California - Northern

[debs_flock]

It is just as confusing trying to figure out what to have for lunch. Are Kipper snacks good or bad for me

They sure keep people from bugging me because of the smell

I love kippered herring. I used to take a can with me for lunch every day when I worked the graveyard shift at a gas station. People would walk in at 3:00 am and I'd be eating them out of the can. They were always aghast that I could be eating those in the middle of the night. Heck, I slept most of the day. It was an easy lunch to pack.

Deb

 

[Happy Chooks]

You know what I love about broodies?






















You don't spend hours sitting by the incubator agonizing over them hatching. But you do get to play with them when you hatch them - most broodies won't let you near the babies!

 

[ronott1]

I have a pip!

The hatch clock starts now!

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I read an article about a doctor that keeps cans of them and gives them to his heart patients. He tells them to eat them a couple of times a week.

I am not allowed to eat them at home. I can't cook liver and onions either. Wait a minute, I have a portable burner at work...

 

[debs_flock]

You know what I love about broodies?

We just got home last night from a two week vacation. I know all the secret spots the girls lay that the house sitter might not know to look. My serama like to lay inside the feeder, they even have to crawl under the lid to get in there.

Tonight I looked, there was a serama hen sitting in the feed, my most dedicated serama broody. I picked her up expecting to pick up an egg or two, she was sitting on 10+ eggs. I didn't take time to count, just put her back.

Tomorrow when I have time, I'll move her to a broody nest and see how many eggs she's sitting on.

Deb

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Wow there has been alot of posting today.... I do not like this time of year in regards to my chickens. Dark when I leave. Dark when I get home. I dont like looking around in my coops with flashlights but you do what you have to.

 

[Miss Molly]

I see Ultra Kibble on Amazon. I wonder if any feed stores carry it? That would be nice. 

I bought it from Jeffers...Free Shipping

 

[Miss Molly]

So I have decided to go with some of Cheryl's MF Leghorns this Spring (woohoo!). I think it would be SO fun to do hatching eggs so I will go that route. IF I do not have a broody at the time I need the eggs (or that she has them)...I am thinking February-ish is good right- not too early? Would anyone be willing to incubate for me around that time? It would be 1 dozen eggs. OR would you recommend I buy a small incubator? Is it good to just have it as a back up? I think my biggest fear is having a broody suddenly abandoned ship. If I have a small bator- I could save the eggs right? I truly honestly do not want to make a career of hatching eggs- so what size would you recommend? I would like to be able to hatch a couple duck eggs or 2 goose eggs if necessary. (if necessary. i honestly prefer not to brood chicks if i don't have to lmbo) I don't mind the care so much- but introducing young chickens to an older flock- just the thought stresses me out. 

The GQF 1588 would be perfect for you... very easy to use...

 

[ronott1]

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Broody hens are not reliable because it has been bread out of them. Use them when you can but you will want an incubator. The Genesis 1588 is great! The new one has an easily adjustable temp control and humidity and temperature on the top.

 

[Miss Molly]

No pips yet!   Hatch day is tomorrow though.

I've got my figures crossed for you

 

[zooweemama]

The GQF 1588 would be perfect for you...

very easy to use...

Thank you. That sounds doable. I think a backup would be good.

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Broody hens are not reliable because it has been bread out of them. Use them when you can but you will want an incubator. The Genesis 1588 is great! The new one has an easily adjustable temp control and humidity and temperature on the top.

Thanks, Ron!

I bought it from Jeffers...Free Shipping

Oh nice! Thanks!

I will definitely save up for the incubator. I think a backup is really essential. I would hate for a broody to get unbroody in the middle of her shift.