A Gorgeous Day on the Island
Aug. 21st, 2010 05:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trystinnThe Island County Fair was wonderful today, it's fun to see it in full throttle instead of on a prep day. Gorgeous day, high sixties/low seventies, sunny and not a cloud in the sky.
We came home this afternoon to find Penny & Madame's shared clutch hatching - so far we have two little Khaki Campbell ducklings, nicknamed Klick & Klack! There's another two peeping, then another 8 or so eggs (some of which aren't duck though!) We've re-located them to the West Wing Brooder Pen, so the two ladies can get their babies to fresh water and starter feed.
We've also relocated Ruby and her clutch to the Shed Coop Pen, so she can hatch in safety there. A 5 gallon waterer and feeder has been placed in the pen for her and her babies, of course. She, too, has a variety of different hens' eggs. Should be a colorful mix, if they all hatch. The sire is either Big Blue (Cochin) or Rojas (Rhodie). Won't know until they get here.
At this point, we've still to move Lucy with her eggs. No peeps yet, so we're letting her stay in the bushes for now. I'm not 100% sure where they will end up, just yet. Likely the duck pen brooder where Babs was.
Picy goodness to come! (May just update this post, if I have time)
We came home this afternoon to find Penny & Madame's shared clutch hatching - so far we have two little Khaki Campbell ducklings, nicknamed Klick & Klack! There's another two peeping, then another 8 or so eggs (some of which aren't duck though!) We've re-located them to the West Wing Brooder Pen, so the two ladies can get their babies to fresh water and starter feed.
We've also relocated Ruby and her clutch to the Shed Coop Pen, so she can hatch in safety there. A 5 gallon waterer and feeder has been placed in the pen for her and her babies, of course. She, too, has a variety of different hens' eggs. Should be a colorful mix, if they all hatch. The sire is either Big Blue (Cochin) or Rojas (Rhodie). Won't know until they get here.
At this point, we've still to move Lucy with her eggs. No peeps yet, so we're letting her stay in the bushes for now. I'm not 100% sure where they will end up, just yet. Likely the duck pen brooder where Babs was.
Picy goodness to come! (May just update this post, if I have time)
