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

[BullChick]

Starla laid again, and that is three eggs. Once Duckling goes down for her nap, I’m setting up a second incubator in the bedroom. The first, of course, is for coffee. The second is only going in there because I don’t want her to be disappointed if the eggs don’t hatch.

 

[BullChick]

I just did an online order for groceries. Then I went to the kitchen to make the mix to test my hygrometer. Now I’m out of salt.

 

[BullChick]

Someone want to tell me why incubators cost so much? I thought they made a standard 7-egg incubator without bells and whistles for $35 or so. It would be worth it for these small hatches. The cheapest small incubator was $139

 

[BullChick]

Ha ha! Found it! I wasn’t looking on Amazon. New incubator (oh my goodness! Another incubator?! ) will be here in a few days.

 

[Akrnaf2]

Do you have the yellow-meated watermelon there, or the humongous strawberries?

We have mainly the red ones , but in some fancy shops you can find the yellow and the orange ones.
And we do have some wonderful big strawberrys.

 

[Christinecam]

I have a large hatch coming up on Sunday. And I have a question that I could really use some advice. Some of the eggs are mine, some my friends. As they are all hatching in the same bator (the other is in use and not on lock - down yet), is there a way I can safely open and mark the chicks? I was thinking a regular marker without odor, quickly making a mark on the chicks legs? Any thoughts, ideas?

 

[BullChick]

I have a large hatch coming up on Sunday. And I have a question that I could really use some advice. Some of the eggs are mine, some my friends. As they are all hatching in the same bator (the other is in use and not on lock - down yet), is there a way I can safely open and mark the chicks? I was thinking a regular marker without odor, quickly making a mark on the chicks legs? Any thoughts, ideas?

Put the eggs in zipped lingerie bags now.

 

[Pensmaster]

My daffodils are actually popping up.

Daffodils have come and gone here. Fact we have a place here called Daffodil Hill it’s a tourist trap but a fun place to visit. They planted 15,000 daffodil bulbs the hail storm we had damaged all and they won’t open for this year.
First poppy out today.

 

[Pensmaster]

I just did an online order for groceries. Then I went to the kitchen to make the mix to test my hygrometer. Now I’m out of salt.

Will they accept an add on?

 

[kwhites634]

We have mainly the red ones , but in some fancy shops you can find the yellow and the orange ones.
And we do have some wonderful big strawberrys.

I've only seen the yellow meats once, when, as I was told, they'd just been developed, in Sand Springs, OK. That was in '66.