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

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the stock tank waterer was what surprised me

 

[BullChick]

Whoa! Where is everyone?!

It's started snowing now. We were outside in t-shirts this morning :/

Ditto.

Holy cow! Send some of that south to heather!

She can just get her butt up here to Pennsylvania!!

Are the khaki meaty? Do they really lay that many eggs? I had heard that Muscovy are meaner do they laywell

Not mean that I see.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

@BantyChooks broody hen sitting on two of her own eggs +12 quail eggs do to hatch sometime maybe?

 

[BantyChooks]

Whoa! Where is everyone?!
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X2?

@BantyChooks broody hen sitting on two of her own eggs +12 quail eggs do to hatch sometime maybe?

Danke

 

[chicken hawk 33]

A lot of cuteness! 

She's adorable

Glad you are home safe! 

Congratulations! What kind?

Interesting!

a gourami

 

[BantyChooks]

 

[Pensmaster]

Whoa! Where is everyone?!
Ditto.
She can just get her butt up here to Pennsylvania!!
Not mean that I see.

Thanks. How much snow did you get? We received 5/8 of an inch of rain. Tried to get stuff done in between down pours but my timing was off getting soaked.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Wow - it sure is quiet! So I'll ask a management question to see if one has any ideas (I also asked about it on another thread):

My Naked Necks prefer to roost in the "open air" part of their coop (enclosed and predator safe), not the enclosed hen house. I tried to get them to roost in the hen house for a couple weeks at first before just giving up. Didn't think more of it until about a day or two ago - I have at least two hens who are near naked with molt, and it's going down to 36F tonight (and with them roosting up "in the breeze" - sometimes not even up against each other).

So I went in at dusk and moved them all into the henhouse, which made them all VERY unhappy (especially Snape the rooster). I am uninjured, but they are all ticked off at me. The issue tonight was that they kept trying to come back out (no door, just an opening) because it was darker in the henhouse than the outer part of the coop. I had to prop a board against the opening (and they kept pushing it down) - it was a real pain, and I'm sure it stressed them out a lot, which was not my intention. They can't see to roost, and are just in a pig pile by the door now (which is fine for now - I just want to be sure they are all warm tonight, it'll be warmer again tomorrow).

Strategy question: If I want to encourage them to start sleeping in the hen house, but would rather not go through the stress of moving them every night, should I have a low light in there at dusk to lure them in - would that work? (I don't have a way to lock them in, and no food or water up there - it's like a loft).

Enjoying some delicious chicken noodle soup.

- Ant Farm

 

[Pensmaster]

Brownies gone. Thinking of making chocolate chip cookies.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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Mmmmmmm.... Brownies......