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

[Mrs MIA]

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Hey you... don't go getting me in trouble with the Mister!

You're welcome.

Now the hard part... waiiiittttttiiiinnnnnggggggg.....

 

[MissDeb]

We added the right hand side last summer....we only had the left side to tend to for quite sometime.

 

[MissDeb]

I will be amazed if this next hatch makes it past the hatcher. It spiked to 104, I turned it so the light would go off, opened it up so it would cool down a little, came back and it was down
to 93, so I turned it just very slightly so that the light came back on......>

ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Alaska animal lover]

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Keeping my fingers crossed for you!

 

[Alaska animal lover]

I'll see if I can post a pic of my coop.

 

[Alaska animal lover]

The pic came out small, but you get the idea.

 

[Mrs MIA]

OK, now, some of you have heard me talk about some of the wild and crazy things people say/do to me with regards to chickens. I still have a voicemail, two actually, from people that talked a bunch of gibberish and then cackled at me like a chicken. Well, this takes the cake. This is an actual email I received this evening.


"Hey I'm (xxxx),
I have a project at school and was wondering if you can answer the following questions by Monday April 2010.please and thank you
:
1. How many types of combs are there?

2. Most common comb?

3. Least common comb?

4. What is a comb?

5. What is a hatchery?

6. What is a wattle?

7. Difference between wattle and comb?

8. Broiler chickens have what type of combs?

9. Layer chickens have what type of combs?

10. What does the poultry industry do?

11. Your most common type of chicken?

12. Your most common type of rooster?

13. What is a spur on a chicken?

14. What is a shank on a chicken?

15. What colors do the combs range from?

16. How can you tell if a comb is healthy/not healthy?

17. How can you tell when a wattle is healthy/not healthy?

18. What's the best way to store eggs?

19. What is the maximum storage temperature under which eggs should be stored?

20. What are free-range eggs?

21. What does Grade A mean?

22. How are eggs packed?

23. How can you tell if an egg is raw or hard-cooked?

24. How many eggs does a hen lay a year?

25. Why is the yolk yellow?

26. Can chickens fly?

27. Can turkeys fly?

28. What is the most common breed of chicken in the U.S?

29. Does the government provide hatcheries with money?

30. What is the next stage after chickens get out of the hatchery?

31. Are chickens the most numerous birds in the world?

32. What are egg products used for?

33. What is molting?

34. Why do they restrict broiler chicken feeding?

35. What is peak egg production?

36. What are the roles of ducks in the poultry industry?

37. Does the poultry and dairy industry have a connection?

38. What is the life cycle of a chicken?

39. What are other uses for chickens other than food?

40. When was the poultry industry introduced to the world?

41. What are the uses of a comb?

42. What are the uses of a wattle?

43. What is the longest distance flown by a chicken?

44. How fast can chickens run?

45. What is the largest chicken ever weighed in weight?

46. When chickens were first originated?

47. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BROWN EGGS AND WHITE EGGS?

48. HOW OFTEN DOES A CHICKEN LAY AN EGG?

49. ARE CHICKENS VEGETARIANS?

50. DO YOU NEED A ROOSTER TO GET EGGS FROM A CHICKEN?

51. HOW DOES A HEN FERTILIZE AN EGG?

52. WHY WOULD A HEN LAY AN UNFERTILIZED EGG?

53. HOW OLD DOES A HEN HAVE TO BE TO START LAYING EGGS?

54. What is grade AA mean?

55. WHAT ARE THE WEIGHTS OF THE VARIOUS SIZES OF EGGS?

56. What is debeaking?"

Have fun with it... Jeremy's coming up with some pretty funny answers to them. I don't know which Monday of this month they want it back (I just cut and paste)...now does anyone wonder why I'm so frustrated with people at the moment?

 

[MissDeb]

Tori, seriously, this sounds like a joke.......They know so much of what to ask, but yet don't know the answers? Kinda strange...

 

[Alaska animal lover]

Tori, it sounds like someone wants you to do their homework.

I fell in love with this today...

 

[AkTomboy]

Just candled eggs ~~ 4 BBS Orps never started at all, 3 blood rings making 7 left right now

, 2 of mine with blood rings the 15 left seem to be doing well