People are SO generous

I have egg-citing news - I put a post up on Backyard Poultry if anyone had any fertile eggs that they would give/sell cheaply to me as I had 2 broody hens. After the disaster of Blackie losing her baby, I thought this may lift my spirits.

Well, many lovely people responded however I got 12 eggs from a lady in Tassie who wanted to test her fertility and and got about 15 eggs (plus 3 muscovy duck eggs) from a lady in Sydney who had heaps of spare!!!

The lady from Tassie was a bit worried about how her eggs would travel (the reason I got some more from the Sydney lady) BUT they arrived in PERFECT condition the next day. Oops - now I have way too many eggs - so I have popped the incubator on again :-)

Yesterday I put as many of the Sydney eggs under Frizzie as I could - so she has lavender Araucana bantam eggs (blue egg layer) & 2 Cochin X eggs. Here she is - she gets VERY angry if you look at her whilst on the nest (sounds like she is screaming at you LOL)

Not the best pic but she fluffs up if you look in hehe.

Today (after waiting for the eggs to settle from Tassie), I put 2 Cochin x eggs & 3 Araucana eggs & 5 tassie eggs (x breeds) under Whitey. Here she is (not as agro as Frizz)

The remaining ones will go in the incubator tonight. We are just getting the temp right as I think it ran too hot last time. It is ok at the moment but still a little wee bit too hot so I will get Greg to turn it down this afternoon and then set the eggs. I wont set the duck eggs as we cant keep them (I have put a request on BYP if anyone would want them if they hatch - will wait & see).

I am meant to work Wednesday, Thursday, Friday at work. Michael is just constantly getting sick with colds etc and we can't send him to Daycare. This week I am off today as he is really sick with conjunctivitis, URTI and fevers of 40deg!!!! Mum will mind him for us tomorrow and he may be ok to go back on Friday, or Greg will take the day off. I feel really terrible taking so much time off. Last week I got a migrane and had to leave at 3pm!!! Does it NEVER end!!!!!

I also put a request out on FreeCycle for egg cartons as I desperately needed some - look at what I got today!!! Thanks to everyone!!!

Also, another lady I know via BYP saw my post and is lending me some rabbit hutches for the hens, when the eggs hatch!!! WOW - thank you Lilian :-)

People are so generous and I am such a lucky person.