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 10, 2008 | Blog
My good friend, Danyelle, is always getting tagged before me, and then sharing the joy. She is evil, but since she’s obviously dying to see all of the grubby details of my life, I decided to participate. lol After all, I needed an excuse not to rotate the...
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...
