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

[Wickedchicken6]

All things considered.... it's been good for me and the kids to see how often they actually die, because we got really lucky with our first few batches of chicks raising them. I kept them in the house and then in pens they absolutely could not escape from, and we've done our best to fix the old turkey pen into a grow out pen that they can't get out of, but iI've still had smaller ones escape... and then you saw that fiasco when we got a flash flood and it wiped out half my grow out pen before I even know it was going to rain like that!

We had shelters for them, but only a couple of the birds were smart enough to use it. So... you can offer them food, water and shelter, and if they want to stand in the rain and die.... LOL

My EE chickens are very bright and never go in the horse pen, dog runs, or mess with the canal where racoons and othe predators might live. They stay close to home and are in long before dusk.
The sex link chickens on the other hand... not so bright. And this last batch of EE chicks I raised, they haven't been as bright as their parents. so, we will see what happens. I've had really good luck with some of my breeds of birds, it's almost like they go through this "teenager" phase where they think they are invincible. haha

My EEs are the same way. They're smart enough to get under the cover of the shrubs if something's amiss from above. Of all the chickies I've lost to predators...EEs were not one of the breeds.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Drove thru Manitoba once on my way to Edmonton. Just a little further and I could have seen the Canadian Rockies! Canucks are nice people!

Thank you! *bowing with a flourish*

 

[kajira]

My EEs are the same way. They're smart enough to get under the cover of the shrubs if something's amiss from above. Of all the chickies I've lost to predators...EEs were not one of the breeds.

So far out of all the breeds I've had, my silkies, cochins and EE have been the best.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

See, and here we have someone that speaks sense.

*bangs fist on table* Hear! Hear!

I hate driving in cities. If the road has more than two lanes... I'm out.

I AM the city driver...lol. But the bro is from Edmonton. He knows where he's goin. See...I'm not THAT far away (I don't think)

 

[kajira]

so, not saying i'm even going to get pregnant this cycle, but if I end up pregnant with twins or triplets, who wants to move in and adopt my farm - there's a very good chance, hubby would make me get rid of all my birds if I ended up on bedrest for a pregnancy that long? LOL

 

[Wickedchicken6]

So far out of all the breeds I've had, my silkies, cochins and EE have been the best.

I've found the Silkies to be pretty savy too. The line crossed with the EEs are nice. The buff one crossed with ? are just meanies. They'd probably beat the fox up...or at least taste horrible on the way down...
I have no cochins...I don't think. If that's what my white guy is he's lovely, smart and a crossbred.

 

[BantyChooks]

*bangs fist on table* Hear! Hear!


I AM the city driver...lol. But the bro is from Edmonton. He knows where he's goin. See...not THAT far away (I don't think)

It's 4 hrs ed--sask, right?

 

[BantyChooks]

so, not saying i'm even going to get pregnant this cycle, but if I end up pregnant with twins or triplets, who wants to move in and adopt my farm - there's a very good chance, hubby would make me get rid of all my birds if I ended up on bedrest for a pregnancy that long? LOL

I'll take the horses.

 

[biophiliac]

an acronym....







Vast Wastelands of the North.....

Up close and personal those 'wastelands' are pretty spectacular!

 

[BantyChooks]

Up close and personal those 'wastelands' are pretty spectacular!

I like you.