INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[BantyChooks]

Is the picture okay? I didn't like the duck swimming in my coffee.

Ya, you look fine.

Huh?  Whut'd I dooo????

!!!!

 

[BantyChooks]

That's a side effect of being called "lazy gardner", I s'pose.

Must give you a good chuckle from time to time!
-Banti

 

[Chaos18]

Those probably aren't fit to eat... they got red streaks and dark spots all over the place!   

Have a great night, Sir Chaos!!!    

Thanks for the heads up on that Sir Ur.

 

[mrleeroy]

I'm gonna try to relax today, but still have work to get done.

Hope you all have a Beautiful Sunday!

 

[BullChick]

 I could see how you wouldn't want duck-poop flavored coffee...

Is that a "Oh, Abi! Leave the booger head behind, and be mine!" Or...

 

[BullChick]

Milkshake anyone?

 

[Akrnaf2]

Good morninig all!

BC this is my afternoon coffee! Especially for you

 

[Pensmaster]

I'm gonna try to relax today, but still have work to get done.

Hope you all have a Beautiful Sunday!

Morning Mrleeroy if your still there. Almost lost tomatoes with the wind. I managed to get 4 planted and three more grafted as the one I wanted to make it didn't. Doing a side by side comparison and I sort of need the other side to do that.

 

[kwhites634]

Just used post hole diggers to punch holes in the ground... around 18" - 24" deep. Definitely no concrete... but I pack the dirt around the post firmly enough that they hold steady. If I get ready to move them, all I have to do is shove them in a couple of different directions, and they'll slide out. Takes a bit of energy... but it can be done. If not, I have a 4 wheel drive truck and chain.

Honestly, it wasn't me making all the fuss about these eggs... it was Mike! That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!!

I'd LOVE to get 20 out of this batch! I told my wife this afternoon that I would be happy with a dozen. After she said that would be terrible because of the price, I informed her about how much 12 live HRIR chicks would cost including shipping, and suddenly a hatch of 12 didn't sound that terrible. I'm hoping for 16, but I'll be ecstatic if I manage to hatch 20 healthy red chicks!!!

Check my sig under this post for birds. I have to call it a night. Long day with lots of work made me very tired. Have a great night, Ant Farm.....

Good night everyone!!!!!!!

Mornin', Joey

A few tips that might make your life a tad easier. I'm sure you know them already, but maybe someone reading this will benefit:

If you'll be setting posts very much, you might consider buying , borrowing, or renting a gas-powered auger. I bought a used one off Ebay years ago; one of the best purchases I've ever made. Makes a uniform, perfectly vertical hole every time, which you'll never do with a pair of clam shell diggers, unless you're a lot better man than I am, ('less you hit a big rock), and with the right auger bit, a wooden post drops right in. I think mine's an "Earthquake" brand; I can run up to the barn & check if you're interested.

As far as removing posts, I imagine you know the trick of running the chain over a mounted tire next to the post for a straight-up pull, so's not to risk bending a T-post or breaking off a wooden one in tight ground.

No need to mix Sacrete or Quickcrete; just pour the dry product around the post, even it out a bit (I use a digging iron), & walk away. It'll be set up by morning. It draws enough natural moisture from the ground to set up, unless you live in the Sahara ( even then you might want to sacrifice a but of dry product for a "test-run"; might save you a ton of strain & pain.

Personally, I like to slope the concrete up the base of the post a bit to prevent water from settling around it and rotting the post. Obviously, you'd need to do this when the concrete's only partially set up.

 

[Akrnaf2]

Bubbles Bubbles!
somthing that I have remembered about Transylvanian naked neck, they are one of the breed that have the best egg to feed ratio
Do you know whay?