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

[Lazy Farmer]

Another Great Idea brought to you by the resident genius!

 

[venymae]

Honeybee came early! Went into labor at 4AM yesterday morning and had him out by 1:30PM. He's 41cm and 3.27 kg. No epidural, no pain meds, and I was even able to pull him out myself once the shoulders came out. Progression was way too fast for very many interventions!
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That sounds wonderful! It must have been such a rush to get to catch him yourself! He's so precious, enjoy your cuddle time! Congrats to you and hubby!

 

[Akrnaf2]

Put my next batch of eggs into lockdown. They were rocking like crazy last night! Not due to hatch till 15th, but I suspect they will be early as the bator was running a bit hot!

You are going to grow all of them by yourself?

 

[Akrnaf2]

Honeybee came early! Went into labor at 4AM yesterday morning and had him out by 1:30PM. He's 41cm and 3.27 kg. No epidural, no pain meds, and I was even able to pull him out myself once the shoulders came out. Progression was way too fast for very many interventions!
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!מזל טוב

 

[Akrnaf2]

Yo Wick!
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I HAVE THE MOTHER!

 

[venymae]

You are going to grow all of them by yourself?

OH no! I live in an small apartment, no chickens for me.

They will be picked up a day or two after hatching .

 

[duluthralphie]

Thank you so much for this honored award...I hope I can continue to live up to your expectations....

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Thank you so much for this honored award...I hope I can continue to live up to your expectations....

 

[kwhites634]

Collars and horns are a deadly combination. I have witnessed a smaller doe being dragged and strangled awhile back. I stopped using collars. I will use a harness during hoof trimming. But it is removed right after. Goats have a pecking order just like chickens. The alpha nanny is a brute. When my alpha passed away last year, another took her place. She leads the herd and they follow her lead. Alpha's are the worst for collar hooking.

That's one problem I never had, and I had collared goats for years. I think all of Sally's goats are w/o horns, anyway.

 

[mlm Mike]

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Congratulations Ralphie!