Colorado

[pichuris]

Wendy what an awesome setup you have. How fun!

 

[megshenhut]

I love those pics guys. Few questions for anyone:

Does anyone else do rotating pasture for their chickens and/or other livestock? Do you do any irrigating on that land when pasturing has been complete?

Broody question: I have a broody sitting on 7 eggs candled today (day 14) and all appear good. I have delaware hatching eggs coming to me next week. Do you think I can get away with taking those from her before they hatch and give her the delaware eggs or do you think she would abandon the new batch after a week or so? I have another that just went broody 2 days ago and hoping that I can just put these eggs with broodies. I have another chicken that goes broody too but she isn't showing any signs. I hope its soon.

Regarding your broody question, I personally would not do that to her. She will have been setting for 3 weeks already. Brooding is hard on a hen. But having said that, it all depends on the hen. If she is a bantam, she will probably do it for you. If she is large fowl, I wouldn't bet on it. In my experience often large fowl will just give up and quit brooding altogether at some point when they don't get results. I often put hatchlings under a broody, but sometimes right before I'm ready to give them hatchlings the large fowl will quit brooding. Bantams brood forever. I've found that large fowl will abandon their chicks sooner too. Some mommas at about 4 weeks of age. Bantams will hang with their young ones much, much longer.

 

[Mtn Margie]

I agree. Leave your first broody alone and hope to put them under #2 or #3 if she appears in a few days.....

 

[wsmith]

Here are some photos from today...
garden and bees

Very Nice! at my place this would all blow away.

 

[suncatcher]

Here are some photos from today...
garden and bees

Very nice!!!!

 

[maggiemo]

Very nice set up Wendy. I keep bees too. I caught a nice swarm Friday so now I have three hives going.

 

[maggiemo]

No Urch order huh?

Any word Pozees?

 

[WendyGeisler]

Very nice set up Wendy. I keep bees too. I caught a nice swarm Friday so now I have three hives going.

that's wonderful! How do you catch them?
How long have you been keeping bees?

 

[Pozees]

No Urch order huh?

Any word Pozees?

No, no word. Darn it.

 

[Pozees]

Very Nice! at my place this would all blow away.

LOL I had the exact same thought. I like the use of soaker hoses, do you have a port to connect a hose at each bed? I used drip irrigation for a few years but after tripping over the 1/4" lines about a hundred times a week I took it out, and went back to hand watering, which makes me look at all the plants every day. Last year I got to look at all the plant skeletons after flea beetles invaded and decimated every seedling I had in one day. This year I'm only doing a few things from seed, the rest will be locally purchased seedlings.