養鶏、全滅からの復活New!!
昨年、2024年3月は鶏エサを狙って猪が鶏小屋の壁を破り、そこから侵入した猫などに鶏が襲われることが繰り返され、4月にはついに鶏が全滅してしまっていました。その猪は仕留めて食べてリベンジを果たしたのは、こちらのブログに書いたとおり。 次なる問題は、養鶏を再開するかどうか。迷っていると、鶏友たちが受精卵を分けてくれ、孵化までしてくれ、励まされてまた少しずつ飼い始めました。今年4月末には自然ふ化にも初めて成功。鶏飼い、あきらめなくてよかった。かわいい2羽のひよこたちが駆け回っている様子をぜひ見に来てください。 Last year, in March 2024, wild boars broke through the walls of the chicken coops in search of chicken feed, and the chickens were repeatedly attacked by cats and other animals that entered through the walls, finally wiping out the chickens in April. As I wrote in an earlier blog, that boar was […]
Silky, from hatching to 7 weeks old 烏骨鶏、孵化から7週齢まで
This is the first silky chick born in an incubator from the fertilized eggs of the parents who grew up in our home. The January-born silky started to lay eggs, but they did not hatch well. 3-week-old senior group did not lay eggs at all, and I found a pile of eggs that had been […]
Silky feathers シルキーな羽毛
They were born with yellow feathers on January 3, 2023, and now the feathers gradually change into shiny white. It's starting to look more like Silky. There is an incubator having eleven eggs under blanket.今年１月３日に黄色いひよこで生まれてきた雛たちの羽が、だんだん光沢のある白い羽根に変わり、烏骨鶏らしくなってきました。ブランケットの下には孵卵器の中に１１個の卵がひかえています。 About a week ago 10 of my chickens were killed by wild animals and I was very disappointed. I want to […]
鶏小屋を新築、でも引っ越しはちょっと難しい New chicken coop, but moving is a bit difficult
The old chicken coop have had some problems. Roof is leaking, the food are stolen by sparrows entering through the cracks and the biggest problem is that eggs are stolen or broken by crow entering through the cracks.Further, since they all like the same room, the chickens lay their eggs in a folded pattern in […]
卵からヒヨコへ Eggs to chicks
I tried for the first time to hatch eight fertilized eggs from a chicken that Ms. Sasaki gave me in an incubator that I had inadvertently purchased.Feb 10: Incubator started;March 2,3: 7eggs were born from 8 eggs;March 13: One of them died of emaciation, if only we had been able to treat it earlier.;April 23: […]
Move of chicks 中雛のお引越し
New item by Yuko Mibu / Google Photos 20200526Move of chicks / Google Photos
Recent plants and animals 最近の植物と動物たち
20200507mv / Google Photos 20200507plants and animals / Google Photos
