➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[ShrekDawg]

Yes, but you will never be able to buy honey like my bees produce.

That’s true!!! Although there’s a lot of farmers stands around here but probably adds up doing that and still not as good as fresh

 

[Clearwater Chicken]

Getting into bees can be very expensive. I spent $1000 this year on 3 packages of bees and one hive. This does not include anything spent on equipment or containers.

WOW. that's a lot I bought my hives and equipment from western bee supply. 135 bucks for 2 deeps complete with frames, bottom board, hive top + inner cover, all unassembled but its not that hard, and the honey super special from them is great. 2 medium supers with frames and a queen excluder.

 

[Clearwater Chicken]

Getting into bees can be very expensive. I spent $1000 this year on 3 packages of bees and one hive. This does not include anything spent on equipment or containers.

This is why i don't want to ever have to buy bees, I'll just split my hives to get more, and raise my own queens. then i will only ever have to get boxes. @KDOGG331 tools you will need if you want bees are the complete hive which includes hive bodies, frames, top, bottom, then you need a hive tool, a smoker is essential, I have a bee brush too, a veil and then a bee suit unless you have other suitable clothes. Oh if you want honey an extractor is useful, as well as an uncapping knife and other tools

 

[ShrekDawg]

This is why i don't want to ever have to buy bees, I'll just split my hives to get more, and raise my own queens. then i will only ever have to get boxes. @KDOGG331 tools you will need if you want bees are the complete hive which includes hive bodies, frames, top, bottom, then you need a hive tool, a smoker is essential, I have a bee brush too, a veil and then a bee suit unless you have other suitable clothes. Oh if you want honey an extractor is useful, as well as an uncapping knife and other tools

Thank you!!!

 

[Clearwater Chicken]

Thank you!!!

your welcome

 

[CindyinSD]

Here's a beekeeping book I really liked, esp since it's so cold here: Keeping Bees With a Smile

 

[Nabiki]

The buttons are getting feathers. I really like the silver ones.

 

[Pyxis]

So I forgot to say, I got my Falb Fee eggs in and got them set. That was the first day I started to feel sick, so I haven't really done anything with them since. I should candle them tonight.

 

[Matieus27]

So I had some interesting chicks hatch from chicken eggs now I only have a polish hen and these did not come from her eggs because she wasn’t laying yet. So I’m thinking I have a pheasant chicken cross I showed pictures to my dad and he said the heads don’t look like chicken heads.

What do y’all think
The pheasant which would be dad if they are crosses was a silver pheasant

 

[RUNuts]

Mine have been inside. I’m going to wait till after tomorrow. I only have 3 that are 3 weeks. The other 20 were born yesterday. So I should take them off heat at 2 weeks and inside?

I wait a week until I toss them outside. Above 50°F has been my limit at 2 weeks. If above 70°F, 5 maybe 7 days inside.

Mine get heat for 5 days. When they are running all around the brooder and not sleeping in the heat, they are done with the heat lamp. They will still huddle in a corner, but no extra heat needed.