North Carolina

[freshjohnfarm]

Holly ridge nc here looking for .local breeders perhaps for swapping

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

Good morning folks

It seems we are on the weather roller coaster again
.......we're up then down, high then low, hot then cool, wet
then dry.......if variety is the spice of life then we are making salsa

I like variety

hope everyone has a good day

 

[ramirezframing]

to the new flockers


Go figure, the kiddos get me sick with whatever they brought home from school, and they keep going on about trick or treating. All I want to do is crawl in bed and sleep for the rest of the week.

 

[Tikkijane]

 to the new flockers


Go figure, the kiddos get me sick with whatever they brought home from school, and they keep going on about trick or treating. All I want to do is crawl in bed and sleep for the rest of the week. 

Us, too. We thank our visiting uncle for the unwelcome gifts lingering behind. Blarg. Get better soon!

 

[ramirezframing]

Us, too. We thank our visiting uncle for the unwelcome gifts lingering behind. Blarg. Get better soon!

You too.

 

[dutchbunny83]

This is my last hatch of the year, and by far the most expensive one.
I sold a bunch of my kids clothes on ebay to get the money on paypal to buy some eggs I really wanted.
I had 3 dozen between day 18 and 14 going strong and spent over $150 on the eggs through different ebay sellers.

I have my incubator in my formal dining room with the doors shut (where it's been sitting and running nonstop since May) and my kids KNOW they do not go in there and they do not mess with my incubator. Sometime between noon and dinner my daughter went in, turned the knob on the incubator all the way up, and closed the door and left.

I bought another incubator today to have a separate one for lockdown/hatching. I go in after dinner to set it up and see my thermometer is at 115! I immediately open the top to cool them off, and the eggs feel so hot. I start gently opening my eggs going into lockdown to see if one will bleed or have a heartbeat. Nothing, all 36 eggs are dead, the insides are super hot.

My husband deploys to Afghanistan on Sunday and I planned these eggs out to hatch around then so I had something positive to look forward to and something to cheer me up. My family seems to think I am overreacting (and I'm sure it's a lot of things combined) but I just sat at my kitchen table and sobbed like a 5 year old for the past 30 minutes. It's such a pointless waste of life!!! And it's not like I just have $150 to buy more of the eggs.

There were Blue Isbars, Swedish Flower Hens, Marraduna Basque, Blue Salmon Favorelles, Exchequer Leghorns & Super Blue layers. I'm so frustrated, I'm sorry I just needed to vent to someone....

 

[NCnarrator]

My family seems to think I am overreacting (and I'm sure it's a lot of things combined) but I just sat at my kitchen table and sobbed like a 5 year old for the past 30 minutes. It's such a pointless waste of life!!! And it's not like I just have $150 to buy more of the eggs.

There were Blue Isbars, Swedish Flower Hens, Marraduna Basque, Blue Salmon Favorelles, Exchequer Leghorns & Super Blue layers. I'm so frustrated, I'm sorry I just needed to vent to someone....

I am so sorry Dutchbunny! I don't think you're overreacting at all - it's heartbreaking, and to happen on top of the stress of your husband deploying...that's absolutely a guarantee for a meltdown. A well-deserved meltdown!

 

[wildriverswolf90]

This is my last hatch of the year, and by far the most expensive one.
I sold a bunch of my kids clothes on ebay to get the money on paypal to buy some eggs I really wanted.
I had 3 dozen between day 18 and 14 going strong and spent over $150 on the eggs through different ebay sellers.

I have my incubator in my formal dining room with the doors shut (where it's been sitting and running nonstop since May) and my kids KNOW they do not go in there and they do not mess with my incubator.  Sometime between noon and dinner my daughter went in, turned the knob on the incubator all the way up, and closed the door and left.

