She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[WalnutHill]

25 pages behind but glad you mulched that hay.

 

[FridayYet]

Celebrate away! It's a time for joy.

The lady at the swap kept saying "Marins" - like in Marinade. took me a bit to realize she meant Marans.

There were some amazing silver birchen game birds at the swap. So beautiful with super long legs and ostrich necks. DH refused to buy me a trio though.

Gorgeous little dinosaurs. He was the same guy with the Swedish Crested ducks and had the best stock there.

Along with the Barred Easteranins I also bought some chokecherry jam, because I've never tried it before.

Stopped on the way out of town for breakfast burritos and the chile roasters were going full force outside. Nothing better than the smell of fresh green chilies roasting!

 

[WalnutHill]

We''re up at our property...saw a flock of wild turkeys foraging in a meadow along with 2 emus or rheas. I saw them a couple years ago deer hunting but it didn't seem possible but there they were. This is northern Michigan so they are pretty hardy.

 

[FridayYet]

We''re up at our property...saw a flock of wild turkeys foraging in a meadow along with 2 emus or rheas. I saw them a couple years ago deer hunting but it didn't seem possible but there they were. This is northern Michigan so they are pretty hardy.

Wow, like feral/escapees? Wouldn't think they could survive in the winters there.

 

[scflock]

Celebrate away!  It's a time for joy.

The lady at the swap kept saying "Marins" - like in Marinade. took me a bit to realize she meant Marans.  

There were some amazing silver birchen game birds at the swap.  So beautiful with super long legs and ostrich necks. DH refused to buy me a trio though.   Gorgeous little dinosaurs.  He was the same guy with the Swedish Crested ducks and had the best stock there.

[COLOR=333333]Along with the Barred Easteranins [/COLOR]I also bought some chokecherry jam, because I've never tried it before. 

Stopped on the way out of town for breakfast burritos and the chile roasters were going full force outside.  Nothing better than the smell of fresh green chilies roasting!

You know I have to do it. Glaze those marins with the jam, then smoke for 6 hours.
Choken Chicken

 

[FridayYet]

You know I have to do it. Glaze those marins with the jam, then smoke for 6 hours.
Choken Chicken

LOL if they are boys, I probably will!

 

[scflock]

We''re up at our property...saw a flock of wild turkeys foraging in a meadow along with 2 emus or rheas. I saw them a couple years ago deer hunting but it didn't seem possible but there they were. This is northern Michigan so they are pretty hardy.

The turkeys are rare? I dodge 5 flocks of them every day leaving work.
The bale shredder was a Mossberg 20 youth model. I mulched the bale, but Mrs. Flock loves the new varmint gun

 

[Ravynscroft]

25 pages behind but glad you mulched that hay.

I think that was the best analogy yet!

You know I have to do it. Glaze those marins with the jam, then smoke for 6 hours.
Choken Chicken

You are terrible!

 

[Ravynscroft]

LOL if they are boys, I probably will!

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[lazy gardener]

Phew, good news, I left a note on the mail box to leave the eggs and he did. Thank goodness. So no I have the eggs but my hygrometer isn't working. I did check the humidity with an indoor outdoor thing I have here, the sensor doesn't work but I just stuck the whole base in there, lol. The humidity is now reading 66% and I have my temp set at 101° right around where the top of the eggs would be. Do y'all think the temp is ok? I assume I need to lower the humidity for now right? Also, if all these thermometers are off by a degree or 2 will that hurt the eggs? If it's a degree or 2 hotter or cooler will it affect the hatch badly?

I'd get the humidity down. Easily done by taking all the water out, and wiping it out. Now, get it going w/o water, get it up to temp, and let those eggs set, big end up in a carton at room temp for 24 hours before putting them in the bator. Dry incubation, which folks are finding yields a better hatch would be 30 - 40% (or there a bouts) for the first 17 days. You can fine tune that by watching air cell development and comparing to the chart. The biggest cause of failure in incubation is inaccuracy of thermometer. (too low = all kinds of developmental issues. Too high = dead chick.) Other causes of failure include temp spikes (Why SC calls the LG a microwave) and too much humidity throughout the incubation period which results in chicks growing too big, too much moisture in the egg so you end up with a malpositioned chick or a drowned chick at pip.

Most satisfying shot ever. No boot. Swooped in low and landed beside the pen. Burst of hay, and a face plant into the dirt. Fabio was watching

Let's just hope that he was operating alone.

Did I tell you I bought some Americanas? (LOL)

So at the poultry swap - which was huge - I finally found some chicks about 3 weeks old. I ask the lady "what kind are they"?
Ameraucana
Really?
Yes.
They have barred wings?
Yes, they have some marins in them.
You mean Marans?
No marins, the cuckoo kind. But they are Ameraucana.
OK.

For $5 each I wasn't going to argue or attempt educating. They still have their chipmunk stripes on their backs, willow legs and barring on the wing feathers.Pea comb, so I guess there is hope for greenish eggs.

I do hope that those Americanas were not Am roo over cuckoo marins. If so, I'm betting you were duped and are now the proud owner of a bunch of male Black sex linked Amerans.