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

[BullChick]

I can't do outdoor chores with my stomach so upset, but I did shave the dog. It was supposed to just be a haircut, but the monthly cuts are getting old.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote: That is super cool - I gotta make myself one of those. I use sand and sweet PDZ under the roosts...

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Quote: I thought for sure all would be dead, but they aren't. Will be interesting to see how many hatch.

-Kathy
What I will be interested in is what DAY they will hatch - i.e., was there any development on the counter, and if so, how early will they hatch...

Well, it's been raining all day (a VERY good thing). But I did go out and clear the processing alcove - I'm culling tomorrow morning - the pullets are escaping their paddock off and on pretty frequently.

I think I'll watch a movie or something... Or take a nap, I could use a nap...

- Ant Farm

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: I have a dumb broody question, she has the chicks in the coop with her and my brahma are big so they dont like to roost or go in the nest boxes that are only 5 inches off the ground. Anyways, she is in the back corner and right aside of her is where all the others want to lay their eggs, today kiddo starts screaming at me that a hen is killing a chick, the hen that was trying to lay an egg was in fact trying to keep that chick away from her spot and in turn killing it. I got it in time I think, but no clue what its got going on inside of it. If I move the hen and chicks in a grow out pen 4x4 feet is that enough room for them? not sure what to do about her and the chicks now! ughhh
You'll be selling the chicks soon, won't you?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: yes father,

oh, and How do you suggest I mark them so I can see them at anytime and pull out newly laid eggs?

you go girl, I will set later, bators were still a bit too wet from cleaning

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lolzzzzz I guess we are almost all setting eggs or have them set in one way or another.

So I did an experiment... Last weekend I found a broody on 8 eggs that were about 7 days developed and I removed the eggs so I could put pea eggs under her. Then just for grins I put these 8 eggs in the incubator yesterday and they all seem to be alive. Kind of strange that, right?

-Kathy

so you kept them out from under her a week on day 7? Like the eggs I got from chaos but those were earlier, mine ended up croaking blood rings in the first few days after I set them.

 

[h2oratt]

I can't do outdoor chores with my stomach so upset, but I did shave the dog. It was supposed to just be a haircut, but the monthly cuts are getting old.

Lol

 

[h2oratt]

How have should I sell 2 month old chicks for? They are a cross breed of good layers.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

yes father,

oh, and How do you suggest I mark them so I can see them at anytime and pull out newly laid eggs?

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I suggest you mark them however suits your fancy. I just put a mark on opposite sides, not Saturn's rings.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

How have should I sell 2 month old chicks for? They are a cross breed of good layers.

Whatever the market will bear in your area on Craigslist.

 

[h2oratt]

Whatever the market will bear in your area on Craigslist.

Well there is a point where I won't give them away? Is 10 dollars a fair price?

 

[pipAchick]

We're near 100 for the next 3 days then back to normal. I'm really looking forward to being able to kill the AC for a couple days.

I've been aware of the problem for a few years. House cats belong in houses - not barns. 
Cats are responsible for more extinctions than any other human related cause - especially on islands.
Cats have caused 14% of the bird, mammal and reptile extinctions in modern times.
Cats may kill mice but that's the tip of the iceberg of native fauna they kill.
They are an invasive species everywhere they have been introduced and are a threat not to just songbirds but all wildlife - reptiles, amphibians and other mammals.
There have been a few studies in the UK where outdoor and feral cats are a major problem.
They got all residents of communities to document all the animals their cats brought home. Extrapolated across the nation they show that cats are responsible for billions of bird deaths in the UK alone. Another study in the US that put cameras on outdoor cats showed that they only brought home about 1/3 of all the animals they killed. So estimates of the predation on native wildlife had been underestimated.
Approximately 2.5 billion birds and 13 billion mammals in the US are killed by cats. The overwhelming majority of those are native species. Some of those are threatened with extinction. Cats don't discriminate.
1 in 3 North American bird species are in decline - thanks to cats.

If anyone appreciates native wildlife, keep your cats indoors.
I'm on my soapbox now. For those that have barn cats, you're part of the problem. Keep in mind that native snakes are more effective mousers than invasive cats.

Trap, neuter, return practices don't solve but exacerbate the problem.

http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v4/n1/full/ncomms2380.html

http://www.mammal.org.uk/sites/default/files/Domestic Cat Predation on Wildlife.pdf

http://www.wildlifemanagementinstit...-than-thought&catid=34:ONB+Articles&Itemid=54

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-21236690
Since most cat owners don't want to believe their pets are the cause of wildlife devastation, probably the best way to control the problem is to convince them that letting their cats roam, endangers the cats - which it does.
http://conservationmagazine.org/2015/07/pet-owners-wont-admit-their-cats-harm-wildlife/

Not only are they a threat to prey animals, they are also a threat to native predators. They kill the rodents that native foxes, bobcats, owls, hawks and other predators need for sustenance.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/30/science/that-cuddly-kitty-of-yours-is-a-killer.html?_r=0




 A cooldown in the first week of incubation isn't a death sentence.

As your ankle heals more, you'll be able to burn off more calories.

@hatters particular link takes 15 firewalls&35mins e.s.t. to retract don't click it.
Pff USA today has to much paided or bribed informants to believe their reporting.
Signing off to avoid penetration.
Peace my flockers