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

[kwhites634]

Been wading my way through Oz's thread little by little when things get slow here. Up to page 90 so far; quite a read!

 

[BYC910]

Whoa! I thought women were supposed to be great multi-taskers!

at you age you should know believe NONE OF WHAT YOU HEAR . and nowadays with all the things they can do with plastic believe only half of what you see. want me to say it again.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Thankfully our cat (pure bred Maine Coon) doesn't have much interest in our birds (I call them birds because we have both chickens & ducks). It was hilarious, yesterday I was hanging laundry and Mr Kity was in a lovey mood wanting attention then when he had enough he started stalking bugs. While chasing bugs 4 chickens were near by and he got that "wild hair" crouched low and ran at them. They immediately chased after him and he took off.
Our Chickens are so funny & territorial! About a week ago there was a baby Tuffed Grouse in the yard slowly making its way from the woods. Was about 20 feet away before the flock spotted it and they all went running with wings out. Needless to say they did not get very close before it took flight. Then the chickens were like "woah howd he do that"!?!

My cat has never bothered mine either.

Sometimes its hard to juggle that many balls. (LOL)
Today I moved 4 tons (thats 8,000 pounds) of wood pellets for our stove. Not excited for how sore I am going to be tomorrow.

I feel that... ok, maybe not that much, we only get two tons at a time....lol

As of an hour or so ago, banty was still on her nest...

 

[AmyLynn2374]

at you age you should know believe NONE OF WHAT YOU HEAR . and nowadays with all the things they can do with plastic believe only half of what you see. want me to say it again.

If you're on the internet you can't even believe half of what you see cause it's all photoshopped!! lol I'm amazed at some of the stuff people believe. Next to Google, snopes is my best friend....lol

 

[kwhites634]

My cat has never bothered mine either.

I feel that... ok, maybe not that much, we only get two tons at a time....lol

Thought once about getting a pellet stove, then I priced the pellets. I get most of my wood for the price of the gas & oil to go after it & cut it.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Mine get a cooling off period each day too...it's called candling..... 

shhhhhh!! Im trying to cut the poor things a
Break!

You win!!!
I'd recommend moving her sooner than later.  If she's 8^tc4y enough, the others may leave her alone, but they will sneak into her nest when she takes a break and add eggs or mess with her eggs.  Some folks have broody eggs broken when other hens mess with the nest.  

They'll be just fine.

It's a pretty boring experience until they hatch.  Then... what fun!!!

When the eggs start hatching that humidity will rise all by it'self.  Megan, follow these instructions very carefully.  Sit down in a chair.  Bend both elbows to 90 degrees so that your hands are in front of you.  Be sure your palms are facing down.  Now, the next steps are very important!  Lean far to the left.  Bring your right hand, keeping the palm down, out to the side.  Then slide your palm onto the seat you are sitting on.  Tuck it under your right cheek. Now, lean very far to the right. Now, bring your left hand, keeping the palm down, out to the side.  Then slide your palm onto the seat you are sitting on.  Tuck it under your left cheek.  Now, you can sit up straight.  When ever you feel the urge to mess with the eggs, unless you have an Amy worthy reason to be doing so, repeat all of these steps.

Who said anything about eating?
People throwing stuff at me, I go to war.

Awwww, shucks. Miss you too. 
Yeah, I'd love to participate.  We have Black Australorps from a good breeder and Rhodebars from GFF lines.  We have the BLRW too, but they won't be ready for a few months. And, of course, we have our Birchen CB.  I'm down for whatever and would love to learn how to ship hatching eggs from the best of em(aka Ravyn).

Nice pullets, WV!!

Night, Megan!  Get some rest.

Think I'll try to get some rest, too.  Long day again tomorrow.  See you around 1.

Yeah! That's my Xena, Warrior Princess!!

Will work on the shipping tutorial, I promise...

BA's???? Ooooh, would love some new BA and LO blood for my project pen...



Where'd the rest of my quotes go??

Congrats on the broody, Amy... I think...

Exhausted and running down fast... busy day tomorrow...

 

[sideWing]

My incubator actually has a set "cooling period." Its been proven that if we simulate how momma leaves the neat each day for short periods letting the eggs slightly cool that we can do better with our incubators. Theres an artical on it in the duck hatching part of our learning center

Mine dropped to 74 degrees for several hours today. They were room temp. Thermostat freaked out. It's fixed now. We shall see how it turns out.

 

[kwhites634]

Mine dropped to 74 degrees for several hours today. They were room temp. Thermostat freaked out. It's fixed now. We shall see how it turns out.

How'd you fix it? Or did you replace it?

 

[FridayYet]

Mine dropped to 74 degrees for several hours today. They were room temp. Thermostat freaked out. It's fixed now. We shall see how it turns out.

Eeek! Hope everything is OK.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Thought once about getting a pellet stove, then I priced the pellets. I get most of my wood for the price of the gas & oil to go after it & cut it.

I love the pellet stove...so far. We've only had it for one season. Hopper holds 3 bags at once. The only thing that I really hate is the daily cleaning. The last place we lived in, a nice little brick house, had fuel oil heat. I had to get a minimum of 100 gallons per delivery which was running about $400 at the time. With the heat set about 70 it lasted about 6 weeks. The pellets are about $250 ish for a ton here which is 40 bags. In the coldest part of winter that ton will last a good month-ish. (And it is warm warm warm!) Plus if I don't have the money to buy a ton, I can get them by the bag unlike fuel where you have to purchase 100 gallons and unless you want to pay an emergency rate you have to wait until delivery day to get it so if it's not scheduled before you are SOL.