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

[scflock]

There is a lemon pie as well only difference is yellow in the middle lol.

Don't even act like you didn't ask for it

 

[Fowling around]

First baby out not sure if it's marans and Americana or australorpe x Americana

 

[silkiecuddles]

Can you mail me some of that pie, @FowlingAround?

I made chocolate chip cookies once using duck eggs and they came out really flat, but they were so crispy and delicious!

 

[FridayYet]

I'm officially in day 20 and NOTHING is going on the incubator. Dying to candle to look for an internal pip, but ambient humidity is at 7% right now and I don't want to open it. Pump is working hard enough as it is.

Patience is not my strongest virtue............................

 

[AmyLynn2374]

A lil bit CC, a bit more 'teacher with panties too tight and talking down to kids like they were dog poo on her shoes and administration doing nothing'

Yes, most of those against me doing it, either 1. Don't have kids 2. Did a 'bang up' job raising their juvenile delinquents or 3. Didn't even finish school themselves..I'm over here like yeah, my 2 (working on 3) degrees and years spent actually raising my kids doesn't count huh?
I looked at that on Amazon and couldn't decide, but guess you decided for me..lol..order ..for Dummies it is..
I use easypeasyhomeschool a lot.. lots of good links and curriculum but I'm more of a "let's see how we can make hatching a lesson' or 'let's go on a field trip to museum, old burial grounds (Native American), we go on prison tours (look up Moundsville WV)..
my daughter was in 4th when I pulled her..was in gifted (one day a week for 40 mins..woohoo), reading at a 6th grade level..tested above and beyond in everything..but she loves to learn..thank goodness. .my son..well not so much..but he loves to help mama with hatching and brooding chicks. .lol

I looked at the easy peasyhomeschool, even checked out the fb page, but I'm doing my own curriculm. I use Rebecca Rupp's "Home Learning Year by Year" for guidance. Another that I recommend. It's an older book but I think still meets grade requirements for the most part.

Amy-
Probe? There's a clear piece of "paper" with a cord in it that measures the temp and humidity for the screen. It's laying on the turner by the eggs. My t/hmeter is on the turner as well by the eggs.
I have all the channels filled but once they need filling again I won't fill all of them.
Right now they're both saying 43% but the built in thermometer is reading 10° more.
How would I do a dry hatch and is there better/less success?

WV, who was it that attatched their heat sensor probe thing to a golf ball to keep it reading more steady???

Aaaaaammmyyyyyy!!!!!!


Save me some cake...

SC!!!!!! Thank God I have chickens. 6 cake mixes later and 18 eggs!!! Few...still more work to be done....lol

First baby out not sure if it's marans and Americana or australorpe x Americana

Adorable!

Can you mail me some of that pie, @FowlingAround?

I made chocolate chip cookies once using duck eggs and they came out really flat, but they were so crispy and delicious!

How much different do duck eggs taste than chicken eggs?

 

[scflock]

I'm officially in day 20 and NOTHING is going on the incubator.  Dying to candle to look for an internal pip, but ambient humidity is at 7% right now and I don't want to open it. Pump is working hard enough as it is.

Patience is not my strongest virtue............................

Just do what I would do. Let it ride and say flock it

 

[silkiecuddles]

I can't taste a difference really, except in boiled. I don't like boiled duck eggs. Yuck. But most people love the duck eggs for baking. They're also healthier than chicken.
The duck eggs are bigger (I have Pekins) so the yolks are bigger, making fluffier cakes, or flatter (delicious-er) cookies.
I can taste the difference in guinea eggs, scrambled in comparison to chicken eggs scrambled. I would keep guineas just for the eggs. Much better, IMO.

 

[FridayYet]

Just do what I would do. Let it ride and say flock it

I knew you'd say that. (Amy would say I can open the incubator. LOL)

 

[WalnutHill]

There is something really awesome about spending the whole day handling poultry and...

The funky smell that comes with grocery store chicken isn't there...

There is no slime like packaged chicken...

The fat is minimal and not grossly greasy...

7 chickens yielded 3# of wings (first and second joint only)

17 chickens yielded 96.58 pounds of usable meat. 8 whole fresh, 3 whole frozen, and 6 cut up and bagged as thighs, drumsticks, and breasts (yielding 34.75 pounds plus wings)

Several of the breasts (two halves) were 3 to 4 pounds.

 

[FridayYet]

Your chickens looked amazing. I bet they will taste great and be so much more nutritious. Good Job!!