Stella's Social Club

[Happy Chooks]

I've been somewhat ill the last couple of days. I went to make some chicken noodle soup and went to retrieve the saltine crackers.Instead of the brand I expected there was a cheaper generic brand. I asked my wife what happened to the good crackers, she said Delaney wouldn't eat the generics so she swapped the crackers. Here is Delaney, who apparently controls cracker distribution in our house.



"I have a very sophisticated palate"

Only the good crackers for the goat. You get the rejects.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

where is the Easter thread? I am about to set some eggs. Oh and some are about to hatch Friday

 

[ronott1]

where is the Easter thread? I am about to set some eggs. Oh and some are about to hatch Friday

In the post above you!

We do not set egg for it for four more weeks though. Easter is late this year.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/857062/the-5th-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long#post_12872939

 

[Hangtown Farms]

In the post above you!

We do not set egg for it for four more weeks though. Easter is late this year.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/857062/the-5th-annual-byc-easter-hatch-a-long#post_12872939

well then that will be the next set lol

 

[ronott1]

well then that will be the next set lol

We missed Emus but Ducks would be next:

Set Chicken eggs on Saturday, March 29th at Noon (whatever time zone you are in)

Other poultry breed setting dates listed below...

We want to hatch on April 19th, (the day BEFORE Easter Sunday)
button quail: 16 days to hatch; set April 3rd
coturnix quail: 18 days to hatch; set April 1st
seramas: 19 days to hatch; set March 31st
other bantam and LF: 21 days to hatch; set March 29th
bobwhite quail: 23 days to hatch; set March 27th
call duck: 26 days to hatch; set March 24th
mallard (derived) duck,goose, turkey, guinea: 28 days to hatch; set March 22nd
goose: 28 to 32 days to hatch; set March 18th - March 22nd
muscovy duck: 35 days to hatch; set March 15th
emu: approx. 53 days to hatch - set Feb 25th (for you "serious" hatchers)

 

[Happy Chooks]

Today was Emu day. I badgered Mary all I could but she refused to set her emu eggs.

Thanks Ron for posting the link. Next up is Muscovies!

 

[drumstick diva]

Kelly you could always "reprimand" Mary by telling her - all her new chicks are cockerels. Geez it's been so long I forgot what baby emus look like.

 

[The Sheriff]

Kelly you could always "reprimand" Mary by telling her - all her new chicks are cockerels. Geez it's been so long I forgot what baby emus look like.

I am tempted. But if I can't sell them, I have no where to raise them safely. If the males don't hatch raise them, they can't be introduced to the others until they are quite large and then only after being in fenced off proximity to each other for a long time.

I am fighting the emotional appeal of cute baby emus with the reality of additional adult emus. There are space and feed requirements that I am not sure I should take on at this stage of my life. Adult emus are notoriously difficult to re-home and, if successful, they are it is usually for the meat and oil.

 

[drumstick diva]

Okay - I understand now . I really thought tho after all the emu years you would have come up with mini or bantam emus that everyone could fit in their yard. Or fainting emus - so they'd be easier to catch.

Ya know I think Kelly should try and hatch your emu eggs - I think she really wants to.

 

[The Sheriff]

Ya know I think Kelly should try and hatch your emu eggs - I think she really wants to.

Now, there's a plan!