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

[DwayneNLiz]

Aren't they fun?!

nope, not at all

I go away for 15 min & the whole thread shuts down! WTH?

i was eating dinner

I got my campsites reservations confirmed for the Backcountry sites on my two and a half day hike. I have a couple of more I am waiting on. Interestingly the guy I bought my camera from is in West Yellowstone and his wife is in a hiking group out there. It may help me find a buddy for the one hike since my friend is a vet, and isn't going to be able to leave the practice that she works for that week. *Sigh*
Cool coincidence huh? Some would say provision. I didn't see that till after I bid.

that is wicked cool!!!

I am going to have to find a good resource on core exercises. It was never my strong suit even as an athlete in college.

pilates and yoga, look at Piyo, maybe on youtube

Oh, wow. 1000+ posts behind - don't think I'll be able to read back. Staying busy, chicks are growing fast, I'm going through chick starter at an alarming rate, and there aren't enough hours in the day.

What did I miss?

- Ant Farm

EVERYTHING!!!!

Directv tech supposed to grace us with his presence this morning. "Your Directv Receiver is starting up" continually showing up on the screen, on both tv's, every few minutes...literally. PITA trying to watch anything.

i hate those people, i keep threatening to cancel but i cant get anything else in my area

Still in the 30's so far, but the sun's supposed to warm things into the low 60's

its supposed to be 60 here on Monday!!!

Pain had been horrible lately... But last few days is better so I'm going to take advantage and go fishing. Might as well work when I'm miserable and enjoy the good days

hope you have a great time!!

This child!! She is so cooperative in the evening. Then tries to kill me in the morning.
Oh well. She's cute, and all I have.

Hey all,, I am back and alive

And I still hate hospitals, doctors and nurses.... (nothing personal). if you are one..

If you want to read the gory details they are here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1052702/surviving-minnesota/21930#post_18315841

If not I understand,,

oh my, you're hopeless
can i borrow you bobcat? if i forget to return it maybe Judy will get you a new one

and good morning everyone!!

I slept last night and didn't wake up 4 times from pain

Hopefully today is a good hand day

YAY!!! thats so exciting!!

I pay $450 a month, $5000 deductible. It used to be just under $300 a month, but the government decided too make it affordable.

ETA. Actually, I was paying $150 a month in fall 2008, so price has tripled since government has made healthcare affordable.


Good luck! Don't understand why seller didn't fill that 4 inches of space.

yes, affordable

and me either, i am going to call and ask about that today

@meltel I was taking a med that did not allow ibropufin and I do not like the other stuff...

and it is possible I was whacked hard enough to not be thinking at my normal 100% male brain capacity.....

That chick is still messing with me Mel, but Judy has really taken it over, I had it in a cardbroad box, on a 72hour heat pad... She has one of her fancy Knicknack crates with slots set up for it so it can look out, she put a heater in there with it, got her 2 friends to beat on. She is a tad aggressive.

Judy sits and lets it cuddle her neck half the day I think...She is demanding a name for it, I think she named it I have no idea what. She told me while watching TV last night "Look how it likes to sit here in the crook of my neck and make happy sounds" whatever a happy sound is..

When she sets it down in the box with her friends she looks out the slots and cries to be held...

I doubt I will get to sell or eat this one.

glad she likes the chicklet, what did she name it??

I know i am getting old! I'm excited I slept, I am getting a new washer and dryer today and Bill is off for the night and is going to do all my heavy cages and move birds for me today

you are from from old, thats exciting that he's home!

I dont know whats up with these double quotes! the Brinsea came the other day-it was in a huge box. somehow after just buying a cabinet, I found a way to justify it

can you help me justify one? oh, and maybe help me pay for it too LOL

15 chicks, 3 pips, and 7 eggs.

how deep are those baskets??

It would be easier if I made money instead of losing money on them.

Also she might go along with it, If I sold my saw mill, a few boats, my motorcycle and some of the stuff I never use.

maybe lol

@Fire Ant Farm !!!!

Special delivery coming 5/4!!! 11 NN chicks!!!

Snape stole my

I will plead the 5th on this one.....

plead? just drink it!

Good morning everyone! I just stopped to eat my yogurt for breakfast

Now it is on to fencing e

On a happy note a few of my EE HRIR bunch started their first trip outside. I wanted them out before, but the weather and my schedule has not permitted it. I will post a picture soon. The one I took is to full of hardware cloth to post.

good morning!! have fun with the new babies!

Hatched by itself.

