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

[AlilSassy]

Sally's had them don't know if she hatched them

Sally did

Thanks. She'll let me know tomorrow then

 

[Beer can]

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Question: Can chickens molt in their first year of life? I was told that the two sultans I got were 6-8 months old, but they're molting in full force. They don't seem like they should be molting- i.e. pullet body shape and silky soft feathers.

I would say no, check for mites, what feed you using? Maybe up their protein, or use 'feather fixer feed'. Never seen molting in chickens that age. This yr is actually the first yr I've seen my birds go through a hard molt, usually I don't even notice besides extra feathers around, birds have looked good the last few yrs. This yr had some that molted bad. DD wanted to take our white jersey giant rooster and hens to her FFA fair at school, he's hugemongous and a big calm baby anybody can pick him up. The hens still don't look good, the rooster is looking better but still doesn't have his nice tail, lost it. So she took NNs and a silkie/giant cross.
Then I got a thinking, I have seen early molt, about 12-15 yrs ago, bought 15 RIR chicks from our local feed store in the spring, they molted hard and bare, drowned rat style that winter to spring, so less than a yr old they molted. Guess it might be normal.

 

[Pensmaster]

They are candy.
#1 ingredient = sugar.
#2 ingredient = vegetable oil
#3 ingredient = hazelnuts

So there's more sugar and fat in Nutella than hazelnuts.

The flavor is vanillin, not vanilla. That means the flavor is synthetic.

We make our own vanilla. Vodka and vanilla beans. Cut up beans put in bottle wait a couple months.
It is getting more expensive as beans have gone up in price since we started doing this

 

[Beer can]

Cheer up...I'm about to drop $900 for shingles

Ever check the returns at Home Depot and Lowes? I got lucky last yr, yr before I guess. Bought a bundle of returns for our dog coops a couple yrs ago for $5 just cause I saw them, ended up not needing them. So I looked for more when I saw we needed them for the house.
Couple winters ago the roof over our back room started leaking, tarped it, tarp that summer crapped the bed when I went up to replace it fell through the sheathing...tarps hold moisture and rot.... Bought a bunch more returned bundles of shingles between Home Depot and Lowes, different colors, two different brands... super cheap.
Shingled our back room and part of the roof over the bathroom, odd layout old house, just mixed them up, alternated, looks great.

 

[Beer can]

We make our own vanilla. Vodka and vanilla beans. Cut up beans put in bottle wait a couple months.
It is getting more expensive as beans have gone up in price since we started doing this

VANILLACUDDY.....

 

[Pensmaster]

VANILLACUDDY.....

Well calling it a night.

 

[jwlpoultry]

Well I wasn't on for two days and I'm about 40 pages behind on mobile. Am I required to do a read back lol? Or does some person who is here 24/7 want to fill me in?

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Good night Pens

 

[Akrnaf2]

Good morning to you all
My new Greek copper coffee pot-Briki

 

[chicken hawk 33]

OMG,i did it.we have my first ayam cemani chick 4:20 this morning,and its very loud,another fixing to zip,and another pipped.