Hatching nightmares

[KingD]

This is real. I noticed it after my first cup of coffee

Haha yeh. I can't function properly without my coffee!

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Haha yeh. I can't function properly without my coffee!

I need at least 2 cups and a thermos to take to work. Otherwise Im dead by noon

 

[Sheepheart]

Arent newly hatched goslings technically chicks?

No, they are goslings. Chick implies that it is a baby chicken. Calling most baby birds chicks just comes from not knowing the actual name of the the baby bird and chicks are the the first thing that comes to mind that closely resembles the baby bird.

it’s kinda like how many people call a baby fox a fox pup because they are a lot like dogs, wolfs and other canines, when really a baby fox is called a kit

 

[RosemaryDuck]

I've never had a hatching 'nightmare', but I have had hatching dreams. It always makes me sad when I wake up and my unplugged incubator in the corner doesn't magically have chicks in it .

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Just born. Taking an egg nap

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

No, they are goslings. Chick implies that it is a baby chicken. Calling most baby birds chicks just comes from not knowing the actual name of the the baby bird and chicks are the the first thing that comes to mind that closely resembles the baby bird.

it’s kinda like how many people call a baby fox a fox pup because they are a lot like dogs, wolfs and other canines, when really a baby fox is called a kit

Well technically a fox is a member of the canine family. Vulpas specifically comes from a sub order of canidae. So while it may have a specific name it is still a pup. A group of sheep could still be called a group of sheep, a herd of sheep or thr correct term: a flock of sheep. They are all correct but a specific name refers to that animal specifically

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

I've never had a hatching 'nightmare', but I have had hatching dreams. It always makes me sad when I wake up and my unplugged incubator in the corner doesn't magically have chicks in it .

PUT CHICKS IN IT. DO IT

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

Most of the names for groups of animals* came from an old hunter's bestiary anyway, based on nothing but the author's whimsy.

*in English, anyway

ETA asterisk

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Most of the names for groups of animals* came from an old hunter's bestiary anyway, based on nothing but the author's whimsy.

*in English, anyway

ETA to add asterisk

I wish there was a way to like for both humorous and informative because this is both worlds

Edit: also following your content now. Youve been in a number of my threads and I think you're hilarious.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

I Had one egg hatch but she wasnt ready. Her Placenta was bloody and it looked like a liver. As she struggled her intestines came out and then I took her out of the brooder because at that point I knew she couldn't be saved. It was devastating but I just accepted this as a fact of nature. Was I wrong? Could I have helped her?