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August 9, 2007

The New Crew

Introducing the tiniest chicks. These are spangled Old English bantams. They just hatched today.
Mama has been sitting in the cosiest spot. (Really sometimes these birds pick the worst spot to sit on eggs, but that's just my opinion.) She is 7' in the air in this hinged box I picked up at an auction. Actually the hen who I posted about a couple of days ago with 11 chicks hatched her brood on the same shelf - she chose a washtub filled with bailing twine as her nest.
She and her babies are pretty comfy in their nest box, but today I will move them to a cage on the floor. I don't think the babies will be able to navigate the 7' drop to the floor too well.
Meanwhile the new painting crew had arrived :) gary set up this scaffolding to stain the side of the house. The turkey poults have decided it is a great place to roost after breakfast.

Posted by roosterh at August 9, 2007 6:22 AM

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