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

[Sally Sunshine]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! @karenerwin

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Sorry you had to cull it, but thanks for sharing the pictures.

-Kathy

Poor thing it went through all that trouble to get out of its shell when it could have just died in peace in its shell I geuss it just had to take a look at the world just once so sorry

 

[Sally Sunshine]

@Sally Sunshine I made a tiny air hole, saw veins, and waited. After a while, overnight+, it pipped, zipped, and hatched on its own.

Air hole and chick zipping.



Hatched!

 

[casportpony]

Boring pip picture:


-Kathy

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I finished!!!!! I'm beat, but I finished!!!!

The hardware cloth was a bear to handle (as it always is), and it was a pain (literally) to drag it to it's final position, because of the slope and uneven terrain. My hands are a little roughed up because I sort of forgot to wear gloves... It's in a spot under a tree that should leaf out, but still gets a lot of afternoon sun, so the tarp extends all the way down on that side for shade.




I finished about an hour before chicken bedtime, and the Speckled Sussex and Mr. Tankity Tank Tank were put together in their new home this evening (early enough to get their bearings and see each other a bit - lots of sexy sexy activity goin' on, lots and lots of squatting - this was WAY overdue in their eyes, I think!). I may actually miss having to round Mr. Tankity Poo up every night and put him to bed - I had a last cuddle with him on the way to his new home. On the walk there, he laid his head and neck down to look over my shoulder like a little child (he likes to do that).




I went back out after dark to put them on the roosts if they were sleeping on the ground - and they were all lined up on the roosts, with Tank in the middle and the girls all around him snuggling against him. They all looked VERY happy - it's been a very long courtship. They'll be locked in here for about a week to learn that this is home before I let them out in a paddock. The paddock will have to have overhead coverage, because the SS's are escape artists... (I'm letting them enjoy demolishing the grass inside the tractor before I put down bedding.)

Lots of folks needing hugs and thoughts and prayers - I tried to catch most via ovations, but just in case:

I was frustrated to realize that I forgot to plug the turning cradle back in after candling yesterday morning (USER ERROR AGAIN!!!). So the eggs weren't turned for about 30 hours. Hoping they'll be ok - not like I can do anything about it now except hope.

- Ant Farm

and YAYAYYAYYAYYAA SELFIES!!!! you can enter, its APRIL HAL!! Like you wont have eggs in the bator in April????? bawahhhahhahaa yea right!

@Fire Ant Farm

Now you can put them in one post for everyone!!! lmao!!!
Fire Ant Farm aka Kristins Tractor coops
post #67119 post #68140 post #68171 post #68816
Fire Ant Farms Coops post #49071 post #46144

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

[COLOR=333333]Boring pip picture:[/COLOR] [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]-Kathy[/COLOR]

Why pips are my favorite part so if the chick can't make it out any further then I am the lucky one to help that baby chicken out to e world

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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sounds to me like it did the dip down and is getting ready to hatch.

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[Jessimom]

Boring pip picture:


-Kathy

PIPs ARE NEVER BORING!!!!

 

[BullChick]

I finally got a duck egg (first in months!) and, as I guessed, it's not fertile.

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Doesn't look like it but my neighbors were making fun of me because I don't eat eggs when I asked them if they wanted any