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

[duluthralphie]

Likely true!
Just eat dog on it!
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Dog is only served at Dinner, it sits so heavy in the stomach, most people cannot sleep if they have dog for supper.

 

[BantyChooks]

Dog is only served at Dinner, it sits so heavy in the stomach, most people cannot sleep if they have dog for supper.

it sits heavy in the stomach after DINNER!!

Supper doesn't exist.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

The wether get ammonium chloride?

I have to read to paper.. He was peter clipped as well. There is a disolving agent.. I have to re read it... On a plus.. we got another Bantamine bottle. We can't get that at a feed store. We used the last of ours on the two recent pig litters.
Something bad going on with the buck.. doc was concerned. The wether was obvious but my breeder male might be in heaven's waiting room.
I am very fond of my tiny wether. He was a rescued bottle baby (2yrs ago) there is a bond. We have taken great amount of care, love and compassion in raising him. He is kind and gentle and would not harm a flea. That is what ate a hole in my stomach and heart at the same time. My buck has giving me lots of offspring, for that I am greatfull.. but he has lived a good long life.. much much older than my little wether. I will be sad if he passes but I would be devestated if my little boy leaves.. His name is Luck.. Just Luck, because he has seen both, good and bad..

BAM JR... THE BUCK

LUCK... LATELY NOT SO GOOD..

 

[Lazy Farmer]

@BantyChooks your post quotes got lost.
If I tell someone to come for dinner sometime, they expect it at supper time. As early as five, 6 is average, and 7 is late.
Ditto if a guy asks me out for dinner. Dinner is just the largest meal of the day.

In school, we were given a choice about the possessive "s". I typically write "Jesus' birthday"

FLORIDA is a true melting pot of human diversity.
I personally have heard the term..

• DINNER
• SUPPER
• GRUB
• CHOW
• SLOP
• MAIN MEAL
• CONSUME MASS QUANTITIES

Add the word time to the end of each of those.
That is a short list..
We eat when we are hungry... no set time unless a mid day meal is skipped.

 

[MrsChicky55]

I think it's a preference.

I look at fertility rate: number of eggs that started development / number of eggs set. Since yours was low, it might be time to do some chicken butt trims. (I have English orps with a lot of fluff & after some vent grooming, the fertility goes way up!)

I like to base my hatch rate only on the fertile eggs - so whatever egg-topsies showed the slightest development are counted. Number of chicks hatched / number of fertile eggs

These were shipped eggs and I'll be sure to let the breeder know. I ordered a dozen and she sent 34 so maybe she knew, she says she does fertility checks weekly.
I think since what I'm looking for is how well my first incubation went as far as technique to get a decent hatch I'll take out the infertile. Fertility rate was 65%. That leaves me at about 59% hatching rate. I know there are a few things that I would do differently that could improve my hatch rate. But I think that's not too bad considering they were shipped right?

 

[BantyChooks]

These were shipped eggs and I'll be sure to let the breeder know. I ordered a dozen and she sent 34 so maybe she knew, she says she does fertility checks weekly.
I think since what I'm looking for is how well my first incubation went as far as technique to get a decent hatch I'll take out the infertile. Fertility rate was 65%. That leaves me at about 59% hatching rate. I know there are a few things that I would do differently that could improve my hatch rate. But I think that's not too bad considering they were shipped right?

Not too bad?? It's brilliant!

 

[Faraday40]

@BantyChooks your post quotes got lost.
If I tell someone to come for dinner sometime, they expect it at supper time. As early as five, 6 is average, and 7 is late.
Ditto if a guy asks me out for dinner. Dinner is just the largest meal of the day.

In school, we were given a choice about the possessive "s". I typically write "Jesus' birthday"

Yes. That's pretty much what we say in the Midwest. Of course, I was pretty naive & had a young man ask me out for coffee after our concert.(long time ago before marriage) I never liked the bitter taste, so I simply told him that I didn't drink coffee. I wasn't trying to be clever or rude. If he had asked me out to dinner or a movie or even hinted that he liked me, I would have said yes. I'm grateful my hubby was clear when we met. After over 20 years of marriage, we can understand each other and say exactly what we mean.

You mean like some people call "pop", "soda"

"Pop" is a noise.

 

[Faraday40]

These were shipped eggs and I'll be sure to let the breeder know. I ordered a dozen and she sent 34 so maybe she knew, she says she does fertility checks weekly.
I think since what I'm looking for is how well my first incubation went as far as technique to get a decent hatch I'll take out the infertile. Fertility rate was 65%. That leaves me at about 59% hatching rate. I know there are a few things that I would do differently that could improve my hatch rate. But I think that's not too bad considering they were shipped right?

Because they were shipped eggs, fertility may not have been the cause. They can get scrambled by the PO. That's why breeders always send extras. (to cover breakage, air cell ruptures, temp fluctuations, delivery delays, etc.) However, your results are pretty good considered they were shipped eggs.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

33 MINS AWAY FROM 12 HRS..
bad day to be made of pork, but a good day to be a carnivore.

photos taken just now while I was caughing...

 

[shawluvsbirds]

We put signs up outside on the road saying "chickens and eggs on sale limited time".. neglecting for punishment by asking for unexpected visitors..
(but really need to down size fast).
A lady comes by and picks out 5 pullets and asks for 4 dozen eggs. We box the birds and hand her the eggs and she hands me a sack of quarters...

5 birds @ 10 bucks ea & 8 bucks for the eggs.. So now I have 72 quarters. If I was a kid in an arcade I would be in heaven. I am going to put them in a tube sock and bonk the next person in the head that pays with 5 lbs in coins...

THEN.. some guy who bought a couple hens asked how much for the 75# feeder pigs close by.. Hub says 175... the guy offered 45 bucks since he bought 2 birds and though he could get a break. Hub goes.. lets see...... pigs born June 9th, today is Oct. 22, It ate over $100 in feed since June... Sure... I don't need my money back.. I do this only so I can wake up to smell $#!h everyday. Here is the key to that Mustang over there as well... You proboly don't want it because the tanks not full ...OMG.. I thought the guy was gunna want his money back for the birds. Hubby walks to the house and lets the dogs out and the guy left swiftly.. Never a dull moment with my elegantly sarcastic spouse.
I took the signs down before he totally blew his gasket. At least when you sell on line, the price is pretty much set. 10 people today pushed his buttons with wanting something for nothing..

Headed out to mow the lawn for the last time before Spring... Hang out with the smokey hickory smell..
Birds birds birds... too many.. Halloween batch is the last one for awhile..

toot-a-loo 4 now..
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Lmao! Go hubby! That's great!

Are you saying you call it supper too? I need backup.

I don't know why but we always say supper. That's your evening meal. Now. . if it's a big meal with company or going out to eat it's dinner. Still an evening meal BUT a dinner can start earlier than a supper.

Another question for the masses... not that I trust your judgment any more after this...

When making a singular word possessive that ends in 'S", do you add another "S" after the apostrophe or leave it?
Example: Atticus' book vs. Atticus's book.

I bugged a few of you for your thoughts already but it was largely inconclusive and it appears to be a style difference. Age seems to be irrelevant. I'm wondering if locale influences.

In my mind 's means is. Like you could write Shaw is crazy or Shaw's crazy.
No extra s needed if the name ends in s. It should be s ' if anything otherwise it changes it to mean is.