Look what I found in the nest this morning. This is one of the biggest eggs I have ever found. It was layed by one of my ameraucana pullets. I hope it was not her first egg, but this is only the 3rd blue egg from my pullets, so it maybe a first egg or a second egg. Poor thing. She has been...
As usual FIL brought over a huge ham for us for easter. There is usually only the two of us. Thank goodness stepson decided to join us for easter dinner yesterday.
Now we still have enough ham left over to feed half the city. Ham sandwiches will be nice for today. I'll be making split pea soup...
My teenage stepson has actually been coming home in the early evenings for the last week or so. So he has on occasion done little job around the farm, like locking the chicken house for the night.
We currently have two broody hens, one of which has been sitting on real fertile eggs for 16...
We have had a problem with our chickens coming down with marek's disease. Since one cannot always tell, if a bird has the disease, I would like to know if it is ok to eat it.
We did butcher one of our extra roosters, but have been afraid to eat him, especially since we lost another one to...
I have the vaccine and the syringes. Does anyone have good instructions for how to mix the vaccine and vaccinate the chicks?
My vet told me how, but I don't remember it all. I could really use some good instructions. My favorite chick hatched today and I really want to get "her" (hopefully)...
Yesterday we were in a hurry to run errands. My cross beaked Butika needed to be fed before we left (as usual). I thought I had the feeding tube down into the crop, but it must have been into her lungs instead. We ignored her protests and emptied the syringe. We both tried to suck the food back...