More Hatching Eggs & Chicks on the Way
Early in the month, we witnessed a spectacular fox attack (a hungry mama darted out of the woods and grabbed a Gretchen, a blue feathered Ameraucana hen, who was trying to fly away and about 4 feet up in the air. The fox ignored the barking dogs and the crazy pregnant lady running and screaming at her.) After that, we counted everyone and realized this was the third animal that had been taken in less than a week, and that the fox was alternating between us and a neighbor.
We used the opportunity to change our routine, and split most of our chickens into breeding groups in pastured poultry pens that we move 1-3 times per day, rather than allowing them to completely free range.
Since they're split up by breed now, we are starting to have more breeds of hatching eggs available for purchase. Next week, we will also have Cream Legbar chicks and Welsh Harlequin ducklings available.
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