Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[debs_flock]

I won't be around the last weekend of the year so will be unable to participate in the NYE party. Just found out we're going away! Yippee!!!

I am bummed about missing out on the party though.. won't even be around for the NYD hatch unfortunately. A local friend is going to hatch my eggs for me, thankfully. A good surprise nonetheless.

I hope everyone has fun!!

This is what laptops are for!

Anyone interested in 4 Tolbunt and 2 Paint Silkie eggs before I eat them? Collected the last 2 days. Shocked my Polish actually gave me 4 eggs in 2 days. I set 7 of them a week ago and only threw out one clear.

I was going to say, me, me, me.....

Dart frogs in the wild are poisonous. In captivity, they are not. It's based on their diet. In the wild the insects eat native plants, the frogs eat the insects and that is what creates the toxins (just a skin secretion). In captivity, they eat fruit flies (genetically modied to have no working flight muscles or to be wingless). Even a wild frog will lose it's toxins in a fairly short time when brought into captivity. But most dart frogs are fairly easy to breed. Their poison of course is the one used to coat dart tips. Supposedly even after dried, the dart will remain capable of killing up to a year. From experience, I have handled a wild caught frog, it jumped to the floor and I grabbed it with my hand out of instinct. They all have different types of toxins and most aren't capable of killing. The reaction I had was more like handling a hot pepper and the feeling was fairly short lived.

Deb

 

[debs_flock]

Quote: Send me eggs!!! I'd let that one live in the house!

Deb

 

[Brookhavens]

Red'd my eggs from WVChick71 today. Excellent packing job. NONE were cracked or broken.

 

[SleepyOwl]

I Googled Naked Chickens.

I got enough bad images, (besides the chickens themselves that is) that even though I wouldn't mind seeing what the chicks look like, I decided it wasn't worth it to Google "naked chicks".

 

[babymakes6]

I Googled Naked Chickens.

I got enough bad images, (besides the chickens themselves that is) that even though I wouldn't mind seeing what the chicks look like, I decided it wasn't worth it to Google "naked chicks".

 

[cluckitall]

Hey! Naked chicks are CUTE!!! Oh, wait...

Well, some of them are cute, too

LOL, SleepyOwl!

 

[pysankigirl]

This is what laptops are for!


I was going to say, me, me, me.....


....until I read this! Darn time zones and the need to sleep!


Dart frogs in the wild are poisonous. In captivity, they are not. It's based on their diet. In the wild the insects eat native plants, the frogs eat the insects and that is what creates the toxins (just a skin secretion). In captivity, they eat fruit flies (genetically modied to have no working flight muscles or to be wingless). Even a wild frog will lose it's toxins in a fairly short time when brought into captivity. But most dart frogs are fairly easy to breed. Their poison of course is the one used to coat dart tips. Supposedly even after dried, the dart will remain capable of killing up to a year. From experience, I have handled a wild caught frog, it jumped to the floor and I grabbed it with my hand out of instinct. They all have different types of toxins and most aren't capable of killing. The reaction I had was more like handling a hot pepper and the feeling was fairly short lived.

Deb

Cool! so any recommendations on where to shop for some?

 

[debs_flock]

Quote: Just google dart frogs and you'll most likely find someone local to you. If you don't mind the extra $100 for shipping, this is my favorite. Mark Pepper does amazing conservation work with frogs.
http://www.understoryenterprises.com/

Deb

 

[chiqita]

I do believe there are birds that are naturally naked. Weird looking

yes, its a specific gene mutation that they reproduced, It was called a scaleless gene or something. They are making them as meaties for hot areas of the world. They come in black too. Someone jsut made a few of them pets and had a surgery done on one in another forum, i'm following the gimpy thread there too.

 

[chiqita]

..... and while Im posting, I'm going to whine. Because there are not many people I can tell this story to.

yesterday I happily set my NYD hatch eggs 6 dz trader joes fertile eggs, 47 of mine and swaps from the pp/HE swap. Stuck them in the incubator took my pictures and went on my merry way. Go out to check the temp and notice its a little low, will have Mario check it out tonight.

While eating dinner he looks up and says " I wonder if the eggs are turning too far and will fall off" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE RAN out to look, and sure enough, I have 119 eggs plopped down on the bottom. many unfamily friendly things were said, and I carefully took them out one by one to see what could be saved.

I saved 2 icelandics, about 12 marans and olive eggers( those eggs ARE stronger then others! its true) , some of the small eggs from my other swap, but no arkansas blues or silkie eggs or Sumatra's. I am going to get more tj's eggs today and refill. We put a bungee cord up the front to hold everything together so the trays wont slip. I think it must be a known problem because there are 2 little holes on the metal on the top and bottom of the turning rack for hooks. This is what you get for not having a manual or many people around that still use these incubators. Luckily I found a thread of a few people with this model and we are trading facts. I'll be posting over there next. ( and the NYD hatch thread, there are people trying to guess my hatch rate, I'm going with low)