Random Updates

So, we may have figured out what the problem is with being able to upload pictures. We're going to have to go through and change all of the settings on the laptop again. Turns out our Windows defender or whatever it is causing problems.  So, we plan on going through and changing the settings again and I will give it a try.

So, those baby ducks are getting huge!!! In fact they are close to having outgrown their current brooder situation. I was wanting to have their house and run up before that happened, but with all the rain we've been getting, and everything else that goes with it, we haven't been able to do that. So, we're going to have to move them into one of the grow out pens if we can't get it up in time.

I'm waiting on the post office to call me. I have chicks coming anytime now. We ordered our Chicks from Ideal Poultry. If all goes right, the 5 Rhode Island Red rooster chicks we ordered, will be rooster chicks. Last Spring we ordered 5 rooster chicks from a different company, one we don't normally order from. Well, those 5 rooster chicks we ordered all turned out to be pullets. I emailed the company, and they didn't offer to send me 5 rooster chicks, but a refund. I was like no, I can't accept a refund, because hens are worth more than roosters, and they've started laying. I've decided to not order from that other company again. When you have the chance to get rid of roosters, you really should take it.  Anyways, I have my chick brooder set up, my brooder heater is ready, and I have water ready for them at room temperature so that their little systems don't get shocked.

Well, that's about it for the moment. If all goes well, I'll be able to post pictures here soon. (fingers crossed)

Happy Easter!!!!

Good Morning, and Happy Easter to you all!!!! I hope that you all have a really wonderful day today!!!!

So, yesterday, we made a trip into Tractor Supply, and my powers of resistance failed. I brought home 4 baby ducks, 4 fluffy yellow ducks. Since they are straight run, I was a little sad, because all I was able to get at TSC was 4, because well that was all they had left.  So off to Rural King in Front Royal we went. I now have a full dozen baby ducks. I'm hoping for at least 4-5 girls. We're planning on keeping 1 boy. Hopefully next spring we will be able to incubate some duck eggs. That will be fun to try. Mostly though, we are interested in eggs right now. We are going to set them up with their own house, their own run, and a little swimming pool. Not a big one, because from everything I've read they aren't going to need a huge pool.  Right now, I'm really amused with the way they move as a group, or as I've been calling it a glob of baby ducks.

I'm sorry I still don't have any pictures yet, but it would seem we have to go through and suddenly change every single setting on our computer. I'm not sure what changed, but we have to try that first. Once I'm able to upload pics, there will be plenty to share with you all!!!!

I did not abandon

Hey there! For the last month, I've been trying to upload pictures to this blog, and would get mad, and just shut it down. Not completely sure what's going on, but I finally sent a note to Blogger to see what the problem is. I know not everyone is having this problem, but hopefully it's not just me.

So anyways, I've been doing quilting, working on cleaning out the chicken run, making the chicken house pretty, keeping the nest boxes cleaned out because chickens are nasty...oh and I set eggs this week.

I set my first batch on Tuesday night, in the new incubator that we got last year. Well, went out and got new batteries for the one humidistat because it wasn't working. Got the new batteries in, it came on, hooray!!!! Set it in my old incubator that we started out with, and it was working just fine. Came back 10 minutes later to check the temperature and humidity, and it was dead!!!! Well, thankfully I had thought to order 2 new ones because you never know. So they came in yesterday, got it in, and well the temp in that incubator was at 105...so I turned the heat back, and took out the plugs to let heat out...the temp was not coming down. So I took the lid off, thinking that maybe it had just been at that temp for too long. The temp came down fairly fast, put the lid back on, and the temp started climbing again, rapidly, and I'm turning the heat back and it's not working. So I called for Frank, who comes and looks at it, and informs me that the switch is gone, and that incubator will basically have to be rebuilt. He can order the parts and have them here fairly quickly, how much time did we have left before we had to get the eggs in...basically none. So...I apparently looked so sad and forlorn, that he told me to go and get a new incubator, since we had planned on getting a third one this year anyways. I had decided that I'd get the cheapest one I could find. Luck would have it when I got there, they were on sale, the really expensive ones were the same price as the ones that didn't even come with a turner!!!! So, I got a sports model that is really deep, and you can hatch Turkey eggs in!!!! The entire top is clear plastic so you can watch them hatch out better,  and has a digital count down on it. Now eventually we do plan on having a cabinet incubator, but for now, this will work out perfectly. So as of right now, I have 82 eggs set, and they have 2 different hatch dates. Now, they all won't hatch, because it's just my one rooster, with a lot of hens. I'm going to candle the first incubator tonight, and I'm sure that I'll be taking close to half of the eggs out. (I'll let you all know)

 Alright, that's it, going to try and figure out this picture problem, because it really is quite annoying!!!!