NY chicken lover!!!!

[stonykill]

Ahh ok I see. I've never been camping, I don't think I could do it without having electricity for a blow dryer and straightener! LOL Then again, now a days with the improvements to vehicles, I actually have an outlet in my dodge, so I think I'd survive.

we never camp with electricity. More than 20 years ago I restored a huge slide in truck camper and we used that a few years but have tent camped since then. In both cases the camper or the tent is a place to sleep and ride out thunderstorms. Other than that you will find me at the fire eating and drinking coffee

how we normally camp. This is last year

 

[Pyxis]

Well I removed all the eggs from the BR nestbox. Candled them all to ensure there was no development before cracking them open. I figured I'd candle, if anything looked "alive" I'd put them in the incubator with the other dozen and crack open the rest to see if I can tell if any are fertile. I put two in the incubator because the yolks didn't "whole" anymore so I'm assuming those were fertile and development has begun. As far the rest: the first I cracked open the yolk wasn't whole and some veining had begun. Next one, the yolk was broken upon adding it to the bowl. Next few were whole and cracked like unfertile eggs, two or three others has spread in the bowl and one of which the fertile "spot" was larger than the spot you'd check to see if an egg is actually fertile. So I'm thinking my chances of hatching any are good considering most of the eggs were fertile. We'll see. I have 13 in the bator starting today. Won't be adding any more. Can't even imagine what these chicks (if any hatch) will look like. LOL they'll be Orp and BR mixes. And if anyone wants this BR hen you can have her! FREE! PM me. I can't take her attitude anymore. Otherwise she's going on CL. 

Buff orp over barred rock hen? I know what those will be - black sex links!

 

[Lynzi777]

Buff orp over barred rock hen? I know what those will be - black sex links!

No, no. LOL I have my Silkie roo running around with my BO and BRs. Giving him a break away from my Silkie hens after he ended up doing some damage. So those hens eggs are mixed with Silkie. ;-)

 

[mamashomestead]

Planted plants along new fence.. patiently awaiting gate tomorrow

 

[mamashomestead]

Planted plants along new fence.. patiently awaiting gate tomorrow

 

[mamashomestead]

We ate our fist duck.eggs.today. for breakfast we had the scrambled with garlic and herbs de providence still did not taste.like a chickens egg. For dinner bread made nine grain egg with 5 duck eggs never have we had bread that soft come out of bread maker!

 

[Lynzi777]

We ate our fist duck.eggs.today. for breakfast we had the scrambled with garlic and herbs de providence still did not taste.like a chickens egg. For dinner bread made nine grain egg with 5 duck eggs never have we had bread that soft come out of bread maker!

Did they taste good scrambled?? I can't wait for mine to start laying. How old are your ducks?

 

[armorfirelady]

Quote: I have a pop up but we only use like you do. TO sleep in & stay out of the rain otherwise we are outside. I love to cook with my dutch oven

 

[SunnysideupstateNY]

Stony, I love the camper! I can't wait to see the final product!
I've only been camping once but I loved it. Of course my version of camping is very different than my husbands version (he's a marine). I don't ask for much, just a tent and being within walking distance of a bath house. I don't need electricity, books, hiking and swimming are enough entertainment for me.
We went to Lake Moreau, it was a very nice facility, the only part I didn't like was that they mix tents and RV's together there, and the wood they sold us wasn't seasoned so it was really smokey.

I got a nice surprise today, the woman who hatched my girls eggs had one start crowing this weekend, she lives in the village so she couldn't keep him. Sooo, I have one of Buddy's babies back! (the roo I lost to a fox a month ago, and one of chickprincess' god babies).
He's an EE x BO mix, very pretty, black iridescent, with a beard, pea comb, and bright red streaks in his neck and saddle feathers. I will get a picture of his tomorrow.

BTW whats the general rule with inbreeding, I still have his mother, if I hatch again should I not use her eggs?

 

[stonykill]

Stony, I love the camper! I can't wait to see the final product!
I've only been camping once but I loved it. Of course my version of camping is very different than my husbands version (he's a marine). I don't ask for much, just a tent and being within walking distance of a bath house. I don't need electricity, books, hiking and swimming are enough entertainment for me.
We went to Lake Moreau, it was a very nice facility, the only part I didn't like was that they mix tents and RV's together there, and the wood they sold us wasn't seasoned so it was really smokey.

we go to lake Moreau every year. We like that camp ground