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Redhead Rae said:
@WVduckchick Thanks for responding to that hatching help thread. That person doesn't know the site too well so may need a tutorial in uploading pictures.
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I think it is more than not understanding the site. Likely not a double yolked egg and if so not two live chicks.
 
Anansi said:
:frow Coffee and water are going. There's a quiche in the oven staying warm, don't worry, oven is off. There are stir fried veggies and scrambled eggs for breakfast fajitas, apple cinnamon oatmeal in one slow cooker, and caramelized peaches in the other. There are also gluten and dairy free crepes, perfect for the peaches, and you can see how they work for the breakfast fajita. I didn't make them quite as sweet, so I set out some powdered sugar for those who feel their blood sugar is not quite up high enough.

Had a good delivery of insects this time around. 500 superworms, no looses, 500 large crickets, 10 dead on arrival, though the chickens couldn't care less, they still tasted delicious from the speed they were gobbled up. That means that we will have live food for the chickens and frog for a couple weeks, and I won't have to worry about running out of crickets as quickly. I hate getting shipments with large losses because die off on the rest is a lot faster. Large losses also means that the chickens get a lot of crickets for the first 3 days, and then it dwindles down to where they don't get any, basically feast then famine, repeatedly over the winter. I try to make sure they only get 10 superworms and 10 crickets per day, which is what I figure would be their normal catch of they were outdoor birds. I've also let the kids know that I am the only one who should give them their scratch grains, but that they can give the dehydrated mealworms. I want to limit the scratch grains so we don't have an issue with fatty liver disease, especially since they are living a decidedly alternate lifestyle.

Today's adventure, go to feed store, look at baby chicks, come home with layer feed while leaving all fluffy butts from the feed store at the feed store. I also need to pick some stuff up for kids and dinner. Outside of that, I have some stuff to do on the computer, and the rest of the day I plan on doing a little as possible.

:hugs:hugs:hugs:love:love:love for everyone. TGIF, and enjoy. :frow
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thanks for the peach crepes and oatmeal
 
When you have a blank canvas and no paints, lay an egg next to another and hope a little rubs off.
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Guess what! My parents decided to let me use the small hay field (which only yields 20 or so bales a year) as permanent chicken paddocks. I'm going to set up fencing into 4 separate paddocks and rotate them through that every 4 weeks, 3 seasons of the year. Winter will be spent on our garden area. This is really exciting! As nice as the stuff is, it will be good not to have to drag my poultry netting to a new area every week. Another bonus, the ground is relatively flat! I'm thinking of putting bushes (berry) and fruit trees in for shade.
 
Redhead Rae said:
Guess what! My parents decided to let me use the small hay field (which only yields 20 or so bales a year) as permanent chicken paddocks. I'm going to set up fencing into 4 separate paddocks and rotate them through that every 4 weeks, 3 seasons of the year. Winter will be spent on our garden area. This is really exciting! As nice as the stuff is, it will be good not to have to drag my poultry netting to a new area every week. Another bounus, the ground is relatively flat! I'm thinking of putting bushes (berry) and fruit trees in for shade.
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Your parents must want a lot of eggs!
 

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