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

@mlm Mike so any new kids Mike? My brother do had twin bucklings which is good after the market they will go in a few weeks. Per usual not a problem, on the dairy end it was not so easy. I was up all night long you know we don't do the dairy goats any favors breedingbree so much milk production and bigger teets. They get huge udders that hurt when they get ready to kid, and they don't work for the babies. Then they are swatting at the babies because it hurts when you just touch the udder. I gave up after half the night trying to get her to let them nurse even after I milked her out halfway. So I ended up with more bottle babies. The good thing is they're too beautiful doelings. Unfortunately, it has resulted in more sleepless time for me and I'm beginning to resemble a blithering idiot. Or possibly a drunk driver because my lane control is abysmal.
Here are my passenger. I feel sorry for them having to spend a couple of days in my truck, but they need colostrum and milk too often to leave them home. I will get them on a bucket in a few days and then they can stay home.
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Well everybody except the really hoped for french black copper maran egg hatched in my little tupperware 'bator. Had 70% of the custom EE's and only 2 birchen marans out of 24 eggs. The birchens got up to 104 at one point though, so I'm not too surprised, just disappointed. The CCL's had around 70% hatch too, so not great but not bad. Last chick just hatched about an hour ago. day 22. lol
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