EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[daxigait]

I do all my non-lumber business at Lowes - much better customer service. But at least near me, the Home Depot has much better quality lumber, which was the main reason for this haul. (At least the folks in the lumber section are nice and helpful at my HD - they are always cutting my plywood for me with that big panel saw.)


Yeah, rabbits can get you seriously good money if you find a market. I was looking into it, and had all my plans and even a reservation on a trio of heat resistant New Zealand Whites from the Texas A&M strain, but in the end, I decided I already had too many irons in the fire. If I were to need to turn my set up into an actual money making operation (and not a hobby-type set up), one of the first things would be to start keeping rabbits for meat.

I may be rusty, but that bottom one looks like honeysuckle to me (but not sure the leaves are right).
Ugh on the ticks. I sanded lumber all day through to 10pm, then to the store, now eating dinner. I'm about to head back out to seal the lumber and let it dry overnight - so tired, but I need to have that overnight drying...


Oh good grief!!! So sorry to hear. 
That happens to me a lot lately...

Chiggers are out here. My ankles have been bleeding from the itching and scratching. Ugh.

- Ant Farm 

I thought it looked like honeysuckle, but I am really bad at plant identification. I may just be silly and go around it. Uhg on the chiggers. It is storming here so we shall see about that section.

 

[BullChick]

GOOD MORNING, AND HAPPY EASTER!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I thought it looked like honeysuckle, but I am really bad at plant identification. I may just be silly and go around it. Uhg on the chiggers. It is storming here so we shall see about that section.

I thought the flower looked honey suckle but it's hard to see on my phone

 

[kajira]

Dunno due 25 or 26
Ticks are out here and there's still a little snow left
acidic soil, they hate it
Lol BeerCan is the lemon slice poster
she should protect them but keep an eye out

I have two more broodys too, full sized cochins. I was going to bring them in, and stick some babies under them and then put them back out, too. lol I'm tired of raising all the babies in the house.

(turkeys....................... let the cochins raise the turkeys)

 

[BullChick]

@cockrio

I hope you stick around, and hatch (and chat!) with us!

 

[5Sons Coop]

I have two more broodys too, full sized cochins. I was going to bring them in, and stick some babies under them and then put them back out, too. lol I'm tired of raising all the babies in the house.

(turkeys....................... let the cochins raise the turkeys)

I read somewhere chickens can carry something that doesn't affect them, but can make turkeys and quail sick. I keep mine separated the best I can because of it. The article I read had tons of feed back of people the house them together with no issue.

 

[BantyChooks]

Morning Abi.

 

[kajira]

I read somewhere chickens can carry something that doesn't affect them, but can make turkeys and quail sick. I keep mine separated the best I can because of it. The article I read had tons of feed back of people the house them together with no issue.

Well.... considering all my turkeys and chickens already co-exist together, there's not much I can do about exposure. LOL They share our acerage. I've never kept them separated but I also don't bring in outside birds.

Knock on wood - so far, all the birds have been relatively healthy.

 

[kajira]

I thought the flower looked honey suckle but it's hard to see on my phone

So, Broody is out with babies. She's pushed a couple of the hens away who came over to check out/peck the babies, and my rooster has also rounded up the babies and kept them near mom. He's also pushed her towards her babies when she's wandered off with out them and got to far away to protect them. The goats are also being careful around them, surprisingly enough. They sniffed them and then have been acting protective towards the babies. I was kind of surprised. LOL

As long as they stay in the fenced off area, they should be okay.....

 

[duluthralphie]

I read somewhere chickens can carry something that doesn't affect them, but can make turkeys and quail sick. I keep mine separated the best I can because of it. The article I read had tons of feed back of people the house them together with no issue.

You are most likely talking about "blackhead"

If you read the "literature" it will make it seem it is impossible to keep them together.

It requires two things for Blackhead to actually affect your turkeys, the disease must be in the soil in your area. And you have to have earthworms there to transmit it.

Blackhead is transmitted by a parasite inside the earthworm, which matures in chickens and is dropped back to the ground in poop and the earthworms get it again.

I have had turkeys and chickens in the same coop grazing together for years, However I live in a sand dune and no self respecting earth worm is within 50 miles of here.


The other disease could be MG but they can all get that regardless if they are together or not.