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

[Fire Ant Farm]

I'm actually canning that dijon mustard right now in a boiling water bath... Will go to bed as soon as it's done.

 

[hippiestink]

Hey everyone! Been a rough couple of weeks. We went to the OB on Monday and got the official gestation length and due date though!

Baby is (as of today) 9 weeks 3 days. We got our first ultrasound image and everything! Baby is due 15 November.

Store update: Got a slightly negative review, but they were very nice about it and I contacted them to ask them what I can do to either fix it or clear up any perceived issues. Haven't heard back but I have the feeling that this one won't go the way of the other person, who was just an awful and rude person to deal with. I offered them a free replacement order if the problems are just completely unfixable too.

Homestead update: chickens are doing great! We're deworming today though, so that's always fun. Rooster is very chill, not one issue or anything. He doesn't seem to be overmating with anyone, he's protective without being aggressive, and while he runs away from people he's slowly warming up to us. The garden is set to be tilled when we can rent a rototiller, but I have the roof boxes going already with garlic, onions, strawberries, lettuce, celery, and two kinds of cabbage. Also got thyme, tarragon, rosemary, comfrey, echinacea, bluebonnets, poppies, and borage planted so they should sprout in a short while.

Easter is this weekend, but I can't relax because next Tuesday is my exam results for my classes. If I pass then the 24th I start my second level. I'm thinking that we should make our US trip earlier than the promised 15 July, probably closer to 24 June or something to avoid pregnancy-related travel restrictions. I'll be 6 months in July, which is just barely under the third trimester when most doctors say not to travel.

 

[Akrnaf2]

I suspect I am doing one of the more surreal things tonight that is possible to do.

Looking for cause of death in a dolphin.

What is killing them will be killing us next. We share the same water.

Did you know that Dolphins hear with their lower jaw and sleep with one half their brain at a time??

Yes I knew that!

And you know why the HAVE to sleep with one hemisphere awake?

Because like us, the respiratory mechanism is voluntary mechanism, but with a huge difference the dolphins dont have an AOUTOMTIC mechanism, LIKE US. because we live in air so we DON'T have to "think" about ouer breathing and it happens automatically so we don't have to be awake to breathe. dolphins on the other hand live in water and have to breathe only when their nostril is outside in the air, and that have to be made by will, so they have to be awake to breathe, and that is a problem when you have to sleep! the solution is sleeping with half a brain awake and olterneting every petiod of time.

 

[Phage]

I suspect I am doing one of the more surreal things tonight that is possible to do.

Looking for cause of death in a dolphin.

What is killing them will be killing us next. We share the same water.

Did you know that Dolphins hear with their lower jaw and sleep with one half their brain at a time??

Yes I knew that!

And you know why the HAVE to sleep with one hemisphere awake?

Because like us, the respiratory mechanism is voluntary mechanism, but with a huge difference the dolphins dont have an AOUTOMTIC mechanism, LIKE US. because we live in air so we DON'T have to "think" about ouer breathing and it happens automatically so we don't have to be awake to breathe. dolphins on the other hand live in water and have to breathe only when their nostril is outside in the air, and that have to be made by will, so they have to be awake to breathe, and that is a problem when you have to sleep! the solution is sleeping with half a brain awake and olterneting every petiod of time.

Yes I knew that!

 

[Phage]

I did can chicken stock last year. And broth. I'm surprised how often I use it. I also have turkey broth. I don't use it as often.

I'm going to start doing this - I put mine in the freezer, but it would be nice if some could be in the pantry.

 

Goodnight, space aliens!

When you say you can stuff do you actually seal it up in a metal can?

No, we mean "canning" by putting it up in a Mason jar/lid and preparing it by whatever instructions/methods are safe for the food (e.g., acid foods are ok for boiling water, but low acid and meats need to be done in a pressure canner).

https://www.freshpreserving.com/canning-101-getting-started.html

http://foodinjars.com/canning-101-archive/

Thank you!!!
Good to know.

 

[BullChick]

When you say you can stuff do you actually seal it up in a metal can?

Actually, it can now refer to: metal cans, glass jars or metallic pouches.

Hey everyone! Been a rough couple of weeks. We went to the OB on Monday and got the official gestation length and due date though!

Baby is (as of today) 9 weeks 3 days. We got our first ultrasound image and everything! Baby is due 15 November.

Store update: Got a slightly negative review, but they were very nice about it and I contacted them to ask them what I can do to either fix it or clear up any perceived issues. Haven't heard back but I have the feeling that this one won't go the way of the other person, who was just an awful and rude person to deal with. I offered them a free replacement order if the problems are just completely unfixable too.

Homestead update: chickens are doing great! We're deworming today though, so that's always fun. Rooster is very chill, not one issue or anything. He doesn't seem to be overmating with anyone, he's protective without being aggressive, and while he runs away from people he's slowly warming up to us. The garden is set to be tilled when we can rent a rototiller, but I have the roof boxes going already with garlic, onions, strawberries, lettuce, celery, and two kinds of cabbage. Also got thyme, tarragon, rosemary, comfrey, echinacea, bluebonnets, poppies, and borage planted so they should sprout in a short while.

Easter is this weekend, but I can't relax because next Tuesday is my exam results for my classes. If I pass then the 24th I start my second level. I'm thinking that we should make our US trip earlier than the promised 15 July, probably closer to 24 June or something to avoid pregnancy-related travel restrictions. I'll be 6 months in July, which is just barely under the third trimester when most doctors say not to travel.

Goodness. It used to be eight months.

 

[hippiestink]

Actually, it can now refer to: metal cans, glass jars or metallic pouches.
Goodness. It used to be eight months.

Yeah I know. Apparently they've gotten more cautious. I guess the rate of preemies has gone up or something? That's the only explanation i can think of.

 

[BullChick]

GOOD MORNING, BOYS AND GIRLS! IT'S TIME TO DYE YOUR EGGS AND REMEMBER THE ONE WHO DIED! EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD GOOD FRIDAY!!

 

[BullChick]

Yeah I know. Apparently they've gotten more cautious. I guess the rate of preemies has gone up or something? That's the only explanation i can think of.

I thought that might be it too.

 

[hippiestink]

I thought that might be it too.

Luckily that's not a risk in my family. The risk for me is gestation that takes longer than normal (mom was always induced and my grandmother regularly had 40+ week pregnancies). That and huge 7-8 pound babies.