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

[Lazy Farmer]

Nope, I went to the high priced place it was $4 for each chicken Motel room...

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Air Condition Friend left with $ in pocket and box of prime meats.
In exchange for 2 relay switches and a new thermostat & labor.
Air is ice cold blowing thru the house, first time in over a week.
Pork Loin to the rescue...
oh happy day

 

[Pensmaster]

Umm. I just turned the heat on

36 degrees overnight 70 during day yep the heater was on during night

 

[BullChick]

I'm watching "Ghost". A movie where Patrick Swayze plays a ghost. And he's now a ghost.
Spoooooooky!
Seriously, anyone ever wish they could have just one more moment? I'm sure Patrick's wife does.

 

[BullChick]

Where is everyone today? Afraid to come out from under the covers?

 

[BullChick]

I went upstairs to move another three mattress sets. Decided to post them for $25/set if they were gone by Monday.

 

[ronott1]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/i-eat-chicken.1203190/

No thread there now

 

[ronott1]

Has anyone else noticed that their mutts take ages to molt? All of mine (~5) seem to drop about 1 feather at a time. All my purebreds have been done for about a month, and the mutts are in the middle still.

On of my traderjoes hens molted. She dropped the feathers quickly, did not go completely featherless and was back to laying eggs in 4 weeks.

They are hyline white x hyline brown commercial crosses. This one looks like a leghorn and lays white eggs

 

[ronott1]

I know my chickens are supposed to molt, but believe it or not, I haven't seen my chickens molt in the 2 years we've had a big flock. hahaha

Not all of them molt super hard. Some will get a bare neck and some just lose feathers and replace them as fast as they lose them.
First molt is often at 1.5 years old depending on when they hatched. After the firs molt they will repeat yearly until the get older. Then the molt at shorter time periods.

They molt harder each time too.

 

[kwhites634]

Where is everyone today? Afraid to come out from under the covers?

But I like it under the covers