This is the story on how we hatched 3 beautiful Leghorn/Cochin chicks.
Our story begins when we lost 3 chickens to a coyote attack. We decided we wanted more chickens and we started researching egg hatching. We learned that eggs had to be stored at 46-56 degrees Fahrenheit. We built the...
Ummm making a rooster sounding chicken noise. Not quite a cockadoodle doo...haha, but sorta trying to sound like that. Oops my daughter just informed me she is not a cochin she is a bantam barred rock.
Well now that we have settled into the idea that we have a Roo, we are pretty happy with him. He is a lovely bird, and we wouldn't have chosen him if it wasn't for the mix up at TSC. He has always been the friendliest with my daughter who has been working with them to make them family pets since...
A ROO!!! Hahaha, that's what my daughter has been saying. I got the big "I Told You". But how can that be, we got all of them at TSC and they said they only had females. I guess we will have to change her name from Lizzy to Darcy since she was the star of our Pemberley chicks.
Im trying to figure out how old my chicks are that I got from TSC, can anybody give me any ideas. This pick was taken on March 27.
These are the ladies now. This pic was taken a few days ago.
Also, what are these two. Somebody asked me if the white one was a Lamona, but since they are...
I used a new box of whole oatmeal and some of my oatbran, I threw in a couple of potato slices and they seem happy. 2000 mealworms does not look like alot. How do they count them haha.
Plain old oatmeal, or does it have to be the oat bran? I have oat bran, but I hate to give it to the worms, its my food I should just bite the bullet and run up to the city for the wheat bran. Although for what it will cost me in gas I could buy the 50lb sack next week at the local feed store...
Does anyone know if I can use Rice Bran as a substrate for my mealworm production? My worms arrive tomorrow and my local feed store only has Rice Bran. I don't want to hoof it all the way into the city for wheat bran from the Whole Food Store.
Im a food purist, I try not to feed my family processed food (Michael Pollen is my hero), so I don't want to feed my Chickychicks processed food My daughter is going to be in charge of the Mealworms (great science for the homeschooler, and the mealworms freak me out ) and together we will do...