She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[scflock]

 Don't correct my spelling...

 

[sjturner79]

Sc will be turning of in I think it's about 12 hours now- he's still going for now.
Ruby wants to dual brinseas, sc thinks it should be duel.
WV is buying a brinsea octagon 20.
I think everything else was pretty much randomness or about sc getting s paradise if he makes 20 hatches. He's got about 15 I think it was up to.

Darn I thought I said a parade

 

[sjturner79]

And I missed that silkiecuddles chooks are stealing all her cat food.

 

[WVduckchick]

Sc will be turning of in I think it's about 12 hours now- he's still going for now.
Ruby wants to dual brinseas, sc thinks it should be duel.
WV is buying a brinsea octagon 20.
I think everything else was pretty much randomness or about sc getting s paradise if he makes 20 hatches. He's got about 15 I think it was up to.

Darn I thought I said a parade

I wanted to duel with SC... his Brinsea vs. my new one, but I won't have it for 2 weeks and he can't wait on me....

 

[silkiecuddles]

Sc will be turning of in I think it's about 12 hours now- he's still going for now.
The tension. jk jk
Ruby wants to dual brinseas, sc thinks it should be duel.
WV is buying a brinsea octagon 20.
I think everything else was pretty much randomness or about sc getting s paradise if he makes 20 hatches. He's got about 15 I think it was up to.

I wanted to duel with SC... his Brinsea vs. my new one, but I won't have it for 2 weeks and he can't wait on me.... Meanie. I'd wait on you. But I'm not actually hatching so there's no point.

 

[RubyNala97]

I wanted to duel with SC... his Brinsea vs. my new one, but I won't have it for 2 weeks and he can't wait on me....

Thank you for clarifying that! I won't go up against the big guns till next year!

 

[Ravynscroft]

lol... cat food stealing chooks...

I have a grey Call duck who steals cat food any chance she gets... spoiled rotten but she's molting right now... besides causing fat chookz, it's just too expensive to keep replacing the cat food... :/

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I have a question for you. On my last 2 hatches I had eggs that were still alive after all the others had hatched. I couldn't pull the plug either because I could see movement in the eggs. But there were no internal pips, and I knew in my gut that they were not going to hatch. I let the incubator run a few more days. Then shut down. There was another member that suggested going into the egg and making an internal pip for them if their beak could be located. But this freaks me out. Very nerve wrecking for me. Don't think I could do it. But they end up dying anyway. Have you ever tried such an assist? Later when I eggtopsy and see fully formed chicks, with yoke absorbed I wonder if I should have tried. What's your thoughts?

I've seen a couple people, one specifically push this. As willing as I am to assist and as red as I am, I'm against this. My philosphy runs a little closer to SC's in this situation. I believe that if a chick can not at least make an internal pip on it's own, it isn't meant to hatch. If it's not strong enough to take that step, I don't see how "helping" is going to change the outcome and I don't want to have to cull or watch a weak chick die. Even if you could "pip" for them and not hit a major vein, they are most likely going to die before the vascular system shuts down and you can help them further anyway. The most I would ever do (and I haven't yet) is if I had an internal pip and heard chirping for 24 hours with no external pip is put a small hole in the air cell to assure fresh air getting into the egg and give it more time to externally pip. My basic philosophy is they have to externally pip and be pipped (unless there is extreme distress) for 18 hours + before I will intervine. (SP??? lol)

Little update on my lockdown. I looked in the window and the eggs are still there.

Been hanging with SC much??? lol

I wanted to duel with SC... his Brinsea vs. my new one, but I won't have it for 2 weeks and he can't wait on me....

 

[silkiecuddles]

And I missed that silkiecuddles chooks are stealing all her cat food.

lol... cat food stealing chooks...
I have a grey Call duck who steals cat food any chance she gets... spoiled rotten but she's molting right now... besides causing fat chookz, it's just too expensive to keep replacing the cat food... :/

Pretty duck!

I don't feed the chickens the cat food on purpose. The little stinkers know many ways to get to the food. Will it effect their laying negatively?

 

[sjturner79]

Pretty duck!

I don't feed the chickens the cat food on purpose. The little stinkers know many ways to get to the food. Will it effect their laying negatively?

Depending on exactly what type of cat food and just how much they are stealing it can.