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

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BantyChooks said:
Goat shed has been coming right along. Need to get shingles and doors on and then I can move the flock over & tear down the old coop. :ya

Can't wait to get my birdies into safe housing. I'm currently sleeping with my windows open so I can hear any struggles in the night... It's saved them a few times before... Yeah, that's how awful my coop is.
It'll be nice to sleep with confidence that no stray mink are gonna wreak havoc on them birds.
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Awe it was such a picturesque coop and yes sleep is a good thing

Fire Ant Farm said:
Can we not argue about the video please? Just a request. :oops:

What a day - nothing specifically remarkable, just very very full day at work, then very very full with chores when I got home. Was horrified to discover that the S&G pullets went through three gallons of water in 24 hours (they might have spilled some, though), and were almost dry this evening - scary around here in summer. Really gotta get that auto watering thing worked out ASAP. Their coop will be first.

Only had enough energy to put together a caprese salad (and that was mostly because I had a huge tomato that was super ripe and going to start going bad soon). But tomorrow I get to have Red Lobster clam chowder with kajira!!!! :celebrate:drool

Looks like the water dunking for broody Trinity worked - she's off the nest now. I dunked Switch this evening to see if I can get her off as well. But meanwhile, I now have a NEW broody - Lissa (Cream Legbar). She did this last year as well. The Three Witches are her daughters (incubator/brooder raised), but no way am I letter her sit on and hatch eggs in her coop with another hen with ocular Mareks present, and I don't want any more CLs anyway. I can't grab her as easily in that coop, so no water dunk tonight, but I'll see if I can get her tomorrow (without Dumbledore trying to kill me). Last year she was SUPER tough to break - I had her sitting tight on frozen water bottles. :he

And I have a splinter in my left thumb that I can't get out that hurts. There. I think I've done my part to keep the conversation going on the thread. :lau

- Ant Farm
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Work went better than I thought it would. If it's a small splinter have you tried packing tape on it. Sometimes it will get them when nothing else does. I might be able to try the water dunk this weekend but we didn't get over 70 the past couple days and it's been windy.
One of the DC eggs is oozing. :sick
 
Pensmaster said:
Awe it was such a picturesque coop and yes sleep is a good thing



Work went better than I thought it would. If it's a small splinter have you tried packing tape on it. Sometimes it will get them when nothing else does. I might be able to try the water dunk this weekend but we didn't get over 70 the past couple days and it's been windy.
One of the DC eggs is oozing. :sick
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Ain't it pretty? Was built as a screenhouse over 50 years ago, and then got turned into a storage shed, a playhouse, and finally, a coop. Seems a shame to burn it.
 
I'm just thankful the roof survived the winter... Thought it wasn't gonna a few times. 2' of snow is heavy.
 
BantyChooks said:
I've nearly had fires start from extension cords before. Finally decided it wasn't worth the risk.
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Can't you or know someone who could help you run a. Buried hardwire out there and install an outlet? It's really not hard to do and would be safe. .... but I have a feeling if you had issues in the past it was the quality and size of the extension cord.
Heck if I lived close I would do it for you.
 

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