by Heather | Apr 3, 2009 | Blog, randomness, writing goals
I’ve been having a fun hatching week. Last year my duck eggs were all duds–not a fertile one in the bunch, so I was really excited when I checked these and saw growth after the first week. Now the first batch has hatched I love watching them play. See how...
by Heather | Jan 18, 2009 | Blog, randomness, writing
Well, the month is half over and my writing goals are coming along nicely enough. I got my manuscript out to all my readers (which they promptly told me they loved except that I need to do a major rewrite–and no, Danyelle, it wasn’t just you). I still have...
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...
