My guineas free range, they never give me any eggs or keets (well I've gotten 2 guinea eggs in the past 2 years, lol). They sleep in the coop & on the top of the run, they eat all the food & chase the chickens/ducks away but they wont give me any eggs... so not fair, lol. They lay their eggs in the woods or fields & I hunt for their nest sometimes but usually dont find it. I just happen to be out feedin/waterin the animals yesterday & seen they had babies... I only got to grab 5... the parents were not happy, 1 came after & flogged me.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Mallory & Maggie, Down on the farm
After spendin a day at the lake (Lake Day) with us, Mallory & Maggie got to spend some time with the barnyard animals here on Our Little Farm. These girls had a good time, they really loved the newly hatched chickies. They want chickens now, lol



Friday, July 22, 2011
July Bator Hatch
This hatch wasnt suppose to hatch til July 25, so they are really earlier. When I heard the 1st cheeps Wednesday mornin about freaked because I knew it was too soon, I hadnt even taken the eggs out of the egg turner, I hadnt filled the water trays like you have to on lockdown, it wasnt even time for lockdown. So I just let nature take its course, I unplugged the egg turner, I used a tube to add water to the bator through the vent pug at the top, then I prayed & guess what...... 32/42 have hatched! This is the best hatch I've had a awhile!!!


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Thursday, July 21, 2011
...Gizmo... around 3 months
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Veggie scraps & barnyard pics.
Friday, July 8, 2011
2July hatches & a double yolker...
I "THINK" these will be my last hatches of the year with broodies, if I get anymore broodies I will have to break em. I do have 42 eggs in the bator & that will be my last bator hatch of the year. Wooweee... I've hatched out alot of chicks this year, lol I've sold some, kept some & some didnt make it.
I got 12 free eggs from a BYC lady that lives in the same area, we are tradin hatchin eggs, 6 hatched... these are mutt chicks, she has mixed hens that are RIR, EE, Golden Comit or her flock roo is a EE/RIR mix and then she has two RIR roos also. They make cute lil chickies.
Little Rosie (chipmunks daughter, hatched out last summer) went broodie for the 1st time, then made a hidden nest in the neighbors field, luckly I seen where she went the night her eggs started to hatch, Kaylin went & got Rosie & her eggs we put them in a dog cage inside the bantam tractor. She had 4 eggs, 2 hatched, they are so tiny & cute.
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