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

[duluthralphie]

I have a legbar cockerel hatched, now.

 

[BantyChooks]

Even nicer off the road

Even nicer than that to stay on the road

 

[duluthralphie]

I am going to be using a toe punch for the first time tonight. I am a tad nervous about it. I hope the chicks do not cry.

 

[BantyChooks]

I have a Welsh harlequin hatched, now.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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I've been up under this section before in the attic (it's been a problem in the past as well) - it was terrifying, because I had gone up there on a day like today because I was afraid it would blow off the house, so I was trying to tack it down during the gusts. Which is why I DID NOT do that today. But I digress...

It's way too low to even stand upright except at the very peak of the house. There's this funny add-on framing on top of/next to the gravel roof core of the house, and it extends out to the edges and is quite low. I can walk on the roof over to this area, and then the last two feet or so toward the edge is framing and the "roof of the deck (which I would go straight through). Basically, provided I can place my feet correctly, I can sort of wiggle in there and squat just shy of this particular seam (too low to get directly under it). So, using tough gloves (so I don't cut my hands), I'll probably just push it up with my arms/body. While I'd like to fix it better while up there, I sort of need to see what things look like first...

Eventually, with the remodel, I'm taking off that whole section of the house (an add on bedroom that was added on by a previous owner badly, and not to code, and is shifting away form the core house). I'll then put in a proper garage there instead.

Maybe I'll take photos while I'm up there, for fun...

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[duluthralphie]

That just took away all the good points you got for going to church today!!!!

 

[duluthralphie]

I've been up under this section before in the attic (it's been a problem in the past as well) - it was terrifying, because I had gone up there on a day like today because I was afraid it would blow off the house, so I was trying to tack it down during the gusts. Which is why I DID NOT do that today. But I digress...

It's way too low to even stand upright except at the very peak of the house. There's this funny add-on framing on top of/next to the gravel roof core of the house, and it extends out to the edges and is quite low. I can walk on the roof over to this area, and then the last two feet or so toward the edge is framing and the "roof of the deck (which I would go straight through). Basically, provided I can place my feet correctly, I can sort of wiggle in there and squat just shy of this particular seam (too low to get directly under it). So, using tough gloves (so I don't cut my hands), I'll probably just push it up with my arms/body. While I'd like to fix it better while up there, I sort of need to see what things look like first...

Eventually, with the remodel, I'm taking off that whole section of the house (an add on bedroom that was added on by a previous owner badly, and not to code, and is shifting away form the core house). I'll then put in a proper garage there instead.

Maybe I'll take photos while I'm up there, for fun...

Nothing in all this sounded fun or even enjoyable to me.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I am going to be using a toe punch for the first time tonight. I am a tad nervous about it. I hope the chicks do not cry.

Have you done it yet? I have one and used it once. It's not as scary as you'd think (or at least less than I was thinking), and it's not a really big deal for the chick if you do it when they're at a day old. I might need to use it again with this upcoming hatch (to sort Puppy's from Switch's babies). The main thing is not to leave a hanging tag, because it'll heal back in.

Quote: Wow - Ralphie, I had no idea you were incubating Welshies! Good job!!!

- Ant Farm

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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You got THAT right...

 

[BantyChooks]

I have many links and sayings stored away, just waiting for a chance to use 'em.....