WLLady wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 17, 2019 6:08 pm

gday everyone. this is exactly what it means to be a 15 week old yellow lab with a horribly tough life lol

I was waiting for the yelp when he bit his tail! Has that happened yet?

DH spotted a robin yesterday!
We have 3 days of cold weather before it starts to warm up again.

Seems like things have worked out positively for all; that's a good thing. I was going to set some eggs around the 23rd this month, but decided not to. If I did, I would have to brood the chicks in the basement. Considering that we have a stone foundation in our 1890's house, it's hard to find where...

Hi LiviH! Welcome to PTO!
Same as everyone above says - this is a great place to ask questions, get help, etc.

My regular store is 43 km away. I'll carry my groceries from the car to the house. Even with the nearest store being 4.2 km away, no sidewalks, I would still drive. I'm not in my 20's anymore!
And Happy Impending Birthday, Killerbunny!

Congrats on your successful hatch!

Last year, with my first successful hatch, I had 80% fertility with 1 rooster and about 18 hens. Meaning I collected 15 eggs and 12 showed chick development on the 10th day during candling. I'm thinking that's not too shabby.

We had a frozen egg the other day. Guess it was laid super early in the morning and froze by 7:30 a.m. It was cracked, but clean, and the inner skin was still intact. So I washed it as I normally would, took the shell off and put it in a container and into the fridge. It got eaten today. Funny thing...

Certainly easier then picking up at Performance Poultry, if you don't mind beak trimmed birds, pretty convenient having them delivered to your feed store. If I'm not mistaken, I think you can request that they do not trim beaks. I'm going to look that up.... nope, couldn't see anything on the hando...

What is their description? Are they advertising them as blue egg layers or green/blue etc? Wondering because PP states his are Easter Eggers. The insert says: "Ameraucana (blue egg layer)" Have to order a "minimum of 4 total. Orders of 2 will be accepted if combined with a minimum of 4 other ready-...