Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[GableBabble]

Good morning! I've been spending the morning getting everybody cleaned out/new bedding/lots of food and water for the impending storm, bleah! Sounds like it's going to be short and sweet and then all melt, though -- I like that part of it!


Yeah, I have to admit, recollections of my son at that age are the same as everyone else's -- cash is king Unless she wants a chicken???


Let's hope!!!

She has Bantam Cochins. Lemon Blues and Lemon Blue Sports. That is the only type of chickens she likes. Well she did steal one of my Quail.....

I agree with Celtic I would have loved a spa day with my mom for an 18th b-day or even with a best friend. But the cash thing well who wouldn't like that!!

I remember when I was allowed to get my hair and nails done for prom and I was more than thrilled but then I was never allowed that stuff before that. To me dinner at a nice restaurant is a more for child in their 20's thing at least that is what my parents did for me. Does she have a car? You could get her something like tinted windows, headlight covers, new cool looking floor mats or I liked 8 balls(as in pool balls silly) so I had them on my shifter, fuzzy ones on my mirror, ones on my antenna and door locks-corny I know but I liked it, just do what ever she likes.ok so maybe not the floor mats or that other stuff I reread that and it sounded kind of dumb, but I swear I liked it at 18 it wasn't THAT long ago!!
Wow I know I don't currently work in the real world right now but boy I am glad when I do go back I will not be going into that part of bussiness. Factory work may not be very glorrified but there is something to say for not dealing with that kind of stress. Everyone has to deal with stress of losing a job because of economy but in factory work(or at least the companies I've been at) you just have to make sure you do your job right and turn out quantity with quality and your mostly golden, only dealing with the ocasional **insert any expletive here** not so easy to deal with person!

We are those mean parents you hear about who make their child buy their own first car. We will help with the down payment and take her to pick it out, but she has to have a job and do all the work.


Sad thing is, she does not want cash. I already asked her what she wants for her birthday and she shrugs and tells me she does not know. I asked if she just wanted cash to go out with her best buddy, and she said no. What a pickle.....

 

[GableBabble]

Does anyone know where to find Blue Wyandottes?

Bl;ue Laced Reds? or just blues?


Got the first PBR egg and got a Toulouse egg, just a minute ago. Checking fertility!

 

[Thespoiledchicken]

ooh this is a good idea- I was going to make mine out of plywood and 2x4s. This sounds A LOT CHEAPER!! Which is always a good selling point! What are you using for litter?

oops I quoted the wrong message

It was supposed to be the person who put on the pen made from corrugated plastic!

The litter is called Carefresh Natural- it is made from wood pulp is soft and super absorbent. Dahlisgrams just turned me on to it and I LOVE it! It's perfect for brooding in the house because it does not create any dust (pine shavings are just too dusty in the house). I think it is sold mostly as hamster/ rabbit bedding. The only drawback is it's expensive

so I would only use it when brooding in the house. I was worried the goslings might eat it but so far they have not shown much interest in eating it- maybe just a nibble or two. The manufacturer claims it is non toxic and all natural.
Here is the link for info http://www.carefresh.com/products/bedding/premium-soft-bedding

Great job ... They look like they are having fun!!!

Hi Colleen

great photos in your profile!

I need some of your Silver Ameraucanas

Hurry and get posting so you can join the swap and offer us some good stuff

 

[tdhenson86]

Incubator Catastrophe Update!!!

You guys have some great cold chicken hatching thoughts. I am amazed. Four out of seven Seramas hatched yesterday, exactly one day late. They look great! My ducks finally deemed themselves ready to consider hatching and 3 out of 6 are pipped. No word from the turkeys (now two days late).

 

[Thespoiledchicken]

Incubator Catastrophe Update!!!

You guys have some great cold chicken hatching thoughts. I am amazed. Four out of seven Seramas hatched yesterday, exactly one day late. They look great! My ducks finally deemed themselves ready to consider hatching and 3 out of 6 are pipped. No word from the turkeys (now two days late).

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Quote: watch the chemicals in that bedding. The geese do eat some of what they are bedded on and the pine pelleted bedding is better to have them on. if you are worried about dust try old towels, however they have to be washed lol

 

[puglady]

Does anyone vaccinate the birds they hatch? Everything I'm finding tells me the Marek's vac needs to be discarded after one use. I believe I read an article recently that explained how to only activate a portion of the bottle at a time instead of the whole thing but can't seem to locate it. Any help is appreciated.

 

[madamwlf]

Does anyone vaccinate the birds they hatch? Everything I'm finding tells me the Marek's vac needs to be discarded after one use. I believe I read an article recently that explained how to only activate a portion of the bottle at a time instead of the whole thing but can't seem to locate it. Any help is appreciated.

Nope, I don't vaccinate and don't plan to. Actually the last batch of chicks I got from GFF I specifically asked for them to not be vaccinated.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

nope no vaccinations here either, it can turn bad for the other birds you have who werent. (like being a carrier who doesnt show signs ect) Actually the only birds I ever had trouble with were vaccinated at hatch, go figure

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

off topic: please forgive.

So I am pretty darn depressed.

I was asked to do a furniture inventory of the building which I initially argued against because I didn’t really see the value-added. And it was going to take quite a bit of time. But the boss insisted and I rolled up my sleeves.

Then, after contemplating it, I thought why don’t I incorporate the use of intelligent dynamic furniture blocks so that when I am done, I can extract the data to a spreadsheet whenever needed and it would be automatically updatable at any time in the future. And I could also extract just the data for certain rooms so that when we go in to do a room reconfiguration we would know exactly what we had and what we needed and could craft a concise list of exactly what we needed to buy or bring up from the warehouse to do the work.

I crafted some intelligent blocks and showed the boss the potential. He hadn’t even known it was possible and He loved it.

And then with his next breath he asked me to write a read-me file so that if they got rid of me that a novice could still operate the blocks and extract the data.

And this is what is wrong with our country. We can't produce anything here and no one is rewarded for great ideas. Sorry that you were treated this way at your job, I really love to tell your boss off.