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

[kwhites634]

She could give you tips now and if you take notes you'll have them for when you're ready... or just ask when you're ready...

Welcome to the madness!

I think someone said they were in MD, but I can't remember who now... I'll probably get

for that too, lol...

 

[scflock]

I saw this extremely, ridiculously bright LED light on the counter at the gas station tonight...and you all know what I was thinking!! I've had a hard time seeing in these new eggs because the shells are thick!! So I quickly shined this bad boy over them tonight, while I was turning and I have nice development in 10/12 eggs!!! So I can go to bed on a happy note!

Awesome! You are due a good hatch

It's about time you have some GOOD eggs in the incubator!

X2

These are my Silkies. Sorry it took me so long to post them, ive been trying for the last hour. They all turned out white but when they were younger 3 of them were darker.

Your silkies look exactly like mine. We have established that I am horrible at sexing silkies, but I can't help but venture a guess...
The bottom picture I feel fairly strongly is a girl on the left and boy on the right. In the picture on top, the one in the center looks like the same girl, the one just to the right of her looks pretty girly, and the rest look like boys

So, I just had the most awesome visitor to our humble chicken infested place... gotta say I am very glad I stumbled across this thread and got to meet him...

Thank you very much, @BYC910 , it was a pleasure to meet you and you're always welcome at our place!!

Does he use punctuation when he's talking? If not, I don't see how he breathes

I had to do so much of that working on my Masters in Counseling.

You stay away from me

My coping mechanisms are

and

, and they have been working just fine for 42 years

That is wonderful! Glad you had that opportunity.

That's my kinda people too.....

No one ever comes up here though...of course, I don't blame them.....

Too easy to

you from here without buying all of that gas

I'll have to try this when mine start laying, don't want too many roo's. I don't have the heart to process them and most people don't want roo's, even free 1's

ETA:Thats 1 big a** squash!! That's crazy!

If you breed, you're going to have too many roos. It happens. Find your local ethnic population, and sell them cheaply

Can you imagine what a hell of a BBQ that would be???

Just throw an old rooster, a SQ rooster, and a cocky 3 year old that likes to bite in a pen with a bunch of cackling hens and you would get a pretty good idea

Walnuthills new place

I was about to say "No way!!!", but I forgot about Walnut cooking

People would be getting

and

everytime they turned around, it would be awesome, lol

Na, don't think you missed as much as I have. I'm 753 pages behind on here. Just found y'all. Looks like a fun page. Is it okay if I tag along in the mischief making?

It's a ton of fun. You'll love it

If you get

then yep, you can stay...

She can stay

Someone should post some kind of angry response ad.

I didn't post an ad, but I did reply with my edited version

Hey SC, I found this and thought of you....

OMG OMG OMG!!!!!

I'VE GOTTA HAVE IT!!!!
The ultimate narcissist Flock shirt! "The" flock. The only one...

Pretty, pretty please? I'll send eggs...I'll name a hen after you.... I won't

you for a month...

Seriously, though, where did you find that?

 

[RubyNala97]

So, I just had the most awesome visitor to our humble chicken infested place... gotta say I am very glad I stumbled across this thread and got to meet him... Thank you very much, @BYC910, it was a pleasure to meet you and you're always welcome at our place!!

That is so awesome!! I'm so jealous!!! (He's one of my favs....shhhh).

No, I have too many to tell, but there are some eggs that are distinct to certain hens. When I had some of those, I'd set them beside each other and keep the ones that were less pointy, the ones that had a wider circumference at the middle than the others. It's a theory that I'm putting to the test, and it's increased my pullet ratio from 40 to 60%. Will continue doing so, until I disprove it, in spite of the nay sayers who say there's no need to experiment. There's always room for a good experiment. Keeps life interesting. You'd ought to see the 22# hybrid Red Kuri/buttercup squash I grew! It was 22# massive looked like a orange buttercup with green stripes.

I love experimenting with incubation!! That's the great thing about it. Each batch you can do a little differently and make comparisons.

That is wonderful! Glad you had that opportunity. That's my kinda people too..... No one ever comes up here though...of course, I don't blame them.....

I would definitely come visit if you weren't so stinking far!!!

Silkies are bantams. Some are just larger than others. Same as any bantam . . some are larger bantams. Some are pretty small. Had a hatch a while ago with silkies. One was a buff, so tiny! Her siblings were the normal size bantam. There are breeders that will breed for the smaller size.

Is it only in Europe that they are LF too?

I know. I'm just jealous. That sounds like a fun time. I would love to meet a bunch of you folks someday.

This thread should plan a meet up someday! I would definitely go!!

Well, today I got to feel like sc a little. lol Woke up to chirping(permeated my dreams), left to work, came back and had 4 babies out. lol Up to six now. Sending good hatchy vibes your way:

Congrats on the chicks!!

WE HAVE PIPPAGE!!!

awesome! More pics when you can, please!!

Hey SC, I found this and thought of you....

I LOVE it!! Perfect for him!!

 

[rossfam06]

WE HAVE PIPPAGE!!!

Yay!!!!! Fingerscrossed!

Hey Friday, I joined that poultry show FB group.  You were right about some beautiful birds!!  Mercy!  The ducks and geese were fabulous too!

What's the page name? I want to join!!!


Oh speaking of meeting people. I am only close enough to SC and gachooks. But I think they are both a good 3 to 4 hour drive away. So yeah that sucks.....no meeting anyone on here for me. Lol!!!

 

[scflock]

Oh speaking of meeting people. I am only close enough to that AH SC and gachooks. But I think they are both a good 3 to 4 hour drive away so thank God.....no meeting anyone on here for me. Lol!!!

Translated to say...

 

[RubyNala97]

Awesome! You are due a good hatch

X2

You stay away from me
My coping mechanisms are  and , and they have been working just fine for 42 years

Thank you! And I didn't even catch that comment about a masters in counseling. Your reply was great!!

 

[rossfam06]

Translated to say...

Not true. Although I was going to joke and say "great.... I can only meet SC." . But I like meeting people, esp chicken people.

 

[Cockatrice6420]

Yea for powerful flashlight! Even though duck eggs are white they are really thick. Congrats on the awesome development.
I wondered about that. All my duck eggs seem to be ovals so not really a pointed end.
Dont be scared of the incubator! I tried to hatch my first set of duck eggs. Out of 36 eggs I had ZERO hatch. DH convinced me to try again. So tonight starts day 7. Life is all about learning!

I got some blue Indian runners to hopefully cross with my cayugas, I'm going to incubate those when they happen, but I just got them as babes this summer, so I wait for eggs.

 

[scflock]

Thank you! And I didn't even catch that comment about a masters in counseling. Your reply was great!!

Certain things just catch my eye

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I bet it will come out easier than it went in. Unless, of course it was glued. Take care of yourself, girl!

Its not glued, but my knees and hip hurt already, break time