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I knew she was in foal. I said it was going to be late June, early July. I just checked her and she was bagged up, but her teats weren't firm. She ate her night time grain as usual... No restlessness... nothing to make me think she was ready to foal. I have had her on one heck of a feeding...

So... The baby I have been most anxious about made a surprise appearance! Backstory: Mare was/is the neighbors, but I am buying her (hard to so when you have more into feeding her for 2 months than her purchase price). She was brought over when the neighbor asked to use my pasture. I asked...

Ivomectin pour-on is only $15 for a bottle big enough for years with a flock of 100+... While I would love to mix a natural remedy like what was posted, I know those oils from the local natural shops run $3-8 a bottle. Sorry, cheap Ivomectin is $15.17...

For worming, I use Valbazen because's it's broad spectrum. Wazine only takes care of round worms. I worm once a year and time it with molting or broodiness so there is no loss of eggs since there is a withdrawal with Valbazen. For lice/mites, I use one or a combo of Ivomectin pour-on, Sevin...

My weekend projects: Saturday: Fire, drinks, hot dogs, s'mores and friends/family to celebrate my birthday early. Sunday: Tear out the rotting pallet fence that was here when we moved here. It's pallets, 2' rabbit fence, t-posts, landscaping timbers, deer netting and some slab wood. Yeah...

Yes I was/am. I was after a boy, but I thought about getting some eggs to hatch so I had both. Right now I am sinking money into Bielefelder eggs, so no Orp eggs right now.

Well, I had a decent hatch! Only two of the dozen or so eggs under the broodies hatched. I'm fine with that since fertility is still iffy on the bantams. I have a load of Wheaten/Blue Wheaten/Splash Wheaten chicks, some that I am going to sell as Easter Eggers because they have clean faces...

I am glad now things worked out like they did and I didn't start setting until 3wks ago. Everything is getting shut down and I would hate to be stuck with all those birds I usually hatch over winter. I heard the local auction that I dump all my cockerels, spares and left overs shut down as well.

I can't, I have a headache....

I had Rhodebars last year, but their colors were off. To light. I didn't keep them past 3 months, so I didn't get a chance to really know the breed. The Bielefelders I am considering because their crele coloring is much nicer, they seem like a bigger breed and very gentle. I want a good bird...

Oooh! So you are the one with the craigslist ad I keep bookmarking! I can't decide on Rhodebars or Bielefelders....

Howdy neighbor! Columbia county - less than 2miles form Lycoming county. ;)

What are everyone's favorite pickling recipes for quail eggs? I'm fond of pickling with beets. My husband likes to reuse the hot juice from the hot bolonga jars (ew). I have reused half sour pickle juice and it was okay.

Oh, yes, please let me know! But... I have less than 40 birds. I am still completely sane! I do have well over 150 eggs in the 'bator, though... So, I got some quail eggs 2wks ago from a BYCer. My initial 1wk candling didn't look good. The box was really beat up and two eggs were...

I wouldn't if I could get away with it. Winter finances forces me to abandon hatching and sell everything I don't need over winter. Between October and January I am usually not hatching.

I wish people would buy my duck eggs. Sorry, past tense. We had over 7 dozen eggs (and we do eat them) when I finally decided to sell the ducks, again, because their eggs were unwanted. I was getting 4-5 eggs a day from 5 girls and we couldn't eat that many. I use Oxine AH (not activated)...

Not exactly... LOL! I know better!

I need a babysitter to keep me from buying more hatching eggs. I picked up 2 dozen Mottled/Spangled English Orp eggs today. I have a project planned... Anyone have LF Choc Orps? I'd prefer a few (3-4) young-ish cockerels. Or hatching eggs?

I'm not working on a breed, just varieties of a breed. Once you decide what you want to accomplish, get the birds you need to breed it. Some research on how to get you want would be a good idea, too. There is plenty of info here on BYC. I have Mille Fleur / Chocolate Mille Fleur bantam...

Sadly, I would suggest culling. There is no cure and there is no way to be sure it isn't passed to embryos you plan on hatching. You can get the MG vaccine and treat every chick you hatch if you want to try and move forward with your own flock's lines. It's about $100 for a 1000 dose bottle...