I came home today to discover a wonderful surprise!
There were baby chicks in the garden!
One of our chickens had chicks! And we had no idea she was sitting! There is one chicken in the coop who has been sitting for months now but we gave up all hope ages ago of anything hatching. Some days she'd have a few under her, the next none, and lately all the ladies in the coop have been laying their eggs in the brooding box for her to sit on. She's got about twenty under her now!!
But the chickens were all locked up in the coop today as we had to go away for a couple hours. But when we got home one of the hens was wandering around with seven little barnyard mixes outside the coop, so obviously she has been missing for a while now and I hadn't even noticed!! Funny because our Peking duck had been sitting and we waited and waited until eventually all hers turned up as duds and we had been so disappointed. So this is a happy surprise and wonderful addition to the farm.
But the chickens were all locked up in the coop today as we had to go away for a couple hours. But when we got home one of the hens was wandering around with seven little barnyard mixes outside the coop, so obviously she has been missing for a while now and I hadn't even noticed!! Funny because our Peking duck had been sitting and we waited and waited until eventually all hers turned up as duds and we had been so disappointed. So this is a happy surprise and wonderful addition to the farm.