The Middle Tennessee Thread

[Lots A Cluckin]

Quote: LOL thanks it just take patience, timing, and going trough all of the pics you took and picking the best....I would love to do a photo shoot of your chickens

 

[NEK38583]

I thought I would let everyone know that I have a few chickens for sale.

I have 4 appenzeller hens $30.00 for all three
2 Porcelion d'uccle hens $20.00 for both
1 self blue d'uccle rooster for $5.00
1 standard cubulaya pullet $8.00
3-4 Bantam Welsummer cockerals $5.00 each

I am located in Sparta let me know if interested.

I have a friend that also has mini rex and lion head rabbits for sale. She is wanting $20.00 each for them.

PM if interested in any either the chickens or the rabbits. If interested in the rabbits pm me and I will send you her contact info. She has some great rabbits and does show her rabbits.

 

[BKPUCKETT]

Does anyone on here have Bantam I like to trede

 

[DMRippy]

Here is my candler my son came up with the idea and it works.

All the tools you need a water bottle top (I cut it bigger with a utility knife and then marked it and cut the rest with scissors) Electric tape and a flashlight.



Cut the top to fit the top of your flashlight. I have used bigger flashlights and it works fine with them... just focuses the light.



I start the tape at the bottom to attach the cap to the flashlight and work my way up make sure you cover the cap really well so no light is getting out to blind you.



Here is a view from the top after it cap is on.



This is a Marans egg, these are eggs I was going to put in the bator... should have used some with babies in them already

Brown egg




Another thing I do... I use the 30 egg trays for my incubator and I just take the tray into the bathroom (dark room no window) and I just put the flashlight over the top of the eggs, that way I don't have to pick them up and possible drop the eggs..... It also goes really quick.

 

[Lots A Cluckin]

Great ideas donna...I was practicing candling a few days ago on an egg just had just been laid and I was having a hard time seeing in the egg due to all of the light escaping around the egg

 

[pickledchicken]

Good mornin yall. Does anyone know were to find some nice Wheaten Marans?

 

[pickledchicken]

Here is my candler my son came up with the idea and it works.

All the tools you need a water bottle top (I cut it bigger with a utility knife and then marked it and cut the rest with scissors) Electric tape and a flashlight.



Cut the top to fit the top of your flashlight. I have used bigger flashlights and it works fine with them... just focuses the light.



I start the tape at the bottom to attach the cap to the flashlight and work my way up make sure you cover the cap really well so no light is getting out to blind you.



Here is a view from the top after it cap is on.



This is a Marans egg, these are eggs I was going to put in the bator... should have used some with babies in them already

Brown egg




Another thing I do... I use the 30 egg trays for my incubator and I just take the tray into the bathroom (dark room no window) and I just put the flashlight over the top of the eggs, that way I don't have to pick them up and possible drop the eggs..... It also goes really quick.

Donna you never cease to amaze me I truly do think you could make some kinda wind powered generator out of 5 pennies 3 pop sickle sticks a rubber band and two paper clips.

 

[CarolJ]

Here is my candler my son came up with the idea and it works.

All the tools you need a water bottle top (I cut it bigger with a utility knife and then marked it and cut the rest with scissors) Electric tape and a flashlight.



Cut the top to fit the top of your flashlight. I have used bigger flashlights and it works fine with them... just focuses the light.



I start the tape at the bottom to attach the cap to the flashlight and work my way up make sure you cover the cap really well so no light is getting out to blind you.



Here is a view from the top after it cap is on.



This is a Marans egg, these are eggs I was going to put in the bator... should have used some with babies in them already

Brown egg




Another thing I do... I use the 30 egg trays for my incubator and I just take the tray into the bathroom (dark room no window) and I just put the flashlight over the top of the eggs, that way I don't have to pick them up and possible drop the eggs..... It also goes really quick.

Donna, you're so clever! Always thinking of new and better ways to do things. I use a really bright mini-flashlight - and it works great. I haven't tried a marans egg yet, though. It doesn't work well on really dark shelled eggs. I usually candle mine in the laundry room - the top of the washer provides a nice flat surface for the egg cartons, and no windows.

My "dependable" broody gave up on her clutch of eggs. When I checked the chickens three nights ago, she was up on the roost, and the eggs were cold in the nest box. I took the eggs inside - all but one showed growth. So I put them in the incubator. Last night I candled them, and they all had moving embryos inside. These are the last of my fertile Greenfire "Rhodebar" eggs. I got rid of the rooster several weeks ago - so no more fertile eggs. I plan to keep the females that hatch just to see what color egg they'll lay.

 

[DMRippy]

I am working on that right now

 

[Countrypunk92]

I actually use my phone light. Its bright and my case doesnt allow any light to escape.