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Soooooo.....How's the hatch coming along? Waiting for pictures!

Since day 21 in tomorrow, this one might not finish until then. But also don't be surprised if you have a chick before the end of the day.

No, don't worry. Even while they are hatching they will take many breaks and rest. It is hard work to wiggle around in a tight egg shell to get into position and to pip around the edge and then to push out. You will be surprised, some will start pipping and be out real fast and then the next one...

Make sure you post pics!!

If they are out all day, I doubt they would be interested in cabbage or much of anything else you might bring them...too many bugs to hunt down. ;) My chickens free range and they will come if I call them for some scratch or kitchen scraps but after eating a bit..they are off to the bug chase...

I have food available for the cats all day, I put it away at night because of coons. I went out the other night to lock up chickens and put the cat food away and there were 2 coons out there. One came running out from the chicken run (all the chickens were accounted for) and the other one was...

At the old home place we would always find chunks of glass, Mom said when they first moved there she picked 5 or more 5-gallon pails of broken glass up from around the buildings and years later we were always finding more around. She thinks the family living there before them would line up every...

I wouldn't mind the money so much if I could round them all up and that was the end of it but I have alot of drop-ins from the neighbors that seem to like our 'no dog' area better than their own homes and tend to end up staying. That's how I ended up with cats to begin with. I like having cats...

What tech has free spay and neutering and how often do they do it? I have to get a handle on my cat population and just can't afford $100 buck a cat. I'm not sure were the two of you live but I think I'm much closer than Holms is. (And no sweet talking necessary, just bring the truck and load...

I would put a dish of oyster shells out for them, they might not be getting enough if you are just tossing some out. It should be available at all times.

Love the photo bombs Holms...keep 'em coming!

My cats are having kittens so if anyone needs a barn cat.....I have plenty. Minnie beat me to it, use marshmallows. You don't catch as many cats that way.

Alot depends on the cluck hen, in my experience, most clucks will adopt chicks up to a week or two but you will have more problems with the chicks taking to mom. When the chicks get a few days old (and especially if they are under a heat lamp) and haven't had a momma cluck answer their cheeps...

No truth at all. I have alot of barn cats and the coons still come around. I friend of mine once had a coon move into her cat house with the cats, they kept to their seperate corners but still the same shed.

Any chance on bantam BLRWs?

If you just put the eggs under her, you could probably swap them out with fake eggs for a couple of days and then put them back under her. They might not have started developing yet. It takes them awhile to get warmed up.

I came across this event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1103967096320596/permalink/1108133895903916/#!/events/1103967096320596/permalink/1108133895903916/ Looks like fun, might have to take a trip to Brainerd May 14th.

If she was setting for a week or more, I'd say "no problem". Less than that, I'd try it but watch her close. It all depends on the hen.

Yes, a coon can tear alot apart. They are much stonger than you would think. If she decided to broody them, she would stay in the box with them. Well she might hop out but she would hop back in again when the chicks didn't come out with her. I don't think she would take to them though if she...

Depends on the weather, usually as soon as they are all hatched and mom takes them off the nest. I have a small pen that I put them in for the first couple of weeks (it's not critter-proof so I put them back in the coop at night). After that they free range with the rest of the chickens. Even in...