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

[DuckGirl77]

I was too young once

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I CAN"T HEAR YOU! LALALALALALAAAAAAA

Ok, we talked about Barred Rock vs Dominique earlier. Here are my girls:



Dom:



BR:




We also talked about my barred EE mix - turns out it has fluffy yellow feet....so I have no idea what it is...I think it's a he - and he is going through a tough teenage awkward stage.






My silkie frizzle has been named Phyllis Diller....





And yes, I am SO jealous of everyone that these BEAUTIFUL green yards. We have a dry dirt lot. Water restrictions prevent me from growing anything. I didn't even plant a garden this year. I am the process of refinancing and am going to get a little bit of cash out of it - I using that money to dig a well. Hopefully, we'll have some greenery for the chicks to enjoy then!

Happy hatching everyone!

Wow I really can see the difference there! I love all the barred birds!

You are young now!

Nooo don't encourage him!

So we can say that the godfather is trying to abduct the minions from a pipe smoking dinosaurs while he drinks frantically coffee?

Woke up to find pip#3! Hallelujah! Come on chickies go go go! Basement temp may be affecting it. I had thought it might, should have moved bator but I don't have anywhere I could have placed it without it being in the way or where it wouldnt be bumped. Wonder if wrapping it in a towel would help? Quail eggs going in next.
Dang I was afraid you would say that about the rain. Yeah try to use icky water left from chickens and if you can scoop out some from your bath or sink after dishes are done. Have done all three here before during a really dry summer when my barrels went empty when we had our old well.(I even ran the drain hose from washing machine to a huge plastic tote for water for plants outside.)That well casing collapsed later that winter during the coldest it had been here in years. I just hope to try to give you a few more ideas. Wash water may stink but it worked. Plumbing it was tricky part. After it went to the tote I filled a bucket then carried it to my barrel and filled it. I use to have 3 rain barrels, now only two. I cut down my flower bed so less watering and weeding.

Incubating W/ Friends Hatcher list

Birthdays: Pensmaster 7\1 Chaos18 7/2

Sally Sunshine AKA Sally
Everything! Usually CCL, BB egg layers, Serama, OE, Sapphire layers, brahma, ducks, guineas, or.... Yeah. Like I said, everything.
(NOTE to self: 8/5 bday!!)

BantyChooks AKA Banti or Bubbles
17 shipped EE eggs on day 6. 14 are alive!

Chaos18 AKA Trouble or Chaos
6 eggs on day iforget.

MotorcycleChick AKA MC or Abi
Two broodies on day 7 and day 13 (or 14) IDK how many eggs. The first one is mean!

The 27 emu and 56 'gators aren't going into lockdown until monday.

kwhites634 AKA Whites, Whitey, Ken, Red Dog..... Just not late for supper
Broody: 5 RSL x BCM eggs, and she'd pushed one of them out....I gave it back to her, but there's probably something wrong with it, or she wouldn't have pushed it out.
Incubator: 12 BCM x RSL due the 4th....don't look for many to hatch out, though...several clears...only movement in 1 when I checked 2 days ago. UPDATE! One pip beginning of 7/2!

daxigait AKA Dax or Daxi
Broody has eight eggs 6/24, but I don't know how many are fertile since my cockerels are young and only with the hens on the odd evening. Green egg layers CL over OE/BSL/BR/RIR. Candling this weekend I hope.

Jessimom AKA Kathy
I have 14 BCM that gotro17 had shipped, 4 legbars (I think were also shipped), along with I think 12 of my backyard chicken eggs - these are on day 10. And I set 28???? eggs 2 days ago. It's a mix of gotro17's backyard mix eggs, and mine. I'll do an accurate count if I ever candle them.

Mine are probably not all fertile, Since we pulled the roosters several weeks ago, and the baby roos were just starting to figure out how to play with the girls when they started to crow and got pulled.. I currently have a BEAUTIFUL Salmon Favorelle and 2 black silkie roos in my basement. Waiting until I figure out what we are going to do with them.

