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

[DwayneNLiz]

Banti, I'm irregular about it as well. @Pensmaster has gotten me to start roasting it myself (well, once the stovetop popcorn popper and green coffee beans arrive in the mail). Green coffee beans store better, so that fits my irregular consumption (and I would get freshly roasted coffee, and probably much better quality decaf).

coffee could help you to become more regular

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote:
I knew that one was coming - but I expected it to be Ralphie....

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I knew that one was coming - but I expected it to be Ralphie....

it's eerily quiet here today

 

[DwayneNLiz]

might not even make the top 10 busy threads

 

[daxigait]

I went over to check, but didn't have anything more to add than what you already shared. 
Chicks are good - the oldest are 6 weeks old tomorrow, and REALLY need to move outside soon. I will have no heat source for them out there, and nights are still in the 40s to 50s, so we're limping along and I'm cleaning the brooder for them A LOT. The others are good, too. And the other two big brooders are set up for the two shipments of chicks that will arrive this week. (I just have the last bits of business to do and need to put those MHPs together tonight). 

Monkey's foot is a lot better, and I moved him outside on Sunday. I'm starting to wonder if he has some sort of "pigeon foot" or hip issue, as I think he walks a little funny when not limping (I may have just noticed because I was watching him a lot). I'm going to try to get a good look at him today before sundown. But he doesn't seem to be in pain or limping like he was before, so I think all is good. Before I took him out, I coated his legs and feet really well with castor oil (as well as his comb, which was a little bit of a mess). Everything looks a lot better to me. I'm going to castor oil the girls in that pen tonight or tomorrow.

- Ant Farm 

What is the oil for?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

What is the oil for?

scaly leg mites

 

[daxigait]

Thanks both of you. I just have what I have read to go by since I don't hatch mine yet.

 

[Beer can]

Tapped some maple tree's today, haven't done it in a few yrs, not looking forward to the work but I miss real maple syrup and I refuse to buy it $$.

 

[daxigait]

scaly leg mites

Oh yes, I was just thrown with the mention of combs.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Thanks both of you. I just have what I have read to go by since I don't hatch mine yet.

you know more than you think you do

Tapped some maple tree's today, haven't done it in a few yrs, not looking forward to the work but I miss real maple syrup and I refuse to buy it $$.

awesome!! i love fresh syrup
as kids we used to drink it out of the buckets and taste test as it was boiling down