fertile egg and other things

GUESS WHAT!! We got an egg to pip! ( crack ) but unfortunately it died ) :

so we cracked it open and it was really cool because you could see its feet and head and wings! We have only had one egg pip but we don't think any others will pip unfortunately. I would of put a picture of it on the post but we forgot and put the egg and embryo in the bin sorry. But since it was our first go at hatching eggs we were pleased we got one to pip. Here is a picture of a box that I made into a chicken town! There is a 5 star chicken hotel a beauty salon for chickens, a chicks box to store them in while you go away and a chicken dance floor! Bye for now

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Chicks!!

Hello there I have some exiting news for you,

on Saturday me my sister and my mum went to a

 local poultry show and we brought some fertilized eggs! We thought it would be a good idea because we thought that maybe Lola ( the

 broody hen ) would be satisfied if she hatched some eggs. I brought 6 black orpingtons and mum and my sister brought 

6 welsummers and 6 Mar

ans. Here is a

 picture of the types of chickens  The top one is a black orpington and the one on the right is a maran and the one below is a wellsummer. Please comment and say which one is your favourite. Of course it we dont know even if any of them will hatch, I am just hoping it turns out OK Hope you enjoy this post,

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Lola

I have been having a lot of trouble with Lola ( one of my buff orpingtons). It all started about 4 weeks ago when she started to lay on her eggs, but first i thought she was just being a bit silly and just wanting to keep dry but she wouldn't get off them and stopped eating and drinking. I started to get really worried because we would lift her out of her egg box but she would come out for about 1 minute and then wander back in. She was a lot skinnier than Henna ( the other buff) but when we got her out of the nesting box she would fluff herself up and lay there for ages. If you ever have a hen like this all you have to do is shut her out of the egg box and soon she should stop. Hope this is useful for the chicken keepers,

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More Chickens

We have some more Chickens, Japanese Bantams. Japanese Bantams are especially small. We got three, two hens and a rooster who is very happy and doesn't attack the Hens or cockadoodaloo early in the morning!(like they usually do). There names are Natchu,Tingtong are the Hens,but we don't know what to call the rooster. Please comment and say what you think the rooster should be called ( we would prefer a Japanese name if possible). 

Buff Orpingtons view of things

Hi our names are Henna and Lola and we of course are Buffs 

(Buff Orpingtons)and we are really skinny!!!. We have two other chickens who are in the same bit of the garden as us and are  called Snape and Hermione (after Harry Potter) who are REALLY bossy and we always get second dips of corn and spaghetti. This is a picture of us and the other chickens that are called Lomans. Our best friend is Ben the guinea pig who has gone inside for the winter. Our mum is nice because she always comes to give us food and give us a cuddle. Charlie once came in and ate all of our food!!! We were REALLY cross!!. We have a really big bit of the garden to play in one part has a lot of grass in and the other bit has a lot of worms and mud for mud baths. The other chickens are no where near as grand as us!! But they are the boss and we do have to obey them,even though we are loads bigger than them!!!!!!!!! anyway the other chickens say we have got to get worms for them so they don't get muddy feet so Bye love Henna & Lola.

about my Buff Orpingtons

My buff orpingtons are called Henna and Lola they were  £15.00  each

I brought them from Great Whelnetham where there were loads of other chickens. 

This is a picture of  Henna & Lola. 

We have two other chickens, Snape and Hermione from Harry Potter! They are Lomans and they are really bossy over the buffs  even though the buffs are loads bigger!