Introducing...
Pepper!
In the last post I mentioned that one of our chickens, Zelda, had gone broody. (If you need a reminder of what that means, please refer to the last post). Luckily we have some great neighbors who have roosters (and thus have plenty of fertilized eggs) and were willing to give us some. We put 10 eggs under Zelda a couple months ago and then just let her do her thing! 21 days later Pepper was born! There were a few other chicks that hatched as well but ultimately didn't make it.
It has been so fun to watch the interaction between Zelda and baby Pepper. Pepper just follows mommy Zelda around 24/7 and Zelda protects Pepper from the other chickens, turkeys, and us too. It is so incredibly cute to watch!
We do not yet know if Pepper is a boy or a girl but we are excited to watch him/her grow up under the protection of Zelda!
It truly has been an amazing experience watching Zelda hatch and take care of Pepper... we hope to get a rooster in the future so we will be able to hatch more chicks ourselves!
