Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[unkadan]

a few ideas on the garden

spend the money this fall and get a soil test done, it will save you countless hours and $$$ wasted,,,,,just adding manure every year will not correct improper balance in most WI soils

there are numerous videos on utube on "building" soils the best I have seen are from the NRCS/USDA

here is a site with the best info IMO on growing onions,,,,poke around, watch the vids,,I always had problems getting good results until I found this place 7-8 years ago

http://www.dixondalefarms.com/

 

[Firstchic]

Thank you to whomever it was that told me what that undeveloped egg was that I posted a picture of awhile back....had I not known that I would have totally freaked about 10 minutes ago. Went to let the chickens out of the coop and I noticed that "Fuzzybut" had something sticking out of her hinder. Caught her and sure enough there was an undeveloped egg about the size of a bic lighter only shorter and rounder. It was just hanging by a little bit, so I pulled it off..she had been pecking at it and couldn't reach it...now, she is fine. Do not understand why this is happening to her, they have grit and oyster shell....she just may not be eating it. Give them eggshells....oh well.

 

[chickendreams24]

Hi fellow cheese heads! I'm new to chickens this year although we had them one year when I was a child and I'm loving it. I had a question though. I have a friend who gave me two eggs on Saturday and I set them very early sunday. But I'm worried if only one hatches what I'll do with the poor lonely little baby. I realize it's much too early to be counting my chicks but I was wondering if I could add some more eggs if I could find some? But then how would I go into lockdown? Also I don't have any other eggs to add. Does anyone have a few eggs they'd be willing to give me? I'm just south of Janesville. None of my big girls are laying yet.
4 isa browns
5 straight run silver Laced wyandottes (I think I got lucky and only one roo)
One porcelain d'uccle roo(but maybe he is a booted bantam instead. what's the difference?)
One golden sebright hen
One who knows what? Bantam roo from the bantam bin at tractor supply in bloomington this spring
One either American game bantam or oegb roo don't know which
5 buff Orpingtons
4 EE

And from my first hatch 10 weeks ago 6 silkies
One barred cochin bantam
One self blue oegb

With ages ranging from 10-14 weeks

 

[Firstchic]

Hi fellow cheese heads! I'm new to chickens this year although we had them one year when I was a child and I'm loving it. I had a question though. I have a friend who gave me two eggs on Saturday and I set them very early sunday. But I'm worried if only one hatches what I'll do with the poor lonely little baby. I realize it's much too early to be counting my chicks but I was wondering if I could add some more eggs if I could find some? But then how would I go into lockdown? Also I don't have any other eggs to add. Does anyone have a few eggs they'd be willing to give me? I'm just south of Janesville. None of my big girls are laying yet.
4 isa browns
5 straight run silver Laced wyandottes (I think I got lucky and only one roo)
One porcelain d'uccle roo(but maybe he is a booted bantam instead. what's the difference?)
One golden sebright hen
One who knows what? Bantam roo from the bantam bin at tractor supply in bloomington this spring
One either American game bantam or oegb roo don't know which
5 buff Orpingtons
4 EE

And from my first hatch 10 weeks ago 6 silkies
One barred cochin bantam
One self blue oegb

With ages ranging from 10-14 weeks

Welcome

I don't know anything so I will let someone smarted than me answer, just wanted to say

 

[chickendreams24]

Thank you. @Firstchic

 

[bigzio]

Perfect Day Here Today.... yep good advice to soil test unkadan, it's taken for granted by folks. but the most important start.

Welcome cd, and hope you enjoy your stay here.....yep chickens are a flock bird and love a bunch of friends....I wouldn't do just 2...but that's me...others will add a comment I'm hoping..I' m terrible at spaining stuff...

What is this...Heaven? This time of year with gardens reaping all the harvest, has my outside grill rockin....tonight the abbeyland tailgait brats...my favorite...with fresh small zukes scored on the angle from both sides with Italian dressing oozed into the cuts, and small onions placed on the grate like they are growing till the juice is oozing out the top, is as good as it gets....simply snip the root end off and push the perfect sweet onion out of it's skin ....simply perfection...don't forget the real Butter.

bigz

 

[chickendreams24]

Yeah to be honest I didn't really expect to have them develop as I don't know for sure when they were layed. Lol I suppose that's what happens when you go to a friends farm after a few margaritas you come home with a hatching egg in each hand like treasure I wish there had been more. I have been trying to find out if I could add more as they're only on day three. But I don't have a separate hatcher. Opinions please? I do have six ten week old silkies that I haven't been able to integrate yet(I have a cockeral that I'm beginning to think needs freezer camp) but they're very docile once the chicks are a week or two could I slowly see about putting them with the silkies? What's my best course of action?

Eta: I of course was not driving while drunk and clutching desperately to hatching eggs lol please someone tell me I'm not the first to do this

 

[Cindlady]

Hi All!

Chickendreams..... The weird part is when you come home with the chicks after a visit... wait no, that's happen. How 'bout finding eggs in your pocket when you visit a friend... no, that happens too. Going to the store wit eggs in.... never mind...Welcome to the crazy chicken people club!

Went to do a beak count on the kids before close up and I was short one, the little Campine was missing!...looked on the roosts.... not there.... she decided to join the "rafter roosters"!

Night All!

 

[chickendreams24]

@Cindlady
Lol thanks that makes me feel less crazy... Or well... At least I'm not the only one. glad to be a crazy chicken lady. I guess to fully understand the two eggs you'd have to know that since our last hatch I've been begging the DH2B to let me get some more eggs any eggs and he promised me some after I faced a fear of mine an incubator full to be exact depending on price. Well he has not changed his mind but as the permanent coop isn't built yet(our big girls are in a large run in a old barn on the property- not the best building but secure and safe for the time) he has decided we shouldn't buy eggs now...so when I saw the two eggs laying on the cage floor of the breeder pen they looked like jewels to me and there was no way I was going to let them be fed to the pigs.(yes you heard me right they take the gorgeous precious possibly fertile hatchable eggs and feed them to a bunch of pigs- I was about to stake a claim in their barn lol) Of course he couldnt say no to free and he let me bring them home now if only there had been a dozen... Must find hatching eggs... I may need a paper bag. Lol So the question is still could I add eggs or is it a wait and see hope they both hatch or I'll be looking for some companion chicks sorta thing? And maybe even then

 

[Cindlady]

IMO... I would say if you could get more in today (maybe tomorrow) you would be OK.

Why do they feed perfectly good eggs to the pigs?