Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

[ocap]

how about mesh bags? I understand old timers used to use them to keep chicks separated until they could be toe punched or banded

Somewhere on BYC: buy lingerie washing bags at "Dollar General" for separating eggs

 

[piglett]

We still have to make lockdown

SET 7D VIABILITY
Barred Plymouth Rock Egg 24 20
Black Australorp Egg 48 40
Black Jersey Giant 13 10
Blue Partridge Brahma 8 4
Brown Leghorn Egg 24 22
Buff Orpington 6 6
Blue Black Orps 15 13
Golden Sebright Egg 24 15
Red Leghorn 6 4
Silkie 3 0
Speckled Sussex 20 11
Salmon Faverolles 6 6
HFR Mutts 29 22
White Crested Black Polish Egg 24 24
White Leghorn Egg 21 8
White Plymouth Rock Egg 22 20
Pekin Duck Egg 27 19
Rouen Duck Egg 35 23
Muscovy 12 10
Chinese Geese 5 1
Medium breasted bronze/black TURKEY 36 12
Bronze TURKEY 2 1
Royal Palm TURKEY 8 4
Burbon Red TURKEY 4 2

OZ one of those bronze turkey eggs is NOT clear ?
all mine hear have been duds : (

 

[ozexpat]

OZ one of those bronze turkey eggs is NOT clear ?
all mine hear have been duds : (

let me check. the labeling may have got mixed up with the other bronze i have.

sorry your lad is shooting blanks.

are they medium or broad breasted bronze?

 

[piglett]

Quote:
as far as i know they are broad breasted the tom still isn't a year old so i have been told that he may need time to hit the rite spot if he doesn't start getting the work done i will look to replace him with 1 that can

 

[ozexpat]

Quote: broad breasted need artificial insemination. they have been bred into monsters whos shape can not get the angle needed

 

[Tomtommom]

Turkey needs a breast reduction. Poor thing.

 

[ozexpat]

Another busy week at CocoBeach Farm.

The gardens are doing well.

The local tomatoes have begun to flower.

The experimental half rows of Kale, Collards and Romaine Lettuce are at the 1st leaf stage with the Swiss Chard just sprouting.

Sunday last week saw the sowing of corn and baby bush lima beans into rows.

The nursery has several varieties of tomatoes sprouting along with Anaheim peppers.

All the imported tree seedlings are doing well.

Aljay has mixed the first 12-15 cubic feet of compost, combining saw dust with animal manures.

The goal will be to end up with four compost piles that can help us add around a cubic yard of compost a month to our gardens.

We have planted Marigolds Asters and Zinnias.

The Dahlia bulbs, along with Cannas and Callas are all breaking through.

In the nexrt couple of weeks we are getting a delivery of 8 cubic meters of 8-14" river rock to begin shaping our gardenss

Two years from now, CocoBeach farm will not be recognizable.

 

[LuvinBlueBirds]

Mutts are beautiful too

I have a mutt hen that resembles this one! She is one of my favorites!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I cannot wait to see all the gardens refreshed! Bernie uses a camera or cell for images?

 

[ozexpat]

I cannot wait to see all the gardens refreshed! Bernie uses a camera or cell for images?

Analou has both but getting the pictures off a camera and onto the web is very difficult. Even one low resolution cell phone pic takes twenty minutes.

I will make sure I have lots of garden pics in the next few weeks.

The kids have finish school for the summer with their moving up ceremony today.

By next weekend, Mrs Oz will be able to spend two weeks straight out at the farm and she is a picture taking deamon.