Okies in the BYC The Original

[poultryand bees]

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Congrats on the awesome hatch! Mine have been better in my little table top since I started running it dryer than usual.

I recall a discussion we had awhile back regarding lower humidity in the incubator and I saved the link to a discussion regarding "dry incubation" Here is the link
https://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-DryIncubation.html

I had one button quail hatch today from some eggs I got at the Jones auction. I have no idea how to "brood" them since they are so tiny. I lost all the coturnix quail that I put into my regular brooder - they all managed to find their way out of the brooder and into the tray or onto the floor. These definately can't go into a brooder - inless they are in a screened in box with food and water or something.

 

[Sooner]

I had planned to try the dry incubation but since I have run out of room for chickens I have stopped hatching. Lost one of my chicks yesterday to my own dog. I was so tired on Monday night after the lake when I put them up I didn't count, one got left out and the hot wire wasn't on so the dog dug out of the back yard and got it. I guess I am lucky it wasn't more.

When I went out this morning one of them was trying to crow! They sound so funny when they are starting out. When I get off work today providing it isn't raining I will be moving them to the larger pen and mucking everything out. Won't be long and my silkies can go to the outside pen!!

 

[HennyPennies2007]

Morning Okes

Couldn't sleep at all last night. I think I was overtired...I joined the gym so that has added an extra hour into the day. Again. I'm almost out of hours! Got the tommytoes planted yesterday and the seeds for my viny type things going....was thinking of rehoming the snakies... getting a burlap sack at atwoods and dropping them off by the river. I hate killing them...well not THAT one (Pollack avenged).

Well gonna got get something to eat then start rolling....lot quieter in the coop this am...checked the broody this morning and hatching was still occurring....there was this mass of peeps under her. Couldn't even count them... just scratched her topknot, gave her a smooch and left her be.

(*edited by hennies for numerous typos* DUH.)

 

[Teach97]

Good Morning my friends!

Luvs - I love it when I do stupid stuff that I know better than! Had a buddy about break his arm working cattle...stuck his hand in the chute and reached around instead of taking the time to put down a bar...that was scary. Wow on the hatch!

City - you crack me up...wrong equipment

There is a junk auctio in town this weekend! No birds but at least I get a bid number and the senses get all tuned in!

 

[HennyPennies2007]

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I don't recommend kitchen tongs.

 

[HennyPennies2007]

I hear ya... going somewhere and paying money just adds insult to injury.... I was beat off my arse last night. Hiked 2 miles monday and a mile and a half yesterday, plus doing some lifting....but I'm getting old and weak....going to give it something of a fight before I just lay down in the hole....

 

[al6517]

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We must have had the same sleep pattern, I got up at 3:00am and couldn't go back to sleep, Dang!!. You are so lucky with your broodies this yr, I am thinking those OEG's have got the silkies beat on mothering. I don't jack with the Gym either, I don't like being ooogled & propositioned by women when I am on the weight machines LOL. a couple of yrs ago I mowed a 5' strip 2 1/2 mile trail in the pasture that I run 5 miles on a few times a week, it is really peaceful. So you hate killing snakes!!!! did I read that right??, OK your out of the snake haters club LOL.

AL

 

[HennyPennies2007]

I was up every hour or so the whole night....It was horrible. I tried watching TV but was too tired for that and would doze off for a bit then wake right up again. Now I feel like something the cat dragged in....I need to get going... laundry, vacuuming, the ususal... but I feel like lead.

I have always liked snakes....but I won't tolerate them eating my feathered folk. That's a capitol offense....! I thought about the .22 but I figured I would either:
a. Blow a hole in the coop...missing the snake
b. Blow a hole in a chicken...missing the snake
c. Blow a hole in myself if it ricocheted off the wall...missing the snake

Hey I shoulda done that....Would I have beat Lynn in the gruesome injury contest?

 

[HennyPennies2007]

Sooner, you gotta good gym...Like the one I had in CA. I loved it. Would go work out and then lay in the dry sauna for an hour till the stuffin' was outta me....had a jacuzzi and steam room and lockers with showers....and yoga...man I miss yoga. This place here has like 10 treadmills, no showers, nothing...just weights. But it's not a meat market either. I really think it needs showers. But it's really clean and the people who own it are nice....but those dry saunas will pull the stress right outta you.....

 

[luvs2garden2000]

Now KT no more injury's allowed with this group.

Tara make sure you put water in them. Reminds me of the story of someone exercising with potatoes take a 5 lb bag and when comfy with that move up to 10 lbs and so on till you have reached the 50 lb bags. Then next step add the potatoes to the bags and repeat.