Question for all: Looking into either building or buying a multi-day waterer, any suggestions. We will be going to Aruba in early January for 5 days. My in-laws usually takes care of the birds while we are gone but with the weather being what it is that time of year and our massive up hill...
I always start with fresh beet juice, vinegar, pinch of salt and sugar and bring to a boil. I slice onions and put then in my jar with beets and eggs, pour in the warm brine.
I have a mustard egg recipe from the wife of an Amish guy my Pop works with that I haven't tried yet. I've tried hers...
My dad likes to send 10 dozen home with us every 2 weeks. We pickle half and hardboil the rest to toss in salad. Think I'm going to try mustard pickled soon.
I have a dozen that I need to candle in my incubator right now with a little over 2 weeks to go. I have 3 young turkeys from my first very early batch that are in the brooder along with 2 araucana chicks that came out of green eggs we bought at a farmers market around Easter for some photos (my...
If anyone is interested, my slate blue turkeys have kicked into overdrive and are laying like crazy. I've already hatched several and have a second batch in my incubator. $4.00 an egg, shipping will be USPS priority. Eggs will be double wrapped. Shipping cost would depend on how many eggs are...
I have 10 Muscovy eggs from the last several days. I have an incubator full of duck and turkey eggs right now. Anyone interested $1.00 each plus shipping ( $15.80 - large flat rate box, eggs double wrapped)?
I just checked and can't believe but I have no pictures of Suzi and Wilbert. We are...
One of the vendors that sells live mice and stuff to feed snakes always has birds that they raise too. Last show it was quails, this time call ducks and khakis. I just couldn't resist.
Question, our power went out yesterday morning around 4:30. We got the generator up and running around 9 after another update from PPL that it would be several more hours until power was restored. Anyway, our incubator got down around 74 degrees before we got it plugged in and back up to temp...
Our first run with our Hova-Bator was great. We set 32 of our chicken eggs, pulled 1 at day 14 during candling, disposed of another 1 the day before hatching started that had a tiny crack and started oozing smelliness. 3 eggs quit although the chicks seemed to be fully developed and we have 27...
Here's the start of our hatch!
My daughter checks the incubator every 5 minutes, as I was making lunch, I took a picture of her moving her chair over so she can stand and look in!
She refused to sit at the table and eat lunch. She had to be near the babies!
No matter how many times we do it, I'm still as excited as my 5 year old when chicks hatch! Today is the day! 2 hatched overnight and are dry and in the brooder and 17 more have pipped. Waiting anxiously for some sign from 12 more. Pictures to follow!
I want to try shipping eggs since I've never done it before and I've had several inquiries about my turkey eggs. Would anyone be willing to be a test subject for me? Anyone with their incubator fired up be interested in my 4 slate blue turkey eggs from today?
I have 18 already set in my...