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

[daxigait]

I may go back to bed, just 'cause I can

Good morning!

 

[daxigait]

I swear, sometimes chickens are so dumb. I have a young pullet last night that did not want to go in the coop. I ended up having to go all over the barnyard finding her if in big weeds or grass. She would run and hide around the corner and because chickens can outrun us especially when you have to open and close gates. Of course, this was instead of going to the run because she was too stupid to go in the for the door shut so she was panicking. Then she wouldn't even go in the run so I could get her there first, dumb chicken. Or is it dumb owner that just didn't let her figure out what predators are all by herself since I have better things to do?

 

[BantyChooks]

C'mon people,
Daylight's a'burnin'

Why can't I sleep in just once?

 

[kajira]

I swear, sometimes chickens are so dumb. I have a young pullet last night that did not want to go in the coop. I ended up having to go all over the barnyard finding her if in big weeds or grass. She would run and hide around the corner and because chickens can outrun us especially when you have to open and close gates. Of course, this was instead of going to the run because she was too stupid to go in the for the door shut so she was panicking. Then she wouldn't even go in the run so I could get her there first, dumb chicken. Or is it dumb owner that just didn't let her figure out what predators are all by herself since I have better things to do?

If a chicken won't go in with the group, I don't bother putting them away. If they live, they live..... if they don't live... well that's why the ones who don't allow themselves to be put away I don't worry about.

I have enough chickens I can afford to lose the dumb ones though.

 

[BantyChooks]

I swear, sometimes chickens are so dumb. I have a young pullet last night that did not want to go in the coop. I ended up having to go all over the barnyard finding her if in big weeds or grass. She would run and hide around the corner and because chickens can outrun us especially when you have to open and close gates. Of course, this was instead of going to the run because she was too stupid to go in the for the door shut so she was panicking. Then she wouldn't even go in the run so I could get her there first, dumb chicken. Or is it dumb owner that just didn't let her figure out what predators are all by herself since I have better things to do?

I sometimes think they play dumb just to infuriate us.

 

[kwhites634]

Why can't I sleep in just once?

'Cause I'm up. Therefore, everyone else needs to be up, too

 

[BantyChooks]

'Cause I'm up. Therefore, everyone else needs to be up, too

You should sleep in, then. No coffee for you, go back to bed.

 

[Honora]

End of Feb.







And our Alien baby is officially........... a boy!


I'm prepared for another out of hospital birth, and I talked to my OB in detail about how to handle stuff, she wants me to labor outside of the hospital as long as possible, while still trying to "make it there" in time to push baby out in a hospital bed. LOL

I'm undecided on how to handle the situation, because I wanted to do that last time, and ended up hitting transition with out realizing I was 100% in labor and by the time we realized it was real labor, she was born and it was too late to go anywhere.
I know that with all my pregnancies in hindsight, I could go "okay, well, yeah, I guess I could see how that was real labor" but in the middle of it, I couldn't tell the difference between real labor and fake labor - and the only difference is one eventually gives me a baby.

Awesome, congrats! Sounds like everything is going well. End of February? Could be born on my birthday. I know the labor goes so fast when you have had kids already. With my third I barely made it to the hospital on time & it didn't feel any different than when I was laboring with my 2nd and only at 6 cm. How many other kids do you have?

 

[Akrnaf2]

Shalom to all
Do you get notification?

 

[daxigait]

If a chicken won't go in with the group, I don't bother putting them away. If they live, they live..... if they don't live... well that's why the ones who don't allow themselves to be put away I don't worry about.

I have enough chickens I can afford to lose the dumb ones though.

Me too, but she is one of my new generation EE''s that are just starting to lay and with my luck she would be my boo egg layer. I only have one aside from my one Ameruacana. That is why I chased the stupid little booger.