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Ps any one know if switching eggs to another incubator pre hatch is ok? I just got a large clutch incubator to my brinsea mini which I overstocked to test fertility rates in my young birds! Now I have 2 extra eggs that are most certainly gonna cause issue when everyone starts hatching. All are currently alive and due for hatching midway next week so i figure if I switch them over, I should do it now! So has anyone gone and swapped incubators midway through incubation? Should i move them only when they are due to pip?! At least 2 eggs are gonna need to be removed to give proper hatching space :/
 
tacothechicken said:
Ps any one know if switching eggs to another incubator pre hatch is ok? I just got a large clutch incubator to my brinsea mini which I overstocked to test fertility rates in my young birds! Now I have 2 extra eggs that are most certainly gonna cause issue when everyone starts hatching. All are currently alive and due for hatching midway next week so i figure if I switch them over, I should do it now! So has anyone gone and swapped incubators midway through incubation? Should i move them only when they are due to pip?! At least 2 eggs are gonna need to be removed to give proper hatching space :/
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I move eggs to a second incubator for lockdown. It is a good way to go!
 
@ronott1 good to know! I honestly didn't think they'd all be fertile :/ but the brinsea has always given me perfect hatch rates lol. So now I've got plus 5 BYMs in addition to our incoming hatchery chicks hopefully all goes well this coming week! And yes I have had to hand turn them twice a day due to overcrowding :D 8am and 8pm everyday! Plus I'll swap eggs post candling so they're all getting turned regularly by machine about everyotherday :)
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tacothechicken said:
@ronott1 good to know! I honestly didn't think they'd all be fertile :/ but the brinsea has always given me perfect hatch rates lol. So now I've got plus 5 BYMs in addition to our incoming hatchery chicks hopefully all goes well this coming week! And yes I have had to hand turn them twice a day due to overcrowding :D 8am and 8pm everyday! Plus I'll swap eggs post candling so they're all getting turned regularly by machine about everyotherday :)
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I have an octagon advance and know what you are saying about them hatching eggs. If it does not hatch in the Brinsea, the eggs were bad
 
bantamsrmyfav said:
I forgot about the fluff aspect of cochins, Giant cochins are called giant but it's probably mostly their fluff! I had a silver penciled cochin that tried mounting his adoptive mom at around a month old. He still had most of his chick down. We eventually rehomed him.

Yay, Five!

I didn't know chickens re-established pecking orders although it makes sense when a chicken is added or omitted. Luna is the first partridge brahma I have seen. Were columbians in her recent ancestry?

I agree, I saw this post because it popped up in my feed. I do love trecking in other parts of the forum from time to time and sometimes watch threads but I don't always get notifications for them then lose track of the ones I watch. :(

Thank you Krystal! My anniversary was great, it was a month ago and we went to my favourite vietnamese restaurant. I think WhoDatChick's anniversary is on the same day as my son's birthday. I get confused sometimes, I actually forgot your real name but now I do remember you said it was Krystal! Then someone quoted Myles and Kayla I've seen a lot of posts of for months so her name is easy to remember. KLIL is a cute nickname too, it would even fit me since my mom's name is Kim so when we visit people together sometimes they call her big kim and my little kim except there's already a well known little Kim in the world lol I will probably just stick to Kim, Kimmy, or Kimbo

Wow, that's nice of you to break up pieces of a wrap for your hens. My grandma will talk about how my uncle's then fiance would chop up carrots and other veggies for his nephew's pet rabbit. That rabbit lived soo long and all those veggies probably helped. I know too many veggies can give a rabbit diarrhea but it was nice of her to give supplemental treats to him.

Lol I wish I was a domestic goddess. I read that Nigella Lawson wrote a book on how to be one, I need to read it! I feel accomplished if I can complete 30 minutes of cleaning a day- most days I get too distracted and only get 20 done, or 5, or none!

Nice car! It reminds me of my friend Lisa's. I miss her- we worked together in California then I moved to Canada and she moved to Oregon. We keep in touch. For our wedding I think we rented a Chrysler 300 or something like that. Apparently it was the car President Obama drove at some point. At present we drive a Toyota Corolla 2004. My husband wants to give it to my son for his 16th birthday. We don't drive it often but yeah I don't think it will last 15 years lol

Sweet!

Oooh. My husband bought jalapeno peppers, maybe we will have those tonight. I haven't had any in years and back then I would eat the cheese part and throw away the pepper. I might just try the jalapeno pepper and see if I can stomach it.

:drool reminds me of when I gardened with my mom growing up, she grew tons of things but I was excited about the strawberries.

Looks delicious! We also got quiche florentine on our last shopping trip. I like quiche lorraine too.

Welcome! I am Kim :) Sounds like a plan! I have heard rats can be reduced by using containers to cover up chicken feed but they probably eat many different things. I think one of my baby chicks was killed by a rat.

I will definitely have a chicken named tater tot one day! I love tater tots. Tater tot is one of my toddler's nick names also.

Lovely! 2 acres is all I need to have more than 3 chickens and roos would even be allowed. One day :bow

Aww I love it when chickens remind me of dinosaurs.

Lucky! We haven't had rain in months, just snow!

Lucky again! I forgot you are on a different time zone. Tonight we might have those jalapeno peppers. I am going to share the last of these durian treats with my little one since my husband doesn't like them. Durian is an acquired taste I think, they are popular in southeast asia.
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As for the main course, we might have pizza or spaghetti.

I saw this video once and was amazed!


Those ideas sound great! :thumbsup

Precious! :love

If I weren't a bit crunched for time I would try to think up some. Weekends are my hubby's time to use the desktop computer. I don't get as creative on my phone because the screen is so smashed from me letting my little one use it that it is kind of sad to look at haha. I'm sure others can come up with good names though! What a cutie!
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Omg thank you love!!!! I seen this coop build awhile ago but couldn't find the video again to show my partner. Ive just sent it to him now.
Thank you again love. I really appreciate it.

I love cooking and dont mind cleaning but I hate hate hate folding up washing. I sit in front of the tv put a show on then forget about the folding. Takes me like 3 hours for 2 baskets lol. I was everything in the house once a week. Mats you name it. I work full time so can't wash much during the week unless I use the dryer. Which I try not to do.
 
Stick Chicken said:
Hello, I'm a little late in all of this, but I've read it.
You can call me Stick Chicken, and I've had poultry all my life. Currently I have approximately 36 chickens(10 bantam cochins, 8 d'uccles, 4 sultans, 1 silkie, 1 ayam cemani, 1 swedish flower hen, 1 new hampshire, and a bunch of mixes). I also have one call duck, four geese, and two guineas.
I also have five cats:
Sebastian-black and fluffy(he's the oldest by several years)
Ignotus-blue and white short-hair
Anders-a beige little cream puff(he is super fluffy)
Winchester-blue and white short-hair
Zelda- black and white tuxedo short-hair(the only she-cat)
Along with these, I have a red beta fish(Bloodterror) and a flock of sheep(I love the fact that chickens and sheep have flocks).
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Iggy and AndersView attachment 1661043
One of my cochin roosters
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Here are some pictures of my geese, one of the sultans, and some ewe lambs from two years ago
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Hi Stick Chicken, welcome to our little family here. My names Krystal. Lovely to meet you.

Your babies are beautiful! And sebastian is gorgeous!!! And Lambs omg!!!! I love it!!!!
 

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