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

[hippiestink]

When I'd have a new litter, I'd tie a length of small diameter rope, with a no-slip knot, around the neck. They'd pull, tug, and stand on one another's rope, and train themselves to give to pressure on their neck; same principle as teaching a horse to ground tie by letting him step on the reins.
If I was teaching a dog to "heel", I'd snap the lead to the collar, then take a loose loop around the loins so that it tightened whenever the dog pulled ahead. Once or twice, & a half-bright dog soon figured out that if it didn't pull, it wouldn't be uncomfortable.

When I was working as a kennel tech, the only leashes we'd use were slip leads. Teaches the dog not to pull on the lead, but some people would think it cruel if they saw it in action.

 

[BantyChooks]

Liz, you are behind by a lot.

 

[Pensmaster]

You going to let them sit?



Acres makes more sense to me.



Awwwww, cute!

Actually there are four now one should be hatching any time now but with temperatures around 105 average little hope there. One I keep taking eggs. The other two usually quit on their own but they were still at it this morning.

 

[kajira]

I love the things I say to my toddlers "if you're going to be naked and playing with your schlong, go do it in the bathroom where I don't have to watch" and he runs off and slams the door.

^.^

Srsly?

 

[Honora]

Certainly cockerels? 8 weeks Blue Orphingtons ( )
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Beautiful boys! Are you going to keep any?

 

[Honora]

I love the things I say to my toddlers "if you're going to be naked and playing with your schlong, go do it in the bathroom where I don't have to watch" and he runs off and slams the door.

^.^

Srsly?

LOL that's boys for you.

 

[Honora]

I could be wrong...it's what I'm seeing. I've figured out the Mr. Maran IS off the cuckoo marans so they have the straight combs like your birds.

It's good you can take them back. They're nice looking birds!

In my experience the marans develop a lot earlier than orpingtons. Haven't had many marans though.

 

[Akrnaf2]

Beautiful boys! Are you going to keep any?

No, I can't stand their noise.
They are going back to my freind, the one that gave me the eggs.
I wish that one of them was a hen, maybe next time.

 

[hippiestink]

I love the things I say to my toddlers "if you're going to be naked and playing with your schlong, go do it in the bathroom where I don't have to watch" and he runs off and slams the door.

^.^

Srsly?

Bahaha! Gotta love little boys.

 

[room onthebroom]

No, I can't stand their noise.
They are going back to my freind, the one that gave me the eggs.
I wish that one of them was a hen, maybe next time.

This first chickens we ever had were hatched in a incubator we made out of stuff laying around the house. Hatching them was one of the top greatest experiences of my life, but the 2 that hatched were (of course) both boys. Rehoming animals is not something we'd ever even considered before (even the most horrid & obnoxious animals can stay on the broom.) We kept them for as long as we possibly could, but eventually had to rehome them. It was beyond heart wrenching! We accidentally bought another 2 day old cockerel somewhere down the line & had to rehome him too. I would love to hatch some more, but I just cant take he heartache.