Friday, March 14, 2014

Babies on the Brain

    Here on the homestead we have babies, babies, and more babies.  It is easy to say that we have babies on the brain.  We have baby quail, chicks, ducks, and goats right now.  We also have 9 more eggs in the incubator and a Boer doe due real soon.
Welsh Harlequin, Rouen duckling, Phoenix chicken, Japanese Coturnix quail, Ameracauna chicken, Americana chicken, Ameracuana chicken, Red Ranger, Saanen, Nubian goat, bottle fed baby, pregnant Boer doe
Here are 3 of the 7 baby quail.  They are 2 weeks old.

 Welsh Harlequin , Rouen duckling, Phoenix chicken, Japanese Coturnix quail, Ameracauna chicken, Americana chicken, Ameracuana chicken, Red Ranger, Saanen, Nubian goat, bottle fed baby, pregnant Boer doe
The two dark chicks are Ameracauna chicks and the light one is a Red Ranger chick.   They are 2 weeks old. 

Welsh Harlequin , Rouen duckling, Phoenix chicken, Japanese Coturnix quail, Ameracauna chicken, Americana chicken, Ameracuana chicken, Red Ranger, Saanen, Nubian goat, bottle fed baby, pregnant Boer doe
This is a Phoenix chick.  It is 2 weeks old.

Welsh Harlequin , Rouen duckling, Phoenix chicken, Japanese Coturnix quail, Ameracauna chicken, Americana chicken, Ameracuana chicken, Red Ranger, Saanen, Nubian goat, bottle fed baby, pregnant Boer doe
The yellow ones are Pekin ducklings; the black one is a Rouen  duckling and the little one on the far right is a Silver Welsh Harlequin.  They are 5 days old. 

 Welsh Harlequin , Rouen duckling, Phoenix chicken, Japanese Coturnix quail, Ameracauna chicken, Americana chicken, Ameracuana chicken, Red Ranger, Saanen, Nubian goat, bottle fed baby, pregnant Boer doe, Pekin
This is Contessa she is a Saanen doeling.  She is  almost 5 weeks old.   She is one of my bottle babies.

Welsh Harlequin , Rouen duckling, Phoenix chicken, Japanese Coturnix quail, Ameracauna chicken, Americana chicken, Ameracuana chicken, Red Ranger, Saanen, Nubian goat, bottle fed baby, pregnant Boer doe, Pekin
This is Casper and he is a Saanen/Nubian cross buckling.  He is almost 6 weeks old.  He is one of my bottle babies. 

 Welsh Harlequin , Rouen duckling, Phoenix chicken, Japanese Coturnix quail, Ameracauna chicken, Americana chicken, Ameracuana chicken, Red Ranger, Saanen, Nubian goat, bottle fed baby, pregnant Boer doe, Pekin
Casper and Contessa eating some grains for the first time.
 Welsh Harlequin  Rouen duckling, Phoenix chicken, Japanese Coturnix quail, Ameracauna chicken, Americana chicken, Ameracuana chicken, Red Ranger, Saanen, Nubian goat, bottle fed baby, pregnant Boer doe, Pekin
Our pregnant Boer doe.






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