I quickly put it under a basket.

hope it absorbs quickly!

my seramas count for a bunch of those and they are about 1 lb each so if you count them as a 1/2 a bird then I only have like 50 maybe

seramas are 1/3

 

[BantyChooks]

Chicken Math

So, you've just decided that maybe it's time to look for some help with your chicken addiction. Maybe you just hit order on that fourth cabinet, or maybe that coop over there you just painted and floored is the 2nd one you built this year, not counting breeding pens. Maybe it's the fact MPC has asked you if you'd like to sign up for a frequent buyer discount. Whatever the reason, you're feeling you might have too many chickens. Never fear, I can help you with overcoming the impulses..... To sell off some birds. (What did you think, silly? Not like I'm gonna help you downsize.)

First off is counting your chickens. This is especially important if your other half demands to know how many birds you have. Upon no circumstances count every feathered, walking orb as a 'chicken'. Those are tribbles until further notice, 'kk?

There are certain specifications to be met for counting said tribbles as 'chickens'.

-Eggs being incubated are NOT chickens. You can't see them, can you? They're not eating anything either, and besides, the cost of electricity for running your incubators is negligible, I'm sure.
-Chicks that haven't been brought home yet don't count yet. Again, you can't see them, so they don't exist.
-Grow-outs and chicks don't count either. Those little guys eat practically nothing and take up much less space than a tractor. Tell that to the other half the next time Massey Ferguson has a sale and they can't resist. More of the other half's junk = more chicks for you.... Might as well learn that now. It's a great leverage point.
-Broodies don't count. They're saving electricity for you by brooding their own eggs.
-Layers don't count. They're earning their keep. Breeding males don't count either, because obviously you can't hatch chicks and sell them for a 'profit' (use this word a lot when talking chickens) if you don't have any roosters to fertilize said eggs.
-Waterfowl aren't chickens, so they don't count. Hopefully your spouse is poultry ignorant and just uses the word 'chickens' to describe all tribbles running around the yard, instead of asking how much 'poultry' you have.
-Bantams, depending on the breed, are only 1/2 to 1/4th of a real chicken.
-Meat birds don't count, you're going to eat them anyway.
-Pets don't count. You wouldn't count your dog as a chicken, and the pet birds are practically dogs, so they don't count.

So, now you can tally up the tribbles that you have finally admitted are chickens. Look at that! You've only got 4 chickens. Better go run to the feed store.

But, for some reason, you've truthfully told the other half you have four chickens and they still get their knickers in a knot about the feed bill. Here is where you print out the image of Ralphie's F-350 loaded with feed, and show it to them. Make sure you stress that wasn't even a stock-up run!

Picture provided:

If, by some small chance, you buy more feed than this per week.... Just get a divorce and not bother with the 'Look-at-Ralphie's-truck' excuse. Or, see a shrink for your addiction problem, which is a silly thing to do because the money you spent on the shrink could have bought you 29 more chickens.

Now, if you're like 99.9999% of the rest of the chicken enthusiasts, you have more than one incubator and keep buying or building more. This is perfectly normal, despite what your other half says when you skip events in order to turn eggs or watch them hatch. Taking several hours to move eggs from incubator to hatcher is also normal.
Sometimes, they put their foot down and say "NO MORE INCUBATORS." Here is where you have to exercise some sneakiness and compromise. The compromise lies in the fact you buy a smaller incubator instead of the cabinet you wanted, for the simple reason it's hard to hide a cabinet incubator under the bed. To get the incubator in the house without suspicion laid on you, make sure you and only you collect the mail the week it's supposed to arrive. If the other half asks why you're suddenly being so good about it, just say you felt guilty saddling them with all the work. It works every time.

Now you're feeling excited to discover you really are a perfectly sane and normal person. Much better feeling than the doubt you had felt when you first started reading, eh?

Just always remember there's someone crazier than you out there, and last of all -- SET ALL THE EGGS.

 

[Akrnaf2]

Chicken Math

So, you've just decided that maybe it's time to look for some help with your chicken addiction. Maybe you just hit order on that fourth cabinet, or maybe that coop over there you just painted and floored is the 2nd one you built this year, not counting breeding pens. Maybe it's the fact MPC has asked you if you'd like to sign up for a frequent buyer discount. Whatever the reason, you're feeling you might have too many chickens. Never fear, I can help you with overcoming the impulses..... To sell off some birds. (What did you think, silly? Not like I'm gonna help you downsize.)

