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I took them this morning. Two where wanderers while the third one refused to get out from under Pricilla. They're in a brooder in the house now. They aren't due to hatch till Monday. These 3 are really early. They're doing fine though. Chicks hatched from a broody seem to be so much healthier than those from an incubator. I have another broody sitting on guinea eggs that are due the same day. I gave 3 hens some silkie and sizzle eggs a few days ago. I figure it they want to sit they can sit on eggs. Next week when the rest of the pheasant hatch and the guinea, i'll give them more eggs to sit on. I wish they would all go broody so they would stop laying for a while. I want to turn off the incubators.
I plan to test the quail eggs for fertility soon. I put a roo in with 4 hens and they chased him all over the place. It appears he may be breeding them now so I have to see if the eggs are ready to start hatching. If so the broodys will be busy with those. Hopefully all the hens will go broody so I can keep quail eggs under them instead of the incubator.
I got some Belgian Bearded d'Anvers in a swap thru FB and the first chick hatched yesterday just before I left for the day and when I got home it was on it's back flailing it's legs in the air and it had what looked like a hernia on it's belly. It wasn't where the cord was attached either but up higher. It's legs and feet where all curled. It was so sad to look at. I culled it and candled the rest of the eggs and saw no movement in any of them. They where due yesterday but they had developed. I suppose the x ray at the po messed them up because they where all fertile. I was looking forward to watching them feather out.
I have a little jap bantam cockereal right now that hatched from swap eggs and a speckled oegb pullet from my eggs. And I have the hen that laid it I plan to just put all 3 in a pen. The roo died from what I believe to be poisoned from a mushroom. That pair are my grandsons so to replace the roo I plan to give him the other 2 little bantams. He does so much work around here with the chickens I feel he deserves to have some of his own.
I sold all my silkie and sizzle chicks except for 2 sizzles I decided to keep along with 2 sizzle hens and a calico roo this past saturday. I was so disappointed because everything was selling so low it was practically giving them away. There are usually alot of goats sold and at good prices but this time there where only about 5 or 6 goats and all but 1 where nice fat goats. Very well taken care of and the selling price of them where a shame. There was 1 goat that would have normally sold at $100.00 + but sold for $45.00. If I was that seller I would have been very upset. I had 3 very nice and fluffy silkie juveniles sold for $3 for all 3. I was selling week old chicks for that much. Someone said it was because of the heat. So now I know not to try to sell in the excessive heat or in the fall when everybody is thinning out for the winter. Spring seems to be the best time to sell at the auction. Before it gets in the 90's and higher.
I took them this morning. Two where wanderers while the third one refused to get out from under Pricilla. They're in a brooder in the house now. They aren't due to hatch till Monday. These 3 are really early. They're doing fine though. Chicks hatched from a broody seem to be so much healthier than those from an incubator. I have another broody sitting on guinea eggs that are due the same day. I gave 3 hens some silkie and sizzle eggs a few days ago. I figure it they want to sit they can sit on eggs. Next week when the rest of the pheasant hatch and the guinea, i'll give them more eggs to sit on. I wish they would all go broody so they would stop laying for a while. I want to turn off the incubators.
I plan to test the quail eggs for fertility soon. I put a roo in with 4 hens and they chased him all over the place. It appears he may be breeding them now so I have to see if the eggs are ready to start hatching. If so the broodys will be busy with those. Hopefully all the hens will go broody so I can keep quail eggs under them instead of the incubator.
I got some Belgian Bearded d'Anvers in a swap thru FB and the first chick hatched yesterday just before I left for the day and when I got home it was on it's back flailing it's legs in the air and it had what looked like a hernia on it's belly. It wasn't where the cord was attached either but up higher. It's legs and feet where all curled. It was so sad to look at. I culled it and candled the rest of the eggs and saw no movement in any of them. They where due yesterday but they had developed. I suppose the x ray at the po messed them up because they where all fertile. I was looking forward to watching them feather out.
I have a little jap bantam cockereal right now that hatched from swap eggs and a speckled oegb pullet from my eggs. And I have the hen that laid it I plan to just put all 3 in a pen. The roo died from what I believe to be poisoned from a mushroom. That pair are my grandsons so to replace the roo I plan to give him the other 2 little bantams. He does so much work around here with the chickens I feel he deserves to have some of his own.
I sold all my silkie and sizzle chicks except for 2 sizzles I decided to keep along with 2 sizzle hens and a calico roo this past saturday. I was so disappointed because everything was selling so low it was practically giving them away. There are usually alot of goats sold and at good prices but this time there where only about 5 or 6 goats and all but 1 where nice fat goats. Very well taken care of and the selling price of them where a shame. There was 1 goat that would have normally sold at $100.00 + but sold for $45.00. If I was that seller I would have been very upset. I had 3 very nice and fluffy silkie juveniles sold for $3 for all 3. I was selling week old chicks for that much. Someone said it was because of the heat. So now I know not to try to sell in the excessive heat or in the fall when everybody is thinning out for the winter. Spring seems to be the best time to sell at the auction. Before it gets in the 90's and higher.
Oh my goodness, that was long.
Yeah, prices are in the basement now makes me sick . Of course the feed prices don't go down! I need to go build my new quail brooder but I totally don't want to go outside. Been out there already, it's hot and humid. Maybe I will take a nap until it cools off.
Ever since they got the Ethanol plant up and running the feed prices doubled around here. I'm sure it's the same everywhere. Before I could get a 50# bag of scratch grains for 6.49. Now it's 11.90.
I need to go and clean out the duck pond. I wish I had a filter on it so it wouldn't be such an ordeal to clean. I have to bail out the water and scrub the green off the sides and refill. I tried to get DH to put in a drain before he put the concrete on the outside of the wall we had to build up because the duck enclosure is on a hill. Just having a drain would help.
