Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 4:53PM They're getting pretty squished in their nest.
Too tire to pose for the camera . . .
The parents were close-by this morning yelling at me as I took pictures.
Daddy:
Mommy:
Monday, May 20, 2013 at 7:19AM We have a Wisteria vine that has taken over a corner of our porch.
Happily, this year it's blooming again. Last year, the winter wasn't strong enough for it and we didn't get any flowers. It usually blooms twice a year, so I'm hopeful that we're back on track.
Besides giving us shade and wonderful fragrance, it provides a great nesting place for robins.
This is when we discovered them on Friday (May 17, 2013)
We counted four ugly little babies in there!
And here they are this morning (Monday, May 20, 2013):
We're trying to follow their growth, but I've already had to shoo Garfield off the porch once, so I'm not sure if they'll be able to survive in such an easily-accessible nest. Fingers crossed!
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 9:28AM I'm not a very responsible chicken farmer. When a hen goes boody (starts sitting on a clutch of eggs), I have a hard time taking them away from her. I need to get better at it, because we just don't need an infinite amout of chickens, and there are better seasons than others to have baby chicks.
This is a bad season. But we have a new addition:
I know, aawww . . . BUT, the nights are getting colder and winter is knocking at the door. I let my hen sit on one egg. It was an agreed upon compromise between the two of us. She wanted 8, I left 1.
Not sure how that was any better than a whole clutch, since I still have to set up a separate area for her with food, water and a heat lamp. She might as well have had 30 chicks. But how can you take away eggs from a face like this?
And she's such a good mommy. And her chicks are so darn cute. Here's another look:
Aaawww. . .
If it was spring, we'd put them in their doggy igloo and fence off a section of the chicken run to keep the other hens away (they're a bit cannibalistic). But it's not spring. So cute, yet such a pain. I've gotta toughen up!
