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Showing posts with label baby chicks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baby chicks. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Our August Surprise. Actually, seven of them.

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Every year, the Bantam chickens try creating secret stealth nests to hatch out chicks. We don't want any more Bantams, so each year I f...
Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Born Yesterday...

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Actually, it was the day before yesterday. And "hatched" might be a more accurate description. There were four chicks in this bat...
Saturday, April 24, 2010

How quickly they grow. And fly too!

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I had published this photo previously, taken on Easter Day: Here is how the little babies look today: They have gotten so big, that they jum...
Monday, April 12, 2010

Farm Report: New Chicks and a Rooster Coup

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Here is a photo I took of our new Leghorn chicks that we got from the local Feed Store. They were about two and a half weeks old when the p...
Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Farm Report: "Chickenblogging" disappointment

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When I bought my DV movie camera, I had high hopes of making short videos about life on the farm, and putting them on my blog. It hasn'...
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Thursday, September 10, 2009

"Feathery Foot Club" adds nine new members

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Seven of the new members can be seen here. The other two are being sat on by their mother. This will be the last bunch for the year, if al...
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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Farm Report: Hybrids, Freezer Burn, Egg Count

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In a previous post about our new Hybrid Cochin/Bantam chicks, who I called the Three Heathers , I speculated that some of the Heathers might...
Monday, June 22, 2009

Farm Report: The May Egg Count

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This report is kinda late. I've had a lot of other stuff to do that's kept me from blogging much, but if I wait much longer, it wil...
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Saturday, May 09, 2009

Farm Report: Egg Layer's Union makes trouble

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Loafing union members, during a "work slow-down" Last month I started the Monthly Egg Count for the Farm Report. But since then,...
Friday, May 01, 2009

Farm Report: "Heather has Two Mommies"

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Last month the first chicks of the year began to hatch. I've been letting the chickens hatch eggs from Turendot, our Chinese Cochin hen...
Sunday, October 12, 2008

The "Flip Ultra" quick video Farm Report

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Photo taken from Flip Video, via Muvee software I got my Pink Flip Ultra camcorder this week, and have been trying it out. Is it any good...
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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Uh-oh. Look what turned up yesterday...

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Yesterday afternoon this proud mama shows up with NINE of the little... "darlings" she hatched out secretly somewhere. There is an...
Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Farm Report: Summer sliding into Fall

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The past two nights there has been a slight autumn nip in the air. The alder trees are starting to drop some of their leaves, but haven...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Farm Report: two chicks in a screen test

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Here is my first video for the Farm Report. It's the two chicks I photographed in earlier reports . They're juveniles now, not as ...
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Sunday, May 11, 2008

Sunday Chick Pic of the Week

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I was going to do a short video, but I unpacked the new video camera, charged the battery etc, only to discover I don't have the video t...
Monday, May 05, 2008

They're still growing...

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I didn't do my usual Weekly Chick Pic this past weekend, as there was a bunch of other stuff that needed my attention. And, I'm su...
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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Farm Report: More Naked Chicks

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That title should do wonders for my site meter tally from Google searches. The older chick is now 3 weeks old, and the younger, 2 weeks. T...
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