in this random rambling thread we post random pictures

[CapricornFarm]

I suspect the ones I just put in aren't too likely to hatch. Just had to pull another today and there's another I'll probably have to toss tomorrow. All of them are absolutely filthy. The goose had scattered the eggs out of her nest the day before I got them. Last batch was the same though and I did get one to hatch so still trying. My friend keeps hoping her goose will brood so I don't get to try til she gives up on that. No signs of growth yet on any though and on day 6. I'm used to eggs showing growth by day 4-5...do goose eggs take longer? The last batch of eggs took longer but I don't remember how long.

If i want to hatch dirty eggs, i wash them in oxine solution. Much better hatch rate.

 

[Beaker99]

I dunno who said yes to a race track on the roof. Seems a little nuts.

 

[Pasha838]

I suspect the ones I just put in aren't too likely to hatch. Just had to pull another today and there's another I'll probably have to toss tomorrow. All of them are absolutely filthy. The goose had scattered the eggs out of her nest the day before I got them. Last batch was the same though and I did get one to hatch so still trying. My friend keeps hoping her goose will brood so I don't get to try til she gives up on that. No signs of growth yet on any though and on day 6. I'm used to eggs showing growth by day 4-5...do goose eggs take longer? The last batch of eggs took longer but I don't remember how long.

If the goose scattered eggs, then they are most likely bad. I don't know how they do it, but geese somehow know how to tell if an egg is good or bad.
I try to watch for the geese when they sit on the nest. As soon as they lay an egg, I take it. If the egg lies for a long time, then here it cools down very quickly (in February we have -20 C frost, geese live in a greenhouse, but it's still cold there, not enough warm to keep the eggs).

 

[Pasha838]

If i want to hatch dirty eggs, i wash them in oxine sloution. Much better hatch rate.

I don't know how to use these solutions. Yes, here is nowhere to buy them. I go the other way - I lay clean, dry hay for the geese all over the area so that they do not get dirty and do not stain the eggs. True, for this I have to spend a lot of hay.

 

[Pasha838]

In Russia, a volcano woke up in Kamchatka again. (They hang out there all the time)

Locals have fun - they make snowmen from the ashes.

They walk in suits of radiation-chemical protection, and sculpt snowmen from the ashes.

I think they are a little crazy.

 

[janiedoe]

In Russia, a volcano woke up in Kamchatka again. (They hang out there all the time)

Locals have fun - they make snowmen from the ashes.

They walk in suits of radiation-chemical protection, and sculpt snowmen from the ashes.

I think they are a little crazy.

That's making lemonade out of lemons!

 

[fuzzi]

Red Cherry shrimp in my aquarium (fat=pregnant)

 

[azurbanclucker]

I dunno who said yes to a race track on the roof. Seems a little nuts.
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Fiat's Lingotto factory in Turin, Italy. Still has a track up there too.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Around the Chicken yard

 

[azurbanclucker]

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I don't mean to alarm you, but I'm pretty sure there's a person hiding under that tarp.