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

[BantyChooks]

Y'all are quiet.... Don't be like this. I start thinking too much.

 

[5Sons Coop]

@ChickenCanoe the only Compass I found is not worth using. Anything at Amazon perk your interest or somewhere else?
Also, how are your juvenile Birds doing? Are they okay given your limited gene pool after last year's disaster?

Tru North Compass made in Brainerd, Mn. Had it for 20yrs and the stories it could tell. It may not look like much, but I own many and this is the only one I trust with my life. I always carry 2 compasses the second is normally a military line compass. They are very slow, but reliable.

 

[5Sons Coop]

No, they just will mess up your liver.
Did you try to strengthen your core muscles? Pilatis?

I am ripped with six pack abs.....ok about a 4 1/2 pack, but I am in really good shape.

 

[5Sons Coop]

Allow me to briefly describe it for you.
You enter the chamber wearing your gas mask. Then you are told to remove it and give your name, rank, service number and date of birth.
If you take a deep breath before you take the mask off, you may be able to get a couple words out while your skin burns where you scraped it with the mask. The first time you need to take a breath, the pain is so severe it is impossible to inhale. Eventually you're completely unable to breathe as though you're under water. Finally they let you leave and everyone goes running out coughing with crap flowing out of their noses and mouth.

And I am worried what 13 pills a day will do to me.

 

[daxigait]

@Fire Ant Farm@ChickenCanoe I hope you guys had a good evening. I wanted to get another part of my trip detailed earlier, but I had to go by the store, do chores, and put 51 t-posts in the ground after work. I am just getting a chance to sit down and chill for a few minutes before going to bed.

Day two:. I will leave the Canyon campground and head to Tower Junction where I will do the short hike to TowerFall. This is supposed to be a very rewarding short hike to view a hundred and 32 foot waterfall. Then you can go down and around a short spur Trail to see where towercreek disappears into the Yellowstone River which is supposed to be impressive.

After this short hike I will stock up on some last-minute ice and use the facilities because from here I had to a two-night backcountry trip. After I leave I will drive about 11 miles to the exit Trailhead and have to find someone else to shuttle back to the trailhead or hitchhike which the workers in the park assure me is very common for hikers. The trailhead that I am starting at is the hellroaring trailhead. The trail that I'm going to is the Black Canyon of the Yellowstone. It is purported to be one of the classic backpacking trips of the Northern Rockies with everything a hiker might want. It has lots of great campsites wildlife in the fishing can be fantastic later in the season, which is when I am going, when the river is not a roaring through the canyon like it does early on after the thaw. After leaving the Hellroaring Trailhead you hike through meadows, stands of trees and down a hill crossing the suspension bridge over the Yellowstone River. At the 2-mile mark you can go up the spur trail and look at Hellroaring Creek and some of its campsites if you want and then when you are ready you get to ford Hellroaring Creek. I will wait for other hikers to make sure I crossed this in company. Or I could go almost 4 miles out of my way to use the stockbridge, but I'm not interested. After firding the creek you gradually climb up over ridge and pass Little Cottonwood Creek and then another Hill in to Cottonwood Creek this section of the trail stays high above the river on mostly open hillsides then after the creek it drops to the river's edge. Between these two creeks are three campsites about six miles in from the trailhead. I got my second choice of campsites but since they are both five star it is fine with me. The campsite is on the river about 200 yards off the trail with a good water source, no campfires, and the only real downer is the bear pole is on a steep slope which makes hanging your food and pack difficult. There will be another group at the other camp site one tenth of a mile away so I could ask for help if I need it.
Day three: after breaking camp I get to do the section from Cottonwood Creek to Blacktail Trail Junction this approximately 3 mile stretch stays close to the river offering great scenery resting places and fishing holes. It is said that have lots of carcasses and scattered bones because it's the winter range for the parks large ungulates. At the end of this stretch is Crevice Lake where I plan to have lunch. Then the trail crosses another suspension bridge and begins a thousand foot elevation increase over the next two miles. But this section has lots of elk and you might have to detour around bison herds. There is also a point where they have sandhill cranes though the nesting ground is sometimes close to protect this rare bird. At 12.3 miles I am going to turn left onto Rescue Creek traik to go to a second to camp site for that night before doubling back to that point and exiting about seven tenths of a mile further on. I am detouring for a five-star campsite before coming out the 2.6 miles and going to Mammoth the next morning. This campsite looks down over the valley and up the ridge without obstruction. The food area is on the edge of the meadow where you can watch Wild Life from the comfort of a fire and there's good water access about 10 feet away.

Day four: Hiking out the two point six miles and retrieving my vehicle I'm now headed to Mammoth Hot Springs. With tons of thermal features and one of the few places you can actually soak in the hot springs (Boiling River) which will sound good after 2 days of hiking. I am told this is about a half a day if you want to visit the thermal features there. Then I will head to the artist paint pots. I am undecided as to where I will spend that night. There are two campgrounds near the artist paint pots Mammoth area aside from Mammoth or I am considering the short hike around Ice Lake and Little Gibbon Falls as an easy overnighter or I get into a campground.

Day five: In the morning I can do the Hoodoos or Monument Geyser Basin. It will depend on how I feel.
Then I will be going to my next overnighter. To be continued...
(I need to sleep)

 

[5Sons Coop]

There are certainly plenty of ways to say something. Have you ever heard of the board game balderdash? It is a game of words that almost no one ever heard of. People make up definitions and then there is one actual definition. If you play with enough people, it is hilariously funny.

I love that game.

 

[Akrnaf2]

No, they just will mess up your liver.
Did you try to strengthen your core muscles? Pilatis?

I am ripped with six pack abs.....ok about a 4 1/2 pack, but I am in really good shape.

Do you work specifically on your spinal stabilizers?

 

[daxigait]

I love that game.

x2
I hope your pain settles.

Have a good night.

 

[Beer can]

Tru North Compass made in Brainerd, Mn. Had it for 20yrs and the stories it could tell. It may not look like much, but I own many and this is the only one I trust with my life. I always carry 2 compasses the second is normally a military line compass. They are very slow, but reliable.

I started carrying a compass when I started hunting in the Adirondack mts, don't want to get lost up there. Actually liked having it, started using it back home here in the Catskills, more for reference than seriously paying attention to it. Was picked on by some people for using it, one was my younger brother. One deer drive we went on he ended up miles off, long walk back (nobody is going to bother picking you up when we have no clue where you are) Yo bro since I've been carrying this silly little compass and looking at it occasionally I've never got turned around even in fog or a snow storm, and always come out within site of my vehicle Lol!

 

[5Sons Coop]

Do you work specifically on your spinal stabilizers?

If I don't work out I work hard. Thus the bad back. Counting on the Dr. Getting me moving before I can do much of anything.