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

[kajira]

This was too cute not to share. There are eggs a rocking so she won't be lonely too much longer. And she has been chirping to the chicks in the brooder. They are next to each other.

that's so adorable

 

[DwayneNLiz]

This was too cute not to share. There are eggs a rocking so she won't be lonely too much longer. And she has been chirping to the chicks in the brooder. They are next to each other.

Super cute!!

Candled my broody, StarFire's, eggs yesterday. I have some good development I think, some look to be moving already! There are a couple that have veins and a black dot in the middle floating about, eye i think... I have 1 egg, #8, that has a misplaced air cell! It is not on either end, it is on a side and looks fairly small compared to when it is on the ends! There is development and veins however. I am rooting for it! I might need to assist its hatch? Not sure, but if so, man that StarFire is sure one protective momma, she pecked up my are something fierce!

Wish I could have taken pics of the eggs, but that is difficult, not sure how others do it!

Broodys know what they are doing, and have been known to push out bad eggs too

 

[Pensmaster]

When you fish as much as I do (not counting this year) and the fish are finally hitting, it's hard to quit

Yep and we drove a very longways so fish it was!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Well for now I'm headed to the kitchen for my second cup. Then get out there and do something not sure what yet. Nothing's broken that I know of so maybe clean up the barn.

Just had an air raid siren go off in town. Weird. Guess they are just making sure it works.

Is it strange to do so on a Saturday?
Ours only go off for test on the first Monday of the month.

So the purpose is not to educate children to be responsible and to do balancing of expenses earnings by teaching them how to take care of animals and sell them? What is the purpose of it?

Not all programs are as ideal as they could be.
I'm probably in the minority but I'm not a fan of cub scouts and other scout programs. Much depends on the scout leaders. I was never in scouts but my kids were. My daughter's Brownie troop was good and educational. My son's cub scout troop educational value was worse than poor IMHO.

http://4-h.org/

and we also have

https://www.ffa.org/

-Kathy

I was closer to joining Future Farmers of America than 4-H.

This town is extremely political. It's very hard for people who've moved here, to get involved in anything and you often get shut out.

That sounds like Texas.

So my one lonely chick

in the incubator is cuddling with one of the eggs. Does this mean that it is close to hatching?

It doesn't mean anything in particular. It means it was walking around the incubator and collapsed there for a rest.

It's where the job took us. This was actually an upgrade compared to our last location.

At least we have a Wal-Mart and a movie theatre. LOL

Is there anywhere without a Wal-Mart?

I was standing knee-deep in a lake once, fly rod in hand, when it dawned on me that that probably wasn't the smartest place to be with lightning visible in the distance.

Wife, 6 month old son and I rented a house boat on a sailing lake and were admiring the light show in a storm when I realized I better head for shore.
Yeah, I'm a dummy.

Check all garbage cans.

If a toilet stops up, you know where they are.

This was too cute not to share. There are eggs a rocking so she won't be lonely too much longer. And she has been chirping to the chicks in the brooder. They are next to each other.

I usually leave the lights off most of the day so they rest and don't get agitated.

Candled my broody, StarFire's, eggs yesterday. I have some good development I think, some look to be moving already! There are a couple that have veins and a black dot in the middle floating about, eye i think... I have 1 egg, #8, that has a misplaced air cell! It is not on either end, it is on a side and looks fairly small compared to when it is on the ends! There is development and veins however. I am rooting for it! I might need to assist its hatch? Not sure, but if so, man that StarFire is sure one protective momma, she pecked up my are something fierce!

Wish I could have taken pics of the eggs, but that is difficult, not sure how others do it!

I don't candle broody eggs. They hatch or they don't and there isn't anything you can do about it one way or the other. A broody gives the best possible incubation conditions. We candle artificially incubated eggs because conditions aren't always ideal.

 

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Hi, Liz!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Hi, Liz!

Howdy! How's life where you are?
I'm freezing
high today forecasted at 52*

 

[kajira]

Is it strange to do so on a Saturday?
Ours only go off for test on the first Monday of the month.

Not all programs are as ideal as they could be.
I'm probably in the minority but I'm not a fan of cub scouts and other scout programs. Much depends on the scout leaders. I was never in scouts but my kids were. My daughter's Brownie troop was good and educational. My son's cub scout troop educational value was worse than poor IMHO.

I was closer to joining Future Farmers of America than 4-H.

That sounds like Texas.

It doesn't mean anything in particular. It means it was walking around the incubator and collapsed there for a rest.

Is there anywhere without a Wal-Mart?

Wife, 6 month old son and I rented a house boat on a sailing lake and were admiring the light show in a storm when I realized I better head for shore.
Yeah, I'm a dummy.

If a toilet stops up, you know where they are.

I usually leave the lights off most of the day so they rest and don't get agitated.

I don't candle broody eggs. They hatch or they don't and there isn't anything you can do about it one way or the other. A broody gives the best possible incubation conditions. We candle artificially incubated eggs because conditions aren't always ideal.

Where we lived last, the nearest walmart was 4+ hours in any direction. We literally lived in the middle of no where. This town was a HUGE upgrade and people complain... but it does have everything, including a big city just a few hours away round trip.

 

[Pensmaster]

time to get some cleaning accomplished  BBL 

X2 get faucet fixed so I can play.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I was objecting to keeping two bulls for a non-existent 4-H project.

I see. Especially with no cows to breed.
When my dad was a kid, the neighbor's dairy bull would always get out. On several occasions he trapped my dad in the outhouse.
As an adult, he always had nightmares about that memory.

...

You're as good at multi quoting as I.
I try to keep up but can't.

 

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Howdy! How's life where you are?
I'm freezing
high today forecasted at 52*

You mean you 're at Freezer Camp!?! Pretty nice here today.

Fair
77°F
25°C​

Humidity​

42%

Wind Speed​

S 5 mph

Barometer​

30.13 in

Dewpoint​

52°F (11°C)

Visibility​

10.00 mi

Heat Index​

78°F (26°C)

Last update​

1 Oct 10:47 am CDT​