Lee Drennen’s Hobby Farm & Garden

[Jim R]

New life is always wonderful to see. I'm glad your new job has given you a better quality of life. Hope your plans for the farm work out. Keep us posted.

[Lee Drennen]

Great to see the new Chuckle Lee. We only have five, but they are going on well for ex battery lasses. Probably about four years old now. One of them is just starting to get the hunched look they get as they start to decline, so probably doesn’t have long left :sleeping2:
Always use commercial feed ourselves, supplemented with oyster grit, sunflower seeds, mealworms, cheap supermarket lettuce, and warm porridge on really cold days. Not getting many eggs at the moment, but that’s a combination of Winter and old age I think. We have them for fun, not commercial gain, so don’t really care.

Thanks Tim for stopping by. Yes I have a few old Birds too and still have some young one in the mix with them. They slow up in the winter like you say but I’ve been starting to get more eggs every day now. I used oyster grit for years then I switched to egg shells that we use. People say you feed them egg shells they will eat there eggs that not true. I just mix it in with there Hen Scratch once a month and I’m set.

[Lee Drennen]

Looking good Lee and looking forward to seeing what you get up to on the farm this year!

ATB.

Andrew

Thanks Andrew I hope to get things going here soon I’ll keep you guys posted

[Lee Drennen]

Lee why have the eggs got crosses on them what they rejects ?
chrisb

Chris I put a “X” on them because I have to hand turn them twice a day and I sometimes get confused which ones I’ve turned lol.

[Lee Drennen]

New life is always wonderful to see. I'm glad your new job has given you a better quality of life. Hope your plans for the farm work out. Keep us posted.

Yes Jim my life feels so much better now since I quit my old job after 25 years. I’m hoping my plans goes into play soon on the plans I have. Thanks for stopping by.

[Lee Drennen]

Early this morning we had another successful Hatch. The other one is doing great I was a little worried if it was going to make it. I’m hatching these in our laundry room where it’s the warmest place in the house and I have a small cage next to my incubator so I can put the chicks in before I move them to the big brooder in the garage. More hatching to come I hope.

[Allen Dewire]

This is so cool Lee. Hatching your own must be interesting and give you a good feeling when they pop out of the shell. Keep the pics coming my friend. All the best to you and the family too!!!

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Allen

[Valeron]

Excellent pictures. So interesting to see.

[JR]

Great photos Lee, the chick looked so much better in the warm under that light after hatching . Good luck with the rest .
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Congratulations on the new arrival .

[Jim R]

Cute. It must be so exciting. As Allen said keep the pictures coming.

Out of interest my daughter is a keeper in the bird section at Chester Zoo. She often has chicks hatch and on more than one occasion has had to hand rear.

[Lee Drennen]

This is so cool Lee. Hatching your own must be interesting and give you a good feeling when they pop out of the shell. Keep the pics coming my friend. All the best to you and the family too!!!

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Allen

Thanks Allen. The wife bought that incubator for me our first Christmas 26 years ago I’ve used it quit a bit since. The last 3 years I’ve had the most hatches out of it guess I’m getting wiser with age on using this thing. My Rooster is getting old so I’ll have to replace him with a young one soon this will probably be his last year. Thanks for stopping by and the family is doing great.

[Lee Drennen]

Excellent pictures. So interesting to see.

Thanks for the complement I’ll keep them coming along.

[Lee Drennen]

Great photos Lee, the chick looked so much better in the warm under that light after hatching . Good luck with the rest .
The Committee think that is well worth
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Congratulations on the new arrival .

Thanks for the Dogs Award Race Towers. It was a little tricky but I think it’s going to be fine. I left the Chick in the incubator a extra day to make sure it stayed good and warm. The new one that just hatched I’ll take out tomorrow and put it in with the other one. Last night the chick in the cage was going nuts like it was telling the other one to hurry up and hatch I need a buddy lol.

[adt70hk]

Very cool Lee!! Keep us posted on further hatchings!

ATB.

Andrew

[Lee Drennen]

Very cool Lee!! Keep us posted on further hatchings!

ATB.

Andrew

Thanks Andrew I will. I had another one hatch this evening I’ll update you guys tomorrow.