Surviving Minnesota!

First Off, he seems to take after his Mother a lot,,,,,:lau:lau


On to the hatching..

I put 68 eggs in the incubator. I had a dozen or so quitters the rest were non-starters. Out of 176 eggs.

So Ms Vicki and I are have about the same hatch rate going into the hatchers 30ish percent.. Which is not bad for a winter hatch. I have had worse.

I had one turkey egg out of 11 that started...It quit too. So no bug eyed baby pictures Memphis..

I will have to wait and see what the numbers are after the hatch, but I am going to be forced to have an Early Feb hatch. I really wanted only one hatch this year. I could put some in today,,,,,,BUT I would not be enjoying life if I did. Even though these are my chickens, and I feed and care for them 95% of the time......and the WWD complains I have too many.....and I collectthe eggs...She sells them. She has some ready to sell, I think she said someone was coming for 6 dozen eggs. I could plant them today....BUT I fear the emasculator might make an appearance here if I did.

I ordered another bottle of Maraks vaccine. This will be the third bottle. The last two the post office has managed to ruin.

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Sorry about the hatch rates & ruined bottles. Don't you want to see how one of them neat gadgets works? :pop
 
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What is happening to the world :lau:gig
 
First Off, he seems to take after his Mother a lot,,,,,:lau:lau


On to the hatching..

I put 68 eggs in the incubator. I had a dozen or so quitters the rest were non-starters. Out of 176 eggs.

So Ms Vicki and I are have about the same hatch rate going into the hatchers 30ish percent.. Which is not bad for a winter hatch. I have had worse.

I had one turkey egg out of 11 that started...It quit too. So no bug eyed baby pictures Memphis..

I will have to wait and see what the numbers are after the hatch, but I am going to be forced to have an Early Feb hatch. I really wanted only one hatch this year. I could put some in today,,,,,,BUT I would not be enjoying life if I did. Even though these are my chickens, and I feed and care for them 95% of the time......and the WWD complains I have too many.....and I collectthe eggs...She sells them. She has some ready to sell, I think she said someone was coming for 6 dozen eggs. I could plant them today....BUT I fear the emasculator might make an appearance here if I did.

I ordered another bottle of Maraks vaccine. This will be the third bottle. The last two the post office has managed to ruin.

:hit:hit:hit:hit

OMG - My husband and I were just talking about vaccines, in particular the Marecks vaccine and the MG vaccine. Does anyone have any experience with either? Thoughts ideas, Concerns?
 
Poop....I was really hoping for bug eyes Ralphie. Well, at least I can dwell on the one little guy that hatched over on the turkey thread. Seeing that baby turkey really cheered me up while dealing with our abnormally harsh weather. We havent been above freezing for three days. Our average temp this time of year should be 50. We are having water mains popping all over town. Our utilities company is asking people to conserve power at peak hours. It's a mess down here. We don't have the proper clothes for this weather. I went out with a hat on yesterday & my turkeys freaked.
 
So I have been reading / searching today . Reading seed catalogs . Nothing better to do . So I saw mention of Canadian smooth blackberry . Rhubus Canadensis . Nearly thornless . Native in MN and eastern Canada plus many other states . So my northern friends what do you know about it ?
 
So I have been reading / searching today . Reading seed catalogs . Nothing better to do . So I saw mention of Canadian smooth blackberry . Rhubus Canadensis . Nearly thornless . Native in MN and eastern Canada plus many other states . So my northern friends what do you know about it ?
Jerry, I have heard of it before. I have never seen it in the wild in all my travels. Perhaps some conservation officer could have had some experience with it?
 

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