Loryn is going to raise Chickens for 4-H and we just started at Easter. She got 1week old birds at easter...2 chicks and 2 ducklings. The cats stole one of the chicks when they were 3 weeks old. So she has a Bantam White faced Black Spanish ( Blackie)and 2 Mascovy ducks, (Meadow and Jose')....The DUCKS ARE HUGE not even about 6 weeks old. 2 weeks ago I bought 6 week old mixed sex Americana chicks( they lay blue and green eggs) and two Self blue/ lavender Dutch bantams. Bantams are just miniature breeds of chickens that lay little eggs.. Then we bought 2 female Rhode Island Reds,which are rust colored and 2 female Barred Rock and 2 female silverlaced Wyandotte- those are both heavy black and white breeds that lay lots of large brown eggs .We also bought a pair of feathered leg bantams...I was not sure what they are but think one is a black slikie and the other a black cochin. Benny and I built an incubator out of a styrofoam ice chest and a dimmer bulb...I put in 17 eggs 20 days ago and have been turning them 3 times and day and today they started hatching!!!!I could hear peeping coming from the eggs yesterday. I have 2 americana and 4 silkies in a brooder and 4 more hatching in the bator. I hope the other 6 will hatch. I had to take out one that was no good. I'll post a picture later on! They are so cute chirping in my living room.
The brooder ring.
Loryn with Blackie
The outside of the barn...the future covered chicken run will be accessable from the side doors on this corner. Work has already begun since this photo was taken.
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