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

[ChickenCanoe]

Spring time everything is green now it’s drying up. Gardens are like smorgasbords to them at this time. I’ve found deer are munchers. Don’t kill the plants but will come back several times to the same plant. Wild plants in the spring that they won’t touch are eaten towards the end of the season when plants they prefer are more scarce.

Yes. Deer are what are called browsers, not grazers.
You have a tough climate. We are blessed - and in the current environment - cursed with a rain bounty. We just had a dry week but we stormed all night and morning. This was the first dry week since December. I've never had such a period without a dry spell in my long life.

He is extremely intelligent, I really love to listen to his lectures.

Not only extremely intelligent but a great communicator to the point that the layman can comprehend astrophysics.

 

[Pensmaster]

Yes. Deer are what are called browsers, not grazers.
You have a tough climate. We are blessed - and in the current environment - cursed with a rain bounty. We just had a dry week but we stormed all night and morning. This was the last dry week since December. I've never had such a period without a dry spell in my long life.

Not only extremely intelligent but a great communicator to the point that the layman can comprehend astrophysics.

It’s supposed to be cooler this week. 85 to 95. Compared to 103 plus last week I’ll take it.

 

[Razadia]

A coyote trap needs to be pretty large. You may want to look into a snare.
After all, they aren't native to Alabama.
https://www.flemingtraps.com/traps-snares.html

https://www.flemingtraps.com/nsearch.html?catalog=yhst-132682986138481&query=snares&x=0&y=0

https://nasdonline.org/332/d000129/proper-use-of-snares-for-capturing-furbearers.html

Not native, but still protected as a furbearer. Thankfully I keep up with game laws. Snaring is on my list of potential ways to catch the yote.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Not native, but still protected as a furbearer. Thankfully I keep up with game laws. Snaring is on my list of potential ways to catch the yote.

You mean 'yotes - plural. They aren't in a vacuum. They have all sorts of relatives.

I find it disturbing that invasive species are protected for whatever reason.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Very stressful. Especially the coyote. Cat food is absolutely the next thing I'm trying. I forgot to bait it again and I'm not going outside again tonight. I'm probably going to have to resort to using traps for the coyote since I can't stay awake all night and shoot it.

In the last year, coyotes have been my biggest predator.

 

[Akrnaf2]

You mean 'yotes - plural. They aren't in a vacuum. They have all sorts of relatives.

I find it disturbing that invasive species are protected for whatever reason.

Tell me about it.....
We have 3 very aggressive invasive birds species here, that creates havoc among the native birds population, but they are still protected.

• Acridotheres tristis

Psittacula krameri

Myiopsitta monachus

(I try to shoot them with my sling shot whenever I have the chance.....)

 

[BullChick]

Hello, my sweet Westley.

 

[Akrnaf2]

Hello, my sweet Westley.

Hello dearest! I in a summer break mode.....

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Tell me about it.....
We have 3 very aggressive invasive birds species here, that creates havoc among the native birds population, but they are still protected.
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• Acridotheres tristis

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Psittacula krameri
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Myiopsitta monachus

(I try to shoot them with my sling shot whenever I have the chance.....)

We have a few invasive bird species. Actually there are almost 100 nonnative bird species in the US. Also, I'm sad to say, lots of invasive fish and reptile and mammal species. And don't get me started on invasive plants. Half of my time gardening is trying to eradicate invasive Japanese Honeysuckle.
There are 7 of our most common non-native bird species. I think they differentiate non-native and invasive. Invasive are those that have a negative impact on other species or the environment in general.
Some moron who was enamored with Shakespeare decided that it would be a good idea to introduce to North America, all the species of birds mentioned in Shakespeare's works. Those included European Starlings and House Sparrows. Starlings do $800 million in crop damage every year. House sparrows (AKA English Sparrow) are one of the most common birds in the US driving native birds from nesting places.
I have a friend who is a primate expert who used to work at the St. Louis Zoo and every time she learns of some people bringing in nonnative species, she declares, "people are scum". I concur.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Since this is an educational incubation thread, I thought I would add a video from one of the world's experts in poultry incubation if you have a half hour to spare.
https://en.engormix.com/MA-poultry-...jan-pas-reform-hatchery-technology-t17346.htm