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

[duluthralphie]

looks like a good one!
i usually go with cheapest like this

lol

That looks kind of spendy compared to the ones I buy. BUT I am old and retired on a fixed income.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Granny's extremely disabled - which is why he doesn't like having her around. Her last 2 visits turned into a 2 week visit into a month+ First time she popped her hip out of a place and spent a month in a brace before she could safely go back home on the plane, and the last visit, she had a heart issue, due to allowing herself over heat and spent 3 days in the hospital getting her heart rate back to normal and then we had to wait a week+ for a new plane ticket.

THATS why he doesn't like her to visit.

LOL, poor granny though, i'll keep my fingers crossed that she'll stay well while there

That looks kind of spendy compared to the ones I buy. BUT I am old and retired on a fixed income.

no idea

 

[Honora]

Everybody see Ralphie's interview?

Also, did everyone see that despite him teasing me mercilessly on my interview I remained mostly civil in replying to his?

(Ralphie, I expect the cheque Wednesday.)
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1165422/byc-member-interview-duluthralphie/0_20#post_18337766

Thanks for posting; I enjoyed reading the interview. I have a son with ADHD (and possibly another that is undiagnosed), so it's always nice to read success stories of other people with ADHD. Especially on the days when I despair of him ever being able to take care of himself, lol.

 

[Lucky Lemon]

Woohoo - all 7 eggs are developing nicely.

I answered questions for one hour. ONE HOUR of questions about eggs from 2nd graders. Whew... I was sweating up a storm. I was doing alright with the questions until this one little boy raised his hand and asked, "Could you tell me what the most important muscle group is for a chicken?"

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Woohoo - all 7 eggs are developing nicely.

I answered questions for one hour. ONE HOUR of questions about eggs from 2nd graders. Whew... I was sweating up a storm. I was doing alright with the questions until this one little boy raised his hand and asked, "Could you tell me what the most important muscle group is for a chicken?"

most important muscle group? oh my

ROFL!!!

and you said......

 

[Lucky Lemon]

most important muscle group? oh my

ROFL!!!

and you said......

I told him that I honestly had no idea, but would be happy to try and find out for him before the next candling day.

(and quickly changed the subject!)

 

[Honora]

I told him that I honestly had no idea, but would be happy to try and find out for him before the next candling day.

(and quickly changed the subject!)

Maybe the legs, because they are walking around all day?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I told him that I honestly had no idea, but would be happy to try and find out for him before the next candling day.

(and quickly changed the subject!)

A bird has some 175 different muscles controlling the movements of its wings, legs, feet, tongue, eyes, ears, neck, lungs, sound-producing organs, body wall and skin. Collectively, the muscles are concentrated near the bird's center of gravity. Largest of all the muscles are the breast muscles, or pectorals. These muscles form the bulk of the fleshy mass in the breast and constitute about 15 to 20 percent of the bird's total body weight. They also provide the powerful downstroke of the wing and therefore bear most of the burden of supporting a bird in flight.
The supracoracoideus -- the muscle that raises the wing -- acts as the antagonist to the pectorals. This muscle is located below the pectoral muscles ventrally (on the front side). Together, these two muscles constitute about 25 to 35 percent of a bird's body weight. Besides the supracoracoideus there are numerous other small muscles of the wing that allow a bird to control flight. Other muscles that play a critical role in flight are the skin muscles. The involuntary skin muscles, for example, which are attached to almost every feather follicle, can raise, lower, or move feathers sideways to assist a bird in its flight maneuvers. The trunk and tail muscles are few, but extremely mobile and complex. One of these muscles, the pygostyle, supports the tail feathers and controls their entire range of movement.
"The thin, stringy muscles of the vertebral column control the elaborate lateral and ventral movements of the head and neck. Some of these muscles extend only from one vertebra to the next, and others link the movements of long series of vertebrae.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Maybe the legs, because they are walking around all day?

that was my thought too, walking and running from predators

 

[Lucky Lemon]

A bird has some 175 different muscles controlling the movements of its wings, legs, feet, tongue, eyes, ears, neck, lungs, sound-producing organs, body wall and skin. Collectively, the muscles are concentrated near the bird's center of gravity. Largest of all the muscles are the breast muscles, or pectorals. These muscles form the bulk of the fleshy mass in the breast and constitute about 15 to 20 percent of the bird's total body weight. They also provide the powerful downstroke of the wing and therefore bear most of the burden of supporting a bird in flight.
The supracoracoideus -- the muscle that raises the wing -- acts as the antagonist to the pectorals. This muscle is located below the pectoral muscles ventrally (on the front side). Together, these two muscles constitute about 25 to 35 percent of a bird's body weight. Besides the supracoracoideus there are numerous other small muscles of the wing that allow a bird to control flight. Other muscles that play a critical role in flight are the skin muscles. The involuntary skin muscles, for example, which are attached to almost every feather follicle, can raise, lower, or move feathers sideways to assist a bird in its flight maneuvers. The trunk and tail muscles are few, but extremely mobile and complex. One of these muscles, the pygostyle, supports the tail feathers and controls their entire range of movement.
"The thin, stringy muscles of the vertebral column control the elaborate lateral and ventral movements of the head and neck. Some of these muscles extend only from one vertebra to the next, and others link the movements of long series of vertebrae.

Thank you!