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

[Fire Ant Farm]

CHRISSY WALKED!!!!

I had her out of her carrier and was trying to get her to eat... She stood up (on the RIGHT side of the web) and limped the 12 inches to her carrier.

That is AWESOME!!!!!!!

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THINGS TO DO WHILST WAITING FOR EGGS TO PIP
A) Reorganise the pantry
B) Make 14 loaves of bread
C) Set a new record for the number of times you can say "I'm going insane" without making a mistake
D) Play "Go fish" with the dog
E) Become fluent in Swahili
F) Run away from Kristin
G) Go crawdad huntin'
H) Watch videos on how to butcher a guinea
J) Miss a letter in your list and see how many notice
K) Plan a coop build
L) Search "hatching eggs" on eBay before realising it was a baaad idea
M) Worry about power outages
N) See how many chocolate bars you can down in a minute
O) See just how many imaginary chicks you hear peeping in lockdown
P) Set up a new pen for chicks on the way
Q) Make lists like this one
R) Pick up your Xanax perscription
S) Laugh at autocorrect turning "Xanax" into "Canada"
T) Hug a duck
U) Research hatching upright vs on side
V) Watch clouds blow by
W) Upgrade the other bators
X) Occasionally have a moment of panic in which you think you forgot to turn the eggs
Y) Dust the coop roof off
Z) Order more eggs

Your British is showing, dear.

And you shoulda dispatched those guineas ages ago. Did you see Chicken People? I thought of you when the very quiet well spoken guy with the SLWs (in New Hampshire) was walking in his run, and there was a ruckus outside and he said "Those **** guineas!"

Morning everyone! I've got a pip!

Update?

I got the darkest egg so far from one of my pullets yesterday. Not as dark as some pure BCM eggs, but still pretty dark. The point is, though, that my Magicfly candler still lets me see inside pretty well. I think it's the same candler that Bubbles is using.

Which one do you have, Whites? I have a VERY strong flashlight, but it's not quite performing like I'd like for candling. There are a couple very similar to the Magicfly one on Amazon, and I can't tell if there's a high intensity one or if they're all the same...

Chrissy just willingly took a bite of crumble!!! Thank you Lord!!

- Ant Farm

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote: 'Member the rat I told you about that I got a trailcam picture of in the run scarfing up the chickens' feed? Ether didn't help. Neither has rat poison underground where the birds can't get at it, so I trained him to dig up worms for me. Had a devil of a time finding a hot collar to fit him, though.

Quote: Yeah, my GNHs took/are taking this long as well. I'm crossing them with my NNs who started laying at 20 weeks, so I'm hoping we'll get some improvement there...

- Ant Farm

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: Ain't it bad enough that you've been feeding them all this time with no return? Why add to it by running up the electric bill? They'll start when nature tells them it's time. Not only do pre-hatch chicks not carry watches, but pullets can't read calendars, either. Besides, aren't RIR's naturally late bloomers, anyway?

 

[BantyChooks]

Your British is showing, dear.

And you shoulda dispatched those guineas ages ago. Did you see Chicken People? I thought of you when the very quiet well spoken guy with the SLWs (in New Hampshire) was walking in his run, and there was a ruckus outside and he said "Those **** guineas!" 

Again? Oopsies!

No, I have not seen it. I want to watch it sometime, if it ever comes out in DVD form...

I know I should have. Might have already, except I know nada about gutting, and it would take too long to learn in this cold. Thought of just tossing them to the chooks but that feels wasteful.

 

[chicken hawk 33]

and we got backyard dredged today so now it's four feet deep in the bayou behind ourl house

 

[chicken hawk 33]

In his new cage with hammik

 

[lovechicks1293]

yes!!!!! it is snowing! all the snow melted right after Christmas and there was no snow left! unless you count the dirty humps of snow in the parking lots...

 

[kwhites634]

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[daxigait]

Ain't it bad enough that you've been feeding them all this time with no return? Why add to it by running up the electric bill? They'll start when nature tells them it's time. Not only do pre-hatch chicks not carry watches, but pullets can't read calendars, either. Besides, aren't RIR's naturally late bloomers, anyway?

I am still undecided, but the breeder that is working with me suggests getting light on them in the latter half of January. They normally need around nine months. Waddles and combs show they are getting closer.

 

[minihorse927]

That is AWESOME!!!!!!! 


Your British is showing, dear.

And you shoulda dispatched those guineas ages ago. Did you see Chicken People? I thought of you when the very quiet well spoken guy with the SLWs (in New Hampshire) was walking in his run, and there was a ruckus outside and he said "Those **** guineas!" 



Update?



Which one do you have, Whites? I have a VERY strong flashlight, but it's not quite  performing like I'd like for candling. There are a couple very similar to the Magicfly one on Amazon, and I can't tell if there's a high intensity one or if they're all the same...
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- Ant Farm

no updates yet, I'm at work