Quote: I've scored it and broke, seemed to work fine.
Congrats on the eggs. Sorry about the help not doing such a good job.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.
Quote: Sounds like it should be a fun trip. I would board my dogs.
She literally chased me out of the coop.
Quote: I'm sure someone across the country has what's known as a 'mud season', we don't as a regular thing. It depends on how wet the Spring has been.
I'm having mud season now
I'm sorry you are going through this.
Congratulations!Pretty sure I just got my first DUCK egg!!! Don't tell the local duck hater, though. Don't wanna traumatize him!!!
It's larger than my big brown sex link eggs, so i'm 99% sure it's a duck egg. LOL it was also covered in mud, and in the duck area.
AwwwwwwI hugged my muscovies today!
You're heat is ranging from 95 - 104? I would watch that, anyway to get it more stable or at least not reach 104?I'm not even going to try to back read, pretty sure it's been like a thousand posts since I've last posted. It is Day 9 of my (hopefully) second successful hatch. Day 7 showed 47 of the 49 eggs I set to be viable and growing. There was a questionable 48th, but I don't think it's going to make the cut. Heating element incubator doing a great job with even heat, 95-104 temp differential, and 25% humidity. I just hope that the new chicks can be integrated in with the 9 who will by that time be 4 weeks older than the new ones! Since I only have one coop brooder. Didn't think of that when I did a 9 egg "test batch" first.
I use clorox wipes, or lysol wipes.Everyone's favorite method of incubator sanitation? I'm leaning toward the ammonia solution in the notes. It's a styrobator.
I can pick up something in town tomorrow, but that means I'm not setting eggs in the morning.
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Kitty Watch 2017: I came home from work this afternoon - I was exhausted, as the day started very early (and very stressful) and was long and complicated. So I laid down on the sofa for a short nap before chores. I woke up to find Opal sitting on the floor next to the sofa staring at me, watching me sleep. We watched each other for a while, and then she very gingerly got up on her hind paws, sniffed my arm, and then got down and walked away.(And Brooke was out a bit as well - she's very shy, so it feels like a victory to see her at all.)
That seems to be going around...
Thanks - I do think that they will be ok with each other, meaning that there's plenty of space for them to avoid each other and still access litter boxes, windows for bird watching, etc. I haven't set up the second food station yet (it's been a long day), but I think I'll do that tomorrow.Thanks for all the birthday wishes.
@h2oratt congratulations on a wonderful hatch.
@Fire Ant Farm It took six months to integrate two cats at my house. Some early fighting, but not awful fight. Best of luck.
@AnneInTheBurbs Any pips yet? Hang in there. Go chickies
The cats have started coming out a little bit (though not for long) - naturally, they have gravitated to the spots where I was not able to declutter or clean. And I didn't get the chance to clean the dust bunnies under the furniture (which is where they like to hang out), so I find little dust bunny trials and dusty little paw prints that tell me where my stealth kitties have been exploring when I'm not around.
Quote: Oh, I remember that. That was just so incredibly awful.
Quote: I trust the person who cares for them, and I give her exhaustive instructions, and it still freaks me out to leave town.
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I wasn't expecting that.
