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

[Fire Ant Farm]

Good morning everybody. Lots of appointments today.

Hope everyone has a great day.

Hope they go well!

Morning all.

I woke up this morning to two external pips and a lot of cheeping going on.

I was up at 2AM and heard my first soft peeps.

The humidity is holding this morning at 67%. I'm hoping it will nudge up a bit if and when one of the two that are pipped, zip for me.

Now the waiting for a zip beings.

As for the cloud of flies. BIG bug zapper.

Super! That's the best way to wake up!!!!

Guess what! My ducks are at full production!!!!!

The only problem, I'd never be able to set all their eggs. Hmmmmm

Today's eggs.

Congrats!!! Looking good!

Good morning everyone. I have the day off.

Awesome! I wish I had the day off...

Also - Dumb question, but my cat, who's always been notoriously chunky, has lost a ton of weight in the last 3 months. He seems okay, but should I take him in and get some blood work done, to make sure he's okay?

He's double digits this year, so I know he's getting up there in age.

I'd take him in. Could be a lot of things, some fixable, some not...

Quote: I got a catalog the other day for fly predators.... Lots of options.

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Lost a keet

looks like they all went to the cooler side last night and then instead of going back to the light when they got cold they just piled in a corner.

Aw, I'm sorry. I try to remember to check on them at bedtime because I've seen groups of chicks do this before (though never lost one because of it). (I don't always remember to check.

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Thanks! That hit the spot!!!!

- Ant Farm

 

[BantyChooks]

Only thing I've ever found to keep them at bay (other than bug spray, which loses effectiveness & is a pain to lug around) is tobacco smoke. Can't tolerate insects in my face,so I started smoking a pipe somewhere around '64 to keep them away. No clue what I'll have to do now that I've had to quit. I've heard that dryer strips hanging from a hat band work pretty well, haven't tried them.

A hat. Preferably with a piece of double sided duck tape to catch them on. The deerflies around here go for your head alone.... If you're talking those x-large horse flies that sound like bombers and have bites bad enough to make kids run inside near crying, then that won't work.

That's because she has terrible taste in names.

Do not.

Internet is up again. Anyone still need coffee? Maybe a second cup?

Thanks, and good morning Most Wonderful And Amazing Abi

 

[BantyChooks]

Hi Kristin

 

[dan26552]

Hope they go well! 
Super! That's the best way to wake up!!!! 


Congrats!!! Looking good! 
Awesome! I wish I had the day off... :/

I'd take him in. Could be a lot of things, some fixable, some not... 

I got a catalog the other day for fly predators.... Lots of options.



Aw, I'm sorry. I try to remember to check on them at bedtime because I've seen groups of chicks do this before (though never lost one because of it). (I don't always remember to check. )

Thanks! That hit the spot!!!! 

- Ant Farm 

Thanks. Now I'll have more eggs than I'll know what to do with.


Yeah. I checked on them last night before I went to bed and they were fine At least it wasn't the lavender.

 

[jwlpoultry]

Guess what! My ducks are at full production!!!!! e The only problem, I'd never be able to set all their eggs. Hmmmmm

Today's eggs.

You can send them to Banti I heard she decided not to wait till June and wants them now.

 

[jwlpoultry]

Hope you are all having a Good Monday if there is such a thing.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Hi Kristin

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Are they under a heat lamp with light? That's an advantage of a heat plate or MHP - at dark they "go to bed" in the warm place and stay there. I just check that they're in the right spot when it starts to get dark (vs. huddled together away from the MHP), and once under MHP they don't generally walk around again in the dark. But there's always something - they manage to get themselves in trouble sometimes no matter what you. do.

- Ant Farm

 

[BantyChooks]

You can send them to Banti I heard she decided not to wait till June and wants them now.

You paying import fees?

 

[jwlpoultry]

You can send them to Banti I heard she decided not to wait till June and wants them now.

You paying import fees?

No I am saving up for Jubilee Orpingtons and maybe even blue Jubilee Orpingtons.

 

[BantyChooks]

No I am saving up for Jubilee Orpingtons and maybe even blue Jubilee Orpingtons.