Apricot Jam and canned Apricots

Today, Lily and I canned 13 16oz jars of Apricot Jam.  We also canned 4 quarts of halved apricots.  The jam set up better than the strawberry Lauren and I made a few weeks ago.  I can't wait to try it.

Forgot the little chicks outside this evening.  It was about 10 PM when I remembered.  They were jsut sitting on the ground by the door to the shed.  I think they knew that was where they stay.

I have found a place for the quail.  We will be giving them to the lady that works at Del's.  She is taking all 7 of them.  then, we can put the chickens in their cage and expand it to fit them all.

So, I've been a bit busy again for the last few.  Now, I hope, I can start posting here daily.  (That is, iffin I remember to)

We now have 5 new quail out in the brooder in the shed.  And we also now have 4 chicken eggs in the bator.  They've been in there for a week, so, it should be about 14 days till we have new chicken fun.  the egg colours are green/blue, white, and 2 browns.  I think I am gonna need to find someone with an olive-egger to add variety to our selection of yummy eggs. 

Lily didn't let the chickens out the other day and I didn't notice it until about 2PM.  Now, they are starting to lay more in the hen house.  I hope they stay doing that. 

Hatching quail and finding eggs.

So, for a few days now (7-8) we have only gotten one egg every other day or so.  Been wondering where they were laying them.  Found a small pile of 8 eggs today, though.  Not sure how old they are, so not gonna eat em. 

Also today, we are on day 24 with the quail.  So far, we have had 4 hatch and one egg is ready to open.  So, we are almost at 5 out of the 12.  Brooder is set up and all is well so far.  But, I need to find my red light.  I only know, right now, where the white light is because it was in the quail pen from the winter.  Once it is found, I'll put it on the chicks so they are not aggressive. 

I;m BAAAaaaa....

After 2 weeks, I is back.

We spent a week down at Disneyland with Lily.  She loved it.  Then, after getting back, I found that my computer was dead.  So, been screwing around trying to get it going/get something going.  Now, I have the old laptop hooked in with the big screen. 

So.  This is what's been going on:  Lily now has 2 customers for eggs.  We just got back from Aunt DeDe's.  She loves em.  And, of course, our original customer at King's Row Antiques.   We have put some new eggs in the incubator.  There are 10 of them.  And they are from our own quail this time.  We haven't seen the quail getting busy, so, we are not sure if they are fertile or not.  fut, being there are 2 males and one female, our odds are good.  They are on day 3 right now. 

Lily's b-day was yesterday.  It was pretty laid back until she told her cousin that she didn't get anything from mom and dad yet.  We had to have a sit down with her about Disneyland....

That's about it for now.

Rhubarb and quail

Its gonna be a great year for rhubarb pie this year.  This is one of 5 plants we have..and they are only on their 2nd year!

We released this little guy today.  He has been outcast by the other 2 and spends very little time with them.  Today, he was hiding and tried to fly through the chicken wire.  He bloodied his beak.  So, I took him out and put him under the blackberries.  This picture is the last I saw of him...  Also, I think when we end up losing the other 2 quail, we are done with them now.