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Today I put 18 SWH duck eggs in my 2 little Brinsea Mini Incubators. First day is just warm-up for bators and eggs since they all were chilly at 46 degrees F. Last year I had great success with these bators so I'm looking forward to good results again this year. Am using my tack room again...

OK, so I'm trying to find a way to bribe my geese to come when I want them, for daily inspection, etc. No problems bribing the goats, horses, chickens, dogs, etc. But Geese? Hummmmm... Suggestions, anyone? Must be healthy treats, no junk food.

OK, I have a little troop of 8 SWH's and this summer I am hoping they will eat all the slugs that have been decimating my hosta beds. I have to mulch the beds but the slugs do better every year and the hostas do worse. I do not want to use slug bait (or beer, or whatever). I can't convince...

OK, so this morning at exactly 9:47AM I set 6 duck eggs in my incubator. (got them via USPS) First problem: can't tell if they turned or not, set it on auto turn and OK maybe 2 eggs had the "X" on top moved a bit but the rest appeared to be exactly like I left them.4 hours earlier...

I got 27 chicks from Strombergs about 5 weeks ago. Ordered 25 but they threw in 2 surprise Cochins (not sure what type, yet). All except 2 made it through the first 3 days, they are healthy and eating everything in sight. It's been too cold to let them out of their warm coop, but once they...

I am new to this Blog and so happy to finally find a great chicken blog NOT on Facebook. I used to raise 85 chickens for egg production but had to give them up when hubby had a stroke (that's him and his dog Tinkerbell in the picture). He's mostly recovered and my grand-kids want chickens (OK...