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

[BantyChooks]

I'm with you... grew up outside New Orleans. That heat plus humidity was like trying to breathe water. I'm not doing much better up North.

You're in PA, right? Try north-er. We don't bite, promise.

 

[mlm Mike]

Well, I don't feel like socializing, but I wish you all well. I just lost my second doeling. I have never lost babies before. It is so sad.
Goodbye my beautiful Bree and Lyric

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@kajira I hope your trigger worked out. .

Dax I am so sorry you are going through this.

 

[mlm Mike]

What about freezing being 32° is rational?? Or boiling 212°??

0-100 at least is an even, logical number scale.

0 was set at the point a brine, equal part water and salt, freezes. Temp of human body was set at 96, later it was moved to 98.6. From this the melting point of ice was determined to be 32*F.

See, it all makes perfect since!

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

0 was set at the point a brine, equal part water and salt, freezes. Temp of human body was set at 96, later it was moved to 98.6. From this the melting point of ice was determined to be 32*F.

See, it all makes perfect since!

I guess it makes perfect since.

 

[BantyChooks]

0 was set at the point a brine, equal part water and salt, freezes. Temp of human body was set at 96, later it was moved to 98.6. From this the melting point of ice was determined to be 32*F.

See, it all makes perfect since!

That takes way more thinking than the canook scale... Youse guys are still crazy.

 

[BantyChooks]

Y'all pass out?

 

[mlm Mike]

Y'all pass out?

Just about. lol

Good night everyone!

 

[kwhites634]

0 was set at the point a brine, equal part water and salt, freezes. Temp of human body was set at 96, later it was moved to 98.6. From this the melting point of ice was determined to be 32*F.

See, it all makes perfect since!

So how does 32* correlate to 98.6?

 

[kajira]

Okay, let me ask you guys a question. I had someone stop by to look at some birds, and I got the feeling they felt that me asking 50 dollars for 3 laying hens, and a rooster of their choice was unreasonable....

All birds were healthy, I've put time, effort, and care into raising them. I offered them chicks of their choice for 2-3dollars per chick as long as they picked them up with in a week of hatch.

Was I completely unreasonable? I know I paid 12 dollars per silkie chick, and more than that for other speciality breeds, unless I wanted random birds from tractor supply.

I know that some of the older birds here, that don't really lay anymore, are 10 for people who plan on eating them.... but mine are in their prime and just started laying, or are about to start laying.

Maybe I'm unrealistic since I hand raise mine, they live in the house until 12 weeks, then go into a grower pen and they get lots of treats and as much feed as they want.... and we buy them fresh tomatoes from the store sometimes for treats! LOL

*hides.*

Oh well, I didn't want to sell them that badly. I can always eat the extra roosters later, and my silkie roosters are such good boys, I don't mind keeping the extras around LOL

 

[BantyChooks]

Just about. lol

Good night everyone!

Night mike

Okay, let me ask you guys a question. I had someone stop by to look at some birds, and I got the feeling they felt that me asking 50 dollars for 3 laying hens, and a rooster of their choice was unreasonable....

All birds were healthy, I've put time, effort, and care into raising them. I offered them chicks of their choice for 2-3dollars per chick as long as they picked them up with in a week of hatch.

Was I completely unreasonable? I know I paid 12 dollars per silkie chick, and more than that for other speciality breeds, unless I wanted random birds from tractor supply.

I know that some of the older birds here, that don't really lay anymore, are 10 for people who plan on eating them.... but mine are in their prime and just started laying, or are about to start laying.

Maybe I'm unrealistic since I hand raise mine, they live in the house until 12 weeks, then go into a grower pen and they get lots of treats and as much feed as they want.... and we buy them fresh tomatoes from the store sometimes for treats! LOL

*hides.*

Oh well, I didn't want to sell them that badly. I can always eat the extra roosters later, and my silkie roosters are such good boys, I don't mind keeping the extras around LOL

Depends on the breed. They'd never sell here. I got $40 for 10 birds that were laying, once, but that's all. If you're getting 10 each for non layers, then it isn't unreasonable, and by the way I'm moving in because that's incredible.

Edit: $12 for a Silkie?? They better have been really good quality, 'cos that's an awful lot.

Edit again: You're insane for keeping the birds in the house that long. I've booted my ducks outside by 1 1/2 weeks old.
(They're with some month-olds, so they're fine. It isn't even going below freezing any more.)