Search results for query: *

Never gather eggs and put them in your coat pocket before putting wood in the outdoor woodstove. You end up with a gooey mess when you put your hand in your pocket!

We have Saxony and Silver Appleyard ducks that are 13 weeks old right now and are very large. We can tell the males from the females by their feather coloring but the drakes do not have their full male color yet. The county fair is in two weeks and my kids really want to take a couple ducks to...

I just hatched out 5 new runner ducklings from FarmrGirl! I got them on the crazy egg chain and had some concern that they would hatch because of shipping but I ended up with 6 making it into lockdown and had 5 babies hatch! Please enjoy the pictures! They are a little camera shy so it took a...

I have an appointment for Lasik on June 10 and I am getting VERY nervous. I already rescheduled it once; I had my pre-exam back in Feb. I am going to go through with it this time for sure. I made hotel reservations and everything this time around. I am having the surgery a couple hours south...

My DH’s grandma passed away early this morning. She was a wonderful lady who I have only had the pleasure to know for 13 years but she always treated me like a granddaughter. I love her just like she was my grandma. She lived a nice and long 95 years and died after a short illness. She had...

Well… when I had my Feb hatch I sold off 11 chicks but kept two, a OE and a Silkie X EE because it was cool looking. I was convinced my OE was a pullet but now I am convinced she is a he. He is just to red in the comb. What do you think? He will be 8 weeks old on Saturday and so far no crow...

I noticed one hen wasn’t acting herself last night but didn’t think anything of it. Well this morning when I went out to do chores, she was laying on the coop floor and not moving. I thought she was gone, but when I picked her up she opened her eyes. She is VERY lethargic and doesn’t seem to...

They are so cute! I knew they would be little but I didn’t know they would be THAT little! I have 15 Coturnix Quail, they just hatched yesterday. One of them looks to have wry neck it is holding its head kind of back and sideways, almost resting on its back. There are two of them that are a...

If I were to breed a white egg laying hen (California White) to a FBCM rooster or a OE (son of FBCM and EE) rooster would the resulting pullets lay white eggs or have any tint to them? I have a couple in the incubator now that are set to hatch next Friday. I am not sure who their dad is, they...

Well I said I would NEVER get any ducks but I am having a hard time resisting their charm. With their cute web feet and duck bills. My grandma had ducks when I was little right along with her chickens and geese (now that is one I will NEVER have, hers liked to chase and “bite” me) but I still...

Someone tried to break into our house on Friday!!! It was sometime between 7:15 pm and 9:00 pm and we weren’t home at the time. They didn’t get into the house but damaged the steel door. It looks like they pushed or kicked it a couple of times and one more kick would have had them in the...

I hatched out 12 chicks 4 weeks ago, 11 first gen Olive Eggers (FBCM roo over EE hens) and 1 for fun chick (FBCM roo over California White). I knew when the FBCM/Cali White hatched that it was a boy, had a HUGE comb. He has sense proved this true, his comb/wattles are large and red especially...

Well… my DH just got a new job. He is very excited but I am still unsure about it, though it is a very reputable and solid company. I like to find a good place and stick with it. He on the other hand is always looking for a place that has higher pay. This one I think is also going to come at...

Earlier this year her bottom was being pecked on by another chicken so I removed her from that pen cleaned her up and gave her time to heal. Once she was healed I put some blue keyote on her and put her back with her flock. I haven’t had any other pecking problems since. But she has yet to...

I have a broody black sex link, didn’t think they were supposed to go broody but this one sure is. Driving me crazy. My Rottweiler is going through a false pregnancy right now and believes a red lady bug squeaker toy is her puppy… she baths it and gets it to “nurse” too. Won’t let any of the...

I have a 8 silkies, 3 that I hatched out (4 originally but sold one) from shipped eggs and 5 that I bought from another BCY’er. Of the 4 that I hatched out, all 4 turned out to be roo’s. From the 5 I bought both blue are roo’s and one of the 3 black’s are roos. That is WAY to many roo’s… 6...

MMmmm just had a wonderful lunch of last night’s leftovers. Broccoli from the garden (with a little cheese) and chicken kabobs made from Cornish x’s I grew out this spring and fresh garden veggies cooked in a charcoal grill. Nothing better than a meal you grew yourself! My daughter had a...

My sons yellow lab was just attacked by a skunk... I mean attacked not sprayed. I have never seen anything like it. She was inside her kennel and wok me up barking and growling. I went outside to see what was going on and the thing was chasing and spraying her. I can only assume it is rabid...

This may sound like an odd question, but the other day someone asked me if I have any “Kissing Chickens”. I thought they were joking, but apparently they were not. They are supposed to be a breed of chicken that doesn’t have as large of a beak as others, more like a regular bird. I don’t know...

I seem to be losing my Cornish x’s left and right. I don’t understand what is going on, maybe someone will be able to help me? This is my first time with meaties. I started out with 40 on 4-13 and am now down to 28!! I lost 7 Sunday night/Monday morning and another one yesterday. I have one...