So, my husband and I stumbled into being rabbit owners (DH allows me to own whatever I want as long as we can eat it!) and we have a doe that had 7 babies and I havn't sexed them yet but I'd like to butcher all the bucks. Once the babies turn 8 weeks I know I need to move them outta momma...
So... I just got off of craigslist, and you know how people flag pet postings all the time for reasons unknown to the poster? Well, under knoxville, tn's pets the top post was thanking the flaggers for flagging their posts, and in the post they had a picture of a dead dog with a gun shot through...
So, I was about to sign into my email and saw it on the main screen of Yahoo about Japan attempting soon to try to clone a mammoth. According to the article the Japs have already found a way to do it, they just have to get a sample of the mammoth... They want to recreate one (and possibly start...
I just ordered an incubator online last night!!! First one! It's a brinsea mini advance, now only waiting for them to ship it...
I've not been able to stop checking my email to see when I'll be receiving it since the website was vague and never mentioned shipping dates...
So today the freedom rangers are 11 weeks old and I weighed the biggest one we have and he came up to 4 lbs 10 oz but felt small still. Would it hurt to hold them til they turn 16 weeks? Would it help if I add the heat lamp back? It's been cold and snowing here in TN which isn't normal for Dec...
I ordered 10 CornishX and 15 Red Broilers from Ideal hatchery and they arrived this morning! YAY!!! Well 24 arrived alive so I called Ideal since they have a 100% live guarantee and they refunded me for the one. They're so cute! They're gonna taste better! Did I mention I have RIR's in the...
I ordered from Ideal this go around, I like Welp better since no other hatchery can beat the price of 25 cornishx. But I ordered 10 straight run cornishx and 15 straight run red broilers! They sent the email and said Oct 13 is the ship out date! Good gracious that'll be cold outside! Oh well, DH...
YAY!!! 2 Pips out of 5 eggs, I wasn't able to candle them very well they're a nice blue EE eggs. I'm soo excited! 2 are on day 20 and 3 are on day 21, I have had the worst of luck this whole time so this makes it worth it!
So, I would like to know all the hatcheries that offer freedom rangers for a decent price (shipping included) since I live out in TN. I know Welp is the cheapest for CornishX for me (25 straight run was $39.00 total) but they don't offer them
Any info is greatly appreciated, and thanks in...
YAY! I set the eggs yesterday morning so today is day 1, I set 24 guinea eggs(neighbors eggs and incubator) and 8 chicken eggs (my eggs). Labor day will be the day for the first candling (7 days). Is the 7 day mark the day you'll know whether or not the egg is fertile right? Also the incubator...
Hi, first of all I'm borrowing my neighbors incubator and I have never incubated before, but I've been reading up on it and think I've got the general feel for it. My question is I'm wishing to put the eggs in but I can't stabalize the temps for some reason, I don't know which thermometer to...
So I was on Craigslist and noticed an add for 2 incubators for $250 and one is a newbrunswick shaker incubator, well I have no idea why anyone would want an incubator to shake. So my question is can anyone describe the differences in all the kinds of incubators? Shaker, cabinet, styrofoam, and...
So here is what I learned very fast... CornishX have very easily torn skin, this first photo shows 2 skinned Cornishes, 1st reason: when we were plucking with the plucker we tore the skin, and when I started on the second one by hand I tore the skin So we decided these would be skinless and...
I went to Gander Mountain in Knoxville and they don't carry items like this anymore. I wear gloves while pulling guts out but I have the worst time getting the lungs and the kidneys to come loose without tearing them apart. What have you used besides finger nails and lung scrapers that are...
So this morning I went out to feed my 23 cornish's, had 26 lost 3 to lack of water on a hot day (my fault ) well I went out there and was moving the tractor looked in to make sure they were going to move they're fat butts and saw a dead chicken. Well they're 7.5 weeks old and it rained here...
I went and bought these today, I was hoping for all pullets and so the ones that had redder/bigger combs I didn't get so no comparison to the others I didn't buy. Sorry if the pictures aren't the best the chicks were very flighty, and I didn't want them loose in my chicken yard (I'm holding them...