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[Kassaundra]

Tropical hibiscus won't over winter here, but hardy hibiscus will.

 

[Kassaundra]

I have two chickens who decided to go broody today, at least today they are being serious about it, they've been toying w/ the idea for a week or so. Now really why would a chicken in her right mind do this when the temps are 100 or so?????? let alone 2!!!!!

 

[Kassaundra]

I have a mystery. When I cook I almost never measure just "eyeball" it. The one exception to that is nobakes. I always meticulously measure each ingredient, even the time I cook by stopwatch. I use the same exact ingredients, the same exact pan and everything but sometimes they come out as soup, sometimes perfection, and sometimes like tonight it makes one big cookie lump before I can even get it out of the pan.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

I have lost 5 hens in the last month or so. One to the curly toes and 4 to a neighborhood dog or critter!!!!! UGH! (That problem has been taken care of) I am needing to replace them but can't spend a lot . I raise only large brown egg layers, doesn't matter the breed. If anyone has some pullets that are getting too big for their flock or aren't of show quality and want to get rid of them, I would be interested. Hopefully it would be someone close around my area of Sand Spring (W. of Tulsa) and don't want too much for them. Thanks!

I'm on the east side of Tulsa, I have 3 black sexlinks almost at point of lay, here is a picture of them from about a month ago, they are bigger now, $10 each if you are interested.

I have two chickens who decided to go broody today, at least today they are being serious about it, they've been toying w/ the idea for a week or so. Now really why would a chicken in her right mind do this when the temps are 100 or so?????? let alone 2!!!!!

LOL I know! Just managed to break one, I have one more that is being insistent...

 

[artsyrobin]

I have two chickens who decided to go broody today, at least today they are being serious about it, they've been toying w/ the idea for a week or so. Now really why would a chicken in her right mind do this when the temps are 100 or so?????? let alone 2!!!!!

i'm in the same boat Kass, had another go broody... good grief girls! I have heard that if you put ice in a ziplock bag under them, it will break them, may have to try it. Meanwhile Buffy's one egg hatched- from a brown egg, so could be a rhode island, new hamp, orp, brahma, black sex link(which i am really hoping for)...any guesses?




every feel like a Lake Woebegone Dialogue? Went out today to hunt for guinea eggs, have had 3 hens disappear, almost too long for being broody although a mocking bird has picked up the keet sound- anyway ran smack dab too close to a wasp nest, got away from a wasp after it got tangled in my hair, twisted my ankle, cut my knee, found two half formed guinea eggs, not alive, came back and got attacked by 2 more wasps, stung that time, came in found out to put onion on the sting- yep it worked- sheesh

 

[unkljim]

Onion on wasp stings? Never heard this. Does it work pretty good? We've been fighting yellow jackets for about a week now. Haven't been stung (yet) but it's just a matter of time. Oh well.

We have a pair of Welsummer bantams and should start getting eggs in about another month or so. I was just reading about them and it said that the dark colored eggs were "tricky" to hatch. Do any of you know why they say this? Why would dark eggs be any different to hatch than white eggs?

Have a great night all.

 

[our 5acre farm]

 

[our 5acre farm]

Picked a bunch of fresh apples and a few other fruits, so I made up some caramel sauce. Then I made a caramel apple crumb cake, pretty tasty!

 

[artsyrobin]

Onion on wasp stings? Never heard this. Does it work pretty good? We've been fighting yellow jackets for about a week now. Haven't been stung (yet) but it's just a matter of time. Oh well.

We have a pair of Welsummer bantams and should start getting eggs in about another month or so. I was just reading about them and it said that the dark colored eggs were "tricky" to hatch. Do any of you know why they say this? Why would dark eggs be any different to hatch than white eggs?

Have a great night all.

yep it does, just put some raw onion on it, it will counteract it- also found some people saying a paste of acv and baking soda- i was very impressed by how fast the onion took care of it


saw this post and wanted to pass it on- she is in Kansas- ChooksChick

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[lonnyandrinda]

Onion on wasp stings? Never heard this. Does it work pretty good? We've been fighting yellow jackets for about a week now. Haven't been stung (yet) but it's just a matter of time. Oh well.

We have a pair of Welsummer bantams and should start getting eggs in about another month or so. I was just reading about them and it said that the dark colored eggs were "tricky" to hatch. Do any of you know why they say this? Why would dark eggs be any different to hatch than white eggs?

Have a great night all.

I have this with my Marans eggs. The way you get really dark eggs is by breeding to "stack up" several dark egg genes. In effect you are putting several layers or coats of color on the egg. By increasing the coating, you decrease the porosity of the shells, so they don't evaporate as well as other eggs as they incubate and you will drown more chicks at regular humidity rates. You have to either run them in their own batch with lower humidity, sand the top of the eggs a little to give more porosity at the air sac, or run them regular with your other eggs and get a 50-60% hatch rate. I don't sand the eggs as I feel that you shouldn't breed towards chicks that need sanded eggs in order to hatch.

Picked a bunch of fresh apples and a few other fruits, so I made up some caramel sauce. Then I made a caramel apple crumb cake, pretty tasty!

Mmmm yum! Fun work if I do say so myself!