Browsing Archive: January, 2010
Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Wednesday, January 27, 2010,
The chick is doing great. It is starting to get out of the nest but hasn’t figured out how to get back in just yet. I have had more opportunities to hand feed the chick because Violet only likes to feed it when it’s in the nest. Violet has started to lay her second clutch of eggs. I usually don’t get any chicks from the second clutch but we will see how things go. As of right now she is laying on two eggs and is still taking very good care of the chick. They grow up so fast almost all...
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Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Friday, January 22, 2010,
Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Thursday, January 21, 2010,
The lonely little chick isn't so little any more. It is doing great. Violet and Zeus are great adoptive parents. I have only gotten to feed the chick once because it always has a full belly. So here is a photo. The yellow is hard to see with the flash on but trust me this chick is yellow.
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Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Thursday, January 14, 2010,
Well this breeding season didn't exactly go as planed. There where four breeding pairs that produced a total of sixteen eggs. From those eggs eleven where fertile. It looks like there will be a great turn out. But then the hens came out of breeding condition to fast. When this happens then hens can stop sitting on their eggs and taking care of their chicks. At this time there where four of Willow and Storm eggs that hatched. As Storm came out of breeding condition she stopped caring for her...
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