Eastern Tennessee Thread

[Lunar]

Fey.

Congratz! stang

sorry it wasn't more.

Now I have a question. What do you folks use to mark/identify your eggs? pencils? magic markers? what? I have read markers will eat into the shell, pencils are lead....I have been using a sharpie....And MyPetChicken used a pencil....so what do you guys use? Thx!

 

[jfaith51]

Fey.

Congratz! stang

sorry it wasn't more.

Now I have a question. What do you folks use to mark/identify your eggs? pencils? magic markers? what? I have read markers will eat into the shell, pencils are lead....I have been using a sharpie....And MyPetChicken used a pencil....so what do you guys use? Thx!

I use a pencil. The core of a pencil is graphite so it is non-toxic.

 

[hobbychicken]

Fed ex delivered my incubator somewhere else and it will be Monday before I find out what they are going to do about it. Ugh

 

[alexandraintn]

Hello E TN! It took me a few days to figure get here but wanted to see who might be close to Kingston area. Let me hear from you and so I know who else is nearby.

 

[alexandraintn]

Hey I got a good one for u. We ordered our smoked turkeys and fed ex told the coompany out in TX that my address was not a valid address. I gave them my mother in laws address and they delivered them to her. I had to drove just under an hour drive one way. I got my turkeys for thanksgiving so I was ok. But heres the kicker.... Fed ex delivered another package the next day and I just had to tell my usual delivery guy about it.

 

[littlechicklet]

Hello E TN! It took me a few days to figure get here but wanted to see who might be close to Kingston area. Let me hear from you and so I know who else is nearby.

& welcome to the E. TN thread. I am not that close to you. I am around the Dandridge area but I am sure you will find some on here that are closer to you.

 

[littlechicklet]

itsthelaw- your watercolor of Red is beautiful.

 

[littlechicklet]

Stang- so sorry about your hatch.

Is the person you bought them from going to work out something since the hatch rate was dismal?

 

[tnchickenut]

Fey.

Congratz! stang

sorry it wasn't more.

Now I have a question. What do you folks use to mark/identify your eggs? pencils? magic markers? what? I have read markers will eat into the shell, pencils are lead....I have been using a sharpie....And MyPetChicken used a pencil....so what do you guys use? Thx!

I have a friend who breeds and uses sharpies... I have hatched her eggs that shipped in... didn't effect them, but I wouldn't sell eggs like that just to keep from having someone fight me over it.

ETA I use pencil... they aren't lead anymore. They are graphite. Just try to keep the writing on the big end (air sack) of the egg.

 

[FeyRaine]

Thanks for the welcomes

good new - I went up and took a few fast chicken photos just before sunset --- have uploaded them, some are on new threads on What Breed/Gender thread.

bad new - While taking photos I discovered that Ugly appears to have found herself some leg mite & I fear they arrived on the new winter straw bedding I just spread ALL OVER my farm, to ALL the animals, sigh...gonna have to check everyone in the am...

This is the Sizzle I was given as a day old, it was said to be female but so were the extra 3 duck chicks my DH brought to me w/ the Del. chick and the 1 Duck I sent him to pick up.

Light was bad but the earlobe is actually TEAL, freaked me out, never knew they could be that color!
Extra toes, feathers on feet, just totally odd....
So, Sizzle looks to me like half Rabbit... :>