My new favorite show is Barter Kings. I have been inspired to do a little cleanup and get rid of some stuff I don’t use for some stuff I might… [Continue Reading]
Shhhhh! Eggs about to hatch!
Don’t tell my wife, but I have a group of eggs scheduled to hatch this weekend. My initial spring hatch didn’t leave me with a good ratio of male to… [Continue Reading]
Backyard quail pens
I have received a few questions about my backyard quail pens. I bought these on Craigslist and the story I was told is that the state of Illinois built them… [Continue Reading]
Spring 2012 – Part 6
Great News! We have eggs finally. It has been a long eggless winter, so this is a good day.
Aquaponics experiment
Didn’t have anywhere else to post this, but I am pretty excited. I have been playing with aquapontics. I have an aquarium with half a dozen talapi in it and… [Continue Reading]
Spring 2012 – Part 5
The final 18 birds were moved to the breeding cages. Then a huge thunderstorm rolled through. Everyone survived. On a down note. I ended up with 4 too many male… [Continue Reading]
Spring 2012 – Part 4
Last week I moved the remaining chicks to a brooder I keep in the shed. I say remaining because I lost 3 chicks leaving me with 19. The shed will… [Continue Reading]
Spring 2012 – Part 3
Babies started hatching Tuesday night / Wednesday morning. In the end it was my normal 50% hatch rate with a total of 22. I was a little disappointed to see… [Continue Reading]
Spring 2012 – Part 2
So went away for spring break while eggs incubated – I returned to a very dry incubator – we will just have to see what happens. I removed them from… [Continue Reading]
Spring 2012
I have been a little lax in my posting, but with good reason: I took the winter off. My new favorite phrase: “I sent all my birds to freezer camp”… [Continue Reading]