Almost done, Broody mom hatched out 3 these I’ve the last 2 days, she squished one, and the last two eggs she left pipped in the nest... my grand daughter pointed out she had eggs and I was going to remove the quitters, until I heard peeps!
Mad rush to see start the incubator and get them...
So went on lockdown yesterday and within an hour had a pip! That’s the first Picture...the second two are from this morning...Turk is a Daddy!! It’s all dry now, and all black except a white bum!!
The white egg pipped this morning the brown pipped about an hour ago...
It’s lockdown day!! Yay!! I’ll add a picture later..I’m going to candle one more time...
*update*
Pulled 6 more eggs..have 26 in the hatching tray now, so I’m at 70% so far...
One egg has breached the air bubble and is very active! So maybe I’ll have a baby as soon as today!! Lol
It’s small and...
So, a week after I put 3 dozen + 1 double yoker, in my incubator...this girl takes over the most popular nest and is sitting on 6 eggs!! Here’s one of the eggs on day 4 of incubation, give or take...
Put 36 eggs in my incubator tonight.
The Roos are a Polish, and A Naked neck Turken Black Jersey Giant.
The hens are Orpington, Black Jersey Giant, polish, Old English, Easter egged, a black and white spotted one I forgot the name of and a Banty the same color...
I did 18 large eggs and 18 of...
@littleredwagon I moved August 5th, and I was able to rehome everyone :-)
Already met a co-worker who is going to help me out with some chickens, she wants me to take some now, but I am going to wait till spring...will truly be "Backyard" chicken keeper now since I love in town... Lol so I...
Oh my! 4 pages behind while I've been packing for the move to Kansas and finding New homes for all the critters!
Still have 2 full size chickens to rehome, and since Miss dixies chicks hatched...8 banties! And 6 rabbits!
We got a house in Lakin after all, about 6 blocks from my mil, which is...
@Grain Gypsy sounds kinda like the terrain here... We're in what they call the "high desert" in the South eastern corner of Washington...sagebrush, tumble weeds, wind...it's only about 200 ft above sea level though so snow is almost unheard of except a skiff that lasts a day or two and is gone...
They're all black, and blues this run! Which would be so exciting if I got to keep any!
But I'm moving to Kansas, I've only got 1 full grown full size chicken left...one pullet, I banty cockerel, and 2 banty pairs.... And 6 turkey poults...5 baby bunnys and 1 lop earred buck...
Oi! The only...
http://www.news10.net/story/weather/2015/07/09/el-nino-weather-flooding-1997-satellite-images/29899151/
Looks like California May get the rain they've been praying for, but it just may be more than they wanted!
Well friends, I'm moving to Kansas! I've got most of my critters sold...I have 5 large hens left...Dixies babies hatched today...so that adds 6 -day old chicks to sell, 2 banty pairs, and a banty cockerel from the EHAL...my ad is on craigslist kpr farm and garden critters for sale...or something...
Dixies babies hatched, out of the 12+ eggs...4 hatched yesterday, 2 today...she left the 2 hatching eggs alone in the nest...I found one on the coop floor chirping like crazy, with her feathers stuck to it and the shell smashed, she had stepped all over it trying to get it unstuck!! Poor baby...
There's some good threads about it on site...but in a nut shell..
She needs to be in a wire bottom cage...seperate from the other birds, fresh food and water, you can provide a roost if you want, lots of natural light... I don't remember how long it takes... But the idea is to keep her from...
Its drier than a popcorn fart here in south east Washington! Its supposed to be 101 today! Its 76, at 10 am...which is cooler than it's been...
So is Kansas always rainy? Or are you having an odd year too?
Washington's governor applied for "drought" assistance in February, because we had NO...
We live 10 miles out of town now, and the city is 76k people. Other than big lots, goodwill, and the dollar store I hate going to town!
A nice quiet small town with a sense of community will be wonderful! Its gonna be a lil like stepping backwards in time to when things were simpler. My...
He does just about anything farm/horse/agriculture related. He was doing Handy man/lawn care here. He's going to apply at Tyson, he's worked there before...here at our local plant...his step-Dad works there, but he won't be working under him...neither one of them want anyone to think there's...