Sorry about your guy with the mud-crop. It's so hard to end them, and I don't know if I'll ever be comfortable with it. Glad you've got your brother to help you with the end task! I did the same thing with my chicks!! They would lay in the sun with their legs all spraddled out and zombified, and...
Jessica--- good luck today!! Yes, I'm thinking that's it exactly. I work so bloody hard to keep people alive, that I have a hard time accepting death. It's something that I've grappled with for years, and hopefully eventually I'll come to terms with it. I still cry every time I shoot a deer. I...
Ralphie---Great idea! I think I may have to adopt it for next time. I used elbow grease and my 14 birds tired out my arms. If only I had Popeye and his forearms at my disposal .
Linda--- I am sorry about your eggs! Hopefully they are just fashionably late?
Jessica--- I was initially okay...
We did wind up processing them, on Wednesday. They were just past 8 weeks old. They all dressed out between 5 and 5 1/2 lbs. I miss them... I miss my lawn popcorn running (waddling, really) to see me/get food. Out of my remaining flock, 4 of the 14 had fluid around the heart. The other 10 had...
Maybe because these guys are just starting to get their surges of testosterone, a "time out" would work? Like separate them for a day or two and see if it makes a difference? If they still are fighting after that, I personally would process them. It'd be a lot of work for 3 lbs extra meat total...
My mother in law was upset too! She thinks we're nuts. We got rid of our coffee machine too, and use a stainless steel percolator. Gotta have my java, and it smells amaaaaazing while its brewing on the stovetop. :)
We have been without a microwave for almost 6 months now. I dont miss it. Nothing beats stove-top popped popcorn! We just warm leftovers up on the stove, so honestly the microwave was convenient for hands-off tasks, but its just as easy on the stove (just not hands-off). I personally feel the...
My spinach is doing abysmal! I'm growing out my greens that I planted in end of July until the frost hits, and I'm going to shoot for some indoor starting this year. Yours looks great!
Lisa-- isn't it fun watching them as they grow/evolve? I think you're doing everything right :) I'm realizing as I go through this bird-raising part of my life, that worry is inevitable, but it gets better the more I experience each day :)
Linda--Wow!! What a day is right! I've been talking to...
I love the video :)) My kids are part of what i love about having birds---their observations always make me smile and reappreciate things. Good looking birds, too! I think they're bigger than mine.
DH processed one of the bigger ones a few days ago and he came to 4 lbs 10oz. I was supposed to...
I love the little arena brooder you have set up for them! Nice job.
Woo! I am having SFH envy!! They are #1 on my NEED to have in my life list! Did you have your eggs shipped or did you get them locally?
Mine would do that periodically if they ate too much in one go (I noticed the piggier of...
Excited for you!! It was like Christmas morning for me when I went to the post office to pick up my box o' peeps. Are you getting them tonight or in the am? (i don't remember if you posted how far away it was)
That's a lot of guinea time! Hey, can that count as exercise? I could start my...