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[guineaguy]

Got my first guinea egg

 

[donnie]

Got my first guinea egg

awesome congrats

 

[mjgigax]

Congrats on the hatches! I hope more ducks hatch soon. So far I haven't had any luck hatching ducks at all.

One set of young turkeys gets moved to the coop today. They are nearly the size of the chickens anyway so they could probably defend themselves but the little boy only has one eye so I want to give them some time to get used to each, especially the other big turkeys. Moving them will allow me to move the two week old babies to the brooder in the garage though so I'll have my dining room back and my house won't smell like a, well, uh, a chicken coop.

Also got strawberry plants so I'm going to see if I can build a hanging gutter system to grow them in, maybe that way I can keep the roley poleys out of them plus it won't take up any more square footage that I need for my hundred and something tomato plants. Lol. Now I'm just worried about the squash ... I have some putting out blooms already.

Lesson learned ... note to self "DO NOT start squash indoors before the end of February".

DE, diatematious earth, works well for roly polys. Sprinkle it around and under the plants. BTW, we call roly polys pill bugs up north. I had to learn a whole new vocabulary when I married a Texan.

 

[mjgigax]

Going back to read the last entries...But had to update:

Putting out oyster shell for the pens today, Pen 11 roo was doing a great job calling his new girls over and laying pieces in front of them. I noticed that the pen was running low on pellets so I walked back to the barn. When I walked back into the pen, the big rooster was down. I immediately picked him up and checked his airway. He had a piece lodged in his throat....graveyard dead! He will be dumplings at my MILs tonight. Just made me sick. He covered every hen in the pen yesterday so I'm going to go ahead and collect eggs for a week just to see what hatches. Then I'll decide what to do with the six hens in that pen.

And we have Revenge of the Rat going on now.

Hubby suggested that just in case she had a suiter, I should set the trap again. So this morning I loaded it up with peanut butter and cheese. A critter has already stolen the bait after tripping the trap....and has moved in some treasures. The pill bottle has reappeared empty, a piece of pumpkin rind, and a bunch of pecan shells from the flower bed. It was like a challenge. But I never surrender!

So sorry about your roo!
So many bird idioms are so true - "Don't count your chickens befor they hatch" is a painfully true one! When my origional Mille Fleur Cochin roo died suddenly I saved the hens's eggs for nearly two weeks. I did get quite a few that hatched.

Your rat adventures are facinating. Hope you get them, but until then keep us updated.

 

[donnie]

well im not texan but we call them roly polys too , and we do it right down here lol

 

[mjgigax]

Stimpy!!!! You're back!!!! Good to see you again.

X2!

 

[donnie]

X2!

x3

 

[mjgigax]

Yeah , it's broody hen time in southern Oklahoma. Had one hen that started setting last saturday, and two more started yesterday, I am hoping this is a sign that the weather is going to straighten out and start to get warmer and stop it's flip flopping around.

Yes, I hope so too!
I now have 4 pullets that decided to be broody and my LF Buff Cochins girl layed her 1st egg of the year today !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[donnie]

YAY .... the colts finally here be back in a bit with pics

 

[BetsyOK]

We can all breathe now! Looking forward to the pics.