Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[kraftyladies]

WWWHHAAAATTTT

ok It was just a thought...

 

[Sahwithchicks]

Wow, you husband sounds like my husbands twin. Actually, he will let it slip that he likes a certain chicken... But overall he just complains about them and the time I spend on them

 

[Sahwithchicks]

I think coops and pens are like a front entry - they can never be big enough.  You all are lucky!  When I think its time to build another pen I will have to do the work.   My DH will not help with the chickens and complains when I spend my time building pens/coops for them because I should be doing something more useful with that time (like baking him cookies).  He still has lots of wonderful traits, but he Does Not understand the pull of chickens. 

I think coops and pens are like a front entry - they can never be big enough.  You all are lucky!  When I think its time to build another pen I will have to do the work.   My DH will not help with the chickens and complains when I spend my time building pens/coops for them because I should be doing something more useful with that time (like baking him cookies).  He still has lots of wonderful traits, but he Does Not understand the pull of chickens. 

I think coops and pens are like a front entry - they can never be big enough.  You all are lucky!  When I think its time to build another pen I will have to do the work.   My DH will not help with the chickens and complains when I spend my time building pens/coops for them because I should be doing something more useful with that time (like baking him cookies).  He still has lots of wonderful traits, but he Does Not understand the pull of chickens. 

 

[Sahwithchicks]

I think coops and pens are like a front entry - they can never be big enough.  You all are lucky!  When I think its time to build another pen I will have to do the work.   My DH will not help with the chickens and complains when I spend my time building pens/coops for them because I should be doing something more useful with that time (like baking him cookies).  He still has lots of wonderful traits, but he Does Not understand the pull of chickens. 

I think coops and pens are like a front entry - they can never be big enough.  You all are lucky!  When I think its time to build another pen I will have to do the work.   My DH will not help with the chickens and complains when I spend my time building pens/coops for them because I should be doing something more useful with that time (like baking him cookies).  He still has lots of wonderful traits, but he Does Not understand the pull of chickens. 

 

[cluckitall]

AHHHH!!! I can't take anymore stress!!! My baby is sounded a lot better, now my four year old is complaining about a spot just under his ear is hurting him really badly. It's a little swollen, and the temperature there is slightlyQEQa elevated, but it doesn't look red like a bite or anythig... Wondering if it could be a swollen gland? It hurts him for me to touch it, an it's right there under his ear where his jaw ends. Of course, I just got home from enjoying a few hours kid free trying to relax, an was feeling pretty good... And five minutes of being home, my stomach hurts from worrying about him. I called the doctors at exactly five o'clock- and of course they had switched off their phone!!
On another note- you guys have been super chatty!

Spot under his ear hurting sounds like an ear infection -- ear canal. Low-grade fever and tenderness is common. Treatment will probably be a course of amoxicillin. Poor little guy!

 

[cluckitall]

Wow, you husband sounds like my husbands twin. Actually, he will let it slip that he likes a certain chicken... But overall he just complains about them and the time I spend on them

There are times I revel in my single state...

 

[WVstruttin]

psssttt... cluckitall, go look on the swap thread

 

[cluckitall]

Nononono! Nope I can't, seriously. I'm going to be scraping the bottom of the barrel this month just to keep my girls in chicken feed. Not that I don't want to!!!!

 

[9gerianMile]

Hey y'all- I know many of us have shipped plenty of eggs in our time, but I wanted to share this for the newer shippers. Please don't pack eggs like this! I am not doing this to make anyone feel bad, nor will I share who these eggs are from(NOTE: Not from this swap!). I just want to turn my sad discovery into a learning opportunity for others. It took receiving a few boxes like this before I learned how I like to pack eggs. No one is perfect! But packing methods are important!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/sad-eggs

If you do a search here on BYC, you can find SO MANY great packing methods. Please please please use one of those!

I like to wrap each egg in tiny bubble wrap, taped up snug, then put in a carton all together, then tape around the carton, then big bubble wrap the carton and around to fill the space with really anything that has a little give. Some times I will just put the individually wrapped eggs embedded in cushy packing materials. Depends on what I have around, but the end result is the same- one or two may be damaged due to rough handling, but those are the extras, and the ones in the middle should hatch.

 

[Dahlisgrams]

Hey y'all- I know many of us have shipped plenty of eggs in our time, but I wanted to share this for the newer shippers. Please don't pack eggs like this! I am not doing this to make anyone feel bad, nor will I share who these eggs are from(NOTE: Not from this swap!). I just want to turn my sad discovery into a learning opportunity for others. It took receiving a few boxes like this before I learned how I like to pack eggs. No one is perfect! But packing methods are important!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/sad-eggs

If you do a search here on BYC, you can find SO MANY great packing methods. Please please please use one of those!

I like to wrap each egg in tiny bubble wrap, taped up snug, then put in a carton all together, then tape around the carton, then big bubble wrap the carton and around to fill the space with really anything that has a little give. Some times I will just put the individually wrapped eggs embedded in cushy packing materials. Depends on what I have around, but the end result is the same- one or two may be damaged due to rough handling, but those are the extras, and the ones in the middle should hatch.

Oh those are sad. It's wonderful that we can learn from each other. I would have never thought to skip packing each egg individually though. Just screams accident waiting to happen.