i joined this forum in 2009 don't know if I ever introduced myself to the group.
My name is Karen Smith
I live near Streetman, Texas. I say near because I'm in the country between Streetman (pop. 210) and Kirvin (pop. 107) and south of Corsicana.
I have around 50 chickens of assorted breeds...
I have 5 male pilgrim geese am willing to trade for a couple of females or sell. Plus looking for pilgrim geese hatching eggs to add new blood to my flock.
PM me for information on what you have.
I am located in Texas just south of Dallas.
I've been a member since 2009 need to do this to enter the contest and I guess should have done it a longggg time ago.
I just pop in and out due to little time for computer play. I have a ranch in Streetman, Texas with cattle, 1 horse, nigerian dwarf and pygmy goats, pilgrim geese, and around 60...
My Geese hatched 2 babies last week. Will I was going for a couple of hours Sunday they both disappeared! The momma is running around hissing at everyone. Will she settle down and lay another clutch or is it to late in the season.
I have a pair of pilgrim geese. They are just 1 year old. She started laying eggs, the first dozen were infertile but now the gander has figured out what to do. I went out to the pen yesterday and she has babies. Don't know how many yet she was sitting on 3-4 eggs, I've seen 2 so far.
As luck would have it I hatched only 1 baby runner. 2 started to pip then quit. Now I'm paranoid about the rest of the eggs that will hatch next week. do I help the babies when I don't see any progression after a few hours or wait? Plus I have more hatching for the Easter hatch.
the pair of Pilgrim geese I hatched last year from eggs I got from' birdieluv' have started laying eggs. They were hiding the eggs under the pine shavings in their little building, didn't even know the eggs were there till I was adding more shaving and found 3 under everything! I will be...
I had 10 runners from Holderread's. I lost 3 last Saturday. Then I just went out to feed and water everyone, 1 more dead. They are a month old in a 4X8x4 with 1/2 hardware wire all the way around brooder pen outside. They have a big pan of water and plenty of feed. They are on flock raiser with...
I hatched just 2 babies in my last setting of eggs. I have a brooding hen that has been setting for at least a month. Doesn't leave the nest except to eat and drink. I don't know if she has any eggs under her that are going to hatch, they should have already hatched if I'm counting correctly...
I just counted turky eggs and I have 13 due to hatch in next couple of days. Put 14 in another incubator and my turkey hen has decided to set on 15 eggs, due about a week before the ones that just went in the bator. I also have runner ducks from Holderread's around the second week in June. I...
I have 4 pilgrim goose eggs in the bator. 1 hatched today!!!!! She's beautiful. The other three eggs are ready to hatch 1 has been peeping, no pips yet.
This is my first time to try to hath any waterfowl .
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I've always let my chickens dust in whatever they could find. Setting them up an old kiddie pool, should I just use play sand or use a mix of dirt and sand?? I'll also be sprinkling DE on the top.
Tractor Supply is getting the chicks this year on the 10th of Feb and I can't go will be in the hospital getting knee replaced! I asked them today when I was in the Mexia store!!