We have been in full swing with the incubators since the Easter chick rush, and we have been selling chicks almost as soon as they hatch these days. We have met some wonderful new chicken keepers and some really nice 4-H families this season, as well as repeat customers. Here is the lineup that made [...]
Posts Tagged ‘hatching’
20 Mar
Spring has sprung
… the grass has riz. I wonder where the flowers is? The vernal, or spring equinox, is one of two times during the year when the length of day and the length of night are almost equal. When this happens, the egg balancers and broom standers come out of the woodwork. As folklore would have it, this position of the [...]
13 Mar
Daylight Savings Time and Ready for Spring
I have always liked the concept of daylight savings time, but when it actually comes around it always messes me up for a few days. First, I always have to remember the “spring forward, fall back” thing, to be able to remember which way to turn the clock. Then I have to fight with the [...]
11 May
Still waiting on Bella…
Here are some recent pictures to enjoy while we continue to wait for Bella’s babies to make their debut. Miss Morgan gets up close and personal Double delight rose
8 Apr
Hatching, continued
My good friend Katie came over this morning with her first goose egg of the season (she has Embden geese) for me to put in the incubator for her. She loves her geese. She is also the duck keeper among us. She sells a lot of duck eggs to people who bake and to people [...]
7 Apr
Incubators, hatching and such
There’s not much else I enjoy more than the sound of a peeping incubator first thing in the morning! I have a clear acrylic door on mine so I can see all the little fuzzy heads bobbing up and down in the hatching tray on the bottom. I love to flip the switch and wait [...]
