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

[kwhites634]

Been known to happen.

In what respects?
I remember the last upgrade about 5 year ago had me discombobulated for a bit but the assimilation to the new format was not as daunting as this time.


Dax called me to see if I was OK when I fell from the face of the earth.

Something along those lines. I don't really know what the sows are, when I look at them I see Duroc and Poland china or old spots, the guy we borrowed the boar from said he thinks they've got some York in them too. The boar is a hamp X Berk. So yeah some thing along those lines. Pretty! Wow, that's awesome! Our numbers were 1 boy two girls in one litter and five boys and five girls in the other.
The mother of the litter of three. (This was before she had them) her name is Migory sow
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Her and her pigs
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The other sow who had the bigger litter. She's Piggy Sue and is sister to Migory.
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Then there's this fellow, he's built like a tank. He's the father of both litters
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I was told that hogs are easy to keep in with a single hot wire just a few inches off the ground. What's your take on that?

 

[Lazy Farmer]

I was told that hogs are easy to keep in with a single hot wire just a few inches off the ground. What's your take on that?

If they get spooked or a sow hears a baby squeal.. No hot wire will hold. Although I have double hot wires with 8000 volts pulsing in side wire fences. I have tried only hot wires when free ranging to dedicated areas of pasture, tilling/preparation for garden etc.View media item 7893748This Berkshire sow is just under 450#. She will plow over a panel fence to protect her offspring.

 

[kwhites634]

If they get spooked or a sow hears a baby squeal.. No hot wire will hold. Although I have double hot wires with 8000 volts pulsing in side wire fences. I have tried only hot wires when free ranging to dedicated areas of pasture, tilling/preparation for garden etc.

Just curious...never had hogs...wouldn't keep one on the place

 

[Akrnaf2]

Have I missed much?

SHALOM!!!
Where have you been??

 

[Akrnaf2]

I apologize but right when the site went down for the upgrade (ha!), my computer went down. By the time I got it going, the new site was up and I got terribly busy. Spring and early summer are always busy but during that time, one of my best friends became hospitalized and almost died. I took over her business till she got well. My kids were in 3 car accidents - totaling their cars and mine. None their fault. My son was on his way to work sitting at a red light. A car rear ended him sending him into cross traffic, destroying both the backend and frontend.
My daughter was on her way home from work at 2AM and there was an accident on the interstate. Traffic was at a standstill when an SUV rear ended her and exited the off ramp leaving the scene.
My son borrowed my car till he got paid for his car. He works downtown and has to park at a meter. During his shift he went out to feed the meter. As he was walking back to work he heard an accident behind him. Turning around he saw the two cars slam into my parked car. And of course the guilty party was insured.

Just didn't have time to try to figure out how to negotiate the site. I miss a lot of the old features and really don't like the new functionality.
Where is the thing that says this is post #1201 of 1253? I hate having to scroll to the bottom of the page to know where I am in a thread.
Where is the box that says who is viewing?
Why does it no longer say if a poster is online?
Where's the popup that says there are new posts in this thread?
And why is this thing so dang slow?
I'll be typing away and it takes forever to show up on the screen.

Now I know!
You will need some acclimation to the new format, it is less friendly.
I am sorry to heare about all the hardship but I am glad that no one was hurt!

 

[BantyChooks]

You mean you don't want to be sister wives with Banty? Lol


I feel sorry for you! Been there done that. Have an 18 year old I still can't manage. I would like to tell you it gets better but so far for me it's just gotten harder.

It's now called conversations. Don't know why they couldn't call it What it is. . pm. Isn't everything else a conversation as well! Lol. Don't try to use the app. It doesn't work at all.
That's terrible about your accidents! When It rains it pours doesn't it!

You can have mine, you seem like a tough lady. Please?

 

[kwhites634]

 

[BantyChooks]

 

[shawluvsbirds]

You can have mine, you seem like a tough lady. Please?

Nope. Don't want no more kiddos any more than I want your flies.
You can threaten to send them to me if you want. .tell them horror stories about how miserable it is in Missouri and how I rock kids to sleep with real rocks.

 

[BantyChooks]

Nope. Don't want no more kiddos any more than I want your flies.
You can threaten to send them to me if you want. .tell them horror stories about how miserable it is in Missouri and how I rock kids to sleep with real rocks.

Ooh... Good idea. The horror stories and the real rocks.