INDIANA BYC'ers HERE!

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So I downloaded the BYC app and I can not do anything but open it and stare at the BYC logo and not go any further than that. Does anyone else have the BYC app?

Apple or Android? No, but I'm going to!

 

[dennislambert79]

Ive got the same problem. I had to dust off laptop to get on

 

[dennislambert79]

Won one of the raffles at Rural King today. Wish I could of won the coop

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

So speaking of broodies, starting the day before yesterday, I began only opening Margie's broody pen and just seeing if she wanted to come out for a break, because we're now within the 'possible lockdown range' and I figured she would know when she would need to lock down. Thing is, she has gotten up every day since I started doing that without hesitation. So, here is my panicked hatching newbie question of the day: Should I stop offering her time out of her little broody cave so that she doesn't have the temptation to get up during what could possibly be lockdown, or should I let her decide when she needs to stay on the nest and keep assuming she'll know what's best?


I think I'm just freaking out at this point because we're within a week of all the projected hatch dates, so sorry if I seem like I'm being too fussy with poor Margie. I promise, I haven't been moving her around or touching the eggs... much...

These will be my first real 'grandchickens', though, so I probably am being too fussy!

I'm too invested at this point, I need everything to go exactly right!!

Goooo margie!

Went to the doctor for the the human egg I'm incubating! We're having a BOY! My 9 year old son and 6 year old daughter are ECSTATIC!
Any advice on chicken keeping while pregnant? My doctor just gives me a funny look when I ask

Ohhh my congrata to you honey!!!!

Quote: I just lwt the broodies do it, sooo many geese and scovy are setting nests!

Quote: X2 awesome news!!!!!

Quote: Vet assistant is a needed t0 help for so many communities

 

[Faraday40]

Haha, lucky! I had class this morning and one last assignment to turn in this evening, so I'm pretty much just starting my spring break.

My current major is Ecology, but having taken an Ecology class now, I've been rethinking that... It was just so hideously boring.

I mainly just enjoy studying animals and would like to work with them for a living. No clue what I'll be doing, but ideally it'll involve animals. I also may be minoring in German now because my professor really wants me to, and I've already gone through all my gen ed classes so I need something to pad out my semesters anyway. I go to IPFW, but my degree will be from Purdue University.

Congrats on the babies, by the way!!

(The cuteness, ACK! I do not need to check on Margie's eggs at 11 at night!!)

Pipdz-
Although we've never met, I feel we have so much in common. (besides our beloved pet chickens) As a kid I wanted to be a field researcher - like Jane Goodall but with giraffes. When learning more about animal science careers, I took classes at Brookfield Zoo. Once I learned that their pay is often less than a teacher's salary, job opportunities are scarce, and that field study grants are tough to come by, I decided to put myself on a path to work with children. (They're like animals sometimes, right?) Besides having a German minor, I also took many science classes just for the fun of it. I was tempted to switch majors to become a vet, but I disliked all the Latin memorization as well as anatomy.

After graduation when it came time to find a teaching job (I was hoping for 4th grade.), all those science classes put my resume in the hands of middle schools in desperate need of science teachers. Then I realized middle school kids were fun. Every day's a roller coaster! With so many ups & downs, one can never have a completely awful day, and I always have many funny stories to tell. Of course, I ended up having to memorize taxonomy & anatomy in order to teach it. Life is funny that way. I also ended up getting a grant to earn graduate credits while doing field research in Belize.

Here's Joe (the guy in charge) standing at the front of the boat with his light. He couldn't get the proper equipment through customs, so he improvised by making a crocodile/alligator catcher out of a long stick & rope. Once it was secured, we got to help document their eating habits by flushing the stomachs. Here's one being released the next day.


So, my virtual friend, I am sure you will find your path. You may not always end up exactly where you planned, but the journey is always fun.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

So I downloaded the BYC app and I can not do anything but open it and stare at the BYC logo and not go any further than that. Does anyone else have the BYC app?

Ugh. I pretty much do all on pc.

Won one of the raffles at Rural King today. Wish I could of won the coop

WTG!

 

[Faraday40]

Yup, sounds like me. There are, however, several years between now and being a graduated, licensed veterinarian to think it over (and just get over the squeamishness). I'm reliably told that all emergency workers vomit the first time, and everybody vomits for the first human autopsy, or the first murder scene, too. It's normal to be squeamish, but eventually, what made you squeamish becomes the new normal. I'm still not over it, but it's becoming more normal and less squeamish. In another decade, I'll probably be fine with dissections and needles and howling puppies and blood and gore and guts. I'm still nauseated during dissections, but it's becoming less an issue of the subject and more just a smell thing. The chemicals used in preserving specimens for dissection just reek like crazy. Not that dissections are the most appetizing of experiences, of course.

Blood would always make me weak in the knees and elbows. I'd get lightheaded, feel super nauseous, take hours to recover, that sort of thing. But I'm better about it now, and recovery doesn't take as long anymore. It'll get easier, and then, why, you'll feel like a bad mammajamma then!

Worst case, you'd make a kick butt science teacher.

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.... but you will have to do many dissections. Because most schools no longer have the budget for a full-time nurse, it somehow becomes the job of the "science teacher" to handle EpiPens & the bloody recess injuries. Perhaps it's the lab coat? LOL

 

[Mishlerfarm24]

Apple or Android? No, but I'm going to!

On Apple....I just can't seem to get it to work once I've downloaded to my iPhone

 

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On Apple....I just can't seem to get it to work once I've downloaded to my iPhone

Which Iphone do you have?

 

[Mishlerfarm24]

Which Iphone do you have?

I have the iPhone 6s Plus. Just got it yesterday. I can now get on the app and get logged on but now I'm having problems opening articles and forums! I'm online through safari and it works fine on my phone, just not through the app!