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

[kajira]

Picked 23 eggs from the hona pens that I'll try to set today. Broody is day 7-9? on her 4. Farm is a mess; five scovies decided they prefer the farm to the pond and have moved back. I guess that's fine. Goats haven't had hay in a week.

There's no forage left in the pen and I very specially said to make sure the manger was always filled.

Everyone seems to be alive, but I -feel- like there are way fewer chickens than when I left. Maybe because I've moved several into breed pens. I'll do a headcount tonight.

That sucks - this is why I'm scared to let anyone else take care of my animals.

 

[5Sons Coop]

Love love love it,

 

[OneMountainAcres]

That sucks - this is why I'm scared to let anyone else take care of my animals.

x2. We have a trip to Oregon for a week this July and my BIL is going to be watching all of our animals. I'm telling him to keep them penned up the whole time since he will be here in the morning to feed them and maybe in the evening to collect dishes but that's it. Not only would he be caring for the chickens and turkeys, but also, the cat, rabbit, fish (all 3 tanks) and maybe the dogs (I don't know if we'll kennel them or not). He's only ever cared for his cat. I'm very nervous.

 

[dan26552]

She literally chased me out of the coop.

 

[BullChick]

 

[BullChick]

She literally chased me out of the coop.

 

[5Sons Coop]

We have more of an issue with heat - so for them, they need a shelter that wind can get through and we can put ice blocks in there for them to lay against. 

Ha you fight to let the wind in amd I struggle to keep it out. We get hot in July but nothing like you go thru. On the few hottest day I just put ice in the waterer and I feed frozen scrap. Great time to clean out the freezers.

 

[dan26552]

She did that every time I walked past her last fall when she was broody, looks like I'm in for a long month

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Picked 23 eggs from the hona pens that I'll try to set today. Broody is day 7-9? on her 4. Farm is a mess; five scovies decided they prefer the farm to the pond and have moved back. I guess that's fine. Goats haven't had hay in a week.

There's no forage left in the pen and I very specially said to make sure the manger was always filled.

Everyone seems to be alive, but I -feel- like there are way fewer chickens than when I left. Maybe because I've moved several into breed pens. I'll do a headcount tonight.

I hope they're all there and accounted for. I'm sorry your sitter didn't do great I had my mom sit for us the last time we went away for a weekend and she did great but this year, we have to leave for a week and mom will be with us the whole time. It's up to my BIL :/ I'm terrified.

 

[BullChick]

She did that every time I walked past her last fall when she was broody, looks like I'm in for a long month

I'm sorry.
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