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Houston we had a problem! Brooder temp was 41* according to my reader in the kitchen which means the barn, and the water pipes, are colder than that Luckily I had already been thinking about how I was going to do this so I modified the plan a little. I grabbed the water bottle an turned the...

...add the chicks, gift wrap the whole thing in a u-haul shipping blanket and book-it for the house. Once inside I can open up their blanket, it's 74* in here so they will be fine, and the car is in the heated garage so it'll be warm and toasty in there too. At work it's only about 30 feet from...

Quote: Awww, so sorry for you This has been a rough hatch. Here's hoping the rest of the hatches go much better.

My hatch is complete, 24 set. 20 moved to the bator after the broodies bailed, 18 were locked down, 15 hatched and so all look good. These were all my own eggs, and for the winter I have everyone mixed so these will only be egg layers. Getting ready to separate into breeding groups to get...

Quote: Check this out............ http://animalsciences.missouri.edu/reprod/ReproTech/Feathersex/index.htm Or this............ Yay! Thanks you Kathy

Noiseypants is alternating between sleeping and beeping. Boy does she have a set of lungs! Amyone know how to feather-sex chicks?

It's always amazing just how much noise can come from one so tiny. I think her name may be Noiseypants

Happiest part of this new year? Sitting in the game room watching DH play online with his BFF in Tuscan while I cuddle a formerly shrink-wrapped chick while she dries after her bath. She is #15 out of 18. I think the other was a post pip quitter and the other two quit before pipping. This little...

My ex husband was like that... What I wouldn't have given for some one to have pulled him aside and said let's talk.

Quote: I had two pips as of bedtime last night. Will head out to the barn shortly to see how they're doing.

Local time is 10:28 pm It's -8*F I have 11 in the brooder 2 drying in the bator 2 more that look like they may make a break for it and a couple more that could just be fashionably late We'll know more tomorrow, it's been a great first day of what will hopefully be a really good year. Glad...

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Quote: Yay!!!! Congratulations.

so many great hatches and adorable chicks. Congrats to all and I can't wait to see more photos!

The stroll was worth it, 5 more hatched, drying in the bator. A few more popped. DH is surprised by how much better the hatch rate is over shipped eggs. And as an added bonus, got another fertile turkey egg

...going over or under a fence and getting lost. He is a 6 month old Maremma and he is simply wonderful and completely oblivious to the cold. It's -12*F and he doesn't seem phased in the least Of course, the stroll is soooo worth it, look what's waiting for me They even like to show us...

Quote: Hatch-a-holism, the gift that just keeps on giving Nice save Mahonri and Princess Mahonri

...sticky stuff! Thank you, Michelle, for telling me to do it right away. I took her into a small bathroom I had steamed, with heater set at 90* (the hottest it would go), and gently worked to get the gunk off. She only had one wing, and I considered culling her, but I've seen some amazing...

Quote: I think I"m in love with Pigpen and my family loves Gomez!

Quote: I just checked a turkey egg, it had a bullseye so the other one is going in the bator today, it can start while I wait for the rest to finish and for the silkie eggs to arrive. So technically I will be starting turkey today, silkies later in the week, but yes, I'm with ya!