California - Northern

[liz9910]

i got my Rcom delivered!  and bought distilled water for it!  and haven't even taken it out of the box yet, afraid of the crazed incubating it may unleash...

Oh how exciting! Can't wait to find out if it is as easy to use as that article said.

 

[lizanne]

I'm so excited!!! I've been randomly putting some eggs from my chickens in the 'bator to see if any were fertile. I checked some of them last night, and they are developing!!

Looks like I might get some chicks from Princess Celestia and Melvin.

 

[debs_flock]

Laura, the video was great.

"Nothing to see here, move it along"

 

[lawatt]

Laura, the video was great.

"Nothing to see here, move it along"

isn't it hilarious? i'm just waiting for my chickens to start policing the cats when they play chase...

and hey, one of the young (~12-14 weeks) cockerels tried to crow for the first time this morning! such an adorable sound! not sure which one it was, i'll have to watch them today & see who's making the attempt...

 

[MossyoakLane]

a friend posted this link on my facebook page this morning, it's kind of awfully adorable:
http://www.wimp.com/chickenpolice/

Thats great! "Break it up, Break it up"

 

[chiqita]

Haha. Video is cute!
None of that in my town!

Processed the first breese today. I did not finish them just reg food I have been too busy to do it properly. They were much easier to pluck!

 

[ronott1]

I'm so excited!!! I've been randomly putting some eggs from my chickens in the 'bator to see if any were fertile. I checked some of them last night, and they are developing!!

Looks like I might get some chicks from Princess Celestia and Melvin.

It is exciting to hatch chicks from your own flock!

Makes you feel like a homesteader.

 

[capayvalleychick]

I am off to set up the incubator for hatching SG Dorkings

Last hatch of the year. I wish that I had a surrogate broody, like the previous hatch does. Much easier! I can't understand why people complain about broodies. I love them. Ron, if you really need more freezer chickens, I have many that need butchering. Trying to talk Paul into helping is like pulling teeth. I have some year old roosters that I need killed so I can feed them to the pigs, since no one wants them and I don't want to keep feeding males that I won't use.

a friend posted this link on my facebook page this morning, it's kind of awfully adorable:
http://www.wimp.com/chickenpolice/

ROTFLOL!

 

[ronott1]

Last hatch of the year. I wish that I had a surrogate broody, like the previous hatch does. Much easier! I can't understand why people complain about broodies. I love them. Ron, if you really need more freezer chickens, I have many that need butchering. Trying to talk Paul into helping is like pulling teeth. I have some year old roosters that I need killed so I can feed them to the pigs, since no one wants them and I don't want to keep feeding males that I won't use.

I think Broodies are great. I do understand if most of your breeding hens are broody at the same time being a problem. I was worried about mine in the heat but next time I will move her to the garage.

For killing the old guys for the pigs, someone on the Processing thread said that they use a .17 CO2 pellet gun with a cone. For the pigs dinner you would not need the cone.

 

[lawatt]

I think Broodies are great. I do understand if most of your breeding hens are broody at the same time being a problem. I was worried about mine in the heat but next time I will move her to the garage.

For killing the old guys for the pigs, someone on the Processing thread said that they use a .17 CO2 pellet gun with a cone. For the pigs dinner you would not need the cone.

more cheers for the broodies! my Amelia #2 is still hanging in there with her nest of 8 Max-Junior eggs (various crosses from my own flock, i'll be curious to see what they look like) which will be at day 21 tomorrow -- no idea what success she'll have, as she's a low-ranking girl & keeps getting kicked off her nest by the bigger girls who want to lay there, but i usually manage to get her back on. so, will see!

and the SPPR sisters are each sitting on some of the dark-colored marans eggs i had shipped from texas, they are due a week from saturday.

and the three silver campine chicks from Deb's eggs are three weeks old tomorrow, and all doing great with their moms! the light sussex Jane has turned out to be a great mom once the chicks were about a week old & could keep up with her better -- the weaker one seems to be catching up with its sibling now, i have a hard time telling which is which.