The curse of 25 cent chickens…

The curse of 25 cent chickens…

Sep 17, 2019 | birds & poultry

There’s a ham radio meeting tonight, which means I’ve got roughly an hour and a half between the end of work and when the meeting starts. And, the meeting venus is about halfway to the nearest TSC. I’ve got a coupon I need to use, and I could use...
Are your eggs fertilized? (Local Egg Facts)

Are your eggs fertilized? (Local Egg Facts)

Jul 20, 2019 | Stable Food (recipes)

Before I start this blog let me assure you that if you purchase your eggs from a grocery store there’s every reason to believe that they’re unfertilized. Most commercial egg producers have only hens (why pay to feed something that doesn’t make...
The curse of 25 cent chickens…

Lock down: Incubator

May 7, 2019 | birds & poultry

Seventeen days ago I put 24 eggs from a friend in the incubator. There are a dozen polish chicken eggs and a dozen easter eggers (blue/green eggs). I checked my calendar and tomorrow night they go into lock down. What’s lock down? Eggs need turned several times...

The Sweet Sound of Spring (Peep!Peep!)

Feb 26, 2019 | birds & poultry

I walked into the feed store yesterday to cure the “emergency” of our being down to the bottom of the barrel (literally) for horse feed. And I heard the sweet sweet sound of spring. Peep. Peep. Peep. Baby chicks waiting to grow up and produce eggs....
Talking Turkey #HappyThanksgiving

Talking Turkey #HappyThanksgiving

Nov 22, 2018 | birds & poultry, life

I’m sitting here in the home office looking out my beautiful bay window to the north. Leaves are swirling down from the trees, covering the ground. One of our squirrels bounds across the yard, happy to find more acorns or hickory nuts from the tree. The horses...