Alaska hatchers..How is everyone doing? Baby pics !!!!!!

[PaulaJoAnne]

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Here you go!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=504
Its real easy!

 

[Wolfwoman]

I just realized that in less than 2 weeks my meat chickens are going to be, well... meat!!

 

[PaulaJoAnne]

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Yummers!
Say, dh was actually a bit unsure as to how to skin a chicken for taxidermy.
The way their feathers are placed, a belly cut would be very noticable when it was stitched.
As to dispatching, you would likely have to just wring its neck, so as to preserve the skin.
Might have to use the mightly google to see if anyone else has tried this route for practice.

ETA: I am off to snuggle in bed with a book. Dh is out at the bear station right now. As soon as we see good activity, I will be spending my evenings out there as well. Tis the season for stocking the freezer again!

 

[sgt_dane]

So I've got a little more messing with my incubator to do tonight. My fan isn't placed straight so it's keeping one half warmer than the other. I'm sure glad eggs can handle a slightly lower temp for a little while before they start incubation. It'll be fixed tonight so it should work out great after that. My duck eggs are sitting great, temp for them is perfect and humidity, well it's not going below 45% or above 60% so I think I'm alright. Lol. I'll try to post pics when I get home. Good luck everybody! Love hearing about baby stories. Hopefully I'll have one of my own in 3 weeks!

 

[sgt_dane]

Alrighty lets see if i did this right..

Pictures of my home made brood-a-bator

(incubator/brooder combo)

my bator with my black lab, kinda to show size and because she wanted in the pic... wouldnt move. lol

inside with my chicken eggs (from the fridge just to see how the heat would fluctuate with eggs in it). top is incubator, bottom is brooder.

this shows just the eggs and temp/humidity.

and finally with all my eggs set up and ready to go. the temp shows low because i had just placed the eggs in it so it had been open for a few minutes

oh yeah and i mis-counted, theres 40! crazy! but i think i got my fan issue fixed, added a little something to help keep it warm

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and thanks for the help with the pics

 

[Wolfwoman]

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Yummers!
Say, dh was actually a bit unsure as to how to skin a chicken for taxidermy.
The way their feathers are placed, a belly cut would be very noticable when it was stitched.
As to dispatching, you would likely have to just wring its neck, so as to preserve the skin.
Might have to use the mightly google to see if anyone else has tried this route for practice.

ETA: I am off to snuggle in bed with a book. Dh is out at the bear station right now. As soon as we see good activity, I will be spending my evenings out there as well. Tis the season for stocking the freezer again!

Hmm... might have to ask a few taxis how they want it done! That's IF anyone is interested. If not, I'll sell em fer feathers!

 

[PaulaJoAnne]

errmmmm, we have bees. Sort of.
Earlier today, we noticed quite a few honey bees on our property.
I set out a bit of sugar water to see what would happen, and lots more did show up.
Now, I guess we better ask around the neighborhood, to see who just set up hives.
If we do not find one, well, alls fair in love and war

Either way, I am thankful we will have good pollinators for our garden this year.

 

[PaulaJoAnne]

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Awesome bator! Make sure and get good pics and enter it in the latest contest. I think there is one going on right now.......

 

[Mrs MIA]

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(note the lock on the side? small-child proof!)

 

[sgt_dane]

i have this sucker locked up to everybody but me.

not taking ANY chances this time around.