Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Leahs Mom]

@1muttsfan
What kind of incubator do you use?

 

[1muttsfan]

After toying with a Little Giant and another cheap incubator, I went with the Hova-Bator with an egg turner and never regretted it. Well made, precise, and easy to use. You can often find them on sale.
http://www.gqfmfg.com/12-volt-hova-bator/1588-genesis-hova-bator/

 

[rachelsflock]

Here are some tiny goat pics.

Livie

Angel biting Ava's ear because SHE owns me and for now she's the doe-boss.

Innocent face. And Ava gets her own picture anyway while she tries to eat the camera strap.

 

[aart]

ND's?
Pets or milkers?

 

[rachelsflock]

Milkers. The black one milks, although she's at the end of lactation. The other two are juniors.

 

[1muttsfan]

Cuties! And obviously very friendly.

 

[aart]

It's really getting to be the time to cull the flock down to winter numbers,
not looking forward to slaughtering in the cold.

 

[Leahs Mom]

@aart
How do you decide which birds to keep and which go? Age? Are any of your layers "pets" that get to stay long-term?

 

[aart]

@aart
How do you decide which birds to keep and which go? Age? Are any of your layers "pets" that get to stay long-term?

Usually the oldest birds, I have 3 age groups at this time...
...BUT...one of the oldest girls I will keep for OE project and a couple of the middle agers have bad feathering so they will go...I think, haha!.... hard decisions.

 

[Leahs Mom]

What are the ages of your groups?