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

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duluthralphie said:
I had to come in, been outside working it is getting so hot I can't handle the heat anymore today.

Time to rest and re-hydrate after working in the sun. I think it got to 62. I am not ready for this heat this early!
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Wow, only 62? I've been out cleaning brooders and doing crap in 98 degree afternoon heat. ^.^

I've been feeding my birds frozen fruit to cool them down and I even hosed my turkey off. He didn't run away, even if he wasn't super happy about being soaked like a goose.
 
Honora said:
Bummer. :-( When that happened to me I took one of the hen's chicks and put it in the brooder with the rejected chick to keep it company. But yours sounds like it will have company soon!
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None of these were her babies. She just went broody, so I stuck her in a crate with some eggs, then all these chicks hatched at once, so I took her eggs and gave them to her daughter who's now broody in a dog crate to give her something to hatch and break her of it, and snuck all these babies under her.

She started off with 3, then I hatched 9 more, she accepted 8 of the 9.... so she's up to 11 babies. If I lose a couple, I don't really care because I didn't expect all these eggs to hatch. I didn't turn them much, did a staggered batch, forgot to fix the humidity a few times, and the eggs were found in a nest of 12+ and had no idea how long the eggs had been there. hahaha
 
DwayneNLiz said:
I already knew you were crazy, no worries

even with ducks zipping should be no more than 90 minutes
today's high here in central New Hampshire was 38°
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She has been trying I'd say she has been trying to zip for about an hour an a half. Should I assist?
 
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kwhites634 said:
Uhhh, it takes at least two of anything to make a row
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Shhh. Don't shatter my illusions of sanity that way.

kajira said:
Wow, only 62? I've been out cleaning brooders and doing crap in 98 degree afternoon heat. ^.^

I've been feeding my birds frozen fruit to cool them down and I even hosed my turkey off. He didn't run away, even if he wasn't super happy about being soaked like a goose.
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You're not human, so....

Leastaways I don't think you are. 90° has me fighting to stay upright if I'm in it for long.
 
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kajira said:
Wow, only 62? I've been out cleaning brooders and doing crap in 98 degree afternoon heat. ^.^

I've been feeding my birds frozen fruit to cool them down and I even hosed my turkey off. He didn't run away, even if he wasn't super happy about being soaked like a goose.
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In 98 degree temps, I would be passed out on the ground trying to reach for a cold one..OR in front of the AC begging for air.
 

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