Saturday is the only day I have available to butcher my 2 Bourbon red turkeys.
I think I'm all set in the butchering area but how should I store them till thanksgiving day?
It was recommended to put them in a brine and ice water solution till then but does that require replacing the ice every...
I am building a BIG egg incubator (up to 448 eggs) Didn't start out that way but I just kept adding and adding :)
I had a little giant egg turner from an old Hovabator incubator and used it to measure how far it turns the eggs... 30 degrees one way and then the same back the other way.
So I...
I ordered 2 (1 for spare) of the STC-1000 look alike thermostats from China. I knew when I ordered them that they were going to be Celsius but I figured I could just calculate them out to 37.5 C
When I installed it and tried to set it I realized you can't change the degree that percisely...
We had one of the Cocks show up 3 months ago and then another 2 months ago... Now the whole neighborhood hangs out at my house. I'm hoping they are all fertile.... Also hoping the Austrolorp rooster hasn't........
They started sitting on them full time yesterday afternoon. One stayed out...
I have 3 female guineas that are about 10 months old and because of them inherited the neighbors 6 males :)
Recently we penned them up for a few days and collected eggs. We put them under a Silkie hen so the Silkie hen can do what they do best.
I went out today to just check on everybody and I...
We bought 10 guinea keets way back end of October, they were 2 weeks old and on the same day I bought 10 chickens that were 9 weeks old.
We lost half the keets the first night because of the cold weather. I put them in a shallow trough with shavings and a heat lamp in the chicken barn and they...