Halloween/Thanksgiving Hatch-a-Long 2019

[BantyChooks]

We buried her and we said a little eulogy for her. I don't want to say deaths on the farm get easier, but I seem to handle them a lot better now than I did before.

I do know with hatching sometimes you have to dispatch a chick, I bet that's even harder to do.

Agreed. Chicks definitely aren't fun, but I actually find them easier; I haven't had time to get attached to them.

 

[FortCluck]

Agreed. Chicks definitely aren't fun, but I actually find them easier; I haven't had time to get attached to them.

That's so true. I'm hoping I have a good hatch without incident I'm hoping everyone does! I can't wait to see all the chicks that hatch. I'll secretly be jealous when everyone shows breeds I can't find.

 

[BantyChooks]

That's so true. I'm hoping I have a good hatch without incident I'm hoping everyone does! I can't wait to see all the chicks that hatch. I'll secretly be jealous when everyone shows breeds I can't find.

I still haven't decided whether to set Button eggs or not. I mean, they might not be fertile... and there's a ton of hotspots... so I probably wouldn't get chicks anyway, right?

 

[FortCluck]

I still haven't decided whether to set Button eggs or not. I mean, they might not be fertile... and there's a ton of hotspots... so I probably wouldn't get chicks anyway, right?

I wouldn't be the person to ask because I would always try... I think I have some non fertile eggs in my incubator because I wasn't sure if my barred rock has mated yet. I'll see soon enough I guess

 

[BullChick]

I still haven't decided whether to set Button eggs or not. I mean, they might not be fertile... and there's a ton of hotspots... so I probably wouldn't get chicks anyway, right?

You’d better incubate a bunch to be sure.

 

[BantyChooks]

You’d better incubate a bunch to be sure.

My goal is to not get chicks, because I have more than enough already.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Nothing pisses me off more than that. I don't think people should own animals if they can't keep their emotions out of the way.

X2!!

I read all the novels and had zero issues with it. I want a barn cat too thats mine not a stray. My cat wouldn't let another cat in the house, but our shed is insulated and everything so it would be perfect.

I’m glad!! I know sometimes people do or find them hard to read. Either way, I talk too much. I talk peoples ears off in person too.

And awww it sounds great!!

I just had to euthanize my duckling. I tried every option, but she continued to go downhill. It was a spinal injury that a breeder passed onto us because she couldn't euthanize the duckling herself, $10 was more important! Shockingly my husband was the one who didn't want to do it and I told him there's no way out of it. We did it together and made it through it. Thats when I realized I could do meat chickens... I loved that duckling to pieces

I had a similar thing a few years ago with a Welsh Harlequin that I nursed through a mink attack in which she lost a foot. She broke her leg badly in an accident the next spring and I couldn't set it, so she was put down. Ducks are way too easy to get extremely attached to. Kudos for giving her a chance without leaving her to die alone at the end.

We buried her and we said a little eulogy for her. I don't want to say deaths on the farm get easier, but I seem to handle them a lot better now than I did before.

I do know with hatching sometimes you have to dispatch a chick, I bet that's even harder to do.

So sorry for everyone’s losses!

That is so sweet though.

 

[ShrekDawg]

My goal is to not get chicks, because I have more than enough already.

You can never have enough chicks.

 

[BantyChooks]

You can never have enough chicks.

I'm living proof that yes, one can!

 

[ShrekDawg]

I'm living proof that yes, one can!

pssssshhhh you don’t have anywhere near enough yet!!!