Just checking in. Been out of the loop for a month, looks like I haven't logged on in about 5 wks. Farm life & family life have kept me busy. Only skimmed over the most recent page, would take days to catch up on all the post. Hope the Shawnee show went well. Sad we missed it. DD & I were both sick & in bed.
Our pair of bottle goats are growing rapidly. They both have their own personalities. Our poor smallest dog get nonstop head butting. Everytime Carmel spies him in the yard she runs over & head butts him. Pretty sure she thinks he is a goat too. She doesn't mess with the larger dogs, DH says it is only a matter of time until the larger dogs look like play toys too.
We tried to take a bird count the other night. Think we are about 150- between guineas & chickens. Hatchery flyer came in the mail & DD picked out several birds she NEEDS.
I keep waiting for winter to come, but I am thankful for the mild weather we have had so far. Thinking we will put some eggs in the incubator in the upcoming weeks (just to make sure everything still works well, of course). Also might to try & hatch some ducks, unless DH objects.
Nana- when I would loose seahorses I would put them in a jar of alchol. Then they would go to the local schools. As far as I know I still have several seahorses in jars of alchol on display at Cameron University. Think it should keep the chick just fine.
Anyone doing meat birds this spring? Can't make up my mind. Part of me wants to order meaties, the other side of me says just harvest my DP roos. Smaller bird, but the NN roos I hatched in October are already the size of a few laying hens I have. Think they are promising meat birds. I am curious to see what they weigh @ 16 weeks of age.
Our pair of bottle goats are growing rapidly. They both have their own personalities. Our poor smallest dog get nonstop head butting. Everytime Carmel spies him in the yard she runs over & head butts him. Pretty sure she thinks he is a goat too. She doesn't mess with the larger dogs, DH says it is only a matter of time until the larger dogs look like play toys too.
We tried to take a bird count the other night. Think we are about 150- between guineas & chickens. Hatchery flyer came in the mail & DD picked out several birds she NEEDS.
I keep waiting for winter to come, but I am thankful for the mild weather we have had so far. Thinking we will put some eggs in the incubator in the upcoming weeks (just to make sure everything still works well, of course). Also might to try & hatch some ducks, unless DH objects.
Nana- when I would loose seahorses I would put them in a jar of alchol. Then they would go to the local schools. As far as I know I still have several seahorses in jars of alchol on display at Cameron University. Think it should keep the chick just fine.
Anyone doing meat birds this spring? Can't make up my mind. Part of me wants to order meaties, the other side of me says just harvest my DP roos. Smaller bird, but the NN roos I hatched in October are already the size of a few laying hens I have. Think they are promising meat birds. I am curious to see what they weigh @ 16 weeks of age.
