Got called in to work today. Started the day by burning my thumb in my hair straightener and then getting my thumb caught and the skin peeled off. Then, I was on my bus and it broke down....all of this by 6:30 this morning. And I am definitely not a morning person. My husband sent me a text that...
Two weeks ago my hens weren't laying at all. I put a light in the coop and changed feeds and started getting 2-3 eggs a day. Yesterday I found a whole dozen. I got so excited I fired up the bator this morning. If things keep looking up I will get the sportsman ready too. Hatching season is ON !!!
A man stopped by our work today and ask if he could rest himself and his horse in the barn where we have our calf. My SO told him sure. They were talking and he is from Australia. He is involved with problem horses, has wrote a book, is a motivational speaker, and several other things. He is...
My DH bought me a GGF 1202 incubator and it had been running fine at constant temp and humidity. It had been running for about 5 days before I decided to put eggs in. This morning I went to check on my 3 week old chicks and the bator. The temp gauge on the outside said 55 degrees. So, I opened...
I have never incubated eggs before. Last summer my BIL gave (loaned--prob. won't give it back) me a bator. I bought a turner for it but haven't got to use it til now. Last week I bought 2 dozen mixed brown eggs from Fredster. I put them in the bator along with 5 of my RIR eggs. I have been...
My DH ran across a guy that he hasn't seen in 2 years and they were talking poultry and stuff. My DH told him he was looking for a few turkeys to go with the lone one that we had. He tells my DH to come to his house and he would make him a deal. Of course, when he got back and told me I couldn't...
we finally caught our chicken eater --- it was a skunk. This has been going on with 1 chick off and on nightly for the past 2 months. We have placed live traps, still traps, reinforced wiring, dug holes and placed concrete blocks and wire to try and catch this thing.I relocated the remaining...
They will be 6 weeks old Wednesday
This is there housing
This was their old watering system. It felt like I could never keep them enough water. I had just filled the jars and the red pan up this morning @ 8am and it was almost gone at lunch.
This is the new system I installed today. I already...
It showed up almost a week ago. It REALLY REALLY likes my white goose. It is very friendly as it doesn't get alarmed when I go around it and it comes right to me when I feed my geese.
I ordered some chicks from Ideal on 7/7/08. They sent me an email stating my order would be shipped on 7/16/08. I have checked with the post office yesterday. They said it might take til today. Well, called post office back. Nope, no chicks. It is Saturday. The hatchery is closed til Monday. I...
My BIL GAVE me a Hovabator Saturday. I have been telling my sister about fixing to try to build a MissPrissy incubator which I think is totally cool. I plugged it up before going to work this morning and when I got home the temp says 100 and humidity is 62%. Now I just have to get confident...