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

[BullChick]

It's been an entertaining day here. Having a toddler means you can't get mad. You just have to cope. Then drink after they are asleep!
Duckling had fun in the snow. When I realized that I wasn't going to get any help from my landscaper/snow removal guy, I had to deal. Duckling wanted to help. She went around the house to get her shovel. She shoveled up a big load of chicken and duck poop... Then dumped it on herself. Mostly in her face. She returned to where I had been shoveling, and asked for my shovel. I did a lot using her shovel. I realized she wasn't even trying to shovel when I was almost done. I finished with the big shovel in time to see that she had been filling the path back up. I cleaned up the last scoop when arthritis kicked in.
She overflowed the bathroom sink, then went down for her nap. Crying because her back hurt. That is another story.
I returned to the back door to find a 100# package. They didn't even use the path I had cleared!!!

BTW, ignore where the second carrot is in the snowman. She decided he needed two.

 

[meltel]

Yes. I would too. Kick some ***....


In my neck of the woods...................

^.^

My hubby finally got my 3rd kennel build for the chicken coop, so I can seperate my turkeys and red sex links. I just need to get a roof on it. I have 15 more turkeys coming in the spring and I don't want them trampling my poor widdle chickens.

I'm going to try to sell half of them off - then keep the ones I think are girls, and maybe 1 more tom.


I told hubby I wanted to butcher 4 of my 5 drakes, and he could use the duck for his homemade dog food - but he doesn't want to do it. He keeps saying he will but then when I try to get him to do it, he goes no. LOL Our girl dog is allergic to corn - so we had to start making her corn-free homemade food.

I guess i'm gonna have to suck it up and figure out how to do it.

I have 4 more female 300 layers coming to replace the boys, along with my sebastapol geeese pair, in march.

My 15 baby turkeys are coming in march 2.

I don't plan on attempting to do any chicken eggs, until next year when I need to start replacing my layers.

However - my geese eggs, I plan on putting available on here, however, the sebastapol's supposedly have lower fertility than the average geese... so I can't guarantee hatch

My dog is highly allergic to everything but sweet potato and salmon dog food (prescription d/d) so thats what all my dogs ate.... Until my other dog developed pancreatitis and got us a $300+ vet bill- now he is on prescription i/d dog food

$300 a month for 3 dogs all under 20 lbs

 

[kajira]

My dog is highly allergic to everything but sweet potato and salmon dog food (prescription d/d) so thats what all my dogs ate.... Until my other dog developed pancreatitis and got us a $300+ vet bill- now he is on prescription i/d dog food

$300 a month for 3 dogs all under 20 lbs

MY dog "needs" prescription dog food - you know what we do? Croc pot. We use sweet potatos, "meat of choice" (i.e. whatever's old and laying around.) and eggs/egg shells. We've also given her goats milk in the past when we had extra mixed in to wet the food and it worked well.


She's had no issues. All our dogs LOVE homemade food - it's really cheap to make it, we add in left over veggies/fruits, too when we have stuff about to go bad - as long as it has no food coloring or corn, she does fine with it.

Have you considered trying to make food int he croc pot? It may be WAY cheaper.

 

[jwlpoultry]

I just received my goose and eggs and can barely contain my excitement. e

 

[duluthralphie]

Mine are only 3 months old - I wasn't expecting them to start laying until next month or the month after.

Ok.. not a turkey egg then....Ooooops

 

[Leave a LightOn]

Bravo!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

My new Nubian buck(kid reservation from Cosy Creek Ranch)was born in Nevada MO this morning

He is an aaaawwwwwe.

SOOOOOOO CUTE!!!

12 widdle serama waiting for their home on friday.... I had to cull a real tiny white one today, it was dehydrating and wouldnt drink

And I hear cheeping in the bator, I guess brooder two is gonna need set up.

Cuties!!

for you and Harmony Ann

KIDS ARE EXCITED... we apparently got our "first" turkey egg..... I still suspect it's a chicken egg that's XLARGE... but hubby said he's sure it's just a "Small first turkey" egg.... LOL

lol, are you sure its Turkey? whats it look like?

I still have Barry-my one malaysian, but my smaller guy I just got died a couple days ago. was going to necropsy him with Laureen but I haven't been feeling up to it. They will be installing more shelving in my garage tomorrow for more cages. also setting my last batch of eggs before the Lima show & 3 girls are broody

lol, even more cages

Well, cute now, but in the fall they will be yellow

I have to wait for results and contact from a doc, I am slowly going insane can you tell?

cant tell at all

I have 4 more female 300 layers coming to replace the boys, along with my sebastapol geeese pair, in march.
My 15 baby turkeys are coming in march 2.

However - my geese eggs, I plan on putting available on here, however, the sebastapol's supposedly have lower fertility than the average geese... so I can't guarantee hatch

i am ok with unknown fertility

I just received my goose and eggs and can barely contain my excitement.

couldnt tell lol

 

[jwlpoultry]

My new Nubian buck(kid reservation from Cosy Creek Ranch)was born in Nevada MO this morning

He is an aaaawwwwwe.

 

SOOOOOOO CUTE!!! 

12 widdle serama waiting for their home on friday....  I had to cull a real tiny white one today, it was dehydrating and wouldnt drink

And I hear cheeping in the bator, I guess brooder two is gonna need set up. 

Cuties!!   for you and Harmony Ann

 
KIDS ARE EXCITED... we apparently got our "first" turkey egg..... I still suspect it's a chicken egg that's XLARGE... but hubby said he's sure it's just a "Small first turkey" egg.... LOL

lol, are you sure its Turkey? whats it look like?


lol, even more cages 

Well, cute now, but in the fall they will be yellow

 


I have to wait for results and contact from a doc, I am slowly going insane can you tell?   

cant tell at all   

 
I have 4 more female 300 layers coming to replace the boys, along with my sebastapol geeese pair, in march.
My 15 baby turkeys are coming in  march 2.

However - my geese eggs, I plan on putting available on here, however, the sebastapol's supposedly have lower fertility than the average geese... so I can't guarantee hatch  

i am ok with unknown fertility   

I just received my goose and eggs and can barely contain my excitement. e

couldnt tell lol

I should just pm everyone and tell them.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I should just pm everyone and tell them.

and its not even friday yet!

 

[kajira]

Ok.. not a turkey egg then....Ooooops

SOOOOOOO CUTE!!!

Cuties!!

for you and Harmony Ann

lol, are you sure its Turkey? whats it look like?

lol, even more cages

cant tell at all

i am ok with unknown fertility

couldnt tell lol

It's dark brown compared to the other chickens.

I put it next to a full sized green EE egg, and my RIR's egg. She lays Xlarge eggs.



It's significantly larger and darker than my full sized chicken eggs.