[ANHBUC]

Summer is one of my Welsummer bantams and she has been sitting on 10 eggs, 1 from Dotty and the other 9 a mixture from her and Cilla my other Welsummer bantam.  They were due to hatch today but decided to make an appearance a little early yesterday afternoon/night.  A head count this morning is 9 out of 10 hatched and looking well.  Final egg has no signs of pipping but I will leave it until Summer decides it won't hatch or possibly it will.

[Springlands]

They are so lovely.    I am not going to show those pics to my OH - he would love to have some eggs for hatching but would not be able to do the deed if some turned out to be boys and then where would we be. 

[Nij48]

So so cute......what do you do with cocks?

[ANHBUC]

They are so lovely.    I am not going to show those pics to my OH - he would love to have some eggs for hatching but would not be able to do the deed if some turned out to be boys and then where would we be. 

Surrounded by cockerels and hens.   

So so cute......what do you do with cocks?

They are rehomed or dispatched when they start crowing and make a nice meal.



The little light chick is probably from Dotty.

There were 4 young cockerels running with the ladies so they are going to be a proper farmyard mixture.  I am really looking forward to seeing what colouring I get.   

[Nij48]

Do you live on a farm? Just seen your other chicken posts lol.

I would love the space to have a good mixture of birds.

[ANHBUC]

Do you live on a farm? Just seen your other chicken posts lol.

I would love the space to have a good mixture of birds.

   No just a decent sized garden but hubby and friends do keep joking about me getting pigs, sheep, alpacas etc.     Just in the middle of organising the bottom of the garden for them so it looks like a building site at the moment. 

[Nij48]

No just a decent sized garden but hubby and friends do keep joking about me getting pigs, sheep, alpacas etc.     Just in the middle of organising the bottom of the garden for them so it looks like a building site at the moment.

How I would love to have a couple of sheep - alpacas aint cheap!! Pigs would make nice 'pets'

[splash101]

Congratulations, really great results.

Summer is a beauty.

[ANHBUC]

Congratulations, really great results.

Summer is a beauty.

She is apart from her legs as she had scaley leg mite and hasn't gone through a molt since treatment.  It is amazing how they know what to do when they have chicks.   

[snowdrops]

No just a decent sized garden but hubby and friends do keep joking about me getting pigs, sheep, alpacas etc.     Just in the middle of organising the bottom of the garden for them so it looks like a building site at the moment.

How I would love to have a couple of sheep - alpacas aint cheap!! Pigs would make nice 'pets'

My hubby's boss breeds Alpaca's,when he bought the first one's they were £9000 each,but come with a baby(Krea-sp) & pregnant.
http://www.brookleafarm.com/

[ANHBUC]

No just a decent sized garden but hubby and friends do keep joking about me getting pigs, sheep, alpacas etc.     Just in the middle of organising the bottom of the garden for them so it looks like a building site at the moment.

How I would love to have a couple of sheep - alpacas aint cheap!! Pigs would make nice 'pets'

My hubby's boss breeds Alpaca's,when he bought the first one's they were £9000 each,but come with a baby(Krea-sp) & pregnant.
http://www.brookleafarm.com/

That is very naughty of you snowdrops, I don't need any encouragement.     I am fighting the urge to get Muscovy ducks but I know I shouldn't!   

They are beautiful though, I think I have seen their website before whilst I was just browsing.   

[snowdrops]

No but you'd need more than a large garden They do look nice but they spit like camels

[ANHBUC]

No but you'd need more than a large garden They do look nice but they spit like camels

Unfortunately there is no land available near to us.  I think they only spit when they feel threatened but it is meant to stink.   :blink:

[Nij48]

That is very naughty of you snowdrops, I don't need any encouragement.     I am fighting the urge to get Muscovy ducks but I know I shouldn't!   

They are beautiful though, I think I have seen their website before whilst I was just browsing.   

NOOOOO not ducks - I have only just almost kinda convinced myself I dont want ducks!!

[ANHBUC]

Muscovys are lovely very messy, quiet very messy, they eat slugs and snails but are very messy.  Trying to convince myself!