Friday, November 10, 2017

The New Kids In The Flock

 With it being molting season, egg laying has been very slow. Some days we're only getting 6 eggs!  I decided to plan ahead for an abundance of eggs this spring.  I ordered 29 chicks from Ideal Hatchery and a Wake Forest student hatched 20 of our chicks as school project.  The 49 chicks are super cute.
















In other baby news.....   One of our Cuckoo Marans hens hatched 4 Ancona ducklings (I ordered the fertilized eggs from ebay) and they're doing well and growing quickly.  Oh, and ducks are VERY messy! The momma hen has no idea that her babies aren't chickens.