Category / Dolly
August 12, 2013
We keep a mixed flock. We have standard sized hens and bantams. Silkie Bantams to be exact, as we like to call them-our Chinese chickens. The standard girls are big and bossy. They are always the ones jockeying their position for food, treats and human attention. The little Silkies, all four of them, tend to …
February 25, 2013
Dolly and a baby Dottie Speckles hiding from Feathers as they explore the run. Poor Dolly, last week she went broody again. As most of you know, Dolly is our perpetually broody girl, only taking a few weeks off in between broody episodes to live and act like a normal hen. At all other times, …
January 4, 2013
Dolly has no head feathers. She has been bald above the eyes for a while now. It all started in the spring, when she had one of her broody bouts; mind you she goes broody about every three weeks. That is just how Dolly is. It is a vicious cycle. Two days ago, I noticed …
June 19, 2012
Silkies are funny little chickens. Last week, all four Silkies, Dolly, Autumn, Feathers and Fifi were broody. It doesn’t take much to convince a Silkie that they should be broody. Clearly this was the trendy thing to do this week. There they were piled on top of one another inside the nesting boxes. Toward the …
May 25, 2012
This morning around 9am I found Tilly sitting in the right nesting box. Sitting in the neighboring nesting boxes were Dolly and Feathers. Dolly and Feathers are both broody. I quickly checked beneath all of them for eggs. There were none, so I went on my errands for the morning….
May 3, 2012
Robins return each year habitually to hatch eggs. Habits can be classified as good and bad. I think that we all tend to have both. Good habits can benefit us directly and some are even chore-like. When I think of good habits, I think of brushing my teeth, setting a bed time, eating healthy (or …
March 25, 2012
March 2011 Proud Momma Dolly looks over her little ones as they eat, drink and explore in their private brooder. We are away this week visiting Mickey! Feel free to leave comments and captions for this week’s photos. I can’t wait to read them all when I come back. In the meantime, I hope you …
March 13, 2012
Silkie Bantams frequently go broody. Broody hens are quite interesting. Dolly, one of our Silkie Bantams, seems to be broody about every 8 weeks. Thus, we have developed a broody routine. A couple times a day, I remove her from her nesting box and set her out into the run with the rest of her …
March 9, 2012
Today I removed the hen saddle from Dolly. Just as expected, it took three weeks for her wound to heal and new feathers to return. Her feathers have grown back beautifully. Truthfully, I was a bit sad to remove the hen saddle from her. When it was on, she didn’t seem to mind it and …
March 6, 2012
Oyster Cracker holds a seed in her beak. March certainly has come in just as always, like a lion. The first few days of March have brought us colder temperatures, freezing rain and little sunshine. Last night it dipped down to 19 degrees F. I could not seem to warm up. This morning, the air …
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