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

[room onthebroom]

Our kids are very good about washing their hands as soon as they come inside & again before eating. We even have "chicken shoes" by the back door. (Basically just old shoes to slip on before playing out back. They are never worn anywhere else. Likewise with some old coats in winter.) Because our DD is a big animal cuddler, we had to make a "No kissing chickens" rule.

So..... DS goes to religious ed & they were talking about the 10 commandments. The teacher asked for examples of some rules from home. Yep. Little DS proudly said, "No kissing chickens." The teacher was rather surprised & unsure how to respond.

I was embarrassed but also thankful he didn't say some of our other house rules.....
DH refuses to allow our flock to eat any leftovers from a chicken dinner, so the "No cannibalism" rule was created. It has turned into a family joke when some one says something like, "You're so cute I could just eat you all up!" Also our current dogs love to dig. We have a flower garden where previous pets have been buried, so we've had the "Don't dig up the dead" rule in place for several years now.

I'm glad I didn't miss this one! You're my kinda family!!!

 

[shawluvsbirds]

We have been trying to sell a truck . . haven't put it on c l yet. Already have had so many people call and ask hubby 1000 questions just to say ok. . I'll call you back such and such day to come look at it. . and never show up. Or call back.

 

[room onthebroom]

not always.. but lately seems to be increasing.
"People are strange, when you're a stranger. Faces look ugly, when you're alone."

Women seem .... Hey, anybody seen Wicked today?

 

[room onthebroom]

Ok, I cant finish catching up yet. I have exactly ONE decent weathered day where I can turn on the oven & I MUST go make something yummy. Talk later.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Stupid computer completely lost my place. I'm reading backwards now & am getting really peeved at the CL idiots you guys are dealing with.

I have learned it is next to impossible to get caught up on this thread.

I'll call you back such and such day to come look at it. . and never show up. Or call back.

BOOOOOYAH!
If we have a high dollar critter and you say noon Saturday and don't show OR AT LEAST call.. This little piggy went to a different market at 1 O'Clock..

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Ok, I cant finish catching up yet. I have exactly ONE decent weathered day where I can turn on the oven & I MUST go make something yummy. Talk later.

I want a Pie!!!

 

[hippiestink]

Well Daisy is out with the flock again. I'll be keeping an eye on her still but she's walking around so I deemed her okay.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Talk later.

This is how many posts you will need to catch up on when you get back.

Could be that the rest of my friends are fellow chicken nuts and see more things wrong with eating salad from a salad bar than hugging a chicken.

I try not to hug either

What about crocks?

I get nice dark colored spots on my feet when I wear them in the chicken yard!

on the bottom of your crocks? hmmmm

Sitting out here in the blind waiting for a decent deer to show. Been a groundhog near the feeder for the better part of an hour helping himself to the corn on the ground. I noticed something white on his head, so I trained the 8x21s on him; darn thing has a tusk, like a wild hog! Just on the right side, though. Seen a lot of 'hogs, never one like that.

snaggle tooth groundhog

Does this mean I should stop wearing my flip flops in the duck yard?

Go barefoot.... no... flops

Scarves.

Not in the Floridian vocabulary.

REALLY weird southies.
Next you're gonna tell me you wear your underwear on your head.

Only in DUI mug shots.. wasn't proud.

About half of them usually are.

We are close to a 50/50 male female ratio on our Barred Rocks.. hatch wise

You don't need advice, you need patience.......

Ahhhhhhhhh. all is fine.. GRASSHOPPAH... zen

I do not open the hatcher until day 23. Unless I have to ship them, then I pull them out so they are in the mail before they are a day old.

I can't leave 30 chicks running around in a Little Giant that long.. sorry

I wish... maybe could help me justify having 9 of 'em.

I can't tell you what I have while looking you in the eyes..

Our water meter, gas meter and electric meter are set up to transmit wirelessly. No one reads the meters here anymore

Our power bill goes on an average. When IRMA knocked out our power for 7 days, our bill was the same.. DH raised cane and asked them how our bill was so high when we ran a generator for a solid week. They adjusted it by a credit to the following bill.

Honestly the only ones I've ever seen using the ladder instead of just jumping are my d'Uccle and my BCM hens. The d'Uccle because she has short legs!

my birds by pass my shuts and ladders... except some of my granny birdies.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

I'm starting to think BYCers are the last intelligent life forms, and even then we're sorta suspect. Especially the dux-haters.

No one really hates ducks.. Just try to be cool by saying it... I believe Ducks may just be angelic..

 

[hippiestink]

No one really hates ducks.. Just try to be cool by saying it... I believe Ducks may just be angelic..

Ducks will never be as awful as geese. But I have had traumatic experiences with geese so I'm biased.