I have only been hatching 1x per year the last couple of years and can't remember what time of day I set the eggs so that most of the eggs will hatch while the kids are at school. I am considering staggering the time of day that I put the eggs in so that there will be some hatching all day...
4Boys Mini Farm
Welsummer Chickens
Lionhead Bunnies
Honey Bees
Cornflake, the rooster.... a little splattered with blue due to treatment with BlueKote....Girls been pecking his tail where he'd gotten in a fight with one of the other roo's before he was processed. They've pretty much...
I have 2 sets of Welsummer Trios available.
Both Sets: Roo is 8 weeks old, 1 girl is 11 weeks, the other is 8 weeks
Can take pictures later to post of both the trios and the parent stock. ( you can see parent stock on my byc page )
Email or PM if you have questions!
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Where are you? My sister lives off of Old Hickory Grove Rd. I'm on the west side of Charlotte, just below the airport
I live on the Stanley side of Mt. Holly. Hickory Grove and shadowbrook will take you out to the subdivision. You out there where they just put in those new runways...
don't tell her you posted that here - you want to stay on her good side
My kids do funny things all the time - just recently my oldest was sitting on his bed reaching up saying "the sun, the sun, I found the sun!!!!"
Mine is very simple - cut up and boil the tomoatoes, run through collander, flavor with salt and sugar, bring back to boil, pour into jars.....50 qts this year. Very versatile, can be used in lots of things
I have 36 eggs in the bator to hatch in the 4th grade class at my boys school.....all bantam - should I stop turning earlier than day 18? I'm used to hatching standards and wondered if it was any different.
Sweet - definitely has to have sugar added when it is hot - not after it's already cold, just doesn't cut it....
I boil my water, set it off the burner, add 6 family sized tea bags. Split that between 2 gallon jugs ( 1 cup sugar plus a little more in each ), then keep rinsing the tea bags (...
Are there other roosters or just hens? I've not had to do that with more than 1 rooster, but I had to reintroduce my rooster to the girls when he got hurt in the spring. I'd just watch a couple of days, things should settle back down once they reestablish pecking order.
a good round # is 20 weeks of age for laying. Some individual birds may lay sooner, some breed can lay later. I never start looking for eggs till 20 weeks....then if I get one early, I'm more excited
I usually go to around 65%....some go lower and have good results. Once you lock it down, DO NOT OPEN until all the chicks are hatched ( if at all possible )
carton or laying down - everyone will have a different opinion. I've done it both ways. Carton is cleaner and chicks do well...
We kept ours separated for a short time, but then put them together since the babies kept getting through the divider. We had 2 mamas and 15 babies together at 1 point!