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Baby quail chicks hatching now. These will be ready for the Flock Swap at Agri Supply on Route 70 in Garner this Saturda...
04/23/2025

Baby quail chicks hatching now.
These will be ready for the Flock Swap at Agri Supply on Route 70 in Garner this Saturday (April 26).
These lil ones will join the 1.5 week and 3 week old quail chicks as well as 3 and 2 week old chicken chicks. The current chicken chick hatch won't be ready this week unless they are early risers...
So, come on out on Saturday to take some new lil ones home. I'll also have eggs, dehydrated spices and my rosemary/oregano salve.

Pufferfish went broody. She's always been aggressively defending a nest while she was trying to lay. But yesterday she w...
04/18/2025

Pufferfish went broody. She's always been aggressively defending a nest while she was trying to lay. But yesterday she wouldn't leave the nest at all - and yeah puff herself up if you come near.
Although it is very cute to see mothers hatch chicks and look after them, I don't really want this 'hassle' this year. So she doesn't get to keep eggs. I broke out the raptor gloves again so I can check under her since that nestbox is the girls favorite. Although I wonder if any girl dares argue with Pufferfish.

04/13/2025

Yesterday's market at Agri Supply in Garner was much slower than expected. I guess the initial cold and grey weather scared some market goers as well as vendors away.
I was initially concerned abou the chickes (chicken left, quail right) since they were cold. But by about 10 amish they seemed adjusted and spread out a little more. Once the sun was out, they were good.
I still have some chicks left. They will make an appaerance at the farmers market/flock swap associated with Briji's Feed Store grand opening in Four Oaks.
Hopefully the weather will be nice. I'm sure looking forward to meet all the vendors and customers again and check out the new feed store.

04/09/2025

Fluffballs moved into the brooder today. They'll be happy to meet you and find their home on Saturday at Agri Supply on Rt 70 in Garner.

Got my first half dozen of guinea eggs today. Of course, I still don't know how many girls I have - if it's 50/50 then I...
04/07/2025

Got my first half dozen of guinea eggs today.
Of course, I still don't know how many girls I have - if it's 50/50 then I should have at least 11. I ordered 21 keets in 8 different colors but the hatchery sent me 23. All made it to this point.
I'd be happy with 10 girls for sure. I'm guessing that I should know by the end of the month or so.
These will be available at the AGRI Supply Farmers market this coming Saturday - April 12. I will have a list of colors I have available, none are pied! There will also be chicken and quail eggs - hatching and eating. I have quail chicks and the chicken chicks are currently trying to break out of the shell.

I can't believe this lil chickies have only been outside for a couple of hours - they must have already had a full on fo...
04/07/2025

I can't believe this lil chickies have only been outside for a couple of hours - they must have already had a full on food fight. Feed is everywhere. At least they are in the process of cleaning up after themselves.
These are planned to attend/be available the Agri Supply Flock Swap. If you're after quail chicks, come and see me :)

These lil chickies are real overachievers: They still have 2 days to hatch day.... Yesterday was day 3 - so lockdown day...
04/04/2025

These lil chickies are real overachievers: They still have 2 days to hatch day.... Yesterday was day 3 - so lockdown day. While moving the eggs, I noticed that some had inside out cracks in the shell indicating something wants to come out. It kinda freaked me out because drop in humidity can cause shrink wrapping and all. I checked the room humidity where the incubator is was just over 50%, so should be ok. In they went and I went to bed with six chickes and woke up to a few more. I know others are still working...
And there I was hoping for 1.5 weeks or so without having to tend a brooder (all chickies went to new homes last saturday). But these lil ones don't give me a break, do they. I think they may go to the brooder late tomorrow or early Sunday depending on what I see happening.

