in the barnyard, I noticed that one of Wynona's chicks had gotten out of the rabbit cage and was running around in distress underneath. So, Wynona and the rest of her brood were released as well. Wynona was very happy about getting to take a nice dirt bath. It will be interesting to see if she is able to get her chicks up the 3 steps into the chicken house tonight or if they'll stay the night somewhere else.
Jeff and I bought materials to build more chicken tractors for our growing flock today. We've got lots of work to do!-Annie
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Thanks for the update. However I must say that reading about all you do & all you have yet to do can make me tired. You all work hard, but looks like it is paying off.
MOMd
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