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

[BullChick]

You're nuts.

Yes.

Getting bitten by a brown recluse and having 3/4ths of your face rot off never entered your mind once??

Just a little?

Is there a chance it will next time?

The flesh just rots off...

Are you sure it never entered your mind?

Nope. But it's funny that you mention that. I'm always thinking it when I'm putting on my coop boots. That and rodents that might be in there.
I'll still take my chances.

 

[BantyChooks]

Yes.

Nope. But it's funny that you mention that. I'm always thinking it when I'm putting on my coop boots. That and rodents that might be in there.
I'll still take my chances.

Rodents are cute. Except for when they're in my chicken feed, spreading their grubby diseased paws through the entire bag.

Did I tell you I found a baby mouse in the rafters of the old coop whilst I was taking it down?

 

[kwhites634]

I must eat it

Better hurry if you intend to get any; I'm a whole bunch closer.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Something is wrong with this picture below....


This shirt says "Yes I really do need all these chickens." the people at tractor supply love it and think it's hilarious when I wear it there.... LOL





@DwayneNLiz Sebastapol!

purdy birdies!!!!!

Thanks. Did you have a good weekend?

Has @DwayneNLiz ever said how her fair went? I don't remember reading anything about it, but it has been crazy.

Fair was good! got tons of ribbons, Banty posted for me
i entered 4 chickens (none were ralphies)
8 ducks and 2 turkeys

She won some,,,,but she had my birds so how could she lose? View attachment 1162073 She has had a nasty coyote killing things though since the show.

yep lost 20 birds 2 days before

Oh no...View attachment 1162076 dang predators!!!!

off with their heads!! if i could only find them

I think it was mostly before the show, some after... did she post pics here? @DwayneNLiz

20 before and another like 6 after

@daxigait
From Liz
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thanks!

she sent me a text of the ribbons she won....

yeppers

beyond awesomeness.. past super awesomeness..

thank you!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/helping-chicks-hatch-information-why-or-why-not.1203722/

Mornin Fowl peoples

morning miss sunshine

hey sweets, guess whats in my bator you will NEVER guess

eggs?

Duckie math. Guess you'll just have to keep 'em

For some reason misting doesn't help people with weight loss. I tried.

misting works wonders

I know, I have sold my ducks every year before winter for the last several years! I have one drake and three hens yet. I am getting scared to keep them, but they are so dang pretty and well, I am sorta liking them a bit too much to sell them off. HOWEVER I have been known to sell things anyway...... or ummmm eat them

LOL

Imma poke a hole in the top of a few of the real small ones, nothing else I Can do anymore, I ran without water entire time. oh well, I can try the hole in the top see what happens, although its still prol too late in the game for that, I shoulda sanded them and washed errr vise versa

dont mist but actually wipe water all over them

I did buy that 20 bag to put in wheel barrow to take out water lmao but I sure hope it fits in the big work wagon with a hose!
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thats neat! whered you find it??

Ken, can I keep hunting rifles in a damp basement?

nope

Two chicks have hatched and a third currently unzipping, the others that have pipped are still busy sleeping and then breaking more of the pip open - except one of the ones that is pipping the wrong way. The membrane is still intact and I haven't seen any movement now for awhile. He was the first one to pip this morning, it's now almost 9pm here. Is there anything I should do or just leave him be?

Also my incubator is quite full - it's a 24 egg incubator and I've got 23 eggs, the two hatched chicks are stumbling all over the eggs and it's quite squishy in there - will they all be OK? Not worried about the hatching eggs, more about the hatched chicks and their legs etc.

congrats!! they will play soccer, dont worry about it!

NEVER OPEN HATCHER DOOR!!!

never? but how will you get them out?? they'll die!!

I'm hatching my own darn turkeys. Now not to get attached as we intend to eat them.......yeah I'm not sure how this one will go down!!! The girls are all excited to see if baby turkeys gobble. LOL.

lol, babys squeak, i hope you get a trio and then you can breed them and eat their offspring! yummy!!

ok sounds good, I have a litter of pups due Dec 2nd too so I will have both at same time, good Lord

I see you're nearly caught up, Liz

yeppers

how do u know Liz here?

shes psycho

i just did my hospital tour - and while I'm fine with 90% of the stuff there, there's about 10% of the stuff that gives me anxiety

I must bake a cake

for my bday??

 

[BantyChooks]

Better hurry if you intend to get any; I'm a whole bunch closer.

Well, as of right now, I'm in your backyard and the dogs are already hitched to the sled. Better hurry.

 

[BantyChooks]

shes psycho

Morning to you too...

 

[BantyChooks]

never? but how will you get them out?? they'll die!!

He's just heartless.

 

[kwhites634]

Rodents are cute. Except for when they're in my chicken feed, spreading their grubby diseased paws through the entire bag.

Did I tell you I found a baby mouse in the rafters of the old coop whilst I was taking it down?

I find petrified ones a lot.

 

[kwhites634]

Well, as of right now, I'm in your backyard and the dogs are already hitched to the sled. Better hurry.

You're pretty quick for being half frozen. You kin to Santa?

 

[BantyChooks]

You're pretty quick for being half frozen. You kin to Santa?

He's my uncle on my father's side.