Against HOA rules (already looked up the specifics, no poultry. Plus, the backyard is about 5x5 *sweatdrop*). And mum's on the HOA.
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
PLOOS, mummy doesn't like 'em cause their poopie. She could barely take the baby poop XP She has the nose of a DOG, I SWEAR!
Yeah, I had fun. Don't think mum did (she can smell a sweaty sock four miles away)
And I asked mum-I can't do it again. Especially not the hatching part o.O; I went psycho trying to keep the temp stable with my shakey homemade bator, thus the house was occasionally at 80 degrees or so... And...
I was originally setting out for something fun to do, that I had done in the second grade classroom. Hatch chicks.
After talking about it, it turned pretty much into a project. Like, I had to document /everything/. List the tools I used, how I did it, my feelings over the whole hatching...
If anyone remembers me, I was one of the people who went through psycho depressess-ness and swore none of the eggs would hatch. And then there were three chickens smelling up my room :3
But they had to go sometime. And my mom appearently thought three weeks was old enough (she has the nose of a...
I was wondering what they would need to have grit with, too. I want to start trying snacks out on the chikies reaaal soon, but all I have is the Dumor Starter/Grower.
Before I even got the eggs, I had Harrison (fiveyearold brother) worked up about the chicks. He loved seeing the incubator finished, anjd on that monumental day where I got the eggs, my mom picked him up early from school. Now, I used to go to that school, and alot of the teachers knew me, and...
Thanks guys :3 Don't worry, I can't overdo it. And I don't think I'll have any problems with them scattering-they usually all group together (usually by me, yay!) when they go somewhere new. It's kind of cute, actually.
There's not a bad cloud in the sky, it's not windy, and it's definately...
It's a warm, summery day, I think in the mid-eighties. Feels around the same as the inside of the brooder... My three babies are almost 2 weeks old (are they BIG or what?!), and I was wondering if I'd be killing them to lay down a towel outside (if they feel like sitting on a towel ) and let...
XDDDD This sounds SOOOOOO fermiliar!!
On day 2, the chicks found the "Crittercare" bedding by nuzzling under the paper towels, and it was CRAZY! I tried to keep them from eating it, but they just played a game of 'keep away fromt he big scary hand'.
Yesterday I was complaining about how every...
Hi guys!
So, today, mum noticed something's up with one of my chickies. They're about a week and a half old, starting to get their tail feathers (awwww!!). The funny thing is, Martini's got a lump. On the side of her chest, it's extreamly easy to see a big, hard lump. I can't tell if it hurts...
Oh lord. I know egg-zactly how you feel. On every level.
I was already making plans on where I would get the eggs, and what type, and thinking about getting a hygrometer for once (yeah, I don't have one either). I had everything planned, and so much went so wrong. The first hatch is always the...