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

[Pensmaster]

Idk. Ducks have their advantages.

 

[mlm Mike]

Unless it’s the feared tomato worm.

Morning Mike I also have chickens scheduled for fridge this weekend.

Good morning.

Yes, have to watch for those cut worms. I'm wondering if I should get my stuff planted. I think we're still in a 90% chance of frost, but nothing but 70/80 highs and 50/60 lows in ten day forecast. Lot of rain too though.

 

[BullChick]

Um, you usually want to see worms.

No. No, I don’t!

 

[mlm Mike]

No. No, I don’t!

 

[mlm Mike]

 

[Pensmaster]

Good morning.

Yes, have to watch for those cut worms. I'm wondering if I should get my stuff planted. I think we're still in a 90% chance of frost, but nothing but 70/80 highs and 50/60 lows in ten day forecast. Lot of rain too though.

Planted my tomatoes early this year. I just kept them covered. We should be good here now. Slider door is open this morning it was 85 yesterday. Our temps sound like yours for now. No rain

 

[mlm Mike]

Planted my tomatoes early this year. I just kept them covered. We should be good here now. Slider door is open this morning it was 85 yesterday. Our temps sound like yours for now. No rain

I think I'll put a few plants out, and save some just in case. I have more seedlings than I need. I can cover them if the temp is going to drop.

 

[Pensmaster]

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I got first dibs.

 

[GldnValleyHens]

Seems a bit high, how are the air cells?

It's been hard for me to candle the air cells because I only have the flashlight on my phone, and I haven't candled them in a day or so, so I forget. I'll candle them and get back to you.

 

[BullChick]

Unless it’s the feared tomato worm.

Morning Mike I also have chickens scheduled for fridge this weekend.

I don’t liiiike you!
I am so annoyed that when I was ready to process, someone wanted the roosters, but never came. Now I just can’t do it! I had closed the fence while I was working yesterday afternoon to keep the chickens out. One squeezed in, and I could have caught him. But I just couldn’t stomach killing him.

Their waste is safe for the garden immediately, they need less pampering in the heat because they swim, and less work in the winter because they stay warmer. I lost a chick when it separated from its mother, and drowned in a bucket the rain had filled. Momma duck puts her oil on her babies, so not only would a duckling have been able to swim for a while (assuming it was even a breed that could fly into the bucket), it could float.