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

[BantyChooks]

I don't believe you.

You never do.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I wasn't online over the weekend. I meant to wish everyone a happy Chinese New Year.

We're now in the Year of the Chicken. Woo Hoo!!!

 

[Chaos18]

You never do.

Not my fault you're a pathological non-truther.

 

[mlm Mike]

Eggs are in LOCKDOWN. One egg looks like it has drawdown starting....

Good luck!

It's at the very beginning

Nice!

I wasn't online over the weekend. I meant to wish everyone a happy Chinese New Year.

We're now in the Year of the Chicken. Woo Hoo!!!

Thank you, I hope you have a wonderful Chinese New Year, too.

 

[Lucky Lemon]

Smart birds are a plus. I have 7 cockerels/roosters, and I have found that they will crow about 1-2 hours before sunrise briefly, then stop, then sometimes crow when it gets light. (I have no night time crowers.) Except the three GNH bachelors (who will get pullets this fall), the other three roosters and one cockerel are "heads of households". I've noticed that the older the rooster gets, the less likely they are to crow a lot in the morning, or for that matter, in the day time (unless disturbed). It's almost like I can imagine them saying to the young ones "Shut up already, we get the point!" Also, the ones with families have their hands full with guarding and breeding their girls, and don't spend as much time yelling as the bachelors...

I have a rooster that crows EVERY night between 11 and midnight...for the entire hour it seems. It is super annoying.

Good morning everyone!

Hey - my decaf is good! and

! Missed your posts!

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote:

. Hi Heather!

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Interesting morning - at about 8:15am, I heard a distant "Boom" and the power went out. All is well in my house best I can tell, and when calling the power company, sounds like a transformer blew. I was told that my own electrical issues could not have caused it (I'm going to try to catch the work crew to ask them as well). They said it would be fixed before the electrician got here this afternoon. Given my issues, I'm not willing to leave the house because I want to be here watching when the power comes back on, just in case something blows or sparks.

So, incubator, hatcher, and MHP for the new chicks all plugged into the little generator. (So is the internet router.) Now I need to figure out how to get some stuff done for work that would really be easiest done THERE. Time to start emailing folks.

(@Phage - I saw I got outbid on the Ayam Cemani eggs - I'm taking it as a sign from the universe that I don't need to hatch any more eggs right now. I'll just plan on getting them later, which was the original plan anyhow...)

- Ant Farm

 

[BantyChooks]

Interesting morning - at about 8:15am, I heard a distant "Boom" and the power went out. All is well in my house best I can tell, and when calling the power company, sounds like a transformer blew. I was told that my own electrical issues could not have caused it (I'm going to try to catch the work crew to ask them as well). They said it would be fixed before the electrician got here this afternoon. Given my issues, I'm not willing to leave the house because I want to be here watching when the power comes back on, just in case something blows or sparks.

So, incubator, hatcher, and MHP for the new chicks all plugged into the little generator. (So is the internet router.) Now I need to figure out how to get some stuff done for work that would really be easiest done THERE. Time to start emailing folks. 

(@Phage
  - I saw I got outbid on the Ayam Cemani eggs - I'm taking it as a sign from the universe that I don't need to hatch any more eggs right now. I'll just plan on getting them later, which was the original plan anyhow...)

- Ant Farm 

Uh oh!!

 

[daxigait]

The buck.

A Nanny

The other Nanny

RABBIT!!!

For all the new goat people don't forget 4-6 weeks out nannies need a CDT booster and a multi mineral (blue stuff), and a last hoof trimming.
BTW I found a source for really good trimmers that sell for twenty dollars if you want the information.

@Sally Sunshine@campingshaws@Chaos18@mlm Mike

 

[dan26552]

For all the new goat people don't forget 4-6 weeks out nannies need a CDT booster and a multi mineral (blue stuff), and a last hoof trimming.
BTW I found a source for really good trimmers that sell for twenty dollars if you want the information.

@Sally Sunshine@campingshaws@Chaos18@mlm Mike

I know.

I'm interested, the ones I have now aren't that great.