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There will be a poultry, livestock, plant, arts & crafts sale at the Levy County Extension Office in Bronson, Florida on June 15th. Sale opens at 9 a.m. Set up can start at 8 a.m. There is plenty of parking out front. The sale area itself will be in the fenced area behind the office. There...

It is April again and that means time for my local county fair. You folks who have been around a while may recall I put up a chick hatching display for the fair last year and the year before. This year's display is a great improvement over previous efforts with a new hatcher and brooder. A...

Just received this in my e-mail through a Florida Extension Service mail list. Subject: Direct Sale Farm Operation Rule Development Workshops Direct Sale Farm Operation Rule Development Workshops More info here http://www.freshfromflorida.com/fs/ Agenda here...

Anyone else still hatching turkeys this year? I've never found it necessary before to do a summer hatch, but I've sold the fifty five I hatched back in the spring so I'm out of birds. Don't want to go till next spring with nothing to sell so in they went. I usually get at least 85% hatch with...

How many of you all are seeing increasing feed prices yet? I knew as soon as that first USDA report came out about lowering 2012 crop yield estimates it was going to affect feed prices and it seems to have started already. My layer feed has only gone up (as of last Friday anyway) only twenty...

Found the first two pullet eggs from this year's order of ISA Browns yesterday. They were hatched February 21st so by my reckoning that's seventeen weeks exactly. A week earlier to the day than last year's batch. Doesn't matter how many birdss I've had over the years it's always exciting to...

This is for all of you folks who advertise on Craigslist. It probably applies as much to all such "classified ads" types of services but at the moment it's Craigslist that is making me both laugh and crazy at the same time. It seems that one just CANNOT word an ad so clearly that someone out...

Since it doesn't look like Eric is going to start a thread about his swap I'll start one for him so we can keep from drifting Cmom's Florida/Georgia swaps thread too much. I'll be there with Midget White and Standard Bronze started turkeys. They'll be about eight weeks old by the time of the...

Yesterday I moved the EE birds out of their brooder into their grow-out tractor so that I am now happy to report ALL OF MY BROODERS ARE EMPTY! Hooray! It's too darn hot to be brooding birds now. Come about ten or eleven in the morning I have to make sure the fans are running so they don't...

How the Chicken Conquered the World http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/How-the-Chicken-Conquered-the-World.html This month's Smithsonian Magazine story. Very interesting. The picture is an avatar waiting to be used!

Only a handful left! If you are in the North or Central Florida area and in the market for turkeys then Dun Hagan Farm has the birds for you! Whether you are looking to grow your own for the holidays or simply want to have some good looking mobile yard art we have the birds you want. The...

If you are in North or Central Florida and looking for the finest in laying hens then Dun Hagan Farm has the birds you want! White Leghorn commercial pullets. White egg layers. Sixteen weeks old and laying soon. These girls rule the egg industry. Nothing will produce more eggs on less feed...

I had the hose out to my sugarcane patch yesterday and the leak in it chanced to end up right in front of the yard hen's cedar tree hangout. As I was coming back from moving the sprinkler I noticed one of the hens playing in the spray from the leak. At least that was what I thought she was...

The problems with digital thermometers are such a common topic here that it has me thinking of old fashioned wet/dry thermometers. Anyone have a good source for buying them now? Preferably models that can be used in any incubator. I salt calibrate my digitals but next time I think I want to...

As some of you may recall I put on an egg hatching display for my county fair last year. 2011 Egg Hatching Display It was the first time I'd done anything like that and some of you kindly helped me out with advice. Last week was the 2012 county fair and another hatching display. With some...

It's June in Florida now and the weather is hot all of the time. This means the fertility of my toms will take its seasonal dip as it does every year when the hot season arrives so I will not be selling any more hatching eggs before this Fall. See you then! I have Standard Bronze or Midget...

North Ocala TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY Farm Swap Meet Saturday, April 21, 2012 9:00am until 3:00pm 7351 N US HWY 441 Ocala, FL For more info contact Stephanie 352-368-9937

Picked up some good looking blondes at the Post Office yesterday morning. Those are 52 out of 52 Pearl White Leghorn pullet chicks from McMurray. They join the 62 of 63 ISA Brown pullet chicks I got from Townline a few weeks ago. The place is just jammed full of chicks today...

The anxious call from the Post Office... Counting, dipping, and watching... As soon as the girls came home they were off to the workshop. Chores and homework could wait! Sixty two (of sixty three sent) ISA Brown pullet chicks from Townline Hatchery. These have become the backbone of...

My oldest daughter will be in the eighth grade next year and we are casting about for science fair projects for her. She did a poultry related project for this year's fair that took third in our three county regional competition. Since birds figure large in our family life she'd like to...