Yes, i’m just 30 years old and a new grandma….
to a little baby chick! Although we moved away from our Austin homestead in June and had to sell or give away each of our 4 pet hens, we’re luckily still in contact with some of the lovely people who re-homed them, and even get happy updates from them on occasion. I’m so excited to share one recent piece of news: a birth announcement!
BB and her second egg, proud mamas us both
BB was our broodiest hen: a partridge colored Chanteclar hen (Chanteclars are an endangered breed from Canada). We lovingly called her our ‘football chicken’ because she was the smallest of our flock, but her size didn’t prevent her from being head hen, or as we also called her the “mob boss” (because Soot thought she was head hen, but was really just the “thug” of the group.) BB layed funny, tiny little eggs that often had grooves on them and was prone to broodiness (sitting on the eggs to try and hatch them). If you visited us, you might find a “chicken in the house” to try and encourage her to leave her nonexistent brood and get over the habit.
I’d hoped to find her a new home with a Chanteclar rooster in order to procreate the breed, but was unable to find one. I did find an amazing chicken-oriented woman south of town with 5 acres and many happy chickens. BB settled in great right away, and now after about 9 months she’s hatched her very own egg.
Congrats, BB: it finally happened!
You can find more from Miranda at her blog, Pocket Pause.
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They’re so cute together.. 🙂
Congratulations! We recently became grand-chick-parents too. Exiting! Ours were sat by a broodie Silkie…but we think the chicks are actually Isa Browns…meaning that very soon they will be much bigger than their bantam mommy!
Great news on your new grandchick. Hopefully they are under cover as it is raining a “toad floater” at the moment. Rain barrels are full.
The dog is saying “I can’t freakin’ beLIEVE the bird is in the house again.”
Hahaha – she does kind of look that way in that pic, Xan. Pocket loved her chickens, though. She still recognizes the word “chicken” and misses her buddies that she was raised with. They were bigger than her when she first came home with us!
Completely unrelated but I still love your sette and chair!
Congratulations! What beautiful chickens! Chickens conveyed with our house when we moved out to the country 12 years ago. I had never had really fresh eggs before. What a difference!
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