It doesn't look like this is a particularly active thread, but I'm hoping to give away some egg cartons if anyone needs them. I have a small stack of clean used cartons, and an almost full case of brand new cartons. Any takers?
Welcome back Coopchick719! It sounds like you've had a busy year. I have not been on here that much either. I'm not adding any more chickens. I have 34 aging chickens and hope to take a break from chicken keeping when I retire in 4 years. We'll see who's left by then.
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Sorry to hear about your hatch. I once hatched just one chick out of twenty eggs. I had a bad rooster and it turned out the other eggs just weren't fertile. I did another hatch with shipped eggs so she would have company.
I still have that solo hen. She has a beautiful gray-olive egg and...
I've only incubated in late winter/early spring, when we are still using wood heat and the house is very dry. It might depend on your incubator too. I have a Brinsea Octagon. I use very low humidity (20 - 30 %). Then at lock-down I bump it up to 70%. The only way I can keep the humidity...
Zero eggs here for the past week. I suppose it is just as well, because I just wormed them.
My hens are getting older. As much as I miss hatching, I am restraining myself. I hope to retire in 4 years and maybe do some traveling. I could see taking a break from animals (and not searching...
I refer to this article frequently for sour crop. It is so detailed and informative!
I have a question though: the lemon juice, cinnamon, etc. formula is clearly posted in one section. Further down (second paragraph below the crop-bra photo), the same formula is referred to as the baking...
Skiing was great in the morning, before it got too wet. I might be the last holdout in central Maine without a cell phone. Almost broke down and got one this year, but I really don't need another distraction.
We also had deer munching on apple trees this year. Strangely, the deer do not usually bother the garden.
Our snowy lawn showed what appear to be fox tracks this year. It looks like he was digging around for mice. I wish this snow was not expected to turn to rain here. I'm hoping to go out...