Little Chooks 1 and 2, our two identical Araucana hens, went missing weeks ago and, even though I thought that the fox might have nabbed them, I hoped they were sitting on eggs somewhere.
So, you can imagine my relief when Son told me he’d seen one of them emerge, rather bedraggled, from underneath one of the sheds, the other afternoon. This means that she is definitely sitting on eggs deep under that shed and, hopefully, we’ll soon see some offspring.
I haven’t seen either of the Little Chooks myself, and it isn’t the same shed as the one where Sussex and Malay produced their chicks (see a previous post). With them, we could at least see underneath the shed and watch the progress, leave water and food etc. The shed that Little Chooks have chosen is impenetrable, so I will just have to wait and hope.
Hope can be risky.
jmgoyder 
I hope you get lots of baby chicks! I had chickens when I lived in Maine. I miss them.
I hope so too but it’s 40 degree heat here this week – unbearable – hope chooks and eggs okay. I have no way of checking!
They are gorgeous!
Hope they are okay under that shed – we are experiencing a week of 40 degree temp. – sweltering!
These chooks are really lovely. I’ve never seen anything remotely like that colour (but then I’ve never seen a lot of the more unusual chooks).
I wonder if their offspring will look like ordinary yellow chicks?
I don’t know either – will keep you posted.
That is a handsome chicken 🙂
Are you gonna make one?
Ha probably 🙂
Good!