Pj homestead

[Pjhomestead]

Sounds like a great day!

It was the wife had a the fun part cuddling lambs. I spent the day cleaning out pens and lugging hay but I had a great day as well. It's a busy time on their farm the cows are calving and the sheep are lambing lots of babys running around right now

 

[Pjhomestead]

That is a nice casting net. I have used them, netting bait for trot lines. I am impressed that you can make one!

Thanks. They are not hard to make once you get the hang of it but they are time consuming to make.

 

[Mini Horses]

Weather tolerance -- older you get, colder you get

I am happy with VA for weather. Winters are mild most years & summers are extreme HOT for a shorter time. We have heat but mostly tolerable for majority of day...at least for me. I'm only 50 miles drive from the coast, so that plays a roll in it all.

Right now, things are green and temps moderate. Nice.

 

[Pjhomestead]

Marty has discovered the stairs
His new favorite spot to hang out

 

[Pjhomestead]

Going to be an interesting 24 hours or so. Day 21 is tomorrow and just looked in the incubator to check humidity to see this little one rocking and rolling

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Yay for peeps!!

 

[Pjhomestead]

First one out a day early

 

[sumi]

Awww! Congrats and join the club. I had 5 ducklings hatch last night and this morning, followed by assisting the 8 remaining and surviving (shipped eggs) Andalusian chicks. Just helped 2 complete the hatch (I have to do everything for them as they were badly malpositioned thanks tow only air cells), lost one that ruptured its yolk sac and am now waiting on the final five to finish absorbing theirs so I can help them out of the shells.

 

[Pjhomestead]

Woke up this morning to good and bad news. The good news is chick #1 now has a buddy

The bad news is it looks like it is only the two of them. Another made it out of their shell but didn't make it. And 3 more never made it out. Wish I was up earlier as I possibly could have helped them. There was 1 that still had a large yokesack so I'm not sure what went wrong as everything was looking good when I went to bed. We had a power outage a few days ago that was a little over an hour.

 

[sumi]

So sorry, but congrats on the ones that did make it!