Well the sun set at Big Sky Ranch and I went out and grabbed the old roo by his feet and trimmed his wings and nipped the tips off his spurs and isolated him in a big cage. I put the new roo in with the girls, about 40 of them, they were really interested in him when I first put him in until...
Thanks guys, the new roo is bigger, Its always something new here at the Big Sky Ranch.
Dreading the Indiana winter though. brrrr. Hey send us some rain would ya
A friend gave me a 7 month old Roo, but my old roo is kickin his butt, the old one has spurs but the new one doesnt have them developed yet, I fiqured if I trim his spurs it will level the playing field........ the new roo is twice his size.
I have been lucky that the foxes have stayed away, using a radio in the pen. I have been using it on talk radio. Someone is always mad about something and I hope it stills helps
7 days and no slaughter to date.
Anyother Fox deterents are wanted. My barber gives me hair, I spread around the...
It just a learning curve we all have to go through..........
Just like hatching out..............
Next time make sure your humidity is up.
You learn by making mistakes..........
and you make mistakes by learning.................
24 in the bator, started on the 12th. I will wait for another...
You might have to help ones out that the membrane is dryed out on, after pipping, make sure they have plenty of humidity in the bator.
Be careful you can tear their skin off.
Just remember its a learning curve. If you have more fertilized eggs start hatching another batch.
If you get 80%...
Happy easter everyone,
I feel like a little kid...................
all of my chickeys hatched.
Had to help one a little, this is soooooooooooo.cool
starting another batch today.
I have increased my coop...to make room for more chicks.
A chick walks into a bar..........
It asks for a glass...
Hold on to your shorts..........
You gotta give your FERTLIZED......... eggs time.
Pippin last nite....
5 out of the shell today
3 more pippin
The darker the shell, the harder to tell........
look for the air sack, at the fat end..
Little Giant stuff works great..........
No brainer hatching...
hey I get the emails from byc but dont see my name on the list.
Nevik.
Got a bunch of hatching stories.
Did you know if poop builds up on their little butts
You can rinse them in the sink under warm water and it will wash off. You might have to pull on it a little.
Chicks are like...
I was candeling some of my eggs for a friend and his young son and dropped one 2" and it cracked. I told them it was bustedcated.
I said I was sorry and mentioned since I started them on 3/22 , Let us see what was inside instead of throwing it to the garbage disposer.............
They...
by the way brown eggs are really hard to see through, but you should be able to see the air sac. Day 7 and I see eyes in 2 out of 12.
every 21 days, kinda like a womans cycle............
Never thought of it that way until now...........lol
54 and learning more
Nevik
oh your like a kid at xmas...........
I think you will be surprized when they hatch, they will come instages. its easy to keep them warm enough with a light bulb.
Keep your temp around 100.
Then they need that to keep warm even after they hatch.
tons of info on byc.
keep your britches on honey...
The reason I have chickens is because of the ecomony. If they closed the grocery stores tommorrow, I have meat and eggs. People who arent ready for the worst, will be the majority. Too bad they have lost the skills that our grandparents had.
I have always tried to be self suffecient. 54 and...