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

[Lazy Farmer]

Grass has sprouted from the last 1/2 we received. Things are looking green again.

Sweet! We broadcasted seasonal grass seed Thurs. Hopefully the wild chickens won't find all of it.

 

[Christinecam]

They got most of the electrical taken care of yesterday. I have 2 houses on my lot, but the other house has too much interference from some trees, so both systems are going on the main house. We had to dig a trench over to the other house and under a walkway and put in conduit for them to run the wiring. We weren't scheduled until next week - thought we'd take care of the rest of the conduit work this weekend. But the solar company called on Wed, and bumped us up to yesterday - they had a delay on another project. So, they ended up finishing the conduit placement for us. We decided to get the battery backups, so those were installed in both houses. Panels should start to go up today I think.

I hope that you don't get too much rain! Did they plan on lowering the lake during the storm in order to work on the ramp? Or, was it just bad timing?

@Christinecam I'm sorry she died!

Thanks hun!

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Just pulled maintenance duty in the hatch quarters.. Having a hard time with no incubation cycle taking place..

The Hallow Hatch: They are sold and gone come Monday.

The born to be wild group... The smell went away... Lol

The balance batch. The Four Rejects... No one picked them. They are sad...

The lucky 4.. no room in the barn Brooders.. they have a sweet set up..

 

[daxigait]

Hi Daxigait!!! Nothing too exciting! I did get a chance to drive cross country this summer and FINALLY stay in the house I've owned since 2005 - I had never even seen it before that.

How have you been? I love reading all your goat updates! I've learned a lot from them!

I have been busy as usual, and it is breeding season for the goats. All the fall preparations like everyone else, and studying for my insurance adjuster license.
Why haven't you seen the house? Is it rented out?

 

[daxigait]

Just pulled maintenance duty in the hatch quarters.. Having a hard time with no incubation cycle taking place..

The Hallow Hatch: They are sold and gone come Monday.
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The born to be wild group... The smell went away... Lol
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The balance batch. The Four Rejects... No one picked them. They are sad...
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The lucky 4.. no room in the barn Brooders.. they have a sweet set up..
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They are cute, even the rejects. I am glad you are too far away for me to get soft hearted.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

CUte rejects!!!

 

[daxigait]

@Jessimom Have you seen my adittions from searching Craigslist? I research bloodlines whenever I see registered does in the hopes of recovering bloodlines that are disappearing or that someone may have something they don't realize. I have been blessed on two fronts in my searches this fall.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Spike-o-cam...

 

[daxigait]

I found a doe with bloodlines from a place that was famous for udders with a top side that compliments my bucks lines. It turns out she was sold from a big show farm for $1,000 bred, and then resold a year later to the lady I got her from as a pair with another doe for $425.
The other find may prove to be a huge leap forward for me as she is line bred from a doe that took fourth as a first freshener at Nationals in 2014. She is also the granddaughter of my bucks sire who's dam just took first at Nationals. She was second in 2015 and 2016. So by breeding her to my buck she will be line bred to the famous does line and line bred to my bucks line and I am looking forward to that result.
Besides the fact that she's just flat-out stunning as a nine month old.

 

[kajira]

I swear my teenage "Elvis" looked more like Elton john.... LOL