Tuesday, December 05, 2006

ASHLEY AND HER BIRDS

Ashley raises quail and partridge, and from the looks of it she has added chickens to her ever growing bird (hatchery) hobby. She has an incubator in her bedroom, and chicks are being hatched year round. She leaves them in the incubator for two days so they will be completely dry when she puts them out in the garage under heat lamps. She was using a plastic egg from Easter to carry these two chicks out. They have to be kept warm at all times.You can hear them peeping during the day, but it is much louder at night when it's quiet. I'm used to it now, but they did wake me up a lot when she first started hatching them. The other day she had five chicks in the incubator at once and they were having a peeping competition. For such tiny little creatures they sure have big voices. You guys have a good day :)

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