Surviving Minnesota!

[holm25]

Zeus is doing great! He ate scrambled eggs for breakfast and had a bath. He really fluffed up a little after his bath and blow dry session. Anyways he is being spoiled and would rather stay with us than go upstairs in his kennel so he is helping me with homework. Sadly his tail is really thin and not as fluffy and he is missing feathers on his back

 

[duluthralphie]

Holm he looks pretty good for what he has been through.....


Does anyone living around me want to try some turkey eggs for cooking, baking or egging a neighbors house?

I have about 4 dozen that are not fertile in the fridge. It will take us 6 months to go through that many.. You are welcome to them..PLEASE Take them

 

[holm25]

Holm he looks pretty good for what he has been through.....


Does anyone living around me want to try some turkey eggs for cooking, baking or egging a neighbors house?

I have about 4 dozen that are not fertile in the fridge. It will take us 6 months to go through that many.. You are welcome to them..PLEASE Take them

He does look pretty good. The back of his head is still a giant scab though.


I am afraid if I egg a house with turkey eggs they will smash right through the windows since they r so hard! Sell them on craigslist!

 

[Dandelioness]

Zeuss is looking good! Of course, scrambled eggs, a bath, and a good blow drying would make anyone feel like a million bucks.

The blackbirds seem to chase off the hawks here, too. I read somewhere that having black hens confuses the hawks and they think they are black birds. I can neither confirm nor deny this as fact. I will say I have noticed I lose far fewer black hens than other colors to predators in general. They seem more wiley to me. Maybe it's just good camouflage? It seems to me that raptors have really keen eyesight, so I'm not sure I buy the theory that they mistake black hens for crows.

Snow here, too. Nothing you would shovel. Poor man's fertilizer, right? My little son told me it won't last because tomorrow is the first day of spring! LOL Someone gave him a Star Wars calendar and he reads it intently. I got a countdown for Presidents Day. Usually that one sneaks up on me but I was so thankful to get the daily reminders this year!

Klop Klop, have fun setting up your brooder. I am just waiting my turn here.

I'm off to peruse the bater threads to troubleshoot upping the humidity in mine. I'll be okay the first 18 days, but I'm shooting for 55-65% during lockdown and I can't get it to hold higher than 50%.

Take it easy, folks! It's spring tomorrow!

 

[duluthralphie]

Sell them on craigslist!

I have had them listed on St Cloud and Minneapolis craigslist. The only calls I get are people asking If I have hatching eggs, and if I would sell them for $4 a dozen too...


Maybe $4 is too much to ask. I have no idea.


BTW I just moved eggs to the hatcher. It appears I might have over did the hatch this time. I have 24 Creamette eggs in one hatcher, and 17 assorted eggs in the other. ( Sussex, PC and EE's).

 

[holm25]

https://fargo.craigslist.org/grd/5464433953.html


Ralph!! Look it! This will be hard for u to fill up!!

 

[duluthralphie]

https://fargo.craigslist.org/grd/5464433953.html


Ralph!! Look it! This will be hard for u to fill up!!

Those are ok, but here is what I am trying to NOT buy. The pull is great.


https://stcloud.craigslist.org/grd/5479630101.html

A walk in incubator would be so cool! If I do not buy this one, I may build one next year. Just to give Judy something to "talk at me " about.

 

[Cluckies]

Kloppers you could split the chicks into 2 batches and use a tot or a box..

For the first week they will not need much space.



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SleepyOwl if you got snow you can actually see, you got a lot more than me. I wonder what Ivie got she is about the same distance west and south from me that you are east and north.

Who would have guessed Zimmerman is the continental weather divide?

We had nothing this morning in Nowthen, Haven't gotten any precipitation for days, we were right on the edge of all that yesterday and the day before. we just got a really light dusting about an hour ago. looks to be melting.

Zeus is doing great! He ate scrambled eggs for breakfast and had a bath. He really fluffed up a little after his bath and blow dry session. Anyways he is being spoiled and would rather stay with us than go upstairs in his kennel so he is helping me with homework. Sadly his tail is really thin and not as fluffy and he is missing feathers on his back

He is beautiful! what a good boy!

Holm he looks pretty good for what he has been through.....


Does anyone living around me want to try some turkey eggs for cooking, baking or egging a neighbors house?

I have about 4 dozen that are not fertile in the fridge. It will take us 6 months to go through that many.. You are welcome to them..PLEASE Take them

How big are they compared to chicken eggs?

 

[lvie]

Just got home from Maple Grove where I met my sister who lives in St. Paul.

It was dry roads through Rogers, then coming up 101 it began to drizzle slightly and the pavement was wet and then west of Elk River on 10 Holy Smoley - sleet and rain coming down hard! So interesting going through all the weather changes within just a few miles.

 

[duluthralphie]

We had nothing this morning in Nowthen, Haven't gotten any precipitation for days, we were right on the edge of all that yesterday and the day before. we just got a really light dusting about an hour ago. looks to be melting.

He is beautiful! what a good boy!


How big are they compared to chicken eggs?

Guess which one is the chicken egg?