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

[kwhites634]

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[BantyChooks]

Gotta love Wikipedia

 

[BantyChooks]

I was goin' thru my pic files and found this... I forgot how much a wet silkie could look like a scrub brush

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote: It was 23F last night/this morning, which is about as cold as it ever gets here (probably broke some records). I went out this AM to find (no surprise) all the waterers frozen - they also have large feed pans full of water, and those froze over, but I could get the top 1/2" off as a disk. I don't envy you guys who deal with this all winter - not that it makes sense for me to have a heated waterer since it usually only freezes 2 or 3 times a year max here. It was both sad and funny to watch Switch try to "drink" and tap the top of the ice until I could get to the pan... Polly was the first one who figured out that Mommy fixed it. (Bear with me, I realize this is business as usual for all you polar bears.)

Good morning CC and Chaos!

Do either of you have a story for my You might be a red neck if... thread?

There's the old Jeff Foxworthy one: You know you're a redneck if... there are 4 cars in your front yard and the only thing that moves is your house.

Nice visit, no pictures everything is in molt!

But we saw the chicken people film !

What did you think?

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Oh, I read the labels like crazy - if it's not good, then I don't bother and would just go get meat. Top three ingredients are meat. The ones I'm trying are between 40% and 45% crude protein. It's not cheap, but I'm not going through it all that fast, and I'm not sure other options are much cheaper (except that mackerel idea). I also do eggs as well when I have them (they are not laying much right now, no extras). I'm going to try the mackerel as you suggest, or maybe canned salmon - this is actually primarily for my layers, though, wondering how much and how frequent so the eggs aren't fishy... I don't want to do it too much because, as you said, there are cat-specific additives that are probably wasted on the chickens.

We had such a crazy busy weekend, I didn't have a chance to get on the thread and catch up until this morning.

Hope everyone is staying warm and enjoying this Monday.

We finally have our sweet puppy! She is so adorable and we love her so much already!

Oh, she is SUPER cute!!!!!!

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- Ant Farm

 

[BantyChooks]

It was 23F last night/this morning, which is about as cold as it ever gets here (probably broke some records). I went out this AM to find (no surprise) all the waterers frozen - they also have large feed pans full of water, and those froze over, but I could get the top 1/2" off as a disk. I don't envy you guys who deal with this all winter - not that it makes sense for me to have a heated waterer since it usually only freezes 2 or 3 times a year max here. It was both sad and funny to watch Switch try to "drink" and tap the top of the ice until I could get to the pan... Polly was the first one who figured out that Mommy fixed it. (Bear with me, I realize this is business as usual for all you polar bears.)



- Ant Farm

Sure is entertaining to watch them poor confused biddies try to drink the hard stuff, aint it?

First time my ducks encountered it they were very puzzled as to where there water went, poor things...

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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I should have gotten the photo of my olive egger standing on TOP of the water/ice. She looked SO confused...

- Ant Farm

 

[BantyChooks]

I should have gotten the photo of my olive egger sending on TOP of the water/ice. She looked SO confused...

- Ant Farm

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: That's why I stick with the rubber feed pans, usually Fortex. I'll stomp a hole in the ice, or flip it over & stomp on the bottom to break the ice out, then I can add more. I don't fill it, 'cause it'd just be wasted; I just check it more often.

 

[BantyChooks]

That's why I stick with the rubber feed pans, usually Fortex. I'll stomp a hole in the ice, or flip it over & stomp on the bottom to break the ice out, then I can add more. I don't fill it, 'cause it'd just be wasted; I just check it more often.

Exactly what I do.
Only one's broke in the time I've had chooks, and they weren't new by a long shot when I got 'em.... Crazy sturdy for some of the stuff I've done to them!

(Think a not-exactly-small person jumping up and down on a rubber bucket half full of ice

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[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote: That's why I stick with the rubber feed pans, usually Fortex. I'll stomp a hole in the ice, or flip it over & stomp on the bottom to break the ice out, then I can add more. I don't fill it, 'cause it'd just be wasted; I just check it more often.

The hose froze, and I had to go to work. This wasn't too bad, and this way they could have the water underneath without me needing to haul water from the bathtub to the outside repeatedly...

Thankfully, shouldn't be a common occurrence here.