3 F2 OE cockerels left to find a home/ pot, free of anyone who is looking. Updated pic of Calypso, gorgeous! And the fall veg bed is doing fantastic (kale, gem cabbage, spinach, brussel sprouts, peas, and onions)!
I'm glad your priorities are in order, critters first, then the people will be taken care of...duh🤣 Last time the power went out and we busted the generator out my husband was stringing extension cords and I stole one and plugged it into an incubator, he said where's the cord for the fridge, I...
The problem with regular brooder plates is that they are not recommended for temps below 50 degrees, so they wouldn't provide enough heat to keep chicks warm.
Chicks need the heat above them so they can press their backs up and touch it, not below them.
There are tons of didn't ways folks have...
After you boil them (I do 10 minutes boiling, 5 off the heat), drain all the water out of the pot, then do a back and forth motion, the eggs will practically peel themselves.
Yeah, I have 2 ermine and 1 black pullet (22 weeks old) I want a dominant white cockerel and pullet to complete the breeding flock. I've got a batch of dominant white x ermine in the incubator now.
The little F2 cemani x izzy littles
F2 wheaten/ blue wheaten OE's
Just put the ermine out with everyone, more pics to come. A gal is coming to get all the lunatic fringe littles tomorrow except the pullet I'm keeping.