FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

[cmom]

So for incubating here in the always humid florida how much water do y'all usually put in the incubator or do you just do dry hatches? I'm new to incubating so just curious what everyone else does

and the Florida thread. I myself dry incubate. I try to keep my humidity around 30/35%. That is what works best for me.

 

[cmom]

LOVE THE COOP!!

Katherine from Homestead/Miami area!! Anyone in SFLA????? Just starting out with my flock & excited to meet fellow Floridian chicken folks!

and the Florida thread. Click here and scroll to your county for the Florida peeps in your area. FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

 

[kimntep]

Howdy from Ocala! I've been gone forever, but stopped by to see what I've been missing. Nice to see the same great bunch, and I'm glad to be back! I DID finally get those ducks and I'm so in love, also 2 goats and a big 'ol rescued pot-belly pig. I'm in heaven with all of them, but my chickens will always be my babies!!

 

[chickrunfun]

Welcome back kim, Im somewhat new here, names Will

Onto couple new pics of the teen twin terrors...and moody brood super chicken, Jeanie! (She took a break from sitting and it was such a nice day we let them have at the potato mound)



the photo bomber is Lucy

 

[N F C]

Great pictures Will! It was a gorgeous day outside today.

 

[cmom]

Welcome back kim, Im somewhat new here, names Will

Onto couple new pics of the teen twin terrors...and moody brood super chicken, Jeanie! (She took a break from sitting and it was such a nice day we let them have at the potato mound)



the photo bomber is Lucy

 

[caeti21]

Awe , the photo bomber pic made me chuckle , very cute

 

[AlHawk]

I have to post this pic of my son and the chickens. This pic means alot to us even though it looks fairly mundane. My son has Down's Syndrome. He is terrified of the chickens. He will not pick up our 6 week olds and won't get close to these older ones. If I hold one he'll pet them but if they make ANY move he yells and jumps away.

So, enter this picture. He ASKED to feed them their scratch treat. I gave him the bowl expecting him to basically dump it, run and watch from a distance but that's not what he did. He grabbed hands full and spread it out in front of him and let them get close to him. They got within 2' before he started backing away but that's 6' closer than any other day.

I'm so proud of him working through his fear.

 

[caeti21]

I have to post this pic of my son and the chickens. This pic means alot to us even though it looks fairly mundane. My son has Down's Syndrome. He is terrified of the chickens. He will not pick up our 6 week olds and won't get close to these older ones. If I hold one he'll pet them but if they make ANY move he yells and jumps away. So, enter this picture. He ASKED to feed them their scratch treat. I gave him the bowl expecting him to basically dump it, run and watch from a distance but that's not what he did. He grabbed hands full and spread it out in front of him and let them get close to him. They got within 2' before he started backing away but that's 6' closer than any other day. I'm so proud of him working through his fear.

Thats amazing, very brave of him !!

 

[getaclue]

I have to post this pic of my son and the chickens. This pic means alot to us even though it looks fairly mundane. My son has Down's Syndrome. He is terrified of the chickens. He will not pick up our 6 week olds and won't get close to these older ones. If I hold one he'll pet them but if they make ANY move he yells and jumps away.

So, enter this picture. He ASKED to feed them their scratch treat. I gave him the bowl expecting him to basically dump it, run and watch from a distance but that's not what he did. He grabbed hands full and spread it out in front of him and let them get close to him. They got within 2' before he started backing away but that's 6' closer than any other day.

I'm so proud of him working through his fear.

Hawk, my youngest daughter is how I got started with chickens. My oldest daughter was terrified of chickens. I had no idea. The first time I handed her a chicken to hold, she did, but when I went to get it back from her, she was trembling. I began having her help me a little here, and there with my chickens. It took some time, but she got over her fear of them, and now knows my coup routines enough that I can rely on her to temporarily take care of my flock if I ever got too sick to care for them, or if I go on vacation. For your son, with Down's Syndrome to try to overcome his fear, is no small feat. He's a brave young man. BRAVO!