INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[Chaos18]

What guns say when they shoot at you!

 

[Akrnaf2]

My first incubator hatch was a success! Just hatched the last couple days, white jersey giant's

And a bunch of these

Five toed black skin white jersey giant white silkie crosses

Chicken nuggets!

I realy hope that in that cross the ruster was the silky and not the other way round!

 

[lindalouly]

What guns say when they shoot at you!

Guns scare the crap out of me... I'm just now teaching myself how to handle and take care of one. It makes me nervous but it has to be done.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

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Yikes - sorry for the long semi-preachy explanation when you already raise meat chickens.

It's just that some people want to hatch chicks but say that they think it's mean to kill chickens for food and say they get their meat "from the grocery store".

Where they make the meat and no animals are harmed.


But now that you mention it, while I've raised some birds (of a given dual purpose breed) with the clear foreknowledge that I would cull the boys for meat, it WAS later that I realized this applied to extra little non-meat type cockerels I hatched, too. I had to learn different processing method(s), and think of different ways to cook them - fortunately, there's lots of good info on BYC.

I'll occasionally post some cockerels on Craigslist for $20-$30. If they sell, that's great but I know I'll end up eating most of them. I keep a lot of extras because of predation.

@ChickenCanoe I see you there - Good morning! Did you ever find a good/reasonable source for drinking water/potable water hoses? (That was you, right?)

- Ant Farm

I may not be here. I may have this thread open on the computer but I'm probably outside most of the time.
I haven't bought any yet but I included a couple links of the least expensive ones I found a few posts back.

 

[chicken hawk 33]

It wouldn't hurt. Is it a Common or Alligator Snapper? They can live in some pretty cold water. We have both around here.

Black, Blue or White? I've had all three and I love them. Wish I had the space to raise them again. Dogs killed all my whites.

I wouldn't expect one to eat every day.  What are you feeding it?

If you provide it heat, it will be able to process food faster.


5 more days but I had a dream last night that I had chicks hatching. It got really crazy. They were hatching so fast I couldn't move them to the brooder fast enough. I ended up with more chicks than there were eggs in the incubator. The first ones to hatch were all black (like they're supposed to be) then a bunch of chipmunk ones, then a bright blue one (like an indigo bunting), then a bright red one. It seemed so real.

How big is it? How many inches from front to rear of it's upper shell. Has it tried to bite you yet? It will eventually.


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That's really scary.

That's a personal choice thing.
I've owned all but the silkie/sizzles. They and polish are vulnerable to hawks. I had Black, White-capped Black and Gold Laced. Pretty birds but not great for free ranging.
I probably wouldn't want to own any of the birds on your list. I prefer daytime predator resistant large fowl. None of those qualify. Only the polish have the potential to be good layers.
X2

Tortoises are land based with clubby feet, turtles spend most of their time in the water and have webbed feet.
Terrapins spend time on both land and water.



We rarely lock the doors and never lock the basement door. (there's no basement access from the house)
Never lock the garage either.
We used to lock up when we went away on vacation but got lax about that over the years.

pm me

 

[daxigait]

My first incubator hatch was a success! Just hatched the last couple days, white jersey giant's

And a bunch of these

Five toed black skin white jersey giant white silkie crosses

congratulations

 

[Akrnaf2]

What guns say when they shoot at you!

Guns scare the crap out of me... I'm just now teaching myself how to handle and take care of one. It makes me nervous but it has to be done.

Tell me about it!
The biggest thing I have shot was a 155 MM Howitzer!
To almost 30 km!

 

[lindalouly]

Tell me about it!
The biggest thing I have shot was a 155 MM Howitzer!
To almost 30 km!

Lol I'm learning on a semi auto 22 long rifle...

 

[NaJoBeLe]

What guns say when they shoot at you!

Yes Benny that pretty much sums it up. I've had the opportunity to become very familiar with the bottom 2. Not sure about the top one.

 

[Beer can]

My,turtle wouldn't eat today

They don't eat all the time, like a snake when they had a good meal.
I had a pet snapper yrs ago, feed it small fish caught in the creek with a minnow trap.