Colorado

[Pozees]

We are supposed to get upwards of 2 feet. Let's hope! I haven't gotten the quail yet, but now know what I want. The James Marie XL. I will order eggs later on in the Spring when I can be less stressed over power outages, maybe early summer. Are you interested in getting some?

I don't think I'll try to do quail this year, no, it's something I think about now and again but my plate is plenty full right now At some point in the future I'd like to be set up to have a couple of geese too, but same as the quail, it's a thought for the future. I will be interested in following along when you get yours, though!

 

[samsr]

http://cosprings.craigslist.org/grd/3669454624.html Another incubator on craigslist. Does anyone know what brand this would be? It looks to be a big bowl.

 

[Chesterchook]

http://cosprings.craigslist.org/grd/3669454624.html   Another incubator on craigslist.  Does anyone know what brand this would be?  It looks to be a big bowl. 

I've never seen one like that, but the ad made me laugh
" Just not the hobby I thought I wanted" too funny

 

[Mtn Margie]

The snow is ending up here, only a foot or so. Sad!!!!!

 

[Pozees]

http://cosprings.craigslist.org/grd/3669454624.html Another incubator on craigslist. Does anyone know what brand this would be? It looks to be a big bowl.

Looks like one of those old Browers but I've not seen one with a clear cover before, maybe a modernized version? I have never used one, so I have no idea how well they work.

 

[coloradogal]

This thing sits in the garage 9 months out of the year. Occasionally it goes out to the pasture to clean up horse pies but that's just when I get really bored

The chooks hate the snow, even though there is a big tarp over their run. They don't leave the coop if it's under 40 degrees. Sissies

Yes, insomnia strikes again. There's no piont in going to sleep at this hour so Mr. John Deere and I are waiting in a state of cat-like readiness. Bring it, we need water !!!

=) Were you able to use it yet?

 

[coloradochick]

http://cosprings.craigslist.org/grd/3669454624.html Another incubator on craigslist. Does anyone know what brand this would be? It looks to be a big bowl.

it's a new Brower Top Hatch. I've used one for chicken, duck, and goose eggs. Not real reliable and noisy. Exposed lightbulb is dangerous (baby goose burned her forehead after hatching) it has also recently been recalled. So please do some research on this bator.

 

[dennarahl]

We have nothing - it got windy for a while and we really thought the storm would blow in so we put everything away and I went down to clean chick pens, etc. - so here we are some 16 hours later, and still nothing.  Oh well.  Guess that means a trip to town to run errands should be straightforward.

MM, do you expect more snow throughout the weekend?  And did you ever find the quail you were looking for?

Oh one other thing, I was in Big R yesterday and saw they have straight run and male chicks left only, out of what appears to have been 4 tubs (troughs) of chicks, and the goslings and ducklings were GONE, looked like they had 3 or 4 tubs of geese and one or two of ducks - I'm rather surprised they seem so popular in such a dry area!  I guess lots of folks have wading pools.  I go back and forth on whether to get geese some day.

We have a love/hate relationship with our geese. They're messy, noisy and right this moment kinda mean (mating season). But, they really do protect their chickens. They hate new people and animals and will attack, which is exactly what we got them for. Up until recently, they were gentle loving creatures with me, and tolerant of my husband. The only thing that I hate is how messy they are. Right now they try (and fail) to climb into their 5 gallon water bucket to mate which makes a mess, but we can't keep their pool from freezing and its the water they have. The other messy problem is their wet stinky poo. I'm not looking forward to co-housing them with the chickens.

 

[Pozees]

We have a love/hate relationship with our geese. They're messy, noisy and right this moment kinda mean (mating season). But, they really do protect their chickens. They hate new people and animals and will attack, which is exactly what we got them for. Up until recently, they were gentle loving creatures with me, and tolerant of my husband. The only thing that I hate is how messy they are. Right now they try (and fail) to climb into their 5 gallon water bucket to mate which makes a mess, but we can't keep their pool from freezing and its the water they have. The other messy problem is their wet stinky poo. I'm not looking forward to co-housing them with the chickens.

That is pretty much what I want them for as well, I will be interested in how yours integrate.

 

[dennarahl]

That is pretty much what I want them for as well, I will be interested in how yours integrate.

I'm sure they'll integrate fine because the new ones that will go with the big girl chickens will be babies still when they go out. It went fine last year. The thing I'm worried about is all the cleaning I'll have to add to my workload. Worst case scenario, I build them a wacky shack like the adult geese have now and they won't live in the coop. My biggest worry is how the adult geese will react to the baby geese when everyone is free ranging.