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

[daxigait]

Doing pretty well. I am having some issues with keeping Jace from freezing but overall they are settling decently. Yes, I'm getting 1--2 more eggs every day---I really think they were hiding them before. Bad birds!

I found the Leghorns' stash, but there must have been another.

How have your birdies been?

Poor Jace.
Mine have all been well, just not laying much. I have several that are always thin in the layer group even with plenty of food available
My four from October are on the roost now, and it is two of each. The two boys have started ??crowing?? Or attempts at it as of last week. None of that young birds so far have lay blue eggs, so I assume that Americana was just a pain in the back side of my poor hens and not very effective. The Penadasenca cock on the other hand @ChickenCanoe seem to have done a good job, but I didn't want dark brown though the olive is great.

 

[BantyChooks]

Poor Jace.
Mine have all been well, just not laying much. I have several that are always thin in the layer group even with plenty of food available
My four from October are on the roost now, and it is two of each. The two boys have started ??crowing?? Or attempts at it as of last week. None of that young birds so far have lay blue eggs, so I assume that Americana was just a pain in the back side of my poor hens and not very effective. The Penadasenca cock on the other hand seem to have done a good job, but I didn't want dark brown.

I have a few birds too that are skinny too and always have been. Probably worm load... ought to cull them, but not in this weather!

 

[Lazy Farmer]

I was talking about Kajira's goats. She lost three in southern Texas with the 80 degrees down to 30 snow and rain. They were dead in their shelters in the morning. She said it looked like they fell asleep there. I don't know about her shelters.

I missed that.. thx.. sorry for her.. Been on my phone a lot lately. hard to keep up on a tiny screen.

 

[daxigait]

@Farmer Connie
Thanks for caring, I was not trying to be rude if it seemed like it. The context got lost after several days.

No they are not hardy here. I would bet it is more the mountain goats to our fancy Purebred breeds resembling the poodle and the Wolf.

 

[daxigait]

@BantyChooks have you considered those microwavable pet beds that can sit out for 12 hours and put out heat?

 

[daxigait]

I used one in my grow out coop under a wateret and it would keep the water thawed into the single digits below up to 12 hours.

 

[BantyChooks]

@BantyChooks have you considered those microwavable pet beds that can sit out for 12 hours and put out heat?

Never heard of them... that sounds nicer than what I'm doing now, which is bringing her in whenever it goes into the single digits. Which is a lot.

She has gotten significantly more cold sensitive with age, enough so that I was quite concerned about her.

 

[BullChick]

F or C? Brr

C.
I just saw that our forecast has changed again. We’re now expecting highs of 32 to 48°F for the next week after today. I’m so glad!!

 

[duluthralphie]

Never heard of them... that sounds nicer than what I'm doing now, which is bringing her in whenever it goes into the single digits. Which is a lot.

She has gotten significantly more cold sensitive with age, enough so that I was quite concerned about her.

12 hours of putting out heat in the tropics where she lives and the climate we live in is a lot different...Up here it is 9 minutes of heat, before it freezes.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

@Farmer Connie
Thanks for caring, I was not trying to be rude if it seemed like it. The context got lost after several days.

No they are not hardy here. I would bet it is more the mountain goats to our fancy Purebred breeds resembling the poodle and the Wolf.

My herds all have been putting on major wool.. lol
They all look like hippies. Even the adult swine.
Every October-ish I pump protein and stuff like peanut hay, peanut shells, alfalfa, O&A. Then when the sun shifts over to the south side, their coats crank out hair. Even my ugliest chickens are looking really good.
p.s. I didn't take it as being rude.. you are an