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

[Faraday40]

Congrats!!!

 

[mlm Mike]

 

[mlm Mike]

Put my next batch of eggs into lockdown. They were rocking like crazy last night! Not due to hatch till 15th, but I suspect they will be early as the bator was running a bit hot!

Good luck!

 

[mlm Mike]

Those leaves! Those leaves! Those beautiful leaves!!! I know they're a pain to deal with, but they're so beautiful!!!

That tree was still full, then a storm went though and nice and empty now. Should be the end of them here for the year.

 

[mlm Mike]

Honeybee came early! Went into labor at 4AM yesterday morning and had him out by 1:30PM. He's 41cm and 3.27 kg. No epidural, no pain meds, and I was even able to pull him out myself once the shoulders came out. Progression was way too fast for very many interventions!
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Congratulations!

 

[hippiestink]

Thanks everyone. I just got up for a feeding so I'm back to bed.

 

[ronott1]

Honeybee came early! Went into labor at 4AM yesterday morning and had him out by 1:30PM. He's 41cm and 3.27 kg. No epidural, no pain meds, and I was even able to pull him out myself once the shoulders came out. Progression was way too fast for very many interventions!
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How Sweet!

 

[kwhites634]

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Yo Wick!

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Buddy of mine suggested something I should've thought about for your goats. You can get orange dog collars, either all-over orange or with orange reflector strips sewn on. I also used to use orange sleeves over regular collars

Collars and horns are a deadly combination. I have witnessed a smaller doe being dragged and strangled awhile back. I stopped using collars. I will use a harness during hoof trimming. But it is removed right after. Goats have a pecking order just like chickens. The alpha nanny is a brute. When my alpha passed away last year, another took her place. She leads the herd and they follow her lead. Alpha's are the worst for collar hooking.