We bought some new toys recently, and have been putting one to use when it has been dry enough but not too hot. Toy number one: an old-fashioned reel mower. Not a single gas-powered mower would start last week, and hubby suspects water in the gas tanks between all the rain and the high humidity. I've wanted one of these for a couple years, so when hubby agreed to the suggestion I went right in and ordered it. Here is hubby putting it together.
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| hubby assembling the reel mower |
No pics of either of us using it ... we both get pretty sweaty and grubby, and for a while it is going to continue kicking our (*donkeys*) until we get in better shape, but at least we can keep a few areas clear in between the rains.
Toy number two was something I had not planned to get, but Luanne recommended it not only for off-season hatching, but as a backup if a hen quits her nest. I hadn't considered the idea of a hen quitting, but sometimes they can get upset or scared enough. So, here is the GQF Hova-Bator Genesis 1588 incubator with an automatic egg turner.
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| incubator set up and ready for eggs |
I just set my first batch of eggs - twelve gold-laced Wyandotte eggs from Tiny and the Flashy Girls, and fifteen eggs from the Meaties, Spikey and the red broiler pullets. If everything goes just right (HA!) there will be twenty chicks from Tiny on the ground by the equinox, as Maria's hen is still setting the nest of eggs we put under her. Here's hoping.
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