➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Pugsabi]

Oh and all conversations start with complaints about the heat. I don't even get annoyed about the topic, I'm too busy lamenting how God had forsaken us and is now punishing us for our sins. Lots of local news stations showing how hot it is by cooking an egg on the pavement or car hood. I saw a clip where someone was able to bake cookies by putting a cookie sheet on the dashboard.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Sorry I have been away, how is everyone doing?

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Oh and all conversations start with complaints about the heat. I don't even get annoyed about the topic, I'm too busy lamenting how God had forsaken us and is now punishing us for our sins. Lots of local news stations showing how hot it is by cooking an egg on the pavement or car hood. I saw a clip where someone was able to bake cookies by putting a cookie sheet on the dashboard.

 

[Pugsabi]

That's kind of what I thought, That chicken egg sex is decided at fertilization, like humans. But was wondering, cause heat does effect gator egg sex.

Gators are weird that way but if chicken genders could be determined by temperature, chicken farms would have it down by now. No more accidental roos from the hatcheries either.

 

[Tesumph]

@Tesumph how long have you been at the DMV? They are poop heads everywhere in the country. At least here in NOLA and in Houston. Good luck hope you get done today and don't have to go back tomorrow!

Little over an hour and a half, not including parking time. Could be worse I guess. At least it’s air conditioned inside.

Here in Texas we can have both those temps in the same day!

Seriously a couple years back it was in the nineties and then the temperature dropped do much that it snowed and it actually accumulated!

With the heat we continue on like normal except we try to schedule any outdoor chores early in the morning or later in the evening. Most people try not to do anything outside in the midday hours. Drink lots of fluids and watch out for signs of heat stroke. As much as I complain about the heat now, I remember a few years ago when we had 68 straight days of over a hundred degrees Fahrenheit.

Most people really don’t understand how humidity relates to heat stroke. Did you know Houston has one of the highest heat stroke rates in the US? ..and we’re certainly not a desert with regular 110+ days.

You really have to be careful and educate hikers and outdoor workers. They think if they sweat it’s okay but it’s really the sweat not evaporating that’s the problem.

I know you have pugs.. short faced dogs are especially high risk in this weather. Their short snouts and smushed brains is a recipe for overheating disaster.
One of the sadder things I saw in the clinic was a pug that came in with heat stroke and didn’t make it after staying with us for 20 hours. What was so sad is that he recovered and we told the owner he was fine, but then went the opposite way and went into shock, body temperature unexpectedly dropped several hours later and we couldn’t get it back up.
His owner said he was only out in the sun for an hour with them in the garden before he collapsed.

 

[Tesumph]

Sorry, that was depressing lol.

Blame the DMV. It’s got a depressing vibe, totally not on me.

 

[Cryss]

Close to perfect.

Severe thunderstorms with possible tornados right now. Winter is often sub zero.

 

[Kiki]

Severe thunderstorms with possible tornados right now. Winter is often sub zero.

Yuk and DOUBLE YUK.
Tornados sound horribly scary.

 

[Kiki]

We are having high heat and humidity here as well. since this is a hatching thread, I have a question, does heat effect the sex of chicken eggs, like it does gator eggs?

No.

 

[Pugsabi]

Little over an hour and a half, not including parking time. Could be worse I guess. At least it’s air conditioned inside.

Most people really don’t understand how humidity relates to heat stroke. Did you know Houston has one of the highest heat stroke rates in the US? ..and we’re certainly not a desert with regular 110+ days.

You really have to be careful and educate hikers and outdoor workers. They think if they sweat it’s okay but it’s really the sweat not evaporating that’s the problem.

I know you have pugs.. short faced dogs are especially high risk in this weather. Their short snouts and smushed brains is a recipe for overheating disaster.
One of the sadder things I saw in the clinic was a pug that came in with heat stroke and didn’t make it after staying with us for 20 hours. What was so sad is that he recovered and we told the owner he was fine, but then went the opposite way and went into shock, body temperature unexpectedly dropped several hours later and we couldn’t get it back up.
His owner said he was only out in the sun for an hour with them in the garden before he collapsed.

Yeah it's definitely one of my biggest fears every summer. Our AC unit broke down for two days and I freaked out because he was panting inside the house! We bought a fan and placed a bowl of ice in front of it to cool the air. He on the other hand just wanted to play and run around. He hated that I would dampen his fur with cool water every now and again, but it would evaporate almost as quickly as I was getting him wet!