I also have 2 broodies sitting on eggs. Not sure how far along, or how many eggs. They both should be getting close though.

Pensmaster Known as Uncle Pen to some, Pensmaster to the rest
13 Altsterier eggs under broody. Started 6-24. Three candled yesterday when the hen got off for water all three growing beautifully. Surprised as they were abandoned a couple times and eggs were washed.

mlm Mike AKA Mike or Mikemikemikemikemike

Broody hen w/ icelandics

casportpony AKA Kathy or Kat
Pea eggs. @casportpony more info please!!

LittleLakePhil AKA Phil
I just set 12 Khaki Campbell duck eggs in my Brinsea.....hopefully they will hatch while my grand daughter is here visiting.....

Please tag me w/ updates!

I didn't know it was Chaos's birthday!
@Chaos18
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
You look like a-

Happy Birthday to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good morning Dear Abi (waiting to say that for weeks

)

Just noticed a single small beginning of a pip. Locked down yesterday, due the 4th, Expected an early hatch;temp ran a tad warm from go.

My chickens only come running for a cottage cheese container in my hand, cause that's the treat container, anything else gets ignored.

LOL! My chickens come if I start walking towards the coop (where the corn is) or if I'm holding something. The ducks come for The Pea Bowl.

 

[Pensmaster]

 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I CAN"T HEAR YOU! LALALALALALAAAAAAA

Wow I really can see the difference there! I love all the barred birds!

Nooo don't encourage him!





I didn't know it was Chaos's birthday!
@Chaos18

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
You look like a- 
Happy Birthday to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



LOL! My chickens come if I start walking towards the coop (where the corn is) or if I'm holding something. The ducks come for The Pea Bowl.

When I free ranged mine they would come on the run when I came home from work. Had to drive careful.

 

[DuckGirl77]

When I free ranged mine they would come on the run when I came home from work. Had to drive careful.

LOL mine are free range too but they stay away from the vehicles for the most part.

 

[Pensmaster]

Water company driving us nuts. Makes one really want to conserve. Double whammy

 

[DwayneNLiz]

i'm going to try catching minnows, that way i cant get into trouble for letting them go in my stream

 

[kwhites634]

Quote:

Good Morning ABI!!!!!

Heck I still have to try the cinnamon rolls in the waffle iron

me too!! hopefully tomorrow morning

I was afraid Chaos was going to kill me. He still may.

why is he going to kill you? Want me to beat him up??

Good morning all!

Not bad, only 100 posts behind. And my multi post came through all jumbled together with no identifying info.

Around midnight, last pip came out with yolk not absorbed. I put it in a bowl with a damp paper towel and this morning it's still alive, but not moving much, and it is still in the bowl. I doubt the paper towel is still damp. I don't think it will make it.

Other than that, It's another work day for me. I don't have to go in to the office, and it's not an official work day, so I have some freedom to do other things.

Happy Hatching everyone!

Happy Birthday Chaos!!!!

good luck on the chick!!! have fun at work lol

I'm getting out of here, too. Got to get a longer spade bit to get through 8 1/2" of material.
I could use an exra pair of hands attached to someone who knows their way around basic carpentry. Any volunteers.
Don't all jump at once! Plenty of work to go around.

umm i have hands, and can tell the tools apart does that count??

Sure it counts! Better than the resident help, which is strange 'cause her daddy was a carpenter.

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: Ahhh, the beauty of a private well. No chlorine, either.

 

[h2oratt]

@Sally sunshine

How do you go on vacation with a litter of puppies at home?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Sure it counts! Better than the resident help, which is strange 'cause her daddy was a carpenter.

that doesnt mean anything, especially if she had brothers

Ahhh, the beauty of a private well. No chlorine, either.

agreed! except if i run it low - lol

 

[Pensmaster]

Ahhh, the beauty of a private well. No chlorine, either.

We had one. It was right next to the pond.......
We are on city water now