EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[mlm Mike]

Quote: hello again Michael

Hi Sally

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote:

everytime I quote it pulls the last quotes too and then says already submitted and I have to refresh is this what everyones is doing?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Banti I set some eggs, some are three weeks old so I doubt I will get anything from them, or be able to regulate humidity correct in such a mixed bunch, I put serama and polish in just for giggles

 

[Pensmaster]

We got a good amount of snow here

1&1/2 inches of rain here very good for 24 hours

 

[BantyChooks]

Banti I set some eggs, some are three weeks old so I doubt I will get anything from them, or be able to regulate humidity correct in such a mixed bunch, I put serama and polish in just for giggles

Here's pics, not sure why the TAO showed up as greenish on camera? It's actually clear.

I'm still not sure about keeping him. He's getting even more aggressive..

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: Wow, that's great!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

BantiSweets

Things made from pallets and recycled wood below:

This is an aviary for my peafowl that was built using pallets.

Other things made from pallets and recycled wood.

Guinea Pen made from pallets and recycled dog kennel.

Chicken stalls where chickens roost at night.

Raised brooders

Portable roosts that can me moved to wherever I need them:

Picnic benches that can be convereted to picnic tables:

Portable nesting boxes. Can be moved where I need them.

Portable Feeders:

 

[BantyChooks]

That's a really bad pic, I'll keep trying to get another... That one makes it look infected.

 

[Pensmaster]

Banti I set some eggs, some are three weeks old so I doubt I will get anything from them, or be able to regulate humidity correct in such a mixed bunch, I put serama and polish in just for giggles

 

[Sally Sunshine]

FLY ISSUES anyone

I live in a hot, dry area that has almost a constant breeze blowing. Flies usually aren't a big problem here, even in the backyard where my chicken coop is and where the dogs do their daily doooody.
All that changes whenever we get a bad rainstorm that keeps everything wet and soggy for several days. Like clockwork 1-2 weeks after it stops raining there is an invasion of flies.
We have been battling them for the past week. Killing dozens of them each day that manage to sneak into the house. I finally had enough and made a couple "fly bottles", baited them with a chunk of squid I had leftover from a fishing trip, add a couple inches of water and put them out by the back porch, chicken coop and a couple other places in the yard. 3 days later this is what all the bottles look like:

Took the pictures of them, then emptied them out and I already have another inch of flies in there. The only downfall of these fly bottles is if you keep them around to long and you used a really good (ie really stink) bait, the really start to smell after a week or so. But it does the job of catchicng and killing thousands upon thousands of flies.

Cory