We have 4 kittens... (& Farm Friend Friday)

We knew it was gonna go in labor soon... I noticed Monday night shes was actin alittle different, lookin around our room checkin out different spots. Then last night we noticed she was leakin down there, so we got everything ready for her to have the kittens in the laundry room, this was somewhere around 9:00-9:30pm. Piper did great, I think she had a really easy labor. Kaylin sat up with me for a bit, she got to see the 1st 2 kittens be born. She thought it was soooo neat, which it is. I got to see my 1st kittens being born around her age too. So glad she was home to witness/experience this. Dylan was already asleep, Blake, Cody & Brian really didnt care. But Kaylin & I on the other hand was all up in it... with our cameras, lol Kay finally went to bed somewhere around 12:00-12:30, I stayed up til 2:30 to make sure all went well.

...WARNING...
If ya dont wanna see kittens being born dont look below, lol

Piper & Kittens are doing great, shes a good momma :)

10:40 white w/grey spot on head kitten
11:00 grey kitten
12:22 black kitten
1:02 darker grey kitten

*I tried to look & see how many boys/girls... well their parts are just too little for me to tell, I'll update when I can what they are, lol

PS. I'm sure I'll be doin another post soon, Kaylin took pics. too & I bet she got some good ones that I will have to share! Looks like 3 kittens already have lovin homes :)

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2nd Duck Egg...

I found another duck egg...

Soooo I'm gonna do a test on my 1st duck egg I got yesteday. I'm puttin it under one of my broody bantam hens... I know, I know it might not even be fertile but I'm still gonna give it a try. I'm hard headed, very stubborn and I like to do things my way and I hate when people think I'm wrong when I know I'm right. I look thinks up and study them before I speak about them, I do my homework... So I really do believe these are duck eggs. They should get bigger & whitish as my duck hens lay more eggs. This is their 1st year layin & their 1st eggs.

Under broody bantam
Now we wait 35ish long days...

2nd egg could be Lou Lou's?

Found this coffee colored smooth, waxy egg in the same nest box as the 1st one.

Decided to open the 2nd one, gonna make cookies with it

It was alot harder to open than a chicken egg & harder to tear apart after I cracked it.

The yolk is bigger than my chicken yolks

Hummm... maybe I'll get another one tomorrow :)

1st Duck Egg...

...Happy Sunday...

I went out to collect eggs & noticed a different lookin egg. As soon as I saw it I thought duck egg? I wasnt exactly forsure since I've never seen a duck egg in person. So I posted a pic. on BYC (BackYardChickens) & and the wonderful people that posted to my thread all agreed... ITS A DUCK EGG!!! I'm so excited, I've been waitin forever & sayin everyday the past few weeks... "they'll be layin soon." I'm pretty sure this egg is from Scarlett my black/white muscovy.

"Scarlett"

Update On my March chickies...
all 17 are doin great

Oooo I ate like a PIG!

I started puttin Porkchop in my pen with the ducks & extra roosters... we made a roost/shade/sleepin area for whoever wants to use it over the weekend, Porkchop has taken it over at night, ducks hang out under during the day, stinkin roosters get in it and scratch out all the hay! Anyways back to the story... I forgot how much a pig loves to eat and left the food bowl down & guess who ate it ALL.......

Yep. She sure did, lol

Just look at that face, lol

Sweet lil chickie safe from the farm kitties

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* Update On Piper... still pregnant, she hangs out in the house all day with me, waitin.

My 2 tiny itty bitties...

These 2 chicks were the last to hatch & they are sooo tiny. I had to give them a bath which probably saved their lives cause when they dried in the bator they dried all stiff, one was even stuck to the bator floor, poor thing. I never thought I'd be giving chickies a bath...

Feathered Feet :)

I happy to say they are doing great in the brooder with the rest of the hatch even though they are so much smaller than the other ones. I love goin out to the shed and watchin them... thats where I'm headed right now with my crochet hook/yarn & work on a magic potholder........ chickie tv is so great :)

March Bator Hatch...

They started hatchin Friday...
(only 14 hatched from brooder, not a great hatch rate to me)

My honey put his foot down this year...
no more chickie brooder in the house, it got moved to the shed. I could have gotten my way but though I'd give in since he puts up with all my animal crazyness... love ya honey :)

~I just love them~

Porkchop had to come in & check out what was makin all the cheepin noise,
I think she was just lookin for food, lol

*Stay tuned cause I got alot more pics.*

Mabels 1st Hatch...

Remember Mable my 1st broody of the season...
the eggs she was sittin on started hatchin yesterday & my bator eggs started hatchin too, but thats another post :)

One of my cousins oldest daughter. They came down yesterday to hang out, they have 3 lil kids who really enjoyed their selves here, chasing/feedin the animals & just being about the run all over the yard ... she wants a farm when shes grows up. She helped me collect the eggs yesterday too, they loved all the baby chickies hatching & porchop :)

We did a fire in the pit last night & watched the Supermoon come up!

Porkchops swimmin hole,

I looked out the back door earlier and this is what I saw...

Guess shes hot! Think shes needs a baby pool :)

This was too cute not to post today, lol

We're Expectin...Farm Friend Friday

...Kittens...

I noticed acouple weeks ago pipers belly looked different/bigger so I guessed she was pregnant. I dont know how far along shes is. I took this pictures of her yesterday. I have not seen her at all today and that is very unusual shes always home to eat and nap in the laundry room, so I'm wondering if shes found herself a cozy spot to have her babies... I hope thats it, I hope nothing bad has happen to her. Guess we will know in a few days/weeks.

Update: Piper is back home this mornin, shes in the laundry room :)

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Porkchop Sunning...

Shes just so stinkin cute!

Took this picture on Saturday when Kay & I had our photo shoot

Farm Friend Friday, Here Piggy Piggy...

All ya gotta do is yell...

She loves when she gets to roam the yard...

So much to explore and munch on.

The chickens like when Porkchops out of her pen, they get to explore it, lol

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Bator & Broody...

Update on bator hatch:

Candled last night & had to take out 8 infertile eggs. Then there was 34 & I put 5 of them under my 1st broody of the season, Mable. So theres 29 in the bator now, due March 20

(shes been sittin on fake eggs all weekend)

They all had to come over to see what I was doin, lol