Recent content by LegginMF12

I am going to experiment with it. From my understanding it goes like this: You have a hen and rooster from breed A and breed B, you then breed Rooster A to Hen B and Rooster B to Hen A. Then you take the AB and BA offspring and breed them together. I think it may cause a doubling of a gene...

Forgot to add, I am using a Brinsea Eco 20, no automatic turner. I was turning eggs slightly on regular basis. But only half turns because of the broken air cell.

I have been hatching my own and bought eggs for a couple of years now. I just recently ordered some eggs and popped them in the incubator. The first morning (13 hrs in) my temp dropped to 98.9. I know at 11 p.m. the temp was 99.5. I just pulled everything tonight and cracked them, day 6. Totals...

Awesome!I posted this on CPPFB a few weeks ago.

I like mine with salt, pepper flour and fried just like chicken, then make gravy with the drippings. YUM!

So sorry for your loss Spook. I just got the news that my dad's cancer is incurable yesterday, A few months with out chemo and maybe a year if he can tolerate the chemo. So many losses for so many of us in 2012. Here's to praying for peace and comfort for 2013.

It's poison ivy. An old BF of mine got it like this after clearing a hillside of "brush" for a family friend. I had to use a spray bottle on him in the morning to get him unstuck from the sheets! Needless to say I slept on the couch for awhile.

80 seconds of cuteness overload. http://www.wimp.com/ducksink/

You can use several things. The main thing is to get them off of her ASAP! They are literally draining the life out of her. She is going to need a good quality diet and supplements to build her back up. Poor girl!

Several months ago I posted how the coyote's came in and killed my entire flock. This last Saturday they killed and ate my beloved pug, Kaiser. I can't explain the attachment to this dog. Let just say I am grieving really hard. When my flock was killed I called Animal Control and F&G and was not...

Thank you, I will check them out.

http://rockin-g-ranch.com/fancychickorders.html I am looking for English Orpingtons LF and I am thinking of just ordering chicks this spring. Minimum order is 15 chicks. Figure after I weed out the roos I should have like 2 left! Thankfully I have an outlet for all of my unneeded roosters. Any...

Stella, Hatchery stock Buff Orpington hen X 7/8 English Orpington Rooster l

AHHHHHH, the lovely rooster curse is still in effect, 10 chicks, 2 hens. When will I get 10 chicks 2 roosters! Law of averages should kick in by now!