Well, looks like I have at least 4 guinea hens (bottom right/ middle eggs, left and top are 3 chicken eggs for compariso...
04/03/2025

Well, looks like I have at least 4 guinea hens (bottom right/ middle eggs, left and top are 3 chicken eggs for comparison).
I was wondering if I ended up with only 3 hens out of 23 birds. I know it's still early days and they are just coming online. BUT it is always exciting to find higher number of eggs.
I bought a water pistol and some food coloring to try and color the feathers of hens to get a better idea. I know one girl, she's quite vocal and tells me to go back. I'm not sure how indicative size is -females are supposed to be smaller and I have a few of those, but there might also be a spectrum. So, the call is a best indicator. But of course guineas are extremely skittish, so catching females identified by their call isn't an option. Therefore, the food coloring which should allow identification at night to sort out the flock and ratios...

These are some of the kiddos coming to the Garner Agri Supply G+F Farmers Market and Flock Swap tomorrow! They are sure ...
03/28/2025

These are some of the kiddos coming to the Garner Agri Supply G+F Farmers Market and Flock Swap tomorrow!
They are sure excited to find new homes!
Two weeks old now.

Big day on the farm today! Found my first two guinea eggs. One in each coop, so I know I should get more soon since the ...
03/27/2025

Big day on the farm today!
Found my first two guinea eggs. One in each coop, so I know I should get more soon since the top coop has at least three girls if not more...
Last year, I ordered the keets from the Guinea Farm in Iowa and it has been a great experience. They have a great selection of colors (about 20 or so) and customer service is very responsive. They also gave me extras, just to make sure my ordered number is there and alive. All those kiddos were thriving from the start.
Guinea keets are always sold as straight run. So, I'll have to figure out girl to boy ratios at some stage.
BUT I'm so glad to get my first eggs. Laying season has just begun for these folks.

Coming to a Farmers Market and Flock Swap near you soon. These fluff balls just hatched while I was at a conference. The...
03/15/2025

Coming to a Farmers Market and Flock Swap near you soon.
These fluff balls just hatched while I was at a conference. They made the journey into the brooder this morning. Therefore, they weren't quite ready for the market in Selma today. But soon, but soon you can get your hands on them :)

03/10/2025

Lil road runners - aka baby quail - are hatching. These will be ready for the Farmer's market in Selma this coming Saturday. Be prepared for cuteness!

The cutest slumber party ever.
03/04/2025

The cutest slumber party ever.

Baby chickes are out. Didn't realize there are that many of them. On is stil in the incubator drying off. The others wer...
03/01/2025

Baby chickes are out. Didn't realize there are that many of them. On is stil in the incubator drying off. The others were pecking at him, so time for them to go. Didn't see any others pipped.
These should available at a flock swap - new locations near you soon. They all came out of green, olive and blue eggs.

02/28/2025

So, the first chicken incubator is getting lively too.
I was initially thinking banding chicks based whether they came out a blue or greenish egg.
Well, live threw a big spanner and I found out my leg is actually broken. So, I might just have to go the easy way for now until I can master the crutches.
Of course these were set long befor the fracture happened on Saturday. so, I can't just tell them to not hatch or bu**er off. That would be unethical. Things might be a little bumpy initially, but we'll get there.
These quail and chicken chicks are planned to be available on the Garner and Selma Flock Swaps.

02/25/2025

These are certainly bundles of joy and so cute. I'm kind of at the verge of the "unknown" cause most quail forums will say that they can last up to 48 hours in the incubator. The first four or five hatched Sunday morning, so are past that.
BUT I see another egg pipped (meaning a chick broke the shell to come out) and I need to give this chick a chance. If I open the incubator, the moisture will drop and there is a significant risk that the membrane inside the shell wraps around the chick - i.e., shrink wrapping - which most of the time is fatal or requires extreme care.
I'll give this chicke a little time since it's actively moving, but I also know I have to get the others to food and water. So, wet paper towel and luck might be needed to safely get that chick out.
Please don't ask: How many? I've tried counting them several times, but they just move to fast. So, until I pluck them out, I won't know... But definitively a better hatch than the last one.

Quail chicks started arriving. I hope they bear with me while I'm moving a lot slower than usual. Busted my left knee ov...
02/25/2025

Quail chicks started arriving. I hope they bear with me while I'm moving a lot slower than usual. Busted my left knee over the weekend, but life goes on and I need to tend to those sweeties.

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