Isa's Homestead Happenings and Hangout

[WallyG74]

I ordered 8 BB Bronze and 7 BB Whites and they sent me an extra Bronze.

Those to the right look like baby thugs.

 

[Isadora]

Also we dropped Brew off this morning. Hopefully it goes well. I’m so nervous lol

He'll be OK.

 

[Isadora]

Those to the right look like baby thugs.

They sure do

 

[JacinLarkwell]

It does. I'm working on doing a four way cross. The four varieties are, a dent corn, a flint corn, popcorn and a glass gem corn. Part of the idea is corn with good food value and small enough in size so bantams can eat the whole kernel.
Another part of the idea is to put the whole ear into the coop so that they have more to do on snow days and not be so apt to feather peck each other. If they're working on filling their crop, maybe they'll spend less time pecking other because of boredom.

I didn't realize that when I got my seeds. Like I knew it would be cross pollinated if I kept seeds from what I grew, but I thought the first generation would be fine. Now I gotta figure out what to do cause I had a 3rd variety I wanted to do and I'm not even sure I can do the 2 I actually have in my hands

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I would be so tempted to keep lol

Trust me, jot worth it

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I don't see the point, really. They usually can't even mate because of their size so it's not like I could even breed them.

That's what turkey basters are for

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Those to the right look like baby thugs.

Oh my goodness, I forgot to tell yall. I went to shiptons yesterday to get more seeds and look at the babies. All they had left were guineas. And they wanted 9 bucks a keep! No wonder they were still in stock

 

[Isadora]

Oh my goodness, I forgot to tell yall. I went to shiptons yesterday to get more seeds and look at the babies. All they had left were guineas. And they wanted 9 bucks a keep! No wonder they were still in stock

Wow. Basic pearl variety? The highest I've seen around us is $7 per.

 

[ShrekDawg]

He'll be OK.

Thanks!

 

[OneHappyDuckie]

My local feed store had guinea keets for $10 a piece last year, but I think it's because they're hard to find around here. The owner has told me if I get guineas he'd buy all keets I could hatch