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[old*cowboy]

Need some more? I am gonna sell my red and brown ones!

Hi Buckguy, can you email some pictures of the browns. Or give me a call 580-323-1360

 

[Greybear23]

Howdy everyone!!! Whats with the new page design??? I like to never figured it out, but hey I'm old and it takes me a while!!! LOL Anyways, hope all is haveing a great year so far! Is there anyone on here hatching eggs right now! I put away the incubator to put up the Christmas tree and have not gotten it back out! Wife is tretening me if I do, she was tired of chicks in the living room!!! Well have a great day all!! Lynn

 

[old*cowboy]

Guy's Tip of The Day
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First I want to say thanks for all the comments on here. If my tips ever boring or you guys get tired of them, just let me know. Also anytime you something you disagree with or want to ad to, feel free to do so. Guy

There are many reasons that eggs don’t get fertile. If I have eggs that are not fertile one of the first things I do is take a pair of scissors and trim the feathers around the vent area of the rooster and hens. If that doesn't help and you have your chickens in individual breeding pens, I will switch roosters with one I know has fertiled eggs. This will help to see if it is the hen or rooster causing the problem. Like I said many things can be causing infertile eggs. Feed, pen conditions, over crowding, to many hens per rooster, weather conditions and on and on. Then what happens from the time the hen lays the egg, until it is put in the incubator (or under a hen) can all be where the problem lies.

 

[old*cowboy]

Howdy everyone!!! Whats with the new page design??? I like to never figured it out, but hey I'm old and it takes me a while!!! LOL Anyways, hope all is haveing a great year so far! Is there anyone on here hatching eggs right now! I put away the incubator to put up the Christmas tree and have not gotten it back out! Wife is tretening me if I do, she was tired of chicks in the living room!!! Well have a great day all!! Lynn

Hi Greybear. I have some chicks in the living room now. My wife is starting to get used to it.

Where we moved from I had a nice insulated brood house. Down sising sucks.

 

[Tony O]

Oh Noooooooo.

Hay folks, Please don't try this at home.

Morning Everyone!
One of my Facebook friends had this posted and it made me laugh.






Okay so I am still having difficulty figuring out how to load pictures.

 

[old*cowboy]

Do you hatch in the turning trays?

No. I have two differant sets of eggs in that picture. I took some of the turning trays out and left some in.

 

[muesky]

Hey Everyone!

Okay getting everything together to head for Blanchard. Have to stop in Norman and get a few things so have to leave out kind of early. Heard there is going to be a lot of birds. Which is a good thing and a bad thing. You all know what I mean.

Made a fresh batch of ricotta cheese today. Thanks Al for the recipe.

It is super easy, unfortunately I think I am going to have to make another batch since the plan is to make a huge lasagna and one batch of ricotta is just not going to be enough.

Guess I know what I will be doing when I get home tonight after I get the chickens settled, that is if I get any at the auction.

Well I am going to start heading that way. Look forward to seeing a bunch of you at the auction.
Have a great day everyone, it sure is B-E-A utiful out there.

 

[Elwood Lightfoot]

Hey Everyone!

Okay getting everything together to head for Blanchard. Have to stop in Norman and get a few things so have to leave out kind of early. Heard there is going to be a lot of birds. Which is a good thing and a bad thing. You all know what I mean.

Made a fresh batch of ricotta cheese today. Thanks Al for the recipe.

It is super easy, unfortunately I think I am going to have to make another batch since the plan is to make a huge lasagna and one batch of ricotta is just not going to be enough.

Guess I know what I will be doing when I get home tonight after I get the chickens settled, that is if I get any at the auction.

Well I am going to start heading that way. Look forward to seeing a bunch of you at the auction.
Have a great day everyone, it sure is B-E-A utiful out there.

la-sa-gna

 

[Cjarvis]

Is there anyone on here hatching eggs right now!

I haven't shut mine off, only hatching every other week right now, but am already getting several that I want on the ground. Should be a good year so long as I can enough of teh right birds going with the early hatches that will allow me to better judge progress and have a better selection to move forward with. I do have some considerable plans for this year that will move some stuff even further forward so I need teh numbers.
Hope Mike will have a good market for some of teh extras, because there will be plenty. I currently have 5 brooders with birds in them, and a sizable hatch for the 16th. Hope it continues at this rate.

 

[Cjarvis]

For getting a very late start on the day I am really enjoying it. Managed to get quite a bit accomplished in this nice weather. Treated the birds for mites, lice, fleas etc. didn't see any but better to just do it than wait for a problem. great weather like this sure makes for getting a lot done. i assume everyone is working or just enjoying the temps and great weather., I for one sure hope it sticks around.