First off is counting your chickens. This is especially important if your other half demands to know how many birds you have. Upon no circumstances count every feathered, walking orb as a 'chicken'. Those are tribbles until further notice, 'kk?

There are certain specifications to be met for counting said tribbles as 'chickens'.

-Eggs being incubated are NOT chickens. You can't see them, can you? They're not eating anything either, and besides, the cost of electricity for running your incubators is negligible, I'm sure.
-Chicks that haven't been brought home yet don't count yet. Again, you can't see them, so they don't exist.
-Grow-outs and chicks don't count either. Those little guys eat practically nothing and take up much less space than a tractor. Tell that to the other half the next time Massey Ferguson has a sale and they can't resist. More of the other half's junk = more chicks for you.... Might as well learn that now. It's a great leverage point.
-Broodies don't count. They're saving electricity for you by brooding their own eggs.
-Layers don't count. They're earning their keep. Breeding males don't count either, because obviously you can't hatch chicks and sell them for a 'profit' (use this word a lot when talking chickens) if you don't have any roosters to fertilize said eggs.
-Waterfowl aren't chickens, so they don't count. Hopefully your spouse is poultry ignorant and just uses the word 'chickens' to describe all tribbles running around the yard, instead of asking how much 'poultry' you have.
-Bantams, depending on the breed, are only 1/2 to 1/4th of a real chicken.
-Meat birds don't count, you're going to eat them anyway.
-Pets don't count. You wouldn't count your dog as a chicken, and the pet birds are practically dogs, so they don't count.

So, now you can tally up the tribbles that you have finally admitted are chickens. Look at that! You've only got 4 chickens. Better go run to the feed store.

But, for some reason, you've truthfully told the other half you have four chickens and they still get their knickers in a knot about the feed bill. Here is where you print out the image of Ralphie's F-350 loaded with feed, and show it to them. Make sure you stress that wasn't even a stock-up run!

Picture provided:

If, by some small chance, you buy more feed than this per week.... Just get a divorce and not bother with the 'Look-at-Ralphie's-truck' excuse. Or, see a shrink for your addiction problem, which is a silly thing to do because the money you spent on the shrink could have bought you 29 more chickens.

Now, if you're like 99.9999% of the rest of the chicken enthusiasts, you have more than one incubator and keep buying or building more. This is perfectly normal, despite what your other half says when you skip events in order to turn eggs or watch them hatch. Taking several hours to move eggs from incubator to hatcher is also normal.
Sometimes, they put their foot down and say "NO MORE INCUBATORS." Here is where you have to exercise some sneakiness and compromise. The compromise lies in the fact you buy a smaller incubator instead of the cabinet you wanted, for the simple reason it's hard to hide a cabinet incubator under the bed. To get the incubator in the house without suspicion laid on you, make sure you and only you collect the mail the week it's supposed to arrive. If the other half asks why you're suddenly being so good about it, just say you felt guilty saddling them with all the work. It works every time.

Now you're feeling excited to discover you really are a perfectly sane and normal person. Much better feeling than the doubt you had felt when you first started reading, eh?

Just always remember there's someone crazier than you out there, and last of all -- SET ALL THE EGGS.

Who is lying to himself? Ha?
It is like an alcoholic saying" l am not hooked! I can stop anytime I want!"
I love chicken very much, but I love my wife much much more!

 

[BantyChooks]

Who is lying to himself? Ha?
It is like an alcoholic saying" l am not hooked! I can stop anytime I want!"
I love chicken very much, but I love my wife much much more!

I could stop whenever I wanted: I just don't want to. e

 

[daxigait]

Here they are, but three haven't gotten brave enough yet

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Here they are, but three haven't gotten brave enough yet

i see GREEN GRASS!!!
green with envy over here

 

[DwayneNLiz]

This is my yard this morning

 

[daxigait]

Good morning Dax. Good luck with the fence. I'm assuming it's for the goats.

Yes, I am putting field fence over the five wird barbed wire fence. I have seven rolls left to buy and hang after this one to be done unless I build a dividing fence. I hope you are drying out.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

@BantyChooks

Hatcher update - I have 11 birchen marans eggs, 11 CCL eggs, and 50 cots
Due 4/25ish

I think I am channeling miss sunshine on this hatch

 

[BantyChooks]

This is my yard this morning

At least there's bare spots, eh?

@BantyChooks

Hatcher update - I have 11 birchen marans eggs, 11 CCL eggs, and 50 cots
Due 4/25ish

I think I am channeling miss sunshine on this hatch

You're insane.