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

[Pensmaster]

View attachment 1309227 Tomato vines are bug magnets here.. View attachment 1309228

Marigolds lots and lots of marigolds planted in same hole as tomatoes really help here. Plus I’m guessing oregano. I also plant basil with them. And parsley. Oddly enough the parsley didn’t do a thing as far as growth until it got colder here.

 

[Akrnaf2]

Very original
I was thinking of planting tomatoes by it and other related plants to the tomatoes. Might keep bugs away?

It isn't a repellent, they defends themselves.
The are a lot of studies of Ethetric oils as antibacterial agents.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_oil

 

[Pensmaster]

It isn't a repellent, they defends themselves.
The are a lot of studies of Ethetric oils as antibacterial agents.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_oil

Yes which is the definition of companion planting. Other plants repel insects like marigold sage oregano mints parsley that sort of thing. By planting my not so repellent tomatoes by the oregano the oregano helps the tomatoes. I know marigold works I’ve seen it in action.

 

[Akrnaf2]

Yes which is the definition of companion planting. Other plants repel insects like marigold sage oregano mints parsley that sort of thing. By planting my not so repellent tomatoes by the oregano the oregano helps the tomatoes. I know marigold works I’ve seen it in action.

I understood that. But the aromatcs are known of repealing outher PLANTS too. So it isn't a good Idea to plant the to close.
Enter this " herbicidal activity of aromatic plants " to Google scholar.

 

[Phage]

I've been using this new homeschooling program, and I *love* it - but I just had to figure out how to handle a high school education/diploma situation and how many credits to graduate and what requirements most colleges expect for class completion so my kids don't' miss anything. Their accreddited highschool program is 500/month or 5000 a year, and I can't afford that one, but the offer the same classes for the homeschoolers at 9/a month per student --- but you'd have to manage the credits and diploma

@kajira i really admire what you do for your kids but all the little ones are a lot of work. Why not send the older ones to school???
As a university professor I would NEVER consider I was capable of giving my kids the breadth of education esp in languages, math and physics that the school could. It would have put the kids at a huge disadvantage when competing with other kids for university /scholarships etc.
I would of course have LOVED to home school them. That would have been so much fun. Compromised with "topping up" what they did at school with on line and fun stuff like music and sport (and chickens etc). I know each to their own and some people don't want their kids minds "polluted" with school - but when they leave home they need to know how to REALLY deal with people who are non-family members.
And although my 2 older girls are at UNI they both call/text me every day -so school did not ruin them.
I love my kids to death but I know they are just "borrowed" and we do our best for them and then they go off and do their own thing with life, but also believe they won't be so sick of us that they will always remain close.
I know that on this thread there are lots of different views, including people who are very anti school and variety is good. Just putting my 2cents out there....

 

[Christinecam]

Go chickies
I hope mine hatch this Thursday. Then I have

I’ll say.
I have Speckled Sussex hatching just before Easter. Both varieties are shipped eggs so not certain of outcome.
Are the Cochin also bantam?

Speckled Sussex are so beautiful and sweethearts!
The Cochin are bantam. It will be interesting to see my outcome. The seramas, Polish and Cochin are all shipped. The mix I have now came right from my friends farm.

 

[Christinecam]

Yes which is the definition of companion planting. Other plants repel insects like marigold sage oregano mints parsley that sort of thing. By planting my not so repellent tomatoes by the oregano the oregano helps the tomatoes. I know marigold works I’ve seen it in action.

I keep thyme, mint and oregano growing next to my coop to help keep the pests away, and the chickens love to pick.

 

[Christinecam]

These babies are coming fast and furious today.
This little one was so cute. She landed on her back from hatching.. and so decided she didn’t want to hatch and went back into her shell!
I had to stick my hand in and remove the shell. Silly babies!

 

[kajira]

@kajira i really admire what you do for your kids but all the little ones are a lot of work. Why not send the older ones to school???
As a university professor I would NEVER consider I was capable of giving my kids the breadth of education esp in languages, math and physics that the school could. It would have put the kids at a huge disadvantage when competing with other kids for university /scholarships etc.
I would of course have LOVED to home school them. That would have been so much fun. Compromised with "topping up" what they did at school with on line and fun stuff like music and sport (and chickens etc). I know each to their own and some people don't want their kids minds "polluted" with school - but when they leave home they need to know how to REALLY deal with people who are non-family members.
And although my 2 older girls are at UNI they both call/text me every day -so school did not ruin them.
I love my kids to death but I know they are just "borrowed" and we do our best for them and then they go off and do their own thing with life, but also believe they won't be so sick of us that they will always remain close.
I know that on this thread there are lots of different views, including people who are very anti school and variety is good. Just putting my 2cents out there....

Because they *do* deal with the real world, and people every day. Moreso than they'd get in a school environment.

Also - my oldest is special needs, he WAS in public school, more than one, and they failed him. I know based on my daughters personality, she would end up having a hard time in a classroom, she's just not wired to sit like that all day.

Then, you add in my 24 weeker, he can't even go to mcdonalds with out landing in the hospital during flu/cold season, because he's so immune compromised, I could not imagine sending him to preschool or kindergarten when he'd end up missing out so much on his education because of being constantly sick and in the hospital. He gets sick enough with minimal exposure and us trying to protect him during the fall/early spring flu/cold season here.


At that point, I'm already commited to homeschooling them and love the flexibility, when it's hot in texas, we do more schooling (same when it's cold.) during the off season when it's not too hot or too cold, we do a lot of outdoor activities, events, museums, field trips and adventures they couldn't do if they were in public school.

I always find it interesting, that one of the main points is social interaction, but between 4h, and many of the other things the kids are involved in, they learn far more about dealing with the real world.

For example, my daughter had to talk to the constable, justice of the peace, and sheriffs office about the dogs who were killing her chickens.

Her dad also just went through this incredibly challenging process to get her a business license (in his name until he can transfer it to her when she turns 18, if she still wants to do it.) because she wants to start her own business and has the skillset already to start the process of doing it. At 7. If you ask her if she wants to go to public school, the first thing she will tell you is "no thanks, I won't have time to do anything else I want to do."

I guess I have a different take on it - because my kid can go to community college locally, at 15-16 if she wants, and take advanced classes and it counts for college towards her BA. That's her goal actually. She wants to graduate high school as early as possible, get her BA, and do her dog business. With the amount of socializing she has to do, she's getting an education she can't get anywhere else.

She has to log work hours for her dogs, keep records, and she will need to study all the information to get her PI license at 18 to take the business over from her dad if she's still wanting to work with dogs in a few years.

She meets all these people her dad's non-profit business thing does, she's going to a class with mike suttle (they use chickens and clicker train chickens) that her dad setup and arranged for law enforcement and dog handlers.

She'd never get to do these things otherwise.

Also - every homeschooled kid my husband knew growing up, became a doctor, or something of that caliber. So, it definitely won't hold them back in life if they don't let it.

As to languages, the program we use, teaches multiple languages (my husband is fluent in spanish, too.) and has an advanced math and science program when they hit high school....

I'm not really too concerned, if they want advanced classes, there's ways to get them.

And final point, my kid knows more about the world than most kids, she actually helped deliver her little brother in the hosptial with the doctor supervising.

 

[Christinecam]

Here’s a question on incubating. I’ve noticed this on a few of my hatched from bigger eggs. The yellow remains. This particular one the baby’s umbilical cord was lightly still attached. She fully hatched alone (a well as others with this). Humidity or temp issue?