I bought another incubator today to have a separate one for lockdown/hatching.  I go in after dinner to set it up and see my thermometer is at 115!  I immediately open the top to cool them off, and the eggs feel so hot.  I start gently opening my eggs going into lockdown to see if one will bleed or have a heartbeat.  Nothing, all 36 eggs are dead, the insides are super hot.

My husband deploys to Afghanistan on Sunday and I planned these eggs out to hatch around then so I had something positive to look forward to and something to cheer me up.  My family seems to think I am overreacting (and I'm sure it's a lot of things combined) but I just sat at my kitchen table and sobbed like a 5 year old for the past 30 minutes.  It's such a pointless waste of life!!!  And it's not like I just have $150 to buy more of the eggs.

There were Blue Isbars, Swedish Flower Hens, Marraduna Basque, Blue Salmon Favorelles, Exchequer Leghorns & Super Blue layers.  I'm so frustrated, I'm sorry I just needed to vent to someone....

awwww Dutch I am soo sorry it is very frustrating when someone messes with your incubator, I had that happen at some point, my aunt lifted the lid during pipping and didn't close it right I got home later that night and every chick was sealed and dead. You have every right to meltdown, and react that way. I'm sending you a PM

 

[jtbass2756]

This is my last hatch of the year, and by far the most expensive one.
I sold a bunch of my kids clothes on ebay to get the money on paypal to buy some eggs I really wanted.
I had 3 dozen between day 18 and 14 going strong and spent over $150 on the eggs through different ebay sellers.

I have my incubator in my formal dining room with the doors shut (where it's been sitting and running nonstop since May) and my kids KNOW they do not go in there and they do not mess with my incubator. Sometime between noon and dinner my daughter went in, turned the knob on the incubator all the way up, and closed the door and left.

I bought another incubator today to have a separate one for lockdown/hatching. I go in after dinner to set it up and see my thermometer is at 115! I immediately open the top to cool them off, and the eggs feel so hot. I start gently opening my eggs going into lockdown to see if one will bleed or have a heartbeat. Nothing, all 36 eggs are dead, the insides are super hot.

My husband deploys to Afghanistan on Sunday and I planned these eggs out to hatch around then so I had something positive to look forward to and something to cheer me up. My family seems to think I am overreacting (and I'm sure it's a lot of things combined) but I just sat at my kitchen table and sobbed like a 5 year old for the past 30 minutes. It's such a pointless waste of life!!! And it's not like I just have $150 to buy more of the eggs.

There were Blue Isbars, Swedish Flower Hens, Marraduna Basque, Blue Salmon Favorelles, Exchequer Leghorns & Super Blue layers. I'm so frustrated, I'm sorry I just needed to vent to som

Don't worry about the venting part......anytime is ok with me. You have a lot of emotions going on right now and every right to vent. I'd be killing someone....if no one "fessed" up to it....I'd kill them all! LOL
As for your hubby.....girl, I have never had a hubby go but my only son left last Tuesday (week ago) for Afganistan! Can't tell you where he is or what he's doing because he couldn't provide that info... For some reason, the other times into Iraq...I could turn everything over to God, but this time...to Afganistan.....I am having a hard time. Mom's are funny that way I've heard...LOL.! Take care of those kids and start getting ready for Thanksgiving and making plans for X-mas....its the best you can do. Those kids need you to stand strong and keep that consistency in their live s. Doesn't seem fair that you have to be strong and not show your emotions...but....your a mom and moms are the strong ones! That said.........you need to sit and just cry sometimes......so do it....if the family doesn't understand.......screw them! Tears have a way of cleansing our souls and clearing our thoughts...cry anytime you want. I'm 64 yrs old.. I'll cry for my son any time I want to..!!!!!!

 

[NCChickchick]

My five Serama babies born this Sunday. They are so cute and soooo TINY. Any other Tarheels (or Dukies, as the case may be) with Seramas on here?

Dutchbunny sooo sorry for your losses. Can certainly understand all the upset going on. I have no husband but my son is commissioning this year and I am already worried about the next stage of my life.