Wit, Wisdom & Wonder

We're on Day 6 (of 21) of incubating 48 Silkie eggs. My turner only holds 42 eggs, so 6 are sitting in a half of an egg crate, being turned (really tilted) every 6 or so hours. It will be interesting to see how we do with those eggs.

For those curious, this is how we ship fertilized eggs for incubating (before & after):



Today little Flip, the standard Frizzle cochin chick from our first incubation attempt, was delivered safely into his new mother's hands. Sherry is thrilled with him and cannot wait until he's large enough to make little Frizzled chicks for her.

We picked up five little pullets from her, including three keepers, two Bantam smooth cochins: one black and the other an intriguing black/gray/brown combination, and one smooth-feathered Silkie black.



Our new pullets, compared to Salt, from our previous incubation set:



The very satisfied Napoleon Blownaparte, surveying his new harem (with a tushie shot of bantam Frizzle Cochin pullet, Pepper, who is not so thrilled with her new roomies):



The other two we will likely sell including the one in the middle is a Sizzle (like Napoleon) which we cannot breed here. The smooth-feathered Silkie on the right, we can, however:



Flash, who somehow snuck in on this set, would like to remind his adoring fans that he adamantly does NOT do mornings: