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

[mlm Mike]

goooooooooood morning! going to my grandma's house today! wont be any wi-fi but I'll manage i get to do my science, (yay!) personal finance homework(another yay!)

I hope you have a wonderful time!

Quote: I'm getting 2 eggs/day sometimes, but usually 3. Of course, I only have 3 layers ATM. The oldest crop of juvies should start contributing soon; they're 25 weeks old now, born May 29th.

I thought I'd lost one of the layers last night. The birds in her pen had been out scavaging all day, which they normally are on alternating days. They've never once failed to all come home by last light, but when I went out to lock up, there was one missing; only 2 birds in the coop, where there should have been 4...rooster was also missing. Naturally, my 1st thought was predation, but there was no sign anywhere. I found the rooster bedded down in the shed I'm building, but no sign of the hen anywhere (she's his favorite, judging from her sparsely feathered back), so I gave up.

I went out a little while ago to open up; going first to the juvies' coop. As the door raised, guess who was the 1st one out. She'd flown over the 4' fence separating the two pens.
Glad you she was safe!

Morning everyone.

Hi Pensmaster!

Morning everyone!

I just got a call from my post office. She thinks all my goose eggs are broken. Gonna have to get refunded on ebay, I guess. She's bringing me the box, but told me it doesn't look promising.

Oh no, bummer.

Hi Liz!

I made a deal with my daughter that if she takes care of all of the indoor pet chores (feeding, watering, litter boxes, cleaning fish tank, cleaning up messes from animals, etc) for 70 days straight, without missing any days, that we will get some goats. We made a big calendar on our dry erase board to track her progress. If she misses a day she has to start over on the count.

So.... what kind of goats should we get? We only want them as pets, but it would be great if they help keep the pond overgrowth under control too. I only want to get 2. Suggestions? @daxigait and @Sally Sunshine and anyone else with goats ? ?

Nigerian Dwarf

Quote: Technically all goats give milk. No, mammals usually only give milk after birthing.

 

[kajira]

I ordered this for my youngest daughter. ;o

 

[BantyChooks]

Mike

 

[kwhites634]

oooooooo.... look how close I am to 1000 posts

Don't pull a Benny on us

 

[Chaos18]

Oh yeah. Better than ANY old fashioned home recipe. LOL

I lost a baby to bloat, and when my other one started having problems, I tried all the baking soda crap and my 90 year old vet told me to use Gas, X strips.

Never had a problem with bloat after that. LOL

I might have to try this as my intact male like to blow up like a balloon.

 

[Lucky Lemon]

I am so glad that when I do get my goats, that I have all of you to come to for advice! Thank you all!

 

[kajira]

I might have to try this as my intact male like to blow up like a balloon.

just 1 strip on the tongue. It usually fixes it with in 15-20 minutes of giving it. I've seen people be able to save a goat with the strips when they were like 5 minutes away from dying before. ;o the stuff is a freaking miracle.

 

[Lucky Lemon]

Don't pull a Benny on us

~innocent~


oh look, 1000!!!!!

 

[kajira]

~innocent~


oh look, 1000!!!!!

I challenge you to hit 2000 by Halloween.

 

[BantyChooks]

~innocent~


oh look, 1000!!!!!