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

[Studio Chick]

Sorry about the temp spikes. I hope they settle down for you soon!

Thanks! I've got it as close as it's going to get tonight, it's been steady for the last forty minutes so I am going to go to bed and try to not get up and check it every five minutes

 

[TJChickens]

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  cause we be cool

I'm almost cool...I'm from 66..much, much closer to turning 50 than you two!

I have two people in Pennsylvania that are "dying" to get rid of some Pekin ducks because they're overrun. But they are not on this site often enough to tell me when they want to get the deal done.
So now I am looking for hatching eggs. If I am going to have them shipped, I would rather have it from an actual Hatchery. Hopefully, they know how to pack them properly. However, I've checked some sites. eBay has some reasonable price, however they don't guarantee the eggs at all. If they are broken or infertile you're out of luck.

EBay is not in the business of selling eggs..private individuals use it, just like here. Ask the seller questions and check their feedback.....No one can really guarantee eggs because of the postal handling and they don't know how well you incubate......

 

[TJChickens]

So a friend was madly sending me pm's tonight through facebook cause we don't have cell signal here and she only has a cell phone. She was driving up the highway and as she passed my place she saw a large mountain lion come through our gate. Fortunately, since I was trying to catch up with you guys, I caught her trying to send me messages. Me and the kids jumped in the truck and drove all over the ranch with lights. We never saw him, but the kids shot several rounds off near the horses and again near the birds. I hope we spooked him away.....

 

[Cynthia12]

TJ that's too scary! Just saw a deer last night, crossed right in front of our car. We were going slow enough to slow down on these icy streets.
One day a few yrs. back, we were decorating our Christmas tree, when all of a sudden, right there, on the sidewalk in front of our house, in our neighborhood..not a farm..goes a fox, just trotting along. I hurry out and place all of my chickens in the coop, shut them right in.

Man, think that lion would go for a horse? They are pretty big. Deer yes, horse??

 

[hippiestink]

Morning folks! Gonna catch up during my breaks at work, just my half day today so I have time. How's everyone today?

 

[Jessimom]

So a friend was madly sending me pm's tonight through facebook cause we don't have cell signal here and she only has a cell phone. She was driving up the highway and as she passed my place she saw a large mountain lion come through our gate. Fortunately, since I was trying to catch up with you guys, I caught her trying to send me messages. Me and the kids jumped in the truck and drove all over the ranch with lights. We never saw him, but the kids shot several rounds off near the horses and again near the birds. I hope we spooked him away.....

Wow, would have been nice to see. I hope it stays away from your animals!

A while back, after my folks had moved into a mobile home out in the hills. After a few night there,, I stopped in to visit. My mom was describing the strangest dog she had ever seen, that came up to the porch and smelled her than ran away..... She said it was a medium sized dog, brown and black and had big whiskers and large ears with tufts of fur on them. Said it looked more like a cat than a dog.... I was glad the Lynx decided it was more scared of her than she was of it.

 

[canadachickens]

Hi everyone!!!

Okay, I have a question for the experts. I know a lot of people have been hatching chicks before and after the NY HAL... so have I... which leads to my question: How soon can chicks be moved outdoors into an unheated coop/run in winter? I have 15 8-week old BR's that appear to be fully feathered out, but the only thing that concerns me is they've lived their entire 8 weeks in my basement that consistently stays 65F-70F, so they're not used to broad temp swings. It was 74F today and tonight will be 62F, but it will be getting colder Wednesday 61F/33F, Thursday 51F/25F, Friday 53F/28F, etc. I had hoped to have the grow-out pen completed by now, but there was a long delay Sunday (I didn't work on it), so it looks like it'll be Wednesday be fore it's completed... just in time for the colder temps to move in? It looks like those lows will be around for a couple of weeks, but I need to move the bigger chicks out of the basement ASAP...

UR, I moved my 8 week olds out this weekend. temps inside were 60-65 , outside day time highs were 24, night time lows - 5. I did put a reptile bulb in the lamp in the enclosed pen, but after the first night, they have just settled in as a group, don't seem to be using the lamp much, and all were running around fine last night. the little boogers are a lot tuffer than we give them credit for. day time high yesterday was 4 and they were active and hungry at feed time

 

[country lovin]

Still have to do all the finishing touches but it is wired and running.

 

[canadachickens]

Still have to do all the finishing touches but it is wired and running.

looks awesome!

 

[country lovin]

looks awesome!

thanks!