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Its been awhile since I have been on here! 25 Silver Laced Wyandottes arrived yesterday and 3 Barnevelder Hens arrived today. We had to rehome our whole flock last May after tornados destroyed our farm. So, we are rebuilding!

I have 3 chicks that just turned 3 weeks old. They are a Black Australorp and Wyandotte cross and have been doing great. This little guy flew out of his brooder and landed on the table where is was working preparing a power point presentation on compost for my Master Gardener class. Well, he...

My sweet family surprised me with some new lambs! I am so amazed at just how cute! The painted one is full blood Painted Desert and the brown one is half painted desert and half Barbado.

We have chicks! Out of a dozen, we have 3 so far. I am hoping for more. But, the 3 are the cutest! Of course I say this every time. For the whole story, check out the link below. http://farmonthehill.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-peeps.html

For the first time in 3 years I have been having a crappy hatch rate. I am in East Texas and we had the worst summer in history here. Hot Dry and Windy. We had temps over 100' for 3 1/2 months. I suspect that this is the culprit and the hens and roo just haven't fully recovered. Any thoughts?

We just love to get that call from the post office! Tuesday morning 25 EE's and 10 Golden Laced Polish arrived. We so love having the babies. I am so impressed with how personable the Polish chicks are, they eat right out of my daughter's hand and are very curious.

I had ducks for the first time this spring/summer. We had a real problem with predidation and lost all of them. Putting them up for the night was a challenge, they did not want to go in the duck pen. I wanted them in the garden and it is fenced in, but it did not go well. How do you duck...

I set 36 eggs and had 20 hatch! 18 of those 20 are doing great. Nothing is more fun than waking to chirping in the bator.

I set 2 dozen of my own eggs and so far I have 7 hatched and 3 more pips and it is only day 21. :jumpyIt is very cool to see my own chicks and try to figure out which one goes with wich hen. I have 2 blue splash wyandottes, 3 silver laced wyandottes, one blue splash roo, 2 EE's, 1 buckeye...

My wonderful- if not enabling- husband bought me a new Saanen. Her name is Pickles and we will pick her up after the first of January. I am so excited. She is registered and bred- confirmed by a blood test. I have one already- named Saphire- so these two will be my milk goat herd. Saphire...

There is a not so pleasant odor in the bator when I open it to add water. I set these on Dec 4th- 36 total Last time I set chicken eggs 29 of the 36 eggs hatched and I never candled or anything and I don't remember a smell. I have hatched chicken eggs once and guinea eggs twice. Both time...

Last week I went out to the coop to shut the door- and to my surprise there sat an oppossum! The first time in 10 years for me to see one on our property. But not the last, we relocated him only to find another one the next night. My husband was going to kill him. He instructed me to lay the...

My daughter asked for goose eggs for her 14th birthday. The lady we got the eggs from gave us 4 just laid and 8 out of the brooder. We brought them home, right into the warm bator. Well, on her birthday, 4 days later, one pipped! The little gosling is the love of her life. She sleeps with...

Does anyone have cotton patch geese? I have been researching these as additions to our farm. We are focusing on heritage breeds. These geese were used to weed the cotton fields in the South- hence the name. I would like to know anyones experiences with these birds:D

Tomarrow we are picking up white chinese goose eggs for my daughter. For her birthday, she wanted goose eggs so she could hatch them out and they would think she was their mother. So, my question is... do you do the eggs the same way you do chicks and guineas? I have had good success with...

Just for grins and giggles I put an egg from our chickens in the bator with the guinea eggs I set. I did not know if our roosters were getting the job done, it just didn't seem to take enough time.... I guess they don't need much stimulation. Well, this little egg was then placed under a boody...

On Monday I cleaned out the coop. Removed some deep litter, cleaned the roosts, etc. Since then I have only gotten one egg. I should be getting 3/day. Did I upset the ladies and when will they get over it. I also spead DE and lime.

I bought 3 dozen guinea eggs and set them. We are now down to 7 days. I am excited and hope for a good hatch. My first and only hatch was chickens and I had great success. Now I am concerned that it was beginners luck. I have read so many posts were folk had trouble. Of course some of the...

I have 4 EE's that could start laying at anytime. I only have 3 other mature hens laying and I know who lays which egg. Lately, we have been getting 2 more brown eggs on occasion that don't match the other eggs. I thought that EE's layed green or blue tinted eggs. Do I have brown laying EE's...

I have a 6 weeks Mille Fluer that has no other symptoms. She just sits and sleeps and is declining. Lost one yesterday with the same symptoms. No blood in poop No breathing problems Bought them locally week and half ago. Has been eating and drinking. Any ideas? Thanks Holly