Smoky Mtn East TN

[littlechicklet]

If you want to try some on for size, I have Pearl Guineas and would gladly hatch you some.

I would really like to but am very leery to attempt it again. The last time something just started picking them off 2 at a time; taking 1 with them and leaving the other carcass. This would happen during the day and we never saw what was doing it. I appreciate the offer but don't want to sacrifice them again.

 

[Impress]

Oh goodness, understandable! Mine only run free range when my garden is grown up quite a bit, and I only free range the keets I have raised that year. I do straw bale gardening around my garden plot to kind of make them a "pasture" and I guess it hides them pretty well from evil creeping critters.

Sounds like you need a game cam.

 

[littlechicklet]

My incubator arrived today!

 

[TNBlacktails]

My incubator arrived today!

I just put 5 rir and 11 OEGB in the bator last night humitidy is @ about 50% and temps is @ 101.3 ( still air)

 

[TNBlacktails]

So anyone getting ready to plant peas and potatoes soon? I'm kind of curious if I can plant the peas in such a way that they won't be mowed over by the quackers as soon as they break ground...

I tried a early sowing of kale and it was completely eradicated by either the ducks or slugs this winter.

May ima be planting potatoes tomatoes and corn .

 

[littlechicklet]

I just put 5 rir and 11 OEGB in the bator last night humitidy is @ about 50% and temps is @ 101.3 ( still air)

Congrats on the eggs! This is my first try with an incubator & mine has a fan. I think it will hold 40 eggs and hopefully by the first of March my girls will be laying enough to fill it within a week or so.

 

[grawg]

May ima be planting potatoes tomatoes and corn .

I got about half my potatoes in Wednesday. Next week I'll try to plant the rest. I'll be putting in some corn and tomatoes around may as well.

 

[Flavum]

So anyone getting ready to plant peas and potatoes soon? I'm kind of curious if I can plant the peas in such a way that they won't be mowed over by the quackers as soon as they break ground...

I tried a early sowing of kale and it was completely eradicated by either the ducks or slugs this winter.

Ill be doing a field pea/oats/vetch cover crop this year for the first time. We will see how it turns out..
When do you usually plant peas? I had intentions of laying in early spring.

My greens were destroyed as well by slugs this year, so much rain.

Anywho so happy to see an East Tn thread again

I hope this one sticks!

 

[grawg]

Ill be doing a field pea/oats/vetch cover crop this year for the first time. We will see how it turns out..
When do you usually plant peas? I had intentions of laying in early spring.

My greens were destroyed as well by slugs this year, so much rain.

Anywho so happy to see an East Tn thread again

I hope this one sticks!

I've planted peas around President's day for the last two years with good success. I will probably plant 2 or 3 more times over then next week or so.

This is my first year planting potatoes so I'm hoping I didn't jump the gun too much by planting them now...

 

[Barbedwirecat]

Popping in to say Hi again!!
I'll be busy this summer with a new veg/fruit garden.

Aaaannnnd I just ordered 25 Naked Neck Chicks. This will be my first hatchery experience wish me luck and fingers crossed the weather doesn't sour!!! I couldn't find many local NN breeders at all that cared about Showing or quality much so I'll have to do it myself.

Hoping to be laying by July. I might have some 1st year layers of for grabs out of my non NN hens.

I had fun at the meet we had, will we be doing that again??