Tag: incubating eggs

• The Hatching!

  

  I have hatching news. You will remember from the day before yesterday that one of the turkey eggs had  been Chirping in her shell for two days. This gave rise for concern. Well it concerned me anyway. The chick in the egg was deeply unconcerned. We had been checking it on and off when all…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  June 10, 2015

  Farming, Life, Photography

  Hatching peacock eggs, hatching turkey eggs, incubating eggs

• What do you think?

  

  The eggs were put into the incubator on Sunday at lunchtime.   Here they are in front of the candling torch four days later.  Now this is way too early of course  and the wrong way around. One should candle the egg from the large end where the chick actually grows. Like this. (below)  They…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 12, 2015

  Farming, homesteading, Life, Photography

  hens eggs, how to candle an egg, incubating eggs, raising chicks

• A Field Trip

  

  On Saturday I took myself for a  field trip to visit a friend of mine who has a wee farm up on the ridge a few miles from here.  Look who lives out the back of her house.  Because of the slight elevation and the snow the images seem to sparkle. Her neighbours farm. The light…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 9, 2015

  Vines and Wine

  bloodhound dogs, goats, incubating eggs