by Heather | Mar 16, 2009 | Blog, chickens, randomness
There’s nothing quite like waking up at three in the morning to the sound of birds trilling. That is, unless the “trilling” sounds more like a rooster crow, or geese and ducks that have been excited by the passing of a deer or coyote in the dark....
by Heather | Jan 24, 2009 | Blog, chickens, randomness
Tristi Pinkston tagged me on her blog. Apparently you’re suppose to post the 6th photo in your 6th folder. Since my laptop was recently resurrected, I don’t have many pictures on here yet, but this is what I came up with. He’s one of my frizzled...
by Heather | Sep 6, 2008 | chickens, gardening
So I’m sure no one is as interest in my baby chick as I am, but I couldn’t believe how big he’s grown in one week. The night he was born I took a picture of him on my hand and I swear he was only a third as big. We thought he was going to be black,...
by Heather | Sep 2, 2008 | chickens, incubation
I didn’t want to tell when I decided to incubate this time because my previous attempt was such a dud, but here’s what happened. Well, I did succeed in hatching out one chick last week, so it is a success, even if I put 34 eggs in the incubator to start...
by Heather | Jul 3, 2008 | Blog, chickens
I’ve been trying to incubate eggs for a few months now, and I posted a blog about it here. My incubator has two heavy plastic windows in the top, and I flipped it over when I pulled it off to turn my goose eggs and one of the windows popped out. unfortunately, I...
by Heather | May 24, 2008 | Blog, chickens, incubation
Back in March I found out one of my geese was laying eggs. I was so excited and eagerly checked the nest every few days to see if she had added any more. I counted out how long before there would be enough for her to start sitting on, and then how long it would take...
