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

[chicken hawk 33]

Day three.I candles and they had veins and a beating heart.

 

[fire370]

This next cycle that I wasn't gonna do is going to be somewhere around 10-12 dozen. I will probably hold and start Friday/Saturday. My Cemani's have came back on. Should have 3.5/4 dozen of them. I think I'll check the fibro Turkens for fertility 3.5/4 dozen. A dozen or so black copper marans. A handful more silkies. And then the whole reason for the Christmas hatch, about 2.5 dozen Cream Legbars out of 2 different breeders. Fun fun. I'll get a pic of everything going on over the weekend.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Day three.I candles and they had veins and a beating heart.

This next cycle that I wasn't gonna do is going to be somewhere around 10-12 dozen. I will probably hold and start Friday/Saturday. My Cemani's have came back on. Should have 3.5/4 dozen of them. I think I'll check the fibro Turkens for fertility 3.5/4 dozen. A dozen or so black copper marans. A handful more silkies. And then the whole reason for the Christmas hatch, about 2.5 dozen Cream Legbars out of 2 different breeders. Fun fun. I'll get a pic of everything going on over the weekend.

show off

 

[TJChickens]

they had live baby's. I was not just gonna throw them away and let them die.

I would have done the same thing. You haven't found any eggs yet for the HAL anyways, right? Is the one hen still laying eggs?

 

[WVduckchick]

OMG... you're making me hungry, and I just ate!!! Oh yes... me likey!!!

She'll post pics that will make you

 

[WalnutHill]

Ouch...It's so hard to lose them

I like to get a puppy before the old dog gets too old to play a little. Seems to give a bit of life to the old dog and helps me transfer some love over to a new one. With any luck, the old one teaches the youngster some of their traits. Still horrible hard, but that's the only way I get through it.....

We tried that.

The first dog in our married lives was a Brittany Spaniel named Spotty. My dad adopted him when I was in third grade, and tried to make a hunting dog out of him, but he was gun-shy. So he tried to make a house pet out of him, but he peed when he got excited, with a Brittany, that is ALL THE TIME. That dog had an ear to ear smile and was happiest in a nice hole in the ground. When my parents moved to Texas, they were going to put him down as he was already pretty old and he couldn't make the trip. We brought him home. He lived to be 17 before cancer took him, but when he was about 13, we adopted Bear, a black and tan Shepherd mix pup.

Bear was awesome. He understood everything we said or spelled. He was welcome wherever we went because he was just so cool. We will never have another as cool as him if we searched the rest of our lives. When he was 13, we adopted a 3 year old rescue named Charlie.

Charlie was a nutcase, but the sweetest dog in the world. He had separation anxiety issues, severe and frequent seizures, but was the most loving dog you could ever hope to meet. When Bear died, Charlie sympathized, and gave us doggie hugs.

When Charlie was 5, we bought an AKC GSD, the only highly bred dog we've ever owned. Bud was beautiful, smart, and anxiety ridden. He was a worrier. If we were 5 minutes late getting home from work, he had already worked himself into a frenzy. Unfortunately his breeding came with defects...severe allergies, chronic ear infections, fistulas, and finally megacolon. We had to euthanize him at 8.

We adopted another rescue, Mosey. He looks like a small black lab at 55 pounds, but more refined in appearance. He looks like a Lab puppy, even though he is now 9. Shortly after we adopted Mosey, Charlie's lifelong seizures left him somewhat paralyzed and in pain. We had to let him go too. That was a hard year, losing two dogs in three months.

Mosey is 9, and in great health. But my brother-in-law just lost their 9 year old Lab to cancer. Mosey is a big part of the family. We take him to visit my parents, because he loves my dad (he spent the best part of a couple years at our house working on his car). He remembers everyone he has ever met, and whether he likes them or not. As stubborn and buttheaded as this dog is, he too has worked his way into my heart. When his time comes, the house will be quiet. Our kids are on the verge of moving out, so it will be too quiet. Mosey will join the other three in our backyard, under the old maple tree.

 

[firedragon1982]

what did you all do with fire? sc what you do with fire? did you smak him around too much? I am surprised he wasnt at the frog yet. I gotta put my chicks int thebrooder before I can. do it anymore

Are you talking about me? I'm lost at work for the next 4.5 hours. No baby pics until the middle of the night! Sorry. And no, I didn't get any smacks this time around.

ETA: Nevermind Too many Fire's around here!

 

[chicken hawk 33]

I would have done the same thing. You haven't found any eggs yet for the HAL anyways, right? Is the one hen still laying eggs?

no eggs she is broody

 

[shahtir101]

no eggs she is broody

Do you still have the other eggs in the incubator? Or did you give them all back to the hen?

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

She'll post pics that will make you

I hope she doesn't! According to my BMI, I'm .1 out of the normal range. In other words, I'm overweight... but just barely. I love food, and especially food that's cooked over a wood fire. Campfire food is the best, as it always has that smokey flavor. Of course, a propane stove doesn't have the same effect, which is the reason I don't own one. When I'm camping, if I can't cook over coals or wood, I won't cook.