Month: September 2011
Chicks – 12 Days Old
Our four chicks have been in a cat carrier cage for the first 10 days of their lives. They grow like crazy and it was soon time to move them to a bigger home. I made up a…
Read More »Chicks – 1 week old
We ended up getting four chicks from the eggs we purchased. We purchased 12 eggs, here are the stats:
Read More »First Chick Hatched
We’ve been incubating some eggs since the 28th August. The first egg hatched right on schedule (day 21) yesterday.
Read More »Incubating Eggs
We picked up some eggs on Sunday the 28th August and put them in our home made incubator. I took a one wire temperature sensor and connected it to an AVR micro controller and a solid state relay….
Read More »First attempt at KAP in New Zealand
I’ve been interested in KAP (Kite Aerial Photography) for quite some time, but only ever tried it once (unsuccessfully) in the UK. I picked up a Giant Delta Conyne kite at the Bristol Kite Festival (in the UK)…
Read More »The Hens have arrived
We picked up some hens on the weekend, the first of our farm animals (we only had a cat up until now) – does that mean we’re farmers now? We’ve got some Black Australorp Eggs in the incubator,…
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