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

[daxigait]

Dunno.. soon I'm guessing. Just in time to not be able to announce if the pregnancy attempt was successful or not.

We will wait impatiently for news unless you go to byh.

 

[daxigait]

When my oldest nephew was about 7, my youngest brother (21) took it upon himself to show him the movie. Duckling watched it last year when it was a big discussion on here. She actually sat through most of it.

Around here, I am constantly seeing Nubians for $20-40.

these are meat goats. Even my bucklings that are dairy are going for a hundred and seventy-five each at weaning

 

[daxigait]

Lately I just don't know.

Hey stop talking like that!

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: Remember Chief Bigheart? I worked for a lawn care/landscaping company one summer when I was in school. He & his good-looking blonde wife were out on their 2nd floor patio one afternoon, grilling one of the biggest, thickest steaks I've ever laid eyes on.

 

[kajira]

We will wait impatiently for news unless you go to byh.

I am on there, i'll try to figure out how to use it.


Also - doing these staggered batches hasn't really harmed my hatch rate. And, my kids LOVE waking up every morning to see if a new baby hatched. This might be the way to go for future eggs.

Every couple of days, there's a turkey, or a silkie or something popping out. LOL

Opening it up, hasn't harmed my hatch rate, really and I've only been turning them 2-3x a day.

 

[Beer can]

Lots of goats for sale on our Craigslist. The Kinder goats I want though none. Found a farm in PA selling young stock, $400ea or $750 for a pair. DW won't allow it at that price...

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I just can't believe how wrong I was. Dear sweet, simple little FAF is not real. She is actually a wild woman named Kristin with a killer brain and fire in her eyes.

Dear? sweet? little?

Yup, got it closer the second time.

Quote: Yes, for me it is. The roost platform makes it heavier, but it's definitely movable (the book has a description of how to get it moving and move it, which is helpful). When I made my first one, I dragged it all up and down the hilly yard. Moving my hand also lets you avoid running over any of them if they are inside. Better if you move when they are outside of it - and you could rig it somehow to a riding mower/whatever.

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I hope you do, I would miss you.

OK, gotta run to get more done and get ready for work.

- Ant Farm

 

[BantyChooks]

Kaj, what do you do to make humidity be correct for both lockdown eggs and incubating eggs?

 

[kajira]

Kaj, what do you do to make humidity be correct for both lockdown eggs and incubating eggs?

I live in texas, it's like 50% humidity no matter what I do. LOL
So, I just don't mess with it.
It says it varies day to day between 30-60% humidity, with out adding water in the incubators.

Technically, i'm doing everything "wrong" and have a near 100% hatch rate so far on these staggered hatches. I've had to help a couple who got shrink wrapped, but other than that, most just hatch on their own.

 

[BantyChooks]

I live in texas, it's like 50% humidity no matter what I do. LOL
So, I just don't mess with it.
It says it varies day to day between 30-60% humidity, with out adding water in the incubators.

That works too, I guess