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

[Akrnaf2]

 


  But I thought you wanted more children????

the cat, silly! LOL

and, we are trying, but my prolactin levels are still too high. first time with ALL my kids that my boobs have decided to be super producers chemically and not let me get pregnant.  

It is your Adenohypophysis.....

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Howdy - I tried to read back, but can't quite finish. Yes, indeed, it is Emma's fault that I adopted two cats today - I found them when looking at other San Antonio cats for adoption for her. They are quiet, adult cats who both have had a very hard time finding homes. I went to meet them - they are quiet and a bit standoffish, but honestly, that's sort of what I'm looking for (I don't have it in me to manage a kitten right now). You can see them here - I'm getting Opal and Brooke.

https://sahumane.org/services/adoption/adopt-a-cat

I will pick them up tomorrow - I got home and took a critical look around. It's been a few years since I've had a cat, and my house is not in great shape for new cats at all, so I've been tidying up, moving breakable things, etc. I'm wiped out, though, heading to bed now.

Oh, chick update - I found another dead chick this evening, and there are two or three more that may not make it. It was a really rough trip for them, poor things, and this fits about the number that I was worried about when I first took them out of the box. But some are doing just fine, so at least there's that (when it took so long for them to arrive, I was worried that I'd pick up a silent box of dead chicks at the post office). I won't relax until losses are over, though.

OK, I gotta crash. More tidying tomorrow, and selection of locations for littler boxes and cat trees. (Plus all the chicken stuff to do). This weekend just got a lot busier...

- Ant Farm

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I just checked - they took Opal and Brooke down (duh - because I adopted them!). Here are some photos I got at the Humane Society - they were in the same living area:














Brooke has been at the shelter for almost a year (was a stray), and Opal has been there 6 months (and was also there for a little while in 2014 as a kitten - she was adopted, then her owner moved, and she's back). They had photos up of them on the wall of the lobby in little hearts and everything. They wanted me to do a photo op with them because it was a really big deal for them to find homes - but I escaped having to do that since I'm picking them up tomorrow. (I can't wait to have them here!)

OK, NOW to bed...

- Ant Farm

 

[5Sons Coop]

Or this terror birds, especially no 5!

I am going to need a bigger incubator and heavier wire on the runs.

 

[dan26552]

Temp spikes... Temp spikes everywhere!!

Now that we've terrified you, we'll return to your regularly scheduled programming.

 

[BullChick]

Do they realize this is no different than handing out free beer at an AA meeting?

Original post above. Pictures below are what I just took. Any advice welcome!

I advise you to set more eggs. I advise you to put the eggs next to each other. First, there is the heat they give off to keep each other warm. Second, the sounds they make from the shell will encourage the others to start hatching. So set more eggs. For their health!

 

[BullChick]

@Fire Ant Farm I have a dream.... The cat area of my dream shelter would look like it looks like that one looks like.

 

[Akrnaf2]

@Fire Ant Farm I have a dream.... The cat area of my dream shelter would look like it looks like that one looks like.

 

[Akrnaf2]

Return to sleeeeeeeep...... zzzzzzzzz

 

[BullChick]

Yup!