Eggciting and Not So Eggciting News

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One More Hen Starts Laying!!!!

These are the eggs from Milky Way and Cole. Now all four of the older girls are laying.








And we have some white eggs to add a little color to things.

This morning as I was doing office work early in the pre-dawn morning, I heard what I thought was a rooster.

How could they be? And then I heard it again and it was unmistakable. It was definitely a rooster crowing. Now the question was who could it be?

Oh No, Not You Ostrich

Ostrich is pretty special to me. She, I mean he was born from an egg in our incubator. The night before as I flipped through one of our poultry books, I came across the Naked Neck Turkey, AKA Turken. I couldn't believe how ugly this particular breed was. The next morning little Ostrich broke through his shell and hatched. I couldn't believe our misfortune. But then the little guy grew on me and when it came time to choose which few birds we would keep, Ostrich had worked her way into my heart. So we kept her/him. So when I opened the coup and Ostrich looked at me and then led out a hearty crow. It made me sad.

Fortunately, we have found a lovely rescue that took our other 2 roosters and offered to take Ostrich as well. So at least I know he will go to nice place where he crow as much as he likes. We decided to do one last photo shoot to catch his odd but definite beauty.

Strike a Pose

One tall and proud bird.

I am who I am

Walking the walk



Goodbye Ostrich We Love You!!!!