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

[Wickedchicken6]

They are probably scared of you.
The crazy rooster lady.

.....maybe. They're related to us. They can't escape us. *insert evil laugh*

 

[Wickedchicken6]

I should probably do something productive.
Have a great day everyone!

But that sounds like work.

Have a good day Mike!!

 

[hippiestink]

Maybe, but I am spoiled with the in-floor heating and rebel at giving up my toasty floors

I keep forgetting that southerners don't have any concept of a heating system.

Being a Texan who moved to Belgium, I agree. I can't live without the in-floor heating. We have both in-floor and a heater system in our place. The next place we're also going to add a proper hvac system and floor heating instead of the little radiator units we have now.

 

[hippiestink]

@KikisGirls How are my Texas peeps? I forget where exactly you are but my family are all in the San Antonio and Austin areas and I haven't heard a thing so I'm concerned.

 

[Kiki]

@KikisGirls How are my Texas peeps? I forget where exactly you are but my family are all in the San Antonio and Austin areas and I haven't heard a thing so I'm concerned.

Houston is ok for now.
I am not keeping up with San Antonio and Austin areas right now, sorry.
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/forecasts.php?wfo=hgx

 

[hippiestink]

Houston is ok for now.
I am not keeping up with San Antonio and Austin areas right now, sorry.
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/forecasts.php?wfo=hgx

Looking at that map I'm predicting moderate to minor flooding, just because San Antonio is on the recharge zone for the aquifer and always floods when it rains. Hopefully I'm right and everyone will be okay, a few friends before the storm were updating Facebook saying stuff like "everyone keeps buying Shiner for their storm prep" and joking about the insane lines at the HEB.

 

[Kiki]

Looking at that map I'm predicting moderate to minor flooding, just because San Antonio is on the recharge zone for the aquifer and always floods when it rains. Hopefully I'm right and everyone will be okay, a few friends before the storm were updating Facebook saying stuff like "everyone keeps buying Shiner for their storm prep" and joking about the insane lines at the HEB.

Our stores around here, the shelfs are empty....people area already starting with the price gouging of water. Forty dollars for a case of water!

 

[hippiestink]

Our stores around here, the shelfs are empty....people area already starting with the price gouging of water. Forty dollars for a case of water!

Times like this make me glad my stepdad is a food hoarder, they probably have enough food to last a week or so. And no one in my parent's house drinks the city water so there's tons of bottled water that they keep stored up.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Howdy, all! Just popping in to check in quickly and say hi, and that things are fine so far here in San Antonio, though more flooding certainly expected starting soon, because the ground is already saturated from rain we got before Harvey even started (several roads are already closed), and this is supposed to last for days. Folks east of us toward the coast are getting their butts kicked, as is Houston, it seems, from what I can see online (glad you're ok, @KikisGirls! Stay safe!). They've evacuated a lot of the patients from the coast to San Antonio, so things are busy this weekend at the hospital, but since I'm on the lab side, I haven't needed to be called in for emergency operations like the clinical folks are, at least so far. Since the wind and flooding forecast was/is unpredictable, and I'm sort of the "over-prepared" type, I cleared the yard of potential projectiles yesterday afternoon (boy, my yard was more of a mess than I realized!!!!) and disabled the automatic chicken doors - everyone's staying locked in their coops today (which I'm sure will make them grumpy!). I've sandbagged (well, soil-bagged) the spot where flash flooding tends to direct a stream of water toward my door (the rest usually runs around the house, which is on a higher on a slope and so doesn't otherwise flood) - one coop (the S&G NN girls) is flood prone, so I'm set to evacuate the six of them to the brooder/pens in the house if needed. Chicken feed is up on pallets, and I'm set with water, food, batteries, a charged generator, a full tank of gas, all the eggs I can eat, lots of books, and beer. I'm likely to get a lot of cleaning done this weekend - I've got at least one closet to reorganize.

Hope everyone east of me in Texas is staying safe and dry!

(Hoping to get back on BYC regularly soon - trying to get more reliable control over my migraines first. )

- Ant Farm

Sounds like you are very well prepared!!

I hope it's not as bad as expected. Hopefully you don't have to evac the girls. Please stay safe too!

 

[Cynthia12]

We have a good 2 yr. supply here of food. We would do ok. Also have barrels of water for other things besides drinking. We also have a lot of big 5 gallon buckets full for drinking. Some smaller milk jugs around too. We are ones to have that supply on hand around this state. We are past due for that big one...earthquake, plus, it's good if anything happens for any reason. We just never know what can happen. If we need to, and another family member needs hep, we can help, although, most of our kids..most, have their own 2 yr. supply.