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I love a gorgeous egg basket full of multicolor eggs. ♡♡

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It's baby Alligator Snalling Turtle season!! ♡ they're so cute when they're babies. Tiny dinosaurs. They're important for our ecosystem. Even thought when they're giants, they're terrifying. I still love them.

Every year at about this time, a ton of baby dinosaurs show up in my driveway. I live halfway up a hill, with a nice creek at the bottom and a hay field at the top. The momma snappy turtle must have her nest up in the field. My kids and I always pick up as many as we can find and get them the rest of the way to the creek. ♡

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Gandalf the rescue silkie is doing so much better! His top hat feathers are finally coming back in. He looks so funny. I love him.

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It's a tough weekend out here, you guys.

My baby birds have Cocci. My incubator humidity thing freaked out and killed more than half of my babies that should've hatched this weekend. I'm babysitting my 18 mo nephew, so I'm exhausted.

Coccidosis is awful. I've never dealt with it before, but I had seen several local folks had been dealing with it this year, so I got a bottle of corrid just in case.

Coccidosis is a serious intestinal parasitic infection that will wipe out a whole flock in no time. It is easy to manage, as long as you catch it early. You just get some corrid and mix it in their water. You've got to refresh the water every 24 hours. After the 5 days of treatment, you have to give them probiotics to replace their nutrients.

So far, I've lost 2 dark brahmas. I am devastated. I hope that I don't lose any more. I hope that I've started treatment in time. What I did not know is that I can smell it. I had changed the shavings in all of my baby boxes just a few days ago, but the smell is so overwhelming and awful! I did not expect it.

My incubator does not regulate its own humidity. It is very hard to maintain the humidity manually. Especially overnight. Especially when there's a toddler sleeping in that room that you are desperate not to wake up.

Overall, it's been a really tough weekend over here, and it's hard not to feel discouraged and overwhelmed. I am sure we will make it through, but it does suck to go through.

I just had the most successful hatch I've ever hatched! I can't even believe it! Especially because keeping the humidity stable was rough this time. The other reason I am shocked and impressed is because about half of them were bantam cochin eggs. Bantam cochins are notorious for low fertility. They're so fluffy that it's kind of hard for them to.... bump uglies. If you will. 11 out of 13 hatched. 1 was not fertilized, one stopped developing.

I have a second round, this one Jubilee Orpingtons that I am expecting this weekend. Desperately hoping they have a good hatch rate. About 1/3 of the eggs I got weren't fertilized. I think I am going to text the lady I bought them off of and let her know.

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This is Will and Kate.

They're BB Red Old English Bantam chicks. ♡

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He *KNOWS* he's the prettiest boy at the party.

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Say hello to Ash, Pebble, and Coal. ♡♡

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Croissant had a bit of the Pasty Butt!

Pasty butt is an obnoxious problem for baby chicks. If left undetected, it can be fatal. Their little poops get stuck in their feathers, blocking their ability to carry on defecting. The way I usually fix it is give them a nice warm bath, and then blow dry them gently so they don't get too cold. Poor baby Croissant was shivering so hard! She is safely back in the brooder, nice and cozy!

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I have been hard at work creating spreadsheets and documents all day. Thankfully, I got to take a break and move my biggest inside babies outside and relocated the small babies to the bigger, better baby brooder! I love spending time with baby chickens. ♡ It really helps refocus the brain. In fact, I believe there have been some studies that indicate spending time with birds is good for your mental health. I should look that up!

Also, Ms Thistle was quite sick yesterday, but after a bath, a rest, and some prebiotic, it looks like she has pulled all the way through!

My office is still overrun with babies. I'm still not exactly sure what I was thinking when I brought home this many babies at once. 🤣

Here is a picture of my tiny baby brooder. Currentl6 home to a few bantams, salmon faverolles, and dark brahmas.

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I want to tell you how much I love my Brahmas. These are the friendliest chickens I've ever met. They come running to me when I go outside. They'll follow me around to see what I'm doing. They'll eat out of my hand. My girls lay 3 eggs a week all year. No winter pause for Brahmas. I have two grown up light brahma hens, but I love them so much that I've gotten a whole bunch of brahma chicks this year. Something I didn't know is that both buff brahmas and dark brahmas can be seed pretty early on. The buff brahma chicks in the photo are an example. The pullet, or girl chick, has smoky gray shoulders. The cockeral, or boy chick, has white. Dark brahmas you can tell once their feathers start to come in. I have another week or so on that, but I'll post a picture when they do!

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Behold! I have grown flowers!

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Sexing Chicks!

This is really tricky. I do not know how to vent sex. I am very nervous to try. I have recently adopted quite a few chicks, and I'm curious as can be. Apparently, you can see a difference in Buff Brahmas. The girls have grayish shoulders and chests. Boys will have bright white. I am going to mark which I think are girls and which boys. Then when they grow up, I'll get to see if I'm right.

Dark Brahmas are easy to tell apart once their feathers start to come in. Hens have penciled lacing on their feathers, roosters are black and white.

Similarly, Salmon Favorelles chicks are distinguishable once they get their feathers. Roosters will grow black feathers on their shoulders.

The other two new to me breeds that I got are Exchequer Leghorn and Black Copper Maran. I am fairly certain I won't be able to tell them apart until combs and wattles start to come in in a few weeks.

No matter what, I am thrilled with this batch of chicks. I'm having so much fun watching them grow. I will certainly end up selling most of these once they're bigger. But for now, I will love them! ♡