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

[BYC910]

smart varmint remember very keen sense of smell coons don't like chemicals very cruel antifreeze mixed with peanut butter might do it . don't like doing it but trap wise coons call for extreme measures . other thing Vaseline grease the trip lever and all hinge points don't use vixs . If a bobcat smells human scent they will not touch the trap . boil all snap traps and cotton gloves do not touch the trap with your bare hands . man way to involved in this thread my heart went to my throat with chicappee's joke I need rehab bad I have work to do came in to look up a conversion chart and end up on here . ..

good morning all

 

[RubyNala97]

Sorry but this will be like a Korean Mafia post...maybe Italian mafia??

Wait... i thought those were silkie eggs???

Sorry for the confusion. I set a few quail eggs in the incubator with my silkie eggs. I'm not sure which eggs Ross was asking me about now. ?

try to keep up Ravyn you know Ruby stole quail eggs from her neighbor

This is 100% TRUE. I'm dying, laughing right now!! They were rotting away anyway!! He'll never notice...

Hello all. Need advice. Have a malposition pip and it's been the same for about 10 or so hours. According to the step by step guide : https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/step-by-step-guide-to-assisted-hatching - I am to wait about to 10-12 hours to begin the assist. I am still 2 hours away from starting Day 20. Few questions: 1- I'm afraid of breaching the lockdown to begin the assist. If I remove the Malposition pipped egg quick enough (ie- 20 seconds or less) can I open the incubator without harming the other eggs? 2- according to the guide I am only to remove a piece of the shell (no larger than 1/4")and make a slit to the inner membrane to allow them to breathe...any other advice from some of you that have experience with assisting malposition ? Thanks again for your help. UPDATE- so far 4 healthy hatches......

This has been fully covered. One piece of information that I personally found helpful, was to keep in mind that when a malpositioned chick makes an external pip, it is technically the internal pip also. Hence, waiting 24 hrs. It needs time, just like it should have gotten if it had pipped internally.

We bought our house in 1995. I was five months pregnant and we went out to eat. We had just finished remodeling our 50s ranch house, but we had a two bedroom house and a second child, a girl, on the way with a five year old boy in the other bedroom. I picked up the real estate magazine to browse, and found this photo: [COLOR=B42000] [/COLOR] We bought it the next day. Everything just fell into place, I truly believe it was meant to be. It was terribly abused and neglected, but we learned the skills to make it right over the next 7 years. Our home of 20 years: I love our home. It has been a great place to raise our family, we have three good dogs buried under the maple tree, and we have invested a great deal of sweat, blood and money into a sensitive renovation. We didn't restore it as we do like running water and electricity, but we didn't shortcut and skimp on what we worked on. All the damaged old siding was replaced with top quality western red cedar. I designed and built a garage that was in sync with the size and scale of the house. The cabinets were built from a tree harvested on the former farmland. We never dreamt we'd be here 20 years, nor stay until the house is so close to 200 years...now only 6 1/2 years away. We've been custodians, and helped to preserve the house so that it will outlast the surrounding subdivision. The prospect:

It's only 115 years old so we won't see it reach 200. But it has 15 acres, a branch of the Flint River, rolling terrain, paved road, trees, and a wraparound porch. Room for more birds, though I will only keep enough layers for our own uses. Room for a horse. Room for my cars, my tools, and my accumulated "stuff". Dark skies to use our telescope. Outdated decor, but that's easy to fix. And buying would be financially moving downmarket, allowing DH to retire and take care of things, or to find a job he can do remotely even if it pays less, as we won't have a house payment any more. It lacks originality other than staircase and a built in cupboard and some trim. It's clad in vinyl siding (DH's first comments: it has vinyl windows and siding. I wonder if the wood siding looks good behind the vinyl?). It's only a few miles from my new beef supplier and our long time Christmas tree farm. It's only a mile and a half from a major freeway which will reduce my travel time considerably when I need to travel for work. It's 45 minutes closer to our place up north. And it's between two nice sized towns that offer all the services we could want, plus a city within 25 miles to cover anything else. It makes all the sense in the world. I hope it is what it looks to be...

Thank you for opening up and sharing this. It makes me a little emotional too. So beautiful, I hope it works out. I hope to be in your shoes someday. You're really living the dream!

It's out!!!! Making lots of cheeping and funny thing is its really skinny and does not have a plump bottom like my normal chicks have.

Yay!! So happy it made it out. Post pics when it's fluffy. What kind is it, again?

