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I feel that way about my girls. They worked hard for their living so they get to stay long after they stop laying. The boys... I used to think I couldn't do it either, except ... yeah, they're not nice, polite or endearing and you don't need the number you hatch out. I feel only a...
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SCG I had a light brahma chick like that last year. She wasn't sick but her eyes kept gooping up. I just kept washing her eyes with warm water using a q-tip. She eventually grew? out of it (IDK). It lasted a couple of weeks. Never thought of using vaseline, wonder if that would...
Came up with a couple more stanzas for the poem:
Those lines, how they travelled every shell
I'm sure my neighbors could hear me yell.
As I watched I could see the work of each beak
I was cheering so long I could hardly speak
The peeping of chicklets was all I could hear
As each tiny chick...
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Another good way to warm up is to put your pajamas in the dryer before going out (or have your BF do this while you are working outside) and when you come in, change into the fresh out of the dryer pajamas. It is wonderful!
SCG that could easily have been me. Hope you didn't get hurt but I agree with BHep, I can totally see this in my head. Winter time with animals is definitely a challenge. Hot water, warm mash and everything else that has to be brought out of the house. Icy walkways, snow and cold. I could...
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OOOOOOOHHHHH SCG sounds like you have a bad case of anaticulaitis. You have to stay home because if this site teaches you anything, it is definitely contagious! Hope they all hatch for you!
Mahonri, I noticed the temperature difference with my Brinsea between what the panel is saying and what it is at the top of the eggs. I think the plastic vent that keeps the chicks from touching the fan effects how the warm air circulates. Good thing is that once you get the temp right, you...
Mahonri, I have to say, not worrying about how many chickens I have is a blessing. We are only on three acres, so I can't go too over the top but I think by our HOA I can have something like 60 before I have to worry. I don't want that many, and I don't think the neighbors would report me if I...