Chick Update
Mar. 7th, 2010 01:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trystinnThe little gals (and lone guy*) did just fine last night. They have much more room to play around in and practice their perching all they like on the lower rungs of the chicken ladder. I'm teaching this generation to use a water bottle, much cleaner and easier on me. They are beyond cute, sticking their little beaks up the bottle's feeder tube and jostling the little metal ball.
The Rhodies did fine last night, they were out and about this morning working the 1st compost pile for worms and slugs. They tend to leave the snails for the ducks, though I have seen Scarlett go at it a time or two. It sounds like a machine gun as she pecks the crap out of the snail shell to get to the chewy center. The ducks have found that the tarp allows for all sorts of snails and slugs to rise on damp mornings, which is the only kind we get here on Whidbey. When I let them out this morning, they ran right over to the tarp and ducked under it quacking their contentment and joy. On a brighter day, I'll try to get video of it, it's awfully funny.
Speaking of damp mornings, the fog didn't rise until after 10am. I'd neglected to gather the mail yesterday, so Gracie and I went out to get it across the street. T.C., the neighbor's son, was the only one about - you would have thought our neighborhood was abandoned it was so quiet. He asked if he could play fetch with Gracie for a bit, which she kindly agreed to. Standing out in the road, watching the two play really made my morning. One of these days, T.C. is going to realize my name is not Tracie. I'm not hurrying that day along, though. My name has been mangled worse over the years.
The rabbits were bounding about in the fog, they seem to enjoy pouncing on each other by surprise. Midnight/Hex was busy grooming Nod while Thistle was grooming Winken and Martha napped up on the hill. Lovely to see, really. Anyone who has rabbits, knows how difficult it is to bond two bunnies. We have five living together in harmony. Again. :)
*One of the chicks, a Blue Cochin, is a male. Cochin roosters are known for their gentleness and are wonderful at raising chicks. There's also a rumor that they barely crow. We'll give him a shot and see how it goes. Re-homing a Blue Cochin Rooster isn't difficult, this is a highly desired breed - Blues Cochins are fairly rare, happening only 50% of the time when you breed Blue to Blue.
I'm meeting up with two possible lodge members tonight after work. Cross your fingers for us.
The Rhodies did fine last night, they were out and about this morning working the 1st compost pile for worms and slugs. They tend to leave the snails for the ducks, though I have seen Scarlett go at it a time or two. It sounds like a machine gun as she pecks the crap out of the snail shell to get to the chewy center. The ducks have found that the tarp allows for all sorts of snails and slugs to rise on damp mornings, which is the only kind we get here on Whidbey. When I let them out this morning, they ran right over to the tarp and ducked under it quacking their contentment and joy. On a brighter day, I'll try to get video of it, it's awfully funny.
Speaking of damp mornings, the fog didn't rise until after 10am. I'd neglected to gather the mail yesterday, so Gracie and I went out to get it across the street. T.C., the neighbor's son, was the only one about - you would have thought our neighborhood was abandoned it was so quiet. He asked if he could play fetch with Gracie for a bit, which she kindly agreed to. Standing out in the road, watching the two play really made my morning. One of these days, T.C. is going to realize my name is not Tracie. I'm not hurrying that day along, though. My name has been mangled worse over the years.
The rabbits were bounding about in the fog, they seem to enjoy pouncing on each other by surprise. Midnight/Hex was busy grooming Nod while Thistle was grooming Winken and Martha napped up on the hill. Lovely to see, really. Anyone who has rabbits, knows how difficult it is to bond two bunnies. We have five living together in harmony. Again. :)
*One of the chicks, a Blue Cochin, is a male. Cochin roosters are known for their gentleness and are wonderful at raising chicks. There's also a rumor that they barely crow. We'll give him a shot and see how it goes. Re-homing a Blue Cochin Rooster isn't difficult, this is a highly desired breed - Blues Cochins are fairly rare, happening only 50% of the time when you breed Blue to Blue.
I'm meeting up with two possible lodge members tonight after work. Cross your fingers for us.
