Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

[ozexpat]

Mrs Oz preparing the car for the trip to the farm

 

[Daddy Roo]

welcome as the song says - your half way there

love the name btw

I saw you responded to my post and got a bit giddy. I feel a bit star struck actually! I fell asleep reading

 

[Daddy Roo]

welcome as the song says - your half way there

love the name btw

Uhhh... reading this thread, woke up with tablet in bed with me, and am now reading again precoffee. Now THATS hard core.lol

 

[Daddy Roo]

  Daddy Roo... from SandyEggo...

Thanks much!!! I've read many of your posts.

 

[Daddy Roo]

Daddy Cool with "roo" replacing "cool" is now playing in my head. Thank you.

Eerrr...welcome...I think. Grin.

 

[getaclue]

Mrs Oz preparing the car for the trip to the farm

Oz, thank you for posting this. Dh is constantly fussing at me because my truck is not show room clean. It's "dirty", but not with actual dirt. He simply doesn't get it that I have a few bags of feed, oyster shell, various tools, and dairy boots in the back at all times, then sometimes a bale, or two of hay, a cage or two, etc. He seems to think I should unload everything when I get home from the coop, wash the truck, then reload it all again the next day, rinse, repeat. Yes, I do clean it up, but not on a daily basis. After seeing this pic, he asked "does everyone that owns livestock have "dirty" vehicles? Since there is no good answer to satisfy his question, I replied "of course".

 

[FridayYet]

Good answer. Plus, I live in a dirt road so I have real dirt and mud in mine, too

 

[perchie.girl]

Good answer. Plus, I live in a dirt road so I have real dirt and mud in mine, too

and MINE looks like a beatup transformer that with the least bump in the road the walls on the truck will open flat and we will be come AIRBORNE.... 300,000 miles will do that.....

 

[Daddy Roo]

Ok...here's a question that may sound silly but I seriously do not know. I want to begin my maiden voyage into the land of Batorville with my own home laid eggs. It is cold here. I collect eggs in the evenings, and the eggs get cold...sometimes down to freezing. Question...What is the lowest temp an egg can get to and remain hatchable? You chicken folk are far more full of knowledge than anyone I know.

 

[perchie.girl]

Ok...here's a question that may sound silly but I seriously do not know. I want to begin my maiden voyage into the land of Batorville with my own home laid eggs. It is cold here. I collect eggs in the evenings, and the eggs get cold...sometimes down to freezing. Question...What is the lowest temp an egg can get to and remain hatchable? You chicken folk are far more full of knowledge than anyone I know.

45 degrees I believe is the limit. There is a whole thread on hatching firtile eggs from Trader Joes Grocery store. @Sally Sunshine may chime in. Keeping them cooler is actually an advantage while collecting them for hatching.

deb