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

[dan26552]

I was looking at one of my month old ducklings and look at how cool it's feathers look. It's almost laced, don't believe I've seen that on a duck before, barred yes but not laced.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote: No, but I've learned to always check inside ALL of my shoes and boots for scorpions before putting them on. I find scorpions in my house all the time. It's horrifying. When I had dogs and a cat, though, my main fear was for them (it would hurt me, could kill them). Now that I have two cats, time to start worrying again...

Quote: I know, right?! And now looking at a house and 25 acres just outside the city limits with 25 acres. City water AND well water, barn, RV hookups, clear pastures, 14 horse stalls several fences areas, large corral, all mineral rights. House is ugly but livable... $314,000. Only 34 minutes commute to work. Makes me want to drive by and check out the area. Everyone around here wants to live north, in the Hill Country, and that land is expensive - but it's rocky poor soil. The good land agriculture-wise is south side, but that's the less fancy part of town, so property values are lower. Stupid.

Quote: YES!!!! Another fan!

(Remember, we're all in this together!)
I was watching an episode last night and the Handyman's Corner part SOOOOOO made me think of Banti's coop.

Quote: I actually have different microclimates in different raised beds!!! (Because there's a slope). Really weird to see where frost happens and doesn't...

GOOD MORNING, WEEKEND WARRIORS! I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A PRODUCTIVE DAY!

Thanks!!! I have a LOOOOOOT to do.

Quote: Friend of mine found a rattler in her apartment last year.

Quote: I own a coat. Not that I know where it is, haven't used it in years. I'm sure it's around here somewhere...

I thought I'd share my oxtail stew with you.
Oxtails sautéed in grapeseed oil, scotch bonnet chilies, roma tomatoes, white, red and green onions, garlic cloves, black and northern white beans, smoked Spanish paprika, fennel seed, sage, rosemary, curry powder, organic tamari sauce. sea salt and fresh ground black and white peppercorns.

YUM!!!!!

60 mph 1/2 to work took a deer in the windshield.

OMG, I'm so glad you're ok!!!! Sorry for the car damage, though.

Well, my to do list is terrifyingly long, so I'd better get started on the day. I can hear the hawks crying outside already (I think they're young stupid ones), so it's going to be one of THOSE kinds of days. I need to mow badly, but it's rainy out and I can't mow the wet grass. It's so tall that if it gets much taller, it's going to choke my mower. I need a Gooserz...

- Ant Farm

 

[duluthralphie]

It's their own channel. The Red Green Show's been off the air for years.

https://www.youtube.com/user/RedGreenTV

It's very funny in its own silly way...

Having lived on the Canadian border for years and having many friends on the "other side", I can tell you it is not a comedy in Canada, it is a drama about daily life. Almost considered a reality show......

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I'm naming my next drake Ralphie.

thats just mean

Hi All! You have been busy the last 24 hours! Runt, I"m sorry about your Grandma. Benny, great videos. I love the trap - I"m going to look for it here in the states.

I have a question - my pile of silkies is sitting on a dozen eggs. When I just checked on them, we are down to 4. 3 decided to leave the pile. I found 2 eggs visible. They were partially on the eggs, but they weren't on them fully. Is that their way of kicking out eggs? These 2 egg were not as warm as my incubator eggs - it's 86 degrees today - so that might explain whey they weren't cold. I shoved them under one of the hens - she pecked at me while I did it.

When your broodies kick out eggs, how far do they kick them?

far, really far

@Phage this is good! see below

NUCS HEPATOBILIARY IMAGING
IMPRESSION:
Normal gallbladder ejection fraction following sincalide stimulation of 46%. Normal study

no one called about the small bowel bacterial overgrowth though, ugh!! I shouldnt have to constantly call and email them.

i hope this is good news, but it still doesnt tell us whats wrong with her

sorry about them giving you the run around

So I have a chicken with sour crop and read lots of remedies. Would like any of your input on what has worked for you.

TwoCrows article that Benny gave you

Yeah, 75 and a little drizzly here. Brrrrr...

Woohoo!!! My local TSC has chicks and ducks, too. I walked VERY VERY FAST past them to get the bajillion pounds of chick starter I need for my bajillion hungry chicks...

You know, I'm thinking that at this point, you could get some really great advice on repairing your coop from reruns of The Red Green Show... (Maybe I'll watch some of those tonight before bed - I'll let you know if anything looks good.)

Cranky day today at work, then errands in the rain. Then I needed to clean the brooders - including under the MHP for the new little chicks, because even though I cleaned it a few days ago, it was stinky again. And what did I find? Yup - a smooshed dead chick in the early stages of decomposition buried in the bedding under the MHP.

