When we started this, my wife and neighbors thought I was crazy because I talk about things like insulating the hen house. Our first farm critters were goats. After I got done converting the garage, they called it the Goat Motel.

So anyway, now I want to build an incubator with built in video cameras. I figure it has to be a cabinet incubator so they can call it the chicken high rise.

Thank you for visiting. We don’t have any broody hens right now. We tried to have what we thought was a broody hen sit some, but she wasn’t really a brooder she just plays one on TV or some such thing. I think she is too moody. So for now, we are using those low cost incubators from Tractor Supply with egg turners. Have plans for something better, but time will tell.

Yep, we are also a work in progress. Only with us, it’s the husband who keeps needing the wife’s help. Still, I am muddling along and, except when hitting thumb with hammer or stepping on screw, am having the time of my life.

Pie on the floor, animals on the loose, and heathen children running a muck.

One thing you may want to look into is getting your State Wildlife Rehabilitator license. This will permit you to care for sick animals, should you encounter any in the future. Turtles have an amazing ability to recover illness and physical injury. Your female is a great example of this. People may find a turtle with a severe shell fracture, and think that the animal needs to be put out of its misery, when often, an experienced Rehabilitator would be able to repair the fracture and return the animal back to the wild.

I belief that a license to collect animals it a bit more difficult to obtain.