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

[BantyChooks]

Cuties!!!!  Momma said her and dad are getting nice eggs from the brahma!  I will have to see what colors they have over what colored hens, I forget!

ugh   run it like that sweets you may have to raise them or have hot spots under them.  what cfm is your fan?  make sure you keep it set to blow directly on the bulbs but set just a bit under to help with those hot spots, only other thing is baffles perhaps if you have heat issues under them. 

Morning sunshine


It's 64.4 CFM. Yes, it's a big 'nuff fan it can blow over the top and several inches under at the same time.

 

[Chaos18]

How are you?
Did you manage to get out from the Gulag? Didn't see you for long time

I'm alright, how are you? Get out of the Gulag? I am the one who runs the Gulag

 

[Akrnaf2]

Good morning to all of you!

Hello, Benny! 

Good morning to all of you!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Remember yesterday when I said, the way my luck goes, I'd have a hen go broody now?

I went to gather eggs today and caught my youngest Welsummer pullet plopped down on a nest of eggs doing the old dragon screech at me and when she finally vacates the nest she is walking around doing that old tuk tuk tuk song that broody hens do. I'm hoping she listens to me when I tell her that A) Welsummer's are not known to be a broody species of chicken and B) There are 11 little ones in the brooder and why couldn't she have thought of this 3 weeks ago.

LOL, give her some eggs

I have 4 coops....wife says I need a barn...wish I could marry her all over again.

sounds like its time to start building!

I would love this! It even has swing out dishes!

that is pretty neat

Well, some of us have a little thing called will power

whats that stuff

not me...

I'm in trouble when hubby gets home (unless by some miracle he doesn't look in the brooder). I went into tractor supply without adult supervision tonight and these 6 little meaties were all that were left. I couldn't just leave without them! They've made themselves at home already, all stretched out and napping

Fun!! and yummy!!

How come every tractor supply but ours has chicks and ducks!!!?????

Definitely a looker. I gotta find out what my babies are before I go adding more.

who cares, you can eat extras!

Stupid sock, hat, glove monster moved up to a shoe last night.

next itll need pants, shirt and coat
Good Luck!!

Hey all...

Sorry did not read back, and sorry I have been gone, I am just too busy to spend time in front of the putor much these days.

It is hatching and selling season. My days are long and I need my beauty rest..

Take care be back when I can. I have to ride for a few hours in a truck today so I might get to catch up on my IPhone some...

Bye

have a good day!

Good morning everyone!

Steal nothing, with the goats.

maybe the goats stole the shoe that 5sons is missing

So been looking into becoming a NPIP tester. In Wisconsin it is a 2 hr course and $25 fee. I am pretty sure this is the route I am going to take. Mostly because I have a little OCD issue with anyone else handling my birds. Although I believe any certified tester must take great pride in handling and managing a flock and could be a weath of knowledge (BYC covers that for me) I get a little eye twitch just thinking about someone touching every one of my birds. So my question is what have others paid for this service with chickens and turkeys? Did you haul them somewhere or did someone come to you?

my testing was free and done by my state
but i am not npip, i just did the pt and ai tests

 

[BantyChooks]

Morning Liz...

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Morning Liz...

hello elsa, how are you today?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

You know I just realized that the incubation thread never got to a full year before I had to close it

 

[dan26552]

Why not?
No power outage concerns
No humidity/temp problems

What could be better?

Well, she won't lay for about two months. I'll probably let her set if she wants.

Hello Chaos! 

Hi Whites! You're still looking for a new/working boat trailer?

Be excited! e

LOL, give her some eggs

sounds like its time to start building!

that is pretty neat

whats that stuff 

Fun!! and yummy!!

who cares, you can eat extras!

next itll need pants, shirt and coat
Good Luck!!

have a good day!

maybe the goats stole the shoe that 5sons is missing


my testing was free and done by my state
but i am not npip, i just did the pt and ai tests

That stinks.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

You know I just realized that the incubation thread never got to a full year before I had to close it

i'm sorry

we are rather chatty

this one might get there, though unlikely

 

[Chaos18]

You know I just realized that the incubation thread never got to a full year before I had to close it

So we should talk less?