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

[Sally Sunshine]

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[mlm Mike]

I give up, not going to try to catch up!

Happy New Years, Everyone!

 

[BantyChooks]

Howdy mike!

 

[mlm Mike]

Howdy mike!

Hi Banti! How many you have hatch?

 

[BantyChooks]

Hi Banti! How many  you have hatch?

1 out, 1 pipped. Having a super late hatch this time....

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote: Now, now, none of that!!!! NO STINKIN' THINKIN'!!!!!!!!!

I give up, not going to try to catch up!

Happy New Years, Everyone!

Happy New Year!

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: Glad you are getting some to hatch. These are from the problem air cells?

 

[Pensmaster]

I didn't get any of that done today - too many other chores. But I have a suspicion. I think stray cats did it. They are in my yard a lot, can't keep them out no matter what I do, and I found a pair of them early this afternoon sitting right by the layer coop and staring at them. I'm thinking they may have worked together against Goodwin. The trail of feathers and other "forensic" evidence doesn't really match something as strong as a fox... :/



Love this photo!!! Looks like a nice big colony of century plants there - I'd love to get some of those established in my back yard. The bank down the road has a large old colony, and there are always a few blooming - astounding!!! 

Well, I got SOME stuff done, but not enough. I found out that I have tomorrow off, and I'm really dragging from the poor sleep, so I'll work on the brush pile tomorrow instead. (I also have to redo my compost piles as well.) I also need to build my brooders.

SO MUCH TO DO!!!!!!! 

On the "SET ALL EGGS" front, I decided to save a bunch of the olive eggs from Arbequina (my sole OE) to do another hatch along with Puppy's eggs (since Puppy seems to have a death wish). By having her cross with Goodwin, all offspring will have at least one blue eggs gene, and some will have two. Then I'll put them back in that coop after moving Monkey (the Splash Copper Marans) in, to darken eggs even further in offspring. I wanted to take the opportunity to benefit from her cross with Goodwin - no idea how many will be fertile, we'll see. But it'll help me work on a consistent olive egger line for eggs - I have really enjoyed the olive eggs and want more!

- Ant Farm

Short side of the story for the century plants. Former owner saw some down the road used his tractor went and helped himself. They are gorgeous there was a bigger one but it bloomed and so it's gone. I actually got some to start from it's seeds as well. I'll see if I can find the picture of the large one blooming. I'm afraid it's on a now defunct computer or a stic that I don't have a computer to put it in.
Live trap has caught many a cat here. I usually shake them up a bit and normally they don't come back. I say normally because one not so smart one took three times.

 

[BantyChooks]

Now, now, none of that!!!! NO STINKIN' THINKIN'!!!!!!!!! 

Happy New Year! 

Hey, being a pessimist means you never get disappointed!

Glad you are getting some to hatch. These are from the problem air cells?

Yes. Well, most were ok, but they all died- the very worst one was one of the three that made it to lockdown. I'd never seen anything so bad, either inpics or reality.. Double saddles that went to the bottom of the egg. It was cracked too..

 

[microchick]

I'm not counting the minutes yet. Just give me time. I have put my mature roosters in with the hens and pulled the young cockerels who were trying to kill one another and driving the hens crazy. I left my mature Buff O roosters with them along with one of my Welsummer/Buff O cockerels. They will be a year in Feb and have completely overthrown the two year old Welsummer roosters who were until this past month, ruling the roost with spurs of iron. Since I want fertile eggs I figured I'd better go with the alphas since I want to hatch out some Buff O eggs as my Brinsea's initiation.

Now I just need to wait for the Buff girls to start laying again and then I will start counting down the days, hours and minutes till the first of March. Til then I have to settle for weeks.