Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[dgibson0604]

Look for the drake feather(s) around four months. That is a give away.

they all have the black feathers on their wings but look at a mallard hen...

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Hello and welcome!
That sounds like a good turn of events, hore things settle down for you!

Does anyone live near Phillipsburg? We are head out that way this weekend for a long weekend.m sure would be nice to pick up some fertile eggs for my broody! Ssshh, don't tell my hubby...


*edited for spelling

I think we're about an hour from Philipsburg. If you wanted some hatching eggs and felt like driving an extra hour you could stop by. I have ameraucana eggs and MAYBE some pure CCL eggs. They've been seperated for about a week so they may or may not be pure lol. I may have 1 or 2 olive egger eggs too

 

[Werforpsu]

I think we're about an hour from Philipsburg. If you wanted some hatching eggs and felt like driving an extra hour you could stop by. I have ameraucana eggs and MAYBE some pure CCL eggs. They've been seperated for about a week so they may or may not be pure lol. I may have 1 or 2 olive egger eggs too

I'm not in any position to be getting more eggs this spring, but I am going to remember how close you are for next year!

 

[AnRamire]

 

[fisherlady]

I think we're about an hour from Philipsburg. If you wanted some hatching eggs and felt like driving an extra hour you could stop by. I have ameraucana eggs and MAYBE some pure CCL eggs. They've been seperated for about a week so they may or may not be pure lol. I may have 1 or 2 olive egger eggs too

Did you candle Elsa's egg?

Jo (the broody who hatched out Ana and Elsa) is hatching today/tomorrow ....and I set eggs under our latest broody, Janeway, yesterday afternoon.

Hoping DH finds chicks under Jo when he gets home today....she was actually due tomorrow but 3 of her eggs are silkies, which often hatch a day early. I am stuck at work till tomorrow so will have to wait to see what she gets.

 

[BullChick]

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I'm not in any position to be getting more eggs this spring, but I am going to remember how close you are for next year!

Lol, next year, I should have even more breeds available

Did you candle Elsa's egg?

Jo (the broody who hatched out Ana and Elsa) is hatching today/tomorrow ....and I set eggs under our latest broody, Janeway, yesterday afternoon.

Hoping DH finds chicks under Jo when he gets home today....she was actually due tomorrow but 3 of her eggs are silkies, which often hatch a day early. I am stuck at work till tomorrow so will have to wait to see what she gets.

I didn't get to it last night. My son's baseball game ran layer than expected. I have someone coming for poults this morning. Once she leaves, I'll go candle Elsa and Honey's eggs and see what's going on with them.

 

[fisherlady]

 

[BullChick]

Hello. Time to clean the coop (s). Babies are due next week. I hope to put them out soon after.

 

[emorems0]

I am so upset. Chester Copperpot (our tom turkey) died this morning.

I'm 95% sure it was due to dehydration which makes me feel a million times worse. Yesterday morning when I was feeding and watering everyone, I saw that the turkeys' big waterer was empty but the toddler was inside screaming for me, so I just poured what was left in my water jug into the base and decided to come back and fill it up properly later.... but I forgot.

When I came out this morning, Chester was laying down in the bottom of the run, not looking like himself. He was drooling and was wobbly/fell over when I tried to stand him up. He reminded me a lot of my sister's dog when she got really badly dehydrated one time. I tried to give him water from a little bucket but he wouldn't drink. So I mixed up some electrolyte stuff and came out with a dropper. I got several droppers full into him, but he just faded. I bawled.

Now I don't know what to do... hubs was just leaving for work as this all happened and said 'no' to processing him 'since we don't know why he died'... I am 95% sure it was dehydration and feel like his body should not be wasted. I can't do it on my own, at least not today... my mom is coming to visit tonight and I still need to go out and find the proper attire for my daughter's performance tonight. Hubs said he would 'take care of it tonight' ie bury him. Is there anyway to safely process bird at a later date?