Poultry report

joe · 4 May 2019 19:03

Young Miss (we hope) Nell:

We have a fairly good idea of whose egg she hatched from:

Fanta · 4 May 2019 20:13

That does seem a little likely…

Armrest · 4 May 2019 20:36

Go Fahrenheit. It’s been double figures all day.

Love the new one Joe.

joe · 6 May 2019 21:33

Another sad day - RIP Katy II. Looked like a heart attack, so at least it was quick. We’d noticed she’d been a bit under the weather, so maybe it was for the best. The last couple we lost lingered for quite a while, which can’t have been pleasant for the poor things.

Carinthia · 6 May 2019 21:37

Poor Katy . Pleased that, if it had to be, it was quick

Carinthia.xx

Fanta · 6 May 2019 21:41

RIP Katy II.

I shall have a glass of Ruby Leffe to drink to her with.

Carinthia · 6 May 2019 21:55

I’ll have a glass of ‘Proper Job’, as that is the first bottle I picked up

RIP Katy

Carinthia.xx

soobee · 6 May 2019 22:16

I raise a glass to her chickenly soul. Sad for you, joe.
Soo xx

Gus · 6 May 2019 23:04

Aw, that’s lousy news.
Your chooks are so loved,
Katy II will have had the best of lives. Rotten sad for you, though. II

joe · 7 May 2019 00:39

A hazard of getting “retirees”—Katy was one of the “Crettyard Crew”. They’re not young when they arrive and have more often than not been “forced” to lay incessantly for a year or so by artificially lengthening the laying period. It does tend to leave them rather stressed.

soobee · 7 May 2019 12:22

Poor wee chooks. Thank goodness that they have a comfortable retirement at your place, joe.
Soo

joe · 28 May 2019 19:25

Mudlarkery apprenticeship continues apace:

Carinthia · 28 May 2019 20:50

Love it, Joe

Carinthia.xx

soobee · 28 May 2019 21:19

As do I.
Happy buzzing sounds from Northumberland.
Soo xx

soobee · 17 June 2019 21:38

Patiently awaiting photies of little ones.
Soo xx

JustJanie · 20 June 2019 21:50

Yer not the only one, Soo. LadySusan is a Poultry Fan.

joe · 20 June 2019 22:03

First the bad news: it looks like the trainee mudlarks are roosters. One definitely is; he was in full voice today. The other almost certainly is. Sadly they’ll have to go…

The newest chick seems to have disappeared—unless the original sighting was mistaken. I never saw it, so it’s possible. Whatever the truth, there is definitely no chick there now. Millie and Sammy-Hannah still patiently sitting, however! (S-H has revealed a hitherto unsuspected vicious side—approach the nest your peril!)

Bella, however, has come up trumps (unless it’s another bloody rooster…)