On he left is the Mama who hatched out the four babies last week. She never managed to hatch the fifth. She is so protective that she will bite the hand that feeds her still, but we expect her to tame a bit in time. One of the babies ad a night in the infirmary this week, but is back to doing beautifully. Mama was glad to see her back and she returned without incident.
This morning, Wyatt went out front to take food and water to the hen sitting on eggs under the front oleander, and 
found she had hatched out three babies, one being very light in color.
found she had hatched out three babies, one being very light in color. With all of the pens moving this week, we are presently building the new poultry maternity ward and will move them this evening.
For those of you who know our crazy crew, there is a phoenix hen who came to us as a baby, and turned out to be an albino. We call her Blondie. She loves to keep other hens' eggs warm when they get up, then leaves when they come back. For some reason, she has taken on this role, and there doesn't seem to be any fighting over it. Charlie feels certain that she was the color of this very light one when she came here. I don't have the photos from back then, so we really don't know for sure. I would have thought an albino woul have started light in color, as there is an absence of melatonin 
causing the absence of color.
Only time will tell, I suppose. In he mean time, we will be watching to see how she does. She has been sitting on 13 eggs! Watch for more updates. By the way, the morning walks are back on schedule, leaving each morning at 6:30am, and we will be adding back porch yoga in the next week. Have a great day!
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