Recent content by gr8ful

Last year was our first year to hatch anything; we hatched chickens and turkeys. Right now we have 12 Bourbon Red eggs in the incubator. I candled them on the 8th day and was very excited to see that they were all viable! We have a simple still air incubator and we turn the eggs by hand 5...

We have had several losses due to hawks. It is always hard on me and the kids. But we do have one "blessed" chicken. She is one of our favorites; a black feather-footed bantam (don't know the actual breed). Her name is Puffy. She has actually survived a hawk attack TWICE! Once, when my...

I have had the same problem with some of my turkeys. I read some older posts on here and got some good info. (Use your same posing title and do a search.) Anyway, I got a product called Tylan 50 from the feed store. It worked great. I used the medicine syringe you get from the pharmacy for...

We like them. Can't say we noticed much difference in taste from our chicken eggs. But, man are those eggs tougher to crack! My mother-in-law asked me not to give her any more because she couldn't keep from getting the shells in her eggs when cracking them.

Chixie, I don't know the exact words to say to comfort you. But here is a prayer that came to my heart - "I pray, dear Lord, that you put your loving arms around this family. Give them strength, understanding, patience, and peace. May YOUR will be done in their lives. Amen"

Hi there, Like many others, I have been reading posts on BYC for a long time. Funny how you can be as shy in a forum as you are in person - it has taken me a long time to jump in! Anyway, we have about 20 chickens of various and mixed breeds and 8 Bourbon Red turkeys. Last spring was the...