So now, one week out, there are 16 (two of which I had serious pasty butt treatment to do for this AM).

At that point I decided I had earned an adult beverage or two.

The good news is the cats are getting more and more comfortable. Brooke actually let me pet and scratch her head once today!!!!

(You have no idea what a miracle that is!) No such luck with Opal yet, but she DID get really relaxed about her new catnip toy...



Somebody went #1 outside of the litterbox - fortunately it was on the pee pad I had put at the entrance of the litterbox. Worried about that, hope we don't have a problem...

Oh, how's this for a neat fun fact - I apparently now have the occasional fire ant coming INTO MY BED at night to bite me!!!! (They invade houses sometimes when it rains a lot).

On that note, I think I'll go crawl into my (potentially ant infested) bed and crash. Good night, all!!!

- Ant Farm

lol, sorry about work, congrats on kittys, i wonder if one was in the box and the other couldnt hold it?
are you sure its ants in the bed??

(Is it bad that I'm drooling over 33 acres in Floresville, Texas? Ag exemption, two ponds, large mesquite and oak trees fenced on three sides with fence line drivable... $224,900

)

sounds like a good deal, it would be here!!

In all comparison though, to me it's what your used to I guess, I'm sure if your used to duck eggs or turkey eggs they're fine, I just thought they were odd. Might have been the texture/flavor but the thought just keeps you dwelling on it while your eating them so I never really ate them only once, twice maybe, dogs loved them.
Never pickled the duck eggs but I did do a gallon of huge turkey eggs once though and everyone loved them.
Pickled eggs changes the texture/flavor anyway, and after a bunch of brews anything edible is yummy

i cant wait to try pickling eggs!

I did read that last night and a bunch of other stuff. Thinking I need to start with Valbazen and Acidified Copper Sulfate...if I can find it somewhere.

fish store

I'm naughty - it's raining, so I just gave my teenager the "job" of milking the goat, with the challenge of "let's see if you can do it with out me."

and it's only because it's raining.

LOL, he'll survive

60 mph 1/2 to work took a deer in the windshield.

glad you are safe

sorry about the truck

That deer does not deserve the honor of being on my table.

i would still eat it

Good morning everybody!

Good Morning Miss Melody!!!

 

[duluthralphie]

I agree, I do not want a drake named after me. I deserve to have something great named after me, maybe a spaceship or Planet.

 

[BantyChooks]

No, but I've learned to always check inside ALL of my shoes and boots for scorpions before putting them on. I find scorpions in my house all the time. It's horrifying. When I had dogs and a cat, though, my main fear was for them (it would hurt me, could kill them). Now that I have two cats, time to start worrying again...

YES!!!! Another fan! 
(Remember, we're all in this together!)
I was watching an episode last night and the Handyman's Corner part SOOOOOO made me think of Banti's coop. 
- Ant Farm 

In your HOUSE??? That's insane!
I have a lot more respect for you'ns down there now.

I'm watching a few episodes now, and I'm dying laughing....

Having lived on the Canadian border for years and having many friends on the "other side", I can tell you it is not a comedy in Canada,  it is a drama about daily life. Almost considered a reality show......

HEY!! I only own 5 rolls of duct tape!!

(And I don't wear plaid all the time)

 

[chicken hawk 33]

I nend some small coops with runs

 

[BantyChooks]

I agree, I do not want a drake named after me. I deserve to have something great named after me, maybe a spaceship or Planet.

Fat chance. They named Pluto "Pluto" because the only other name on the table was "Ralphie".... So they went with the name of a cartoon dog.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote: Yup, one look at Handyman Corner would tell you that.

Quote:
Yeah, I went to sleep and woke up with new pitas bites (seriously, autocorrect? PITAS?!). Fire ant bites are very specific, and I'm really familiar with them (unfortunately).



(not my photo)

 

[duluthralphie]

In your HOUSE??? That's insane!
I have a lot more respect for you'ns down there now.

I'm watching a few episodes now, and I'm dying laughing....
HEY!! I only own 5 rolls of duct tape!!

(And I don't wear plaid all the time)

20 Reasons to not live in the south:


1) Heat
2) Humidity
3)heat
4) poisonous snakes
5)heat
6)scorpions
7)heat
8)hurricanes
9)heat
10)fire ants
11) heat
12)purple ants
13) heat
14)Gators
15) heat
16) year round skeeters
17)heat
18)too many people
19)heat
20)boiled peanuts




BTW Plaid is my favorite color