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

[DwayneNLiz]

I have some quail they're due in 2days (I think)

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[DwayneNLiz]

Well how old do they have to be?!?

6-8 months sorry

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Mine aren't laying yet and they hatched 10/31-11/1

 

[daxigait]

@The Duck Lady Thanks for the treat. Right now looking is the only way I can have a treat

@Sally SunshineThanks.

Wink just left. He was a sweet kid that got his name by coming up while I was petting them and winking at me. I had never see that before. I said did you just wink at me and he did it again so Wink he became. I have a love hate relationship with selling my kids. At least this way he doesn't have to go to the sale barn.
Here's wishing you a great life Wink

He is laying down.

 

[BantyChooks]

I have some quail they're due in 2days (I think)

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Congrats!

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

whites, I see now how those tires are filled, same process as below

Sally, I like to read the one hundred dollars a month blog (I think she's hysterical), and have read the whole story on her potato towers. She didn't get very good yield at all, and was pretty disappointed.

I have grown potatoes in sack like the above - I think it's a great way to do it for a couple reasons - 1) It is less likely that underground critters will eat or drill through your potatoes, and 2) harvesting is a cinch. I have had off and on success, and I suspect that some of it is that I always seem to have my timing wrong compared to what's recommended in my area. The best (and most nifty) experience I've had is with fingerling potatoes - they are really yummy, and really neat (and to cook, you can cut them in half and presto - french fry! Or whatever...) You can order seed potatoes online. If you have a Whole Foods anywhere near you (not sure if you do), their organic potatoes haven't been treated, so while they're pricey, it's cheaper than buying seed potatoes online when you want some really neat types.

Every year I think, "This is the year I'll crack the potato code". Then I decided I don't want to deal with it until later, and then....

But yeah, if you want to try them, those grow bags are really great. Get big ones. (You can probably make some out of stuff you have - maybe look up homemade grow sacks? It seems like they are more expensive than they should be...)

- Ant Farm

 

[BantyChooks]

Hi Kristin

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Hi Kristin

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Sally - found these:

Sew one like those you can buy here:

http://northernhomestead.com/sew-grow-bag/

http://www.instructables.com/id/Tater-Totes-Potato-grow-bags/

Smaller pots here, but some good tips on material to use and how to sew:

http://eatingoffthefoodgrid.blogspot.com/2012/05/simplified-grow-bags.html

Lots of interesting options I'd love to try (including just using the potting soil bag as is, poking holes in the bag...)
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/homemade-potato-grow-bag-71197.html

There are also several YouTube videos.

@Sally Sunshine

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I think I may try this with feed bags - I have a billions of them...