Ice storm quail

Can,t believe our quail are hatching, even with the power going off for 3 hours yesterday!!  We got 10 so far.

Checking the ice out!!

Ice

Don't like ice, chickens don't either!!!!

Baby Ducks

We finally got some duck eggs to hatch. They hatched the week of CHRISTmas and hatched some chicks thanksgiving. They are all doing fine despite the cold. We have bobwhite quail in the incubator now, they should hatch at the end of the month.

Easter Eggs

Got our first eggs from our easter egg pullet, we had two but lost one and a buff orpington to the ducks before I figured out what happening. Plan on getting more in a month or two, hope it's warmer than it is now! Hard to tell in the picture, but their light green.

Brrr!!!! COLD!!!

Had to put the ducks back in with the chickens because of the cold, which is not safe for the hens. The ducks don't use the nest,they lay their eggs right in front of the door.Quess it's cold enough to freeze an egg!!! Instead of being hot enough to fry one?

Nest box

Built a new nest box this weekend out of a scrap peice of plywood.Put old carpet pad in the bottom for a liner,going to put wood chips in also. Not having any luck with my duck eggs hatching, so far they haven't been fertile. I made their pond a little deeper maybe that will help. Any advice anybody has will be appreciated. Our blue swede duck started laying too, her eggs are not as big as our pekin's. Maybe some of hers will be fertile. Our easter egg pullets should start laying any day now, can't wait to see what color they are!! Kitty our handicapped brown leghorn should too, don't know if it will take a little longer because of her deformities or not. If she's real hungry she'll fly up on your shoulder. I still have to feed her seperate from the others, she can only eat mash and it's got to be deep.

Winter coop

Fixed up part of our shed for a coop this winter, our other one was getting too small and didn't keep them warm very well. Since we have ducks this winter we had to change to a different waterer. Ducks will empty a regular chick water in a matter of minutes. Sure not going to have to walk through the mud to feed and water any more.

Beadwork

We were do some cleaning this weekend and I found some items I'd been saving. When I was a teen I was in scouts and use to  dress up as indians and dance at different events and parades etc. I ran across some beadwork that I had done. Brought back memories. And no, Dianne never saw me dance!!!

Quail

14 out of 16 quail eggs hatched halloween night,not bad. Sold them yesterday. Done for the season. Our broody hens had 3 hatch this weekend also. Ducks should start hatching next week. They will be hatching off and on till CHRISTmas. We'll wait and see how many we get.