We have had fleas on our chickens for several years ( summers only ) and I have not yet found a single flea on the bodies of them ,, just on the combs and waddles , have ben using borax , de , and seven spray on the dirt , and covering the combs and other infested aeras on the birds with...
just set 92 on 3/3/13 some chicken ( 6 different varities) and 18 duck , here in south Ga
to the hatcher on the 19th , also have 1 goose setting parttime ( on /.off ) but she just has 6 eggs so I'm guessing that the times I see her on the nest she's just laying still .
My 3 white chinese geese laid in late Dec and Jan , it was their first time and we had not-so-good results #1 laid 16 eggs got 4 #2 laid 14 eggs got 0 #3 laid 4 eggs got 0 ,, should they lay again this spring or is that it ?
They really weren't due to hatch till monday but there are about 10/12 running around in there now
put 60 more large chicken eggs back in today and 14 bantam eggs today 2/26
These old posts ( when they get old ) are a good place to date the eggs in the incubator if you forgot
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Didn't have time to take pics the last 4 are already gone (sold) when I get some more batteries for the camera I'll take pics of the first hatched 3 weeks old now and she's as big as the bantams , got 2 fresh and 1 older egg going to the hatcher 3/2 maby I can get some pics of them before...
put 64 eggs in hatcher yesterday , have 4 hatched out and loads of pips tonight 12 of them were bought eggs ( at the chicken auction ) no action there yet they are games
have 12 ugly duck eggs and 2 goose eggs going to hatcher on 3/3 and 60 chicken eggs going into incubator tomorrow ...
Goose #2 hatched 4 then quit the nest , have the last 6 in hatcher till next Tue , incubator still has the 2- I managed to get from #3 till 3/2 then to hatcher , along with 12 ugly duck eggs , sent 64 chicken eggs to hatcher today due Mon , putting 60 more in Sun / everything is...
goose #2 is hatching started today have counted 4 so far but havn't gotten too close . / goose #3 laid 4 and then quit laying / the baby from #1 , the only one to hatch is female . am going to watch #2 and when she thinks she's finished I'll look for unhatched eggs to put in the hatcher.
Only got the 1 but goose #2 is still hanging in there with 15 eggs , and I think that #3 has a hidden nest out around the pond somewhere she has quit laying here in the pens ,, I turn them out to freerange each day and they come back to the coop at nite .
53 eggs from my layers ( mixed ) / 12 game eggs from local auction / 12 ugly white duck eggs from local auction / 2 goose eggs
also have 1 goose on 15 eggs ,,,, going to bring in march with a bang .
#1's eggs that were gathered up and put in the hatcher , hit pay dirt today got 1 to hatch
there were 16 in there 1 was leaking so it was bad , 1 hatched and maby another one or 2 will . going to give them till Sunday . You were right the managment time already spent ment nothing .
Well #1 abandoned her nest ,, I got to the eggs before they got completly cold and put them in the hatcher ,, will let them have 3 or 4 days ,, / #3 left her nest and went to the nest of #2 to lay .. #2 has been setting for about 1 week now . I built another gate to seperate #2 ...
Finally got all 3 involved / 1 is due any day with 16 eggs under her / 2 is setting with 15 eggs about 5 days in now and / 3 is laying and has 6 eggs in nest now .. ,, and i'm already getting inquries about when thay can come and get a few babies to take home ,, I may not part...
I was having a very bad possom problem here and a couple of raccoon / fox problems innermixed , to make a long story short , I stopped at 2 pet groomers here and asked if they would hold their floor sweepings ( cut dog hair ) for me and they did I spread it out about 50 ft from my pens in a...