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

[Akrnaf2]

We have 6 C outside now, and everyone is friked out! I REALLY don't understand how you can suffer the cold there!
6C= 42.8F !

Dude that's warm.... I'm worried because this weekend is the U. P. 200 DOG SLED RACE and I'm worried it'll be to warm in the 40's for the dogs.

A very intelligent member of my people said "that EVERYTHING is relative! "

 

[kajira]

So sorry to be cryptic. It stands for "Mama Heating Pad", after a method some folks use to create a sort of "artificial hen" with a heating pad. It works very well, and it works well outside in the cold as well. There's a giant thread about it that Blooie started. I prefer it by far, compared to heating lamps or panels. I think it leads to more calm and well adjusted chicks.

Nope - not a lot of those here (though I got a hug from @kajira , and her kids are adorable and wonderful and I'm pretty sure I got a hug or two there as well). Love me those chicken hugs.



(There's a reason her name is Sweetie.)

I got this out last night and pulled butter out of the freezer to thaw. I fell asleep and was therefore saved from myself.

Thanks, MC! Good morning!

Yep, very true. But I live in one of the friendliest cities in the country, we say hi and start conversations with strangers and in checkout lines, let each other into traffic, etc. And there's more hugging with non-family than there might be in other parts of the country (culturally). (I should point out that when I say city, I mean roughly 2.4 million people in the metro area - Banti thought a city was 3000, which is about the size of a high school here.

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Dax

I know what you mean. When I was reading back about skunks, I was reminded of my sweet though somewhat stupid greyhound Daisy, who never learned and got sprayed in the face multiple times, poor thing. No one wanted to adopt her because she was black - it's bizarre, but for some reason folks who adopt greyhounds don't like to adopt the black ones. She needed to be near me all the time, and used to follow me to the bathroom and stand in the door, then follow me to the laundry room and watch me load the washer or dryer... I had dog beds in every room. She had it rough and died before her time of an inflammatory bowel disease issue. I pulled up her photo and found myself tearing up - and it's been about or 9 years since she died at age 7.


Her sister Froggy lived another 7 years:




You're so sweet!!!

Chicken hugs are great, but I'd love a hug from you.

HI, and welcome!!!

I've considered it...

OMG, that should be illegal. I need to go get some insulin now...

Yeah, I got overwhelmed and went off of BYC for a few months. MC insisted that I come back.

This is a little better now. I usually am online when eating or taking a break, and when mellowing out after work if I'm not grading assignments or something... My computer is in the den, and I usually have the TV on running a movie or documentary and I sit but he computer and sort of split my attention. (But it is true that I would likely get more done if I spent less time on here.

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Thanks for the update, Mike. Please let her know I'm praying for her and sending healing vibes.

You couldn't pay me enough money to keep guineas. The only saving grace is that my neighbor has one (that sounds like a car alarm), and so folks don't complain about my roosters.

- Ant Farm

I love my roosters!!! :O

With that said, i'm with you. No Guineas!

 

[BantyChooks]

No thanks, but I will trade you in middle of August!

Uhhh.... How bout NO.

Yep, very true. But I live in one of the friendliest cities in the country, we say hi and start conversations with strangers and in checkout lines, let each other into traffic, etc. And there's more hugging with non-family than there might be in other parts of the country (culturally). (I should point out that when I say city, I mean roughly 2.4 million people in the metro area - Banti thought a city was 3000, which is about the size of a high school here. )
- Ant Farm 

 

[Akrnaf2]

Ok do you want the answer to my Riddle?

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

DIL took it a bit ago; showed I was dead. Assuming a glitch in the reliability of the BP cuff.

Quote:
Phil, I love this photo - I can see enough of your face to tell she's your favorite.

We have 6 C outside now, and everyone is friked out! I REALLY don't understand how you can suffer the cold there!
6C= 42.8F !

Brrrrrrr.....

Ok do you want the answer to my Riddle?

Yes, put us out of our misery already....

 

[Akrnaf2]

In 1934 you could not KNOW that the WW 1 was the first WW, because the SECOND didn't brake yet!
You could know that there is 2 WW, only after the second broke out!

 

[BantyChooks]

In 1934 you could not KNOW that the WW 1 was the first WW, because the SECOND didn't brake yet!
You could know that there is 2 WW, only after the second broke out!

Ah, I thought it was a rewrite to clarify it was the 1st WW...

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: Any interest in Pepper's boy. Some day I'll be going to visit my Mother out in MO.

Quote: Sounds good!

Quote:

Congratulations Chaos!

Quote: I'm not ready for any marathons yet,but I'm getting there. Low BP was making me dizzy (more so than normal, Chaos), but I'm told that's normal after major surgery. Eyes are still blue, so I guess I was a bit low.
Whites, nice to see you here. I hope you continue to improve and get your brown eyes back.

A Riddle to sharpen your brain in this wonderful day.

At one of the evening German newspaper, in December 1934 was written an article, and this
Paragraph is from that article :" the honorable Brigadier General Von Schmidt, the hero of WW1
was involved in a train accident, and died from his wounds. The funeral will be at the main Berlin
Cemetery the public is invited to give tribute to his memory "

What is the problem here?

It wouldn't be called World War One yet?

 

[Pensmaster]

Thanks. I'll feel a lot better when the incision heals & quits itching. Tough to get any sleep 

What's the weight limits on something like this

 

[daxigait]

@Fire Ant Farm Sounds like a great dog. Most of us have many great animals, but for most of us there is one or maybe a couple that hold our hearts. They do that long after they are gone, but never forgotten. His memorial says Forever my Pretty Boy I love you.