Larsen Poultry Ranch - homesteading journey

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Incubator is heated up. I've held onto these longer than I would prefer, so I don't know what the success rate will be. I am hoping to sell the silkie and silkie cross chicks to pay for the feed for the rest. Total of 34 eggs.

 

[Baymule]

Hatching chicks is so much fun! I hope you get a good hatch and have chicks to sell.

 

[Bruce]

I've held onto these longer than I would prefer

How long?

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

How long?

They might be close to 3 weeks? Possibly longer. Mom was gathering the eggs and I couldn't start incubating till the chickens were moved, then once they were moved I lost a week because I didn't get the incubator cleaned right away. She had also found a nest so those eggs are who knows how old.

If they grow, fantastic, if not, I'll try again. The 5 white eggs are from my leghorn project, although I'm thinking one might be from the blue wyandotte. I gathered those here within the past week.

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Munchkin rolled over 3 times last night from his back to his tummy while he was on the mat and we were watching our TV show. Of course we missed all 3! Soon he will be more mobile, time to baby proof the house.

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

I lost my rabbit Paprika last night. She had been looking thinner than normal for a few days and then started head tilting. I checked on the rabbits last night and knew she wasn't going to recover. She was an awesome rabbit and a good mother. I have three of her daughters and one granddaughter to continue her line.

 

[Bruce]

3 weeks does seem kind of old but like you said, if they develop, they do. No loss.

Sorry about the rabbit, was she old (as domesticated rabbits go?)

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

I got Paprika in 2018, so she was around 4 years old. I think that would be considered old age for a meat rabbit.

Pepper is a few months older than Paprika, the rest of the herd should be closer to 1-2 years old.

 

[Baymule]

Sorry about Paprika, it seems to always be your favorites that you lose, while some cull you don't particularly care about, thrives.

When my kids were babies, I crawled around on my hands and knees, looking at things at their eye level.

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

We have been having him eat some pureed food, we started with oatmeal, then rice, then applesauce. Last night he had banana and he ate half a banana! I think we are going to do a vegetable next so he doesn't get stuck only wanting sweet fruits.