my life as a farmer
I finally found an excellent explanation of the difference between sex-linked poultry and auto-sexing (sex linkage can be a little confusing unless you’re comfortable with biology). You know those fluffy Black Sex Links, Golden Comets, and other chicks you see at the feedstore every spring? Do you know what happens when you try to breed [...]
I’d been closely following the progress of my last 12 purebred eggs in the incubator. Not only were they the last eggs (till I separate the chickens again), but they were old (2 weeks of storage time prior to the ‘bator) and the chicks were promised to someone special. Everything was going great … until [...]
Since getting the goats (and learning that goats absolutely, positively can not eat chicken food at the risk of actual death), I now do two feedings a day instead of the previous food-on-demand method. The girls are under the impression this is cruel and unusual treatment and the chicks … well, the chicks act like [...]
Last week saw me busy trying to organize the fence – determining the layout, measuring the perimeter, getting Tigger here with the cedar stakes, ordering the fencing … all with it raining day after day. The fencing arrived – or at least 2/3 of it did. They “forgot” the other roll, which will now be [...]
Hobart, Priscilla and Pip are settling in wonderfully. Even Niek likes them now, and if you knew how he initially reacted, you’d know what big news this is. It also appears that the ‘knobs’ on their ‘elbow wings’ are the result of Priscilla’s nibbling. Yep, I’ve caught her at it repeatedly, but don’t know how [...]
