The 2 meaties I kept are huge. One has pretty slow feather growth with bald spots. It feels weird picking them up because of their plump, firm bodies and hot featherless skin areas.
I was at U of I in Champaign. I somehow agreed to chaperone 220 high school kids on a college campus for 5...
Still exhausting. Wish I could say things are better, but they're worse.
Sis was in hospital for a whole week. They found numerous health issues but discharged Friday pm with a home-health service & rehab. She really needs a rehab facility, but she declined.
Her BP is 180/90, her sugar has...
Long, hard day.
My dad has Alzheimers and my sister (who has numerous health issues) lives with him. Because of her physical and more recently mental limitations, I have been managing my dad's house as well as my own.
This morning she had a mild stroke. It's a very difficult time. She was...
Look what hatched today:
(Thurs Night- Fri Morning is official hatch date, but we have some early birds.)
White leghorns:
Olive Eggers
Tan egg: I was told there were a lot of meatbird eggs, but looks like a buff orp to me
These were extra fertile eggs from the education office. They were...
Random cute chick pic
A proud little silkie
and then of course my Dominique
When I try to take her picture, she's too interested in the camera. It's so hard to get a full body shot. Very easy to get beak close ups. LOL
Here are my “Sizzle Showgirl” roosters (silkie + frizzle + showgirl) that are being bred to my silkie hens.
I also have a darling sizzle pullet from September
@Molpet
Today is technically hatch day.
100% turkeys hatched - again! 2 of the 12 have sore navels so hopefully they will be fine
I set 6 of your "meat mutt" eggs. 5 hatched. There's one still in the incubator. No pip but I saw it's little beak is working away inside the air cell when I...
@cavemanrich
The little flowering plum you gave me has a few flowers for the 1st time.
and my cherry bush is flowering like crazy. It may be a good year for fruit here. (I must clear out some space in the freezer this month for all the cherry pie filling)
My hens have also upped production, but most of my egg collection today came from @Molpet We had a nice long visit. Sorry no pics - just 2 women chatting away, so not much to photograph. 🤣
Seriously, I had a great time catching up, so thank you M.
Happy St Patrick's Day! (belated)
We all enjoyed the beautiful weather followed by snow. Poor birds are confused. A couple broodies. At least my silkie Boba and one serama are giving me fertile eggs. The big hens are also laying which is nice. (Yeah! We can eat real eggs and stop using 20+...