I admit it. I’m in love with these baby birds and I’m spending so much time with them, I don’t have much to say but I thought I’d share a couple more pictures with you before I head out again. They have so much personality even at 2 days old. As to their housing, I [...]
I thought you’d like to see photos of the new babies. The picture quality isn’t so good because I learned last year baby chicks do best under a red heat lamp. Heat lamps have to be on continuously in a brooder and there is something about red lights chicks find more soothing which means less [...]
Thanks everyone for your comments. I’m hoping the babies my two hens are trying to hatch will arrive this week. In preparation for the big event, we’ve decided to set up two separate birthing rooms; one for the turkey hen and one for the Cochin chicken. Mountain Man, because he loves me (not so much [...]
The incubator is up and running and 40 eggs are tucked inside it. So far, the temperature and the humidity are correct and I’m hopeful at least some of the eggs will hatch. Carmen asked if my birds miss the eggs I took. The answer is no. Although I have one turkey and one chicken [...]
Thanks everyone for sharing your opinions on Lowes vs. Home Depot. It was really interesting to read your comments and see which you prefer and why. At the moment, I have more fertile eggs than I can count. I have only one turkey and one chicken who want to sit on them and there’s not [...]
Thanks everyone for your comments on the latte bowls. I’m happy to say they have found a new home. If you get a chance to try one, you might enjoy it. They are not too hot to hold and they are actually kind of fun. I decided not to keep any because I have an [...]
How do you drink your tea or coffee or hot chocolate? Cup, mug? My preference is latte bowls. I discovered them years ago and I’ve been hooked since then. Nothing better than wrapping my hands around a nice warm bowl of coffee on freezing Vermont mornings. I had a hard time finding them until I [...]
We’ve had very little sunshine since Mountain Man set up the solar wood drying kiln but today, he decided it was time to open it and see what was happening. First step, roll up the tarp. Next, put the forks on the tractor and remove a crate. Each crate holds 3/8ths of a cord of [...]
I’ve had several people ask for more detailed information about the solar wood drying kiln so here it is. As I wrote in the last post, this kiln is a prototype and because Mountain Man didn’t want to spend any money on his project, he sourced all the materials from items on hand. He built [...]
Picture a scene of domestic tranquility. I’m watching one of my favorite reality shows, this time “Tabatha’s Salon Takeover,” the dogs are camped on the couches, the fire is blazing and Mountain Man is hard at work sketching. By the end of this particular evening, Tabatha had rescued another salon from the brink of disaster, [...]
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