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

[shawluvsbirds]

Only every time I go anywhere with shopping carts

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Good night ya all! Good luck with the culling. I'll say a little prayer for them to go to bird y heaven.

 

[dan26552]

Wow that goat is huge! Ya hubby says we would be chasing little goats all over the neighborhood cause they would be hard to keep in. Lol

I'm sure someone will chime in soon.

Indeed. I think he's close to 300 lbs.

Lol! Yep, I'll stick to my big goats that stay in.

 

[duluthralphie]

Like a single testicle is the same size or larger as the heart at a frightening young age?! Says a lot, you know...

(My photo below)

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Looks about right.....

 

[duluthralphie]

I think it looks larger to me. . and just think they have two of those and only one heart!

Jealous?

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Ralphie - I have a question for you - I seem to recall that you have brooders/pens/cages like mine out of wood + hardware cloth. What has been the best way you have found to clean/sanitize them? As of now, I cleared out the dirty bedding (to the compost pile), and I'm currently using them as holding pens for culls - once that's over, it'll be a VERY temporary pen (an hour or so) for my GNH boys that have big fluffy butts that need feather trimming because poop is sticking. I have one more round of culling, and then I want to disassemble and "clean" them before the next hatch. Was wondering how you dealt with it.

These are mine - like some of yours. Mine have panels for the sides and top and plywood for the floor.

@duluthralphie

 

[Akrnaf2]

Like a single testicle is the same size or larger as the heart at a frightening young age?! Says a lot, you know...

(My photo below)

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You needed to put the brain to get the real understanding of what the real motivation is!

 

[Akrnaf2]

Explains a lot about males in general.

Like the fact that "Histeria" came from the
Greek word to "Womb " explain about women .....

 

[Akrnaf2]

Ralphie - I have a question for you - I seem to recall that you have brooders/pens/cages like mine out of wood + hardware cloth. What has been the best way you have found to clean/sanitize them? As of now, I cleared out the dirty bedding (to the compost pile), and I'm currently using them as holding pens for culls - once that's over, it'll be a VERY temporary pen (an hour or so) for my GNH boys that have big fluffy butts that need feather trimming because poop is sticking. I have one more round of culling, and then I want to disassemble and "clean" them before the next hatch. Was wondering how you dealt with it.

These are mine - like some of yours. Mine have panels for the sides and top and plywood for the floor.

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@duluthralphie

If I may, the best method IMHO is to use a butane / propane burner. it burns all the little feathers stucked in the colth and it sanitize EVERYTHING!

 

[duluthralphie]

Ralphie - I have a question for you - I seem to recall that you have brooders/pens/cages like mine out of wood + hardware cloth. What has been the best way you have found to clean/sanitize them? As of now, I cleared out the dirty bedding (to the compost pile), and I'm currently using them as holding pens for culls - once that's over, it'll be a VERY temporary pen (an hour or so) for my GNH boys that have big fluffy butts that need feather trimming because poop is sticking. I have one more round of culling, and then I want to disassemble and "clean" them before the next hatch. Was wondering how you dealt with it.

These are mine - like some of yours. Mine have panels for the sides and top and plywood for the floor.

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@duluthralphie

Mine are 4x8 in size, I have a door on both ends on opposite corners (kitty corner from each other).

I just reach in and clean them. I use a "shop" dust pan (steel) to clean the bulk of the bedding out. I use a 6 inch putty knife on the small clean up and a whisk broom.

I have 2 gallon garden sprayers I use a bleach mixture in to spray it and let it dry between birds.
Seems to work.