Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[BullChick]

Six eggs are good, five look clear (but seem darker) and a blood ring.

 

[AnRamire]

Darn chicken math

 

[BullChick]

LOL! Wait until it becomes duck, goat or mini cow math!

 

[chiques chicks]

Goat math is fun!

 

[fisherlady]

Six eggs are good, five look clear (but seem darker) and a blood ring.

Ouch, I 'm not happy with 50%, wonder if any were cold weather days. My girls are getting older and it is probably time to replace them but I hate to disturb the happy flock....dang, I'm not a very practical farmer....

 

[BullChick]

Like I said. I can't see in like three of them. Time will tell. Oh! And the incubator has an arm that rolls the tray. The lid was on wrong a few days ago, and the arm pushed the lid off. I could have had early quitters or slower growth with those eggs. Time will tell!

 

[Chaos18]

LOL! Wait until it becomes duck, goat or mini cow math!

I want a mini cow.............and goats

 

[BullChick]

I know, love. I know. Your wife might have something to say about it though!

 

[Chaos18]

The mini cow yes.........although if I had a place to store goats I could get them.

 

[chiques chicks]

The mini cow yes.........although if I had a place to store goats I could get them.

Goat shelters are relatively easy. Far easier than a good coop, IMO.

Fencing is a whole different matter. Lots and lots of sturdy fencing, "fencing that can hold water" and you're getting close to enough. I have cattle panels with 5 foot wire all attached to 4-6 inch treated posts placed 8 get apart. Most of the posts also have horizontals at 50 inches to which I attached the cattle panels and fencing. Hot wire going in soon as well, to and bottom.

My smallish dry lot cost almost $1000, but has, so far, contained them. The shelter was already there, I converted a shed.

Feed is relatively cheap, mostly hay when there is no browse available. Right now I'm using fresh cut grass from my field, I let it grow to about 10-12 inches that make a couple passes with the mower and collect it. This weekend I start putting fencing around my wooded area, probably close to 800-1000 feet (or more) of multistrand hot wire.

Darn animals are work.