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I wonder how he kept it from flooding?

I thought about cavies, they are smaller then most meat rabbits, so more processing. Oh and no on the NZW, I had mutts, got them for free so decided to start out w/ them work the "bugs" out then move on to "the better rabbits" but my mutts did so well I couldn't keep up w/ them and never "upgraded"

No parasite or disease problems at all. I really think (and this is just my personal opinion) all the talk of parasites and problems are from people who don't like colony, have not tried colony, and use small raised pens b/c "that's the way it's always been done"

Yes I kept the rabbits colony style, in our hot weather is seemed the most logical, and Gary wouldn't hear of keeping them in tiny cages. I don't have them now, it was to much work keeping up w/ processing them, they did really well and I was having to process nearly every week to keep up. I...

Those of you that live in hot dry areas, have you thought about a covered pit? Digging a hole ( about 18ish inches deep) and covering it about 1 cinder block high or so. I wouldn't have thought about it before the rabbits, but the chickens really liked spending the heat of the day in the...

Once you go naked you don't go back!!!!! lol lol lol

I shoot in the head then decapitate. Not all nerves start in the brain, some of the fight or flight, bypass the brain entirely and start and stop in the spinal ganglia. (allowing for quicker processing time, quicker reaction time)

Not a clue it holds 6 quart jars I believe. I think I got it at good ol' Wally world, it was a have to thing last year my freezer died I didn't notice until most all the meat was nearly thawed (so fortunately still salvageable ) I spent nearly 24 hours straight canning meat. I just went to the...

I cooked a full adult male yesterday, was concerned about chewiness or toughness since he was 2+ years at harvest. Anyway I decided to cook him in the pressure canner. I had read some about how when canning some seasonings can change or get bitter so I didn't add any (but all my birds are...

I have a new batch of cx I am going to keep the females to add size to the scaleless genes. I have raised both batches (last year and this year) just like regular chickens and w/ regular chickens. Mine have had no mobility problems. They live w/ scaleless so I don't give them a high roost at...

Have I said lately how much I HATE processing adult roos?????? Well, it can't be repeated enough, every time I say "That is the last time I do that" but then find myself in a spot where it needs doing again. I finally did it, I invited Stripey Butt to dinner. Several weeks ago I posted how...

I exclusively brood on yard dirt or bought sand. I have a ceramic heat bulb so no light they get natural light / dark cycles from day one. If I don't have a scaleless (completely naked) chick in the group I wean them off daytime heat at about 1.5 weeks (when inside) and by 3 weeks they are...

Cool idea. I hang a group of cheap feather dusters for the chicks. No added heat but it traps their own body heat, and gives them a "natural" instinct behavior.

Cool looking forward to seeing baby pics

Heart breaking I've been there more times then I can count w/ my Brinsea.

How long have you been hearing peeping and knocking? I KNOW w/ my bator everyone would be shrink wrapped. Is the zipper making progress or stalled? Can you clearly see the other eggs and know they haven't pipped or are there blind spots where they could have pipped out of your sight?

Right now my nakeds and friends are living in a refrigerator coop, but it is too small. They are moving to the big coop Gary just built. It has a chicken wire wall seperating the two flocks. It butts up to the current run for the nakeds. All I'm going to do is move the ladies so the only...

Adorable. I won't hatch again for a month or two, have to change living arrangements first. But when I do it will be from Fm roo and hens. Excited to see how dark the chicks will end up being.

A few pics from Wed's hatch