I've been trying to figure out how in the world I'm going to do the next one. What's really going to blow everyone's mind is trying to figure out where the bear eatin' frizzies came from I was just as shocked by that admission as I was by my brother's I have figured out just enough to leave that one alone. If you think hatching is fast, you would be shocked at how efficient the candling is Been calling y'all that for 2 months And you're the captain. Yep, SC is the only one that thinks that. I don't know what's wrong with him No, you shouldn't My brother had one just laying around I will, too. Spitting in a Pepsi bottle See above Is this a game? Can we guess?

Again, just flabbergasted Just gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous. My dream house, seriously. My wife and I have talked about tearing down our 80s ranch style and building something almost exactly like this right in the middle of the 15 acres. Hope we can find a builder to build it like it's 115 years old

I'm out of ovations too!! Sc, I loved this post! Had me laughing all the way through!!

But there are enough people that would get it to include it. I think that was some of my finest work this week

Yes, you have to add it!!

 

[silkiecuddles]

Can't Ovate again...

I did it for you.

X2 - anyone who wants to quit I'll be here with Ross for support.

x2

@RavynFallen
Newsflash:
Day 14 update.
I knocked over the incubator. Sitting in a pile of broken eggs and dying chicks on my pantry floor.
Oh its not April, its the other A month.
Update on its way. The real one.

I was beginning to feel SO sad for you!

You too?

Dang, could yall imagine poor SC, sideWing, and BYC910 (and everyone else actually) if we all quit at the same time?

And that's when I leave the room...

I only use the BYC app now. Going to the website on safari took forever. Occasionally the app lags, but I've learned to roll with it. Better than waiting 2 min for safari to load every time. Oh but j do use the website for checking ovations, message boards, and stats

I've been trying to figure out how in the world I'm going to do the next one. What's really going to blow everyone's mind is trying to figure out where the bear eatin' frizzies came from
I was just as shocked by that admission as I was by my brother's
I have figured out just enough to leave that one alone. If you think hatching is fast, you would be shocked at how efficient the candling is
Been calling y'all that for 2 months
And you're the captain. Yep, SC is the only one that thinks that. I don't know what's wrong with him
No, you shouldn't
My brother had one just laying around
I will, too. Spitting in a Pepsi bottle
See above
Is this a game? Can we guess?
Again, just flabbergasted
Just gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous. My dream house, seriously. My wife and I have talked about tearing down our 80s ranch style and building something almost exactly like this right in the middle of the 15 acres. Hope we can find a builder to build it like it's 115 years old

 

[WVduckchick]

smart varmint remember very keen sense of smell coons don't like chemicals very cruel antifreeze mixed with peanut butter might do it . don't like doing it but trap wise coons call for extreme measures . other thing Vaseline grease the trip lever and all hinge points don't use vixs . If a bobcat smells human scent they will not touch the trap . boil all snap traps and cotton gloves do not touch the trap with your bare hands . man way to involved in this thread my heart went to my throat with chicappee's joke I need rehab bad I have work to do came in to look up a conversion chart and end up on here . ..

good morning all

I've heard that once a coon has been caught and released, you'll never get it in another trap. You ever hear that? And yes, that was pretty mean of chicapee, wasn't it. But she got smacked for it!

Mornin sunshine

And happy FRIDAY!!

 

[silkiecuddles]

Mornin sunshine    And happy FRIDAY!!  

Its Friday?? I'm terrible with what day it is.

 

[dan26552]

Its Friday?? I'm terrible with what day it is.

Yup! Its Friday!

 

[WVduckchick]

For anyone that hasn't seen the new BYC calendar photo contest... take a look at some of the beautiful photography in these pictures! Some awesome shots.

For chickens only -- https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/992641/2016-byc-calendar-your-pictures-needed/

The "other poultry" calendar is in my siggy line... its got some great photos too. The peacocks are phenomenal!

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Here it is!!!!

Awwww!!!

1) I was just as shocked by that admission as I was by my brother's

2) Been calling y'all that for 2 months

3) And you're the captain. Yep, SC is the only one that thinks that. I don't know what's wrong with him

4) Again, just flabbergasted

1) WHY????
2)

3)

4)Again, WHY?

For anyone that hasn't seen the new BYC calendar photo contest... take a look at some of the beautiful photography in these pictures! Some awesome shots.

For chickens only -- https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/992641/2016-byc-calendar-your-pictures-needed/

The "other poultry" calendar is in my siggy line... its got some great photos too. The peacocks are phenomenal!

 

[silkiecuddles]

http://shop.spreadshirt.com/goldenegg/?locale=us_US

For all you chicken loving folks out there, these are great shirts

There's even a cute little pink 'Silkie Love' one for SC

 

[scflock]

Awwww!!!

1) WHY????
2) 
3)
4)Again, WHY?

I was joking. Not surprised at all, by you, or my brother. I knew before he did