Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[Sally Sunshine]

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It smells like rotting carcasses here. I have no issues with most manure, but this one takes the cake. I am not exaggerating, ROTTING FLESH!!! WTH smells like that? My husband truly heaved when we drove past the offending field yesterday.
eeeeeeewwwwww

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Rant alert: I am so upset now. Long story short, I had this really special rooster in SA that I raised after his mom rejected him. We raised him by himself, in the house, so he went in the car with us everywhere, to the shops, to the library, to the beach even! Until he grew too big and he put him in the coop with his girls. He's such a sweetheart and absolutely the best roo I ever had. I love him to bits! We taught him to come running when we called him and he was just a joy to have around. Well behaved, never aggressive towards us, no problems.

Before we left I asked a friend of mine if he'll take my roo when we go and look after him until he dies of old age. I told him he's the only person I trust to take good care of my boy. He agreed and he said he'll do it anytime. I bought him a huge bag (about 100lb) of chicken food, gave him quite a large sum of money, what was left of my flock, (about 22 chickens, mostly pullets and hens), my coop, building materials to build another bigger coop for them all... You get the picture. So, I phoned him this evening and we talk about this and that and I ask him, like I always to, how's my boy doing? Well, he rehomed my boy.

He PROMISED he'll look after him and I TRUSTED him!!!

oh no!

 

[Sparkypatriot15]

I have good news! I think aqua might finally be going broody! I've noticed she has been spending lots of time on Joey's nest. She laid 1 egg in the nest and for the past two days she's been starting to spend a lot of time on the overall count of 7 eggs (5 duck eggs, 2 hers) whenever I come to the coop to feed or water or check on them, she is in the nest but comes out to greet me and eat and drink and dust bathe when I'm there. Then when I leave while I'm closing the coop doors, she goes back into the nest and sits on the eggs. She is not layinf any more eggs, just sitting on them. Also, if I come into the coop and do nothing, she goes back to the nest and sits on the eggs then, too. But she's not snappy about them- she lets me touch her and the eggs without any sign of aggression. Does this all mean she might be going broody? If not, what does it mean?

 

[pogmobum]

Rant alert: I am so upset now. Long story short, I had this really special rooster in SA that I raised after his mom rejected him. We raised him by himself, in the house, so he went in the car with us everywhere, to the shops, to the library, to the beach even! Until he grew too big and he put him in the coop with his girls. He's such a sweetheart and absolutely the best roo I ever had. I love him to bits! We taught him to come running when we called him and he was just a joy to have around. Well behaved, never aggressive towards us, no problems.

Before we left I asked a friend of mine if he'll take my roo when we go and look after him until he dies of old age. I told him he's the only person I trust to take good care of my boy. He agreed and he said he'll do it anytime. I bought him a huge bag (about 100lb) of chicken food, gave him quite a large sum of money, what was left of my flock, (about 22 chickens, mostly pullets and hens), my coop, building materials to build another bigger coop for them all... You get the picture. So, I phoned him this evening and we talk about this and that and I ask him, like I always to, how's my boy doing? Well, he rehomed my boy. 

He PROMISED he'll look after him and I TRUSTED him!!! 

That really sucks

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I have good news! I think aqua might finally be going broody! I've noticed she has been spending lots of time on Joey's nest. She laid 1 egg in the nest and for the past two days she's been starting to spend a lot of time on the overall count of 7 eggs (5 duck eggs, 2 hers) whenever I come to the coop to feed or water or check on them, she is in the nest but comes out to greet me and eat and drink and dust bathe when I'm there. Then when I leave while I'm closing the coop doors, she goes back into the nest and sits on the eggs. She is not layinf any more eggs, just sitting on them. Also, if I come into the coop and do nothing, she goes back to the nest and sits on the eggs then, too. But she's not snappy about them- she lets me touch her and the eggs without any sign of aggression. Does this all mean she might be going broody? If not, what does it mean?

Black betty let me touch hers, but speckles tries to kill me LOL

AWESOME!

 

[pogmobum]

I have good news! I think aqua might finally be going broody! I've noticed she has been spending lots of time on Joey's nest. She laid 1 egg in the nest and for the past two days she's been starting to spend a lot of time on the overall count of 7 eggs (5 duck eggs, 2 hers) whenever I come to the coop to feed or water or check on them, she is in the nest but comes out to greet me and eat and drink and dust bathe when I'm there. Then when I leave while I'm closing the coop doors, she goes back into the nest and sits on the eggs. She is not layinf any more eggs, just sitting on them. Also, if I come into the coop and do nothing, she goes back to the nest and sits on the eggs then, too. But she's not snappy about them- she lets me touch her and the eggs without any sign of aggression. Does this all mean she might be going broody? If not, what does it mean?

Yep broody hen congrats

 

[silver1313]

it sucks when people do not keep their word ..sorry to hear that

 

[silver1313]

sounds like a broody to me...sparky

 

[ozexpat]

Black betty let me touch hers, but speckles tries to kill me LOL

AWESOME!

thank god this is a chicken site

 

[ozexpat]

Still waiting to hear about or cotournix. Time zones kill me.