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

[mixedUPturk]

I'm not a pro fan, but I'm pulling for TN because of Mariota. Not a good day yesterday.
This was a weird weekend for college ball. SC absolutely destroyed by GA, Bama looked horrible, Auburn destroyed by LSU.
At least Southern Cal. lost. I know someone on here posted during that game, and I'm sorry, but I can't stand the other USC. Overrated every year, always in the top ten just because they are USC, always lose to an unranked team

Oh yeah, chickens...

We needed that win, just like all the others Go Tigers!

 

[scflock]

We needed that win, just like all the others

Go Tigers!

I think LSU may be the team to beat in the west this season

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Yay!!! About time!!!

Now remember the post from earlier?? Think it was from lazy gardner...
A hand goes under each side...

Broodiness is a very contagious disease... spreads like wildfire throughout the flock and takes down the most susceptible first... I had at least 7 at one time this summer and think at one point was up tp 11...

Most first timers are easily breakable... toss them out a couple times and they get offended and give up...
I have a 'broody instigator' who only breaks when she gets my best broody going...
Seriously though... a great broody is worth her weight in gold... using all flock feed makes it easier to keep them in the flock and she will do all the work... it's awesome, but you got to weed out the useless broodys first...

Yes, I thought so, because none of them have never shown signs of broodiness until my banty went broody then all of a sudden it's like they all want to sit on her eggs. A couple I toss out and after two or three times they will give up and walk away, but Raven just went and claimed her own spot. I think if any more decide they want to I'll try to break them or I'll be over run with chicks in colder weather and no eggs in the fridge. 2 is enough.

 

[scflock]

Go Tigers!

A true fan would have known it's Geaux Tigers

 

[RubyNala97]

So I had left the nest box in the kennel in the coop with the two dud eggs in it to try to entice the others to lay in there and leave my broody alone. Yesterday 2 or 3 eggs were actually laid in there. This morning when I went out to open the coops and check on everyone Raven was in there, so I was happy to see it was getting used. Just went back out to check for eggs and check on Sukoshi and Raven is still in there and if another chicken walks in front of her she screetches at them!! I mean she is vocal!. Sukoshi fans her feather and "growls" a bit, but Raven is full out momma bear voice. So, it'll be interesting to see if she is going to go full out broody. I took out the two dud eggs and let her keep the one she as on and added one I took out that got laid with Sukoshi's. If she is truely broody I'll let her have the eggs laid today, but this has got to be it! I didn't want to deal with broodies at all and now there's possibly two. It's starting to get chilly here especially at night. They could have waited until spring at least. I just find it funny that not a single hen in my first coop has gone broody in the almost year  that I have had them and these guys are hormonal left and right...lol

The broody saga continues! A lot of people that have asked about eggs, don't have any because "everyone is broody". So you're not alone. Is it a fall thing???

I know you. Leave them alone. Keep your hands out of that bator

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I didn't notice the pips til after I started candling the others, the speckles kind of camouflaged the pips, but I think all the others are DIS. They were cold to the touch and I didn't see any movement and the drawdown hadn't progressed any. So I think 3 will be it.

Megan, no eggs should be cold to touch. Even if they are dead. If they are in the incubator they should all be the same temp regardless of what's going on inside. I'm wondering if you are leaving the lid off while incubating, are they getting cold? Cold spots in the incubator? Do you leave the lid off everyday when candling? Maybe that's what delayed your hatch...?

 

[mixedUPturk]

the only problem is with our support group . they make it so you want to do more not less . this can get really bad if your not careful you'll be setting every week like me . all it takes  is two incubators running all the time . and a whole lot of money for feed and constant work on coops . and turning anything you can find into something to put chickens in . I'm even thinking about turning my old TV cabinet into a brooder . what have I done to myself . sure hope rock bottom is getting close.

 

[mixedUPturk]

A true fan would have known it's Geaux Tigers

Yea i dont ever watch TV...

Back to work! Monday madness...

 

[scflock]

Megan, no eggs should be cold to touch. Even if they are dead. If they are in the incubator they should all be the same temp regardless of what's going on inside. I'm wondering if you are leaving the lid off while incubating, are they getting cold? Cold spots in the incubator? Do you leave the lid off everyday when candling? Maybe that's what delayed your hatch...?

Very good point Ruby. As this thread has gone along, I have seen several posts that say "I am becoming more and more blue". Don't think I have seen that for red

The first hatch is so exciting, and you want to be in there doing whatever you can. I did. My first hatch was horrible. How many of us can tell horror stories of our first hatch, and most of them were because we tried to do too much?

 

[BYC910]

Even BYC bought Ameraucanas

three times the first ones turned out to be EEs.

which I would not have known had you guys not told me . the all black black lavender splits should be laying in a few weeks. and now Rayvn's eggs when and If they hatch. and now a new problem the big red football that lives here is starting to sit in trees closer to my coops. can't let my chickens out without staying with them. I hope when I get the hay fields cut it will be able to catch rabbits and leave my chickens a lone. I have deflators but it is so big and pretty and all the chickens are covered. also deflating footballs is against the rules .

SSS that farm boy he ain't so dumb .

 

[WalnutHill]

The broody saga continues! A lot of people that have asked about eggs, don't have any because "everyone is broody". So you're not alone. Is it a fall thing???
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Megan, no eggs should be cold to touch. Even if they are dead. If they are in the incubator they should all be the same temp regardless of what's going on inside. I'm wondering if you are leaving the lid off while incubating, are they getting cold? Cold spots in the incubator? Do you leave the lid off everyday when candling? Maybe that's what delayed your hatch...?

I think I know what Megan means, though. My eggs that are DIS are incubator temp, but as soon as they are removed from the incubator they seem to cool down to the touch very quickly, where viable eggs "feel" warmer to the touch due to the life inside. It's a risky thing indeed to test an egg that way, which is why I don't candle until I am sure they are duds.