Had my weekly physical therapy appointment then drove further south to the Longview Freddies to stock up on some deals.
I haven't even checked for eggs today. Guess I'll wait until tomorrow.
I candled the eggs again and all ten of them are developing. The veins are much more visible and the dark spots are getting big.
I let one egg sit still over the light and part of the shadow jerked, just like the chick was kicking its leg! Pretty cool!
10 days left.
My chickens share this feeder that has two blue ports on it. They've learned to take turns feeding at different times of the day. Very clean and no feed waste.
And yeah, Xcel 18% all purpose with oyster shell on the side. I think the big cockerels eat a lot.
Just got back from an Onalaska feed run. 13 chickens are going through a bag every couple of weeks, and not worth it for 3 to 5 eggs a day. Time to downsize to one cockerel and six pullets I think.
I had a big problem with Canada thistle in one of my raised beds a few years ago. The roots run for yards underground creating new plants all over the place.
No way I'd use chemicals in my garden or lawn, so all I did was chop off all the new growth as I saw it coming up above ground.
After...
I agree that laser printers are the way to go if you don't print many pages during the year. I lost track of how many partially filled inkjet cartridges I threw away because they got plugged up from drying out. Mine also has a copy function that I use as much or more than printing pages.
I was going to save bean seeds but ended up picking them all to eat, so I'll be buying seeds next year. The Blue Lake pole beans produced all season, the Provider bush beans gave me one big picking and another smaller one.
I couldn't make myself wait until tomorrow to candle the eggs so I did...