Showing posts with label chicks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chicks. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Moving the Chicks Out to Grass

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When the 16 chicks hatched out of our incubator, as soon as they were dried off, we moved them out into the garage.  We have a makeshift bro...
Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Learning A Life Lesson From an Old Saying

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 "Don't Count Your Chickens Before they Hatch" We've all heard that adage.  It means to not get too confident in your plan...
Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Investing in the Future

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I've heard that egg prices at the grocery store are pretty high due to this bird flu thing.  Our birds are healthy, the days are getting...
Wednesday, May 29, 2024

The Momma Hen

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The first broody hen we had setting on eggs hatched out 4 chicks.  We do have another broody hen that is setting on 7 eggs.  Just yesterday,...
Monday, May 6, 2024

Fine Feathered Friends

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  “I dream of a better tomorrow where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Three we...
Monday, April 22, 2024

Feeling Motherly

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It happens every year.  You go to gather eggs in the afternoon and there is a hen sitting on eggs.  You reach underneath her to grab the egg...
Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Foul Weather Wednesday

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We knew it was coming.  We expected it.  Last night we watched the weather report.  We like to make fun of how weather forecasters miss it, ...
Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Cheep! Cheep!

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For the Sunday after church meal, my wife was planning on making Chicken Etoufee.  We always like rice & gravy for lunch.  She informed ...
Monday, April 3, 2023

Don't Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch (Part II)

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Our first batch of chicks are five weeks old and are growing and very active.  They are out in the chicken tractor.  We decided to get a sec...
Thursday, March 2, 2023

The Hatch!

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We've had 42 eggs from our hens on the incubator.  We watched the roosters and saw that they were "being romantic" with the he...