Browsing Archive: August, 2012
Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Friday, August 31, 2012,
Well we have more little chicks. Bell has three. Stella has two, the first has red eyes and the second had dark eyes. Last but not least Athena has two red eyed chicks. Continue reading ...
Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Thursday, August 30, 2012,
Bell now has two healthy looking chicks. Alba and Stella's first eggs hatched today. Both chicks have red eyes. I'm hoping for lacewings but they maybe lutino or albino. We will just have to see when they get their feathers in.
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Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Monday, August 27, 2012,
Bells first egg hatched this morning. The first little chick of the season. Athena also now has three eggs. Can't wait for all the eggs to hatch.
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Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Wednesday, August 22, 2012,
The egg count is now up to seventeen. I'm wondering how many eggs are fertile and how many chicks will develop. I only will candle the eggs when the last egg is five days old.
Bell has 6 eggs in her nest. Bell is sitting on her eggs almost 24/7 now. She only gets out to relieve herself. Dusty is also in the nest close to 24/7. He chats with her all day long.
Stella now has 4 eggs. She is also now in her nest most of the time. Petey checks in on her to see what she is up to. But he usually spen...
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Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Sunday, August 19, 2012,
Bell now has five eggs in her nest. Stella and Alba have four eggs and Athena has laid her first egg. Continue reading ...
Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Thursday, August 16, 2012,
Bell laid her forth egg today. Stella and Alba laid their third. So ten in total. Continue reading ...
Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Tuesday, August 14, 2012,
The egg count is now up to seven. Bell laid her second egg on the 11th and her third yesterday. Stella now has two eggs and Alba now has two eggs. Continue reading ...
Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Saturday, August 11, 2012,
One egg turns into four. Today the egg count jumped from one to four. Bell has two eggs, Stella has one and Alba has one. Continue reading ...
Posted by Bridget Wheeler on Friday, August 10, 2012,
The first egg of the season was laid this morning by Bell. Dusty and Bell sit in the nest together throughout the breeding season. Dusty is my only male that sits in the nest with Bell most of the time keeping her company. Here we go. Hold on. Continue reading ...
