Thursday, 30 June 2011

How it all started ........

Labeled so we can check them
We have kept hens for a few years now.  Our latest group of ladies are a mix of bluebells and white hybrids.  Their names are Snowy, Potato, Dusty and Daisy. Last year Daisy became broody and we decided that if that happened again we would get Daisy some fertilised eggs to sit on! Now this year when Daisy became broody again I phoned our nearest farm and asked if we could buy six fertilized eggs.  One was white one was dark brown and the others where just normal colored eggs.  I have been researching about raising chicks naturally and daisy is sitting them perfectly and she is enjoying doing it and i am looking forward to them hatching.