Chupdate time on the Easter chicks….

The last 2 of Doris’s eggs did hatch even though Cagney took 2 full days to emerge and then spent 5 mins wearing an egg shell helmet! So the final tally is 16 chicks, 7 from Daisy as mum, 4 from Mabel as mum and 5 from Doris as mum.

Doris has 13 chicks currently in her run with her, we’ve called the bright blonde ones “The Marilyns” and the soft grey ones “The White Company” (because if they sold chicks they’d look like these). “The Penguin” is the only little black Mabel look-a-like, yellow belly and black back as she was last year.

I took Blindy out from the run a few days ago as it was getting chillier and he liked to sit in the sun to keep warm. He’s in the brooder with Cagney and Lacey, the late arrivals, as Doris would not be able to brood 16 chicks. Blindy actually worked out how to peck downwards when I put him on a saucer of chick crumb and he manages to get some food. I am still giving him water from a syringe a few times a day as I’m not sure he can find the water - but he is getting bigger and he’s still very lively. We’ll just see what happens but he has some friends now and is always nice a warm.

More updates to come soon.