North Carolina

[Hollowoakfarm]

Does anyone know where i can get bales of hay around fayetteville/parkton? I need it for composting not animal food. Is there a season for it? 

There's a tiny feed store just down from North Star Equine that has hay. If you get "cow hay", theirs is the worst I've ever seen...dang near compost already. I wouldn't feed it to anything, but it should compost quickly!

 

[dutchbunny83]

We drive by Gillis Hill farm all the time and they have huge hay bales for sale.
No idea on price or what type of hay or anything.
But I always see them.
If you want to call to find out more info their number is 867-2350
They're out by me, not far from Raeford Rd TSC not sure how far that is for you.

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

Gillis Hill has good hay. We buy theirs as feed. I wouldn't waste it by composting!

 

[dutchbunny83]

Only place I knew of, sorry! Are their prices reasonable, because we were going to go buy some we're just about out? We picked up a few, I don't know if they're bales the rectangles tied together, when we bought all that composted horse manure for the raised beds. The animals go crazy for it.



I just came across this little article. Thoughts??? I kinda want to try now just to see...
http://www.motherearthnews.com/home...ed-chicken-eggs-zmaz74zhol.aspx#axzz34zMlvHJP

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

Nothing to be sorry about! Yes, their prices are reasonable. We get orchard grass square bales for the rabbits and coastal round bales for the cows. Good hay.

That article is bunk. Hens normally lay the same shape egg. Many of us can recognize what egg comes from what hen. And it's not like hen A always has boys and hen B always has girls. Plus, what then does the shape mean on infertile eggs?

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

Nothing to be sorry about! Yes, their prices are reasonable. We get orchard grass square bales for the rabbits and coastal round bales for the cows. Good hay.

That article is bunk. Hens normally lay the same shape egg. Many of us can recognize what egg comes from what hen. And it's not like hen A always has boys and hen B always has girls. Plus, what then does the shape mean on infertile eggs?

I have also heard that incubator temps will also effect the sex
of the chick. I'm not quite convinced on that one either.

 

[dutchbunny83]

I have also heard that incubator temps will also effect the sex
of the chick. I'm not quite convinced on that one either.

I heard that too.
Well I heard that male chicks can survive higher incubation temperatures.
So if you are running your incubator too high, the only ones that will make it to hatch will be the males, as the girls will be the ones that quit developing first with too much heat.
I'm kinda worried about this with my broodies because it's almost hot enough out there now to not even sit on the eggs and they won't get off of them. I'm afraid by hatching they'll be hard boiled!!!

 

[ramirezframing]

I have a hen that lays almost golf ball shaped eggs, I have hatched more roosters then hens off of her, but not by many. So I'm with Hollow, it's just an old wives tale.

 

[dutchbunny83]

I collect eggs everyday, but it's super hot.
Has anyone had eggs not being sat on just start developing when it's 95-100 outside?
My only fertile eggs would be duck, but I'd hate to unknowingly give someone a duck egg that had started.
I accidently opened a turkey egg that started in the frying pan, it was awful!

 

[missnu01]

Well studies have shown during times of famine and drought more male animals are born of many many varied species. So perhaps if we could simulate a plentiful comfortable season we would hatch more females .