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

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meltel said:
[COLOR=333333]Morning all- heading to work. wasn't thrilled with my Dr apt yesterday. Very depressing. Came home, crashed for 4 hours and then went to see my breeder-she always cheers me up. I was supposed to just go there and get the 5 chicks that hatched and she said not many eggs because of molt. Darn chicken math!!! She said "chicks are like valium!" I came home with a whole bunch of cages and supplies, 5 babies with a beautiful white broody I think she is gonna let me keep, a new very young silkie cockerel that looks extremely good & a girlfriend for him, a dozen breeder/show stock eggs and....... Stan's brother (who I call "Bro") and his beautiful hen who I haven't named yet! (Of course I tossed her some cash which she was reluctant to take but I insisted!) I am so lucky to have people that love and care about me [/COLOR]
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[COLOR=333333] Thank you all for your friendship-I will tell you more about the appointment when I get out of my little funk-Just no surgery as of now-still on heavy restrictions... [/COLOR]
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:hugs I pray you get better news soon. Good morning everyone!
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Morning everyone!! MY ducks safely arrived, I got my first pip in my incubator, and just in time too - hopefully they are all hatched by the weekend, so I can put new eggs in by sunday.
 
I have a couple goat questions for the goat folks....

If I get a couple Nigerian dwarf goats, what do you think the estimated feed cost would be per month? Also, could I make the underneath of my covered deck their shelter? It is about 10' x 12' and about 5' off the ground, the underneath is not used right now (except for putting my push mower under it). It would be waterproof from the top, and maybe I could just add some "sides" to it to make it more enclosed for them and leave one section open? Or would I be better off to build them something that is a stand alone structure. The back deck is in the yard I would have them in, so it would be ideal (and cheaper maybe than starting with a new structure).
 
heatherfeather7 said:
I have a couple goat questions for the goat folks....

If I get a couple Nigerian dwarf goats, what do you think the estimated feed cost would be per month? Also, could I make the underneath of my covered deck their shelter? It is about 10' x 12' and about 5' off the ground, the underneath is not used right now (except for putting my push mower under it). It would be waterproof from the top, and maybe I could just add some "sides" to it to make it more enclosed for them and leave one section open? Or would I be better off to build them something that is a stand alone structure. The back deck is in the yard I would have them in, so it would be ideal (and cheaper maybe than starting with a new structure).
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a deck would be fine like you describe. I would maybe though, get a large igloo style dog house and throw it under your deck for them. We use dog houses for our goats. They like that. ;)
 
kajira said:
a deck would be fine like you describe. I would maybe though, get a large igloo style dog house and throw it under your deck for them. We use dog houses for our goats. They like that. ;)
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If I did the igloo style dog house (which I already have one of those not in use), could I just leave the sides of the deck open?
 
heatherfeather7 said:
I have a couple goat questions for the goat folks....

If I get a couple Nigerian dwarf goats, what do you think the estimated feed cost would be per month?  Also, could I make the underneath of my covered deck their shelter?  It is about 10' x 12' and about 5' off the ground, the underneath is not used right now (except for putting my push mower under it).  It would be waterproof from the top, and maybe I could just add some "sides" to it to make it more enclosed for them and leave one section open?  Or would I be better off to build them something that is a stand alone structure.  The back deck is in the yard I would have them in, so it would be ideal (and cheaper maybe than starting with a new structure).
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As long as it stays dry it would be OK. Wet is very bad for goats.
As to feed, I have full sized goats and they get up to three pounds of grain a day in the winter with some beet pulp, but usually less. Then they may eat a flake a day or a bit more of hay. Plus whatever they eat in the field. Just remember they are browsers not really grass eaters.
 
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