French frogs

[LittleLakePhil]

K, did you see Phils story on Bubbles thread? It's great.

Told you I'd post it was too tired last night...wish I could figure out how to repost to Rachels thread.

The last two just popped, but the five in the brooder had a rough night.  At some point between midnight and 7 a.m. the brooder lamp went out and the were flat on the floor, cold and stiff.  The oldest has recovered, the youngest passed, and the other two are in a fight for their life, they can't stand any more.

Awesome story!

Thanks....want to go fishing?...

 

[WVduckchick]

Thanks....want to go fishing?...

Tempting tempting

 

[LittleLakePhil]

I got on my lap top and was able to copy and paste the story to Rachel's thread....yay me!!!

 

[WVduckchick]

Might as well copy it here too Phil

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Sweet...Will do!!!

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Okay I told Friday I would post about yesterday's fishing adventure.

Part one.

So my buddy shows up and we drive to the lake. We get there and the whole lake had been snowed plowed.
Now I've been fishing this lake for 33 years and it's never been snowed plowed. Now have I ever seen an entire lake snow plowed before. (Is a fairly big lake)
We decide were gonna truck on over to the far side being we had the snowmobile and all. We get over there drill our holes, set up the shack, and start fishing. A bald eagle flies right over our heads ( Pretty cool but not too uncommon here). We start fishing and I go to check on you guys here and realize I don't have my phone. I end up jumping on the snowmobile and heading back to see if i left it in the truck.
The machine starts to act up and dies on the way back from the truck (oh crap).
I do notice if I reach down and pump the primer it'll keep running. So I get back call my wife with Frank's phone and she says that I left it on the window above the kitchen sink(that's where I put it if i am trying to get a text out cuz I can't text for crap at my house....big metal roof acts like a tin foil hat). Now I'm worried about getting stranded on a lake at night with a dead snowmobile and I'm not really dressed for it...

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So now we're fishing and all of a sudden out of now where two freaking airplanes land on the ice right next to us. Scare the bejesus out of us. I didn't have my phone to get pics.

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Now I know why the lake was plowed.

Intermission:

We catch fish...I got a couple of pike one was about 26" Frank kept a good meals worth off Bluegill. Had fun.


Part 2.

so now we decided to head back before it's too dark knowing the snow machine is acting up. We start heading back.
And the only way I can keep it running is to hold the throttle with my left hand ( is on the right handle bar) and reach down with my right hand and pump the primer (obviously I have a fuel issue). It's almost out of control as it is too ride like that. So now Frank is on the back, the machine is bucking like a freaking bronco (Frank's a big guy) every time it bucks he's practically choking me trying not to fall off the back. All this time I'm trying to steer left handed with the right handle bar. Somehow with all this going on I managed to get the machine back to the truck. (Oh yeah Frank fell off half way back I made him walk cuz I wasnt stopping for nothing). You would think this would be the end of story.
NOT...trying to load the machine onto the trailer I flooded it and fouled the plug. Luckily my quick thinking I stole the plug out of my ice auger and even though it was totally the wrong plug I got it started and loaded and we went home...Yay !!!!
Allot to go through for a meal of fish.....

......Phil
Edited by LittleLakePhil - Today at 9:12 am

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Yay!!!

 

[FridayYet]

Awesome! Such a good story.

Just candled, all 13 still look good. Air cells a little small so I dropped humidity to 30%

Legbar eggs are losing less than the Orloffs. Guess that's to be expected with blue eggs.

 

[rossfam06]

Another batch??? I agree with the rest... let him rest and hope for the best...

Yes!!!! Because I ordered more and the post office lost them. I am do mad but I did get claim money back. So she is replacing then just have to pay for shipping again.

Hey, guys!

Chooks!!!!!! I missed you!!!!

 

[RubyNala97]

I was wondering if all you expert hatchers have seen a fluid bubble on a chicks shoulder at hatch? A little backstory...I had one pipped polish egg before bed last night that pipped yesterday afternoon (and one malpositioned pip that I noticed around 8:30pm). When I woke up this morning my humidity in the brinsea 20 was down to 50%. The pipped polish egg had started to zip but the zip line was covered in a golden crust. I couldn't see the chicks beak. So I took the egg out and started wetting the crust and picking it off. I got the beak out but it was sealed shut. More warm water on a qtip. I could not peel the membrane or shell away. It was glued solid. I soaked the egg in warm water and slowly started getting the chick out but it wasn't breathing. So I rubbed it vigorously in a towel down its back, and it started to breath. I noticed a big lump of fluid on its shoulder. It's still alive but very weak. Did this happen because of the low humidity? What is the fluid bubble? Should I not even worry about it at this point, since the chick was near dead?