We used materials we had on hand to make it. It looks very Generic but it works. We planned to line the inside with concrete too but haven't as of yet. Moving is up in the air right now. The landlord hasn't paid his property taxes and from what I understand the state or county was taking it for unpaid taxes. But haven't heard anything yet. Plus we're going to move my mother n law in with us and she won't live in a trailer so we plan to move to a house but want to buy a place instead of rent. We have our eye on a nice spot that has 39 acres. Hopefully wa can get it. I would love to have Chickenstocks and that would be perfect because most of it is woods. If we get it we'll clear out paths and areas for people to set up if they want to camp for the weekend we have Chickenstock. There will be shade for the chickens too.
We will have a nice pond dug and stock it with fish too. Now we go and buy minnows for the ducks. I"m getting minnow traps this sunday and we'll be able to just go and get our own minnows for the ducks till we get them a "real" pond. Right now their main feed is scratch grains and grass. Since the price of corn has gone up the feed bill has too of course.
I need to go and clean out the duck pond. I wish I had a filter on it so it wouldn't be such an ordeal to clean. I have to bail out the water and scrub the green off the sides and refill. I tried to get DH to put in a drain before he put the concrete on the outside of the wall we had to build up because the duck enclosure is on a hill. Just having a drain would help.
We used materials we had on hand to make it. It looks very Generic but it works. We planned to line the inside with concrete too but haven't as of yet. Moving is up in the air right now. The landlord hasn't paid his property taxes and from what I understand the state or county was taking it for unpaid taxes. But haven't heard anything yet. Plus we're going to move my mother n law in with us and she won't live in a trailer so we plan to move to a house but want to buy a place instead of rent. We have our eye on a nice spot that has 39 acres. Hopefully wa can get it. I would love to have Chickenstocks and that would be perfect because most of it is woods. If we get it we'll clear out paths and areas for people to set up if they want to camp for the weekend we have Chickenstock. There will be shade for the chickens too.
We will have a nice pond dug and stock it with fish too. Now we go and buy minnows for the ducks. I"m getting minnow traps this sunday and we'll be able to just go and get our own minnows for the ducks till we get them a "real" pond. Right now their main feed is scratch grains and grass. Since the price of corn has gone up the feed bill has too of course.
Em, you sure are busy! Sometimes I miss my pond in Florida , but I don't miss cleaning it. I dug it myself , it is 14x14x3 feet deep in the deep end. I built up an area with concrete blocks , filled it with sand and put a smaller pond up there. The water goes in the top pond, falls over the waterfalls made of rock, and down into the lower pond. I had beautiful koi in there. The big drawback was catching all the frogs and toads and relocating them because they made so much noise at night my husband couldn't sleep. I would be out there at 10 pm or later, with a headlamp on. Some of those tree frogs are pretty fast! You would be amazed how big they get. We have no pond here, I wouldn't have time to clean it anyway. The chickens and the goats keep me busy
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We had one of those Florida tree 'frogs' get in the house when I lived there. My neighbor's daughter was spending the night and was scared to death of frogs! My cats found it and it was squeaking it's head off...scared her to death
They make a lot of racket! I would just get rid of a whole bunch( drive around with a bin full of frogs) and more would always show up. Between the frogs and toads, we had a lot of pollywogs .
OMG , one of the quail babies hatched! Need a magnifying glass to see it. I expect there will probably be more hatching in the morning, at least I hope so. Don't want it to be lonely.
OMG , one of the quail babies hatched! Need a magnifying glass to see it. I expect there will probably be more hatching in the morning, at least I hope so. Don't want it to be lonely.
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Our little pond is probably 4' X 3' and 2' deep. Just guessing. It has a leak so I can only fill it half way up with water. Makes bailing it out faster. I thought I would pass out yesterday when I cleaned it. It was soooo hot. I know when we make a new one it will have some sort of filter or something so it don't get all green in just 3 days. I know the heat has alot to do with it but GEEZ!
We're going to pick up 6 minnow traps tomorrow. I'll have to set up one of these aquariums to put them in so we can feed them to the ducks. The chickens like them too.
We have another egg theif again. I was outside when the rooster and 1 hen came running and screaming out of the coop. (white silkies) I first thought he was just chasing her down for a little lovin but they didn't go back in so I went to investigate after I finished hosing out the sizzle pen. I picked up the other white hen thats on eggs and counted them and 1 was gone. I set her back on them and saw blood where she was just sitting. I turned her over and she has a couple small punctures on a toe. Nothing serious unless it's a poisonous snake that bit her. It wasn't swollen at all so I figure it wasn't. I looked for a snake because it may be able to get in but with an egg inside I dont' think it could get back out. I'll set some of those minnow traps out and see if I can catch it. I saw where somebody posted pics of snakes in minnow traps. That was my main reason for getting them in the first place.
We're going to pick up 6 minnow traps tomorrow. I'll have to set up one of these aquariums to put them in so we can feed them to the ducks. The chickens like them too.
We have another egg theif again. I was outside when the rooster and 1 hen came running and screaming out of the coop. (white silkies) I first thought he was just chasing her down for a little lovin but they didn't go back in so I went to investigate after I finished hosing out the sizzle pen. I picked up the other white hen thats on eggs and counted them and 1 was gone. I set her back on them and saw blood where she was just sitting. I turned her over and she has a couple small punctures on a toe. Nothing serious unless it's a poisonous snake that bit her. It wasn't swollen at all so I figure it wasn't. I looked for a snake because it may be able to get in but with an egg inside I dont' think it could get back out. I'll set some of those minnow traps out and see if I can catch it. I saw where somebody posted pics of snakes in minnow traps. That was my main reason for getting them in the first place.
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