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    2026 breeding plans! (Meaties, egg/feather color)

    Chicks still doing chick things. After this next cold spell is over they and the quail are going to the outdoor brooder. Wanted to do it sooner but the weather never cooperates with my plans. Bit of a size difference between the hatched chick and the royal Sussex. I suspect the bought chicks...
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    Do you give your birds rainwater?

    I honestly don't see the point of trying to keep their water super clean because they are bound to find some water source absolutely riddled with dirt, bugs, and all sorts of other contaminants while out free ranging. A multi-trunked oak grows next to the pen and the base often holds water (and...
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    A Cornish Cross (Breeding?) Journey

    So far 2 eggs from each hen. Also grabbed Jr yesterday for a quick inspection and he’s got the mighty mites again so dusted everyone in the pen. Didn’t see all that many on the hens though. I’ll likely have to treat the main flock as well when I get a day to do it. It’s rainy and gross out...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    We’ve got a turkey roaster thingamajig that has a separate batch going and it’s almost done too. I figure we’ll finish it all off on the stove so we can control it a bit better. Also, I must share the bird activities as I was tending the fire. The turkeys helped themselves to some sap and my...
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    Soft Shell Mania

    Sounds more like a reproductive issue than a calcium deficiency. Ever heard of salpingitis? It’s an infection of the reproductive tract that causes inflammation and generally yucky feeling hens who often have runny poo, dirty butts, odd eggs and lash material (like the first photo). You can...
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    Things you say every year.

    There’s plenty of room between rows, it’ll be fine! Then having to sidestep between and over all the plants. Or my favorite, I’ll remember what these seeds are and where I stored them.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Day 4 of boiling sap, took a few days off due to bad weather. The first batch came out alright I suppose, aside from the first attempt at finding something to set the pots on being burnt in half (in the background). ‘Twas quite smokey but that’s okay as I can use it in a brine for smoking...
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    A Cornish Cross (Breeding?) Journey

    I’ve hatched from shipped eggs 5 times and only one was a complete dud as 4/7 were cracked and the couple that started to develop quit early on. I’d be happy if 3 hatch, pleasantly surprised if I get a 50% hatch rate. I contemplated getting 2 dozen to up my chances of a pure dark Cornish but I’m...
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    A Cornish Cross (Breeding?) Journey

    I like my colored layers but it's hard to get some with decent body size. Hopefully these will get bigger than the tiny cream legbar I bought last spring, she was so petite at maybe 3lbs. But really I have plenty of colored layers to work with as it is and a lot of them are fairly sizable. Maybe...
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    A Cornish Cross (Breeding?) Journey

    A splash Isbar and a royal Sussex. If I didn’t find something I liked it would have been a couple Cornish crosses for a pre-planned chicken fry.
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    Best Chicken and Egg tracking app

    I use Flockstar and it works great for tracking pretty much anything and everything.
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    19 yesterday, who doesn’t love speckled eggs? It took my forever to figure out who has been laying the lighter brown one but now I’m pretty sure it’s from a bresse x blue copper maran. The green one has blue spots! Currently up to 12 today despite the slushy/snowy weather coming in. I need to...
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    Buff Cochin?

    Can you get a good pic of the comb? Single comb would be Cochin but a pea comb would be brahma. I think my buff Brahma girl has some brown on her though.
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    What do I doooo??

    Clean it up with warm water and apply antibiotic ointment that doesn’t have any pain relief in it. Chicks are fast healers and if it is still eating and drinking I think it will pull through, though it may only have one eye. You may have to keep that chick separate for a while to prevent the...
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    Ongoing Raccoon Invasion

    First one of the year! I really expected them to be moving when it was above freezing for the last weekish but apparently not. We are at the beginning of another cold spell and this skinny guy showed up. Must of been busy chasing tail but I think the coon breeding season is nearing its end.
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    Help talk me into quail (for meat)

    Changed to pine pellets, took the pebbles out of the water and gave them a proper chick feeder some days ago. They are feathering out well. Two white with black markings, 2 the usual coloring (?) and the white one now has tan markings. Anyone know the proper names for the colors? I’m guessing...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I’ve looked into grafting before but I just never got around to getting some root stock. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to grab a different pear type and graft it so half produces my old tree’s type and the other half the new type. But where to put the new tree(s) where they are out of the way but...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Day 2 of boiling sap, I think I’ve done about 35 gallons so far and have another 35ish sitting in a cooler. Also started some English primrose and zinnia seeds inside. Our pear tree has been looking sad the past few years so I’ve decided to try and clone it with fresh dormant cuttings and...
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    A Cornish Cross (Breeding?) Journey

    I’m trying but already failing in some areas. Bought 2 chicks to go along with my two impulse incubation chicks (barred rock hen X EE roo) who are all currently in a brooder with my impulse quail… But hey as I always say if I don’t end up liking them I can just eat them later.
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    A Cornish Cross (Breeding?) Journey

    Nope but I have some Plymouth white rocks (4 straight runs) in my Meyer order which is due to arrive a few days after Junior's offspring hatch. I also found an interesting listing on Ebay for eggs out of a breeding pen with white rocks and dark Cornish which I may very well get a dozen of. The...
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