Crop Circles...
Here's an updated photo of my front yard crop circle. The Artichokes are starting to gain a bit of height. I added in salvias around the edge to offset them. The artichokes are said to reach up to five feet in height. The salvias, two to three feet. In the center I added asparagus that has sprouted but is thin and wispy. It's proably not visible in this photo.
Here are my Barneveldar chicks. Out of a dozen eggs, three hatched. Most of the eggs didn't show any sign that they were fertile. I gave one of the chicks (not pictured here) to my sister.These chicks were hatched on April 27th.
posted by Weaseldog @ 2:02 PM
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4 Comments:
Sweet chicks, weas. :-) So how do the adults take to the little ones?
They don't know what to make of them. My Black Orpingtons are just now old enough to be broody.
None have any experience with babies.
I let the chicks run around for a while and they followed some of the hens, but no special attention was given to them.
I'm keeping them in a chicken tractor when there's no rain in the forecast. I took a pet carrier and inside put a olad bathmat and makeshift heater with a 60 watt, insect light. Essentially the heater is a bulb base inside a coffee can, covered in a pickle jar, so they can't touch the bulb.
I cover it with a towel seen in the pic, to keep in insulated.
So if it get's cold or gusty, they have a warm place to stay. If it does rain unexpectantly, I think they'll stay dry inside.
Nice chics Weasel. My urban local does not allow fowl...not yet anyway. Keep it up!
Jim (differentJim)
www.pedaleconomics.blogspot.com
Nice.
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