The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[Happy Chooks]

Hehehe.... I'm trying to figure out how long its going to take my hubby to realize there's a turkey living with the silkies right now.....

I regret I'm gonna have to withdrawal from this HAL. I will be going out of town and don't want to burden my bird sitters with very young chicks.

Bummer. We'll miss you.

Missouri's weather forecast is great for collecting eggs for the hatch-a-long. This morning the temperature is 37F so no frozen eggs.

morning....ITS HATCHING TIMETODAY

Yay, congrats!

 

[Chrysolinsbirds]

Well I'm all ready to set goose eggs =) the Toulouse eggs are about twice the size of my 9month embdens it's crazy, I hope by next year her eggs will be that large, I can't wait to start hatching. Going out to look for duck eggs later never thought I'd need more incubators but now I'm thinking about it..lol DH will not like it but he'll like all the baby poultry and their cute noises =)

 

[Happy Chooks]

It's time to get those Goose eggs set!

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[emvickrey]

Can you hatch them for the day after or two?

My brother is having brain surgery. With his track record with surgeries there is no telling how long I"ll be gone. My bators are not easy to keep stable and being gone could kill everything in them. The people that take care of my birds when I"m gone I'd rather wasn't in the house. Sad to say but true. I'll have to move all the babies outside to the garage in the grow pen and give them a heat lamp and hope for the best. If it's real cold I could loose younger chicks and I don't want to risk it. I'd hate to bring something into the world to just let it die. So I'd rather wait till I get back to start back up. Right now I'll have chicks a month old when I leave. They will have a better chance than 2 week old babies.

My brother has had many surgeries over the past few years. Mostly because of his heart. His last one was Dec 2nd and it was a complete hip replacement. He had complications as he always does and thats how they found the aneurysm in his brain. It's suppose to be an easy surgery but so was his hip. I always think positive on things like this but it's hard to when it never goes as expected. He had a triple bypass about 4 years ago and it was suppose to be a 4 day hospital stay. He was in a coma for 12 days. He's had 2 heart surgeries since then as well as constant pain from numerous places. After the bypass he has to completely learn everything over again. He couldn't talk or walk. He had an infection in his tongue right after surgery that was growing very fast. He was put in a coma so they could intibate him while the infection was being fought because his tongue was swelling so fast they was afraid it would cut off his breathing. He developed hallucinations when they woke him up as well as when he was in the coma. He has to be watched 24/7. When he had the hip surgery he started hallucinating again. His speech was slurred and they thought he had a stroke. That's when they found the aneurysm. It's on the outside of his brain on the side of his head. It's suppose to be easy to take care of but nothing is easy with him. As far as siblings and parents he is all I have left. The rest of my family is gone. I have a daughter and 3 grandsons as well as my brothers 3 kids that are all grown. He has a daughter that is disabled and has to be cared for, for the rest of her life which is wonderful wife does. Normally they both do but he has been so sick the past several years his wife takes care of them both as well as everything else involved with the running of a household.
I have a very high respect for my sister-n-law. She has problems of her own but she puts her issues to the back burner and only goes to the doc when she needs help with relief from her problems. As most women do. If I were a well off person I would do everything I could for them. I know my brother isn't gonna live a long time and I wish I was in the position to be able to help her out when the time comes.

 

[emvickrey]

I didn't mention we live 500 miles apart. I have to stay in this state because I have custody of 2 of my grandsons. So I travel back and forth for surgeries and Thanksgiving. I figure Thanksgiving is a more proper holiday since I'm thankful he is still alive.

 

[emvickrey]

 

[chicken pickin]

My brother is having brain surgery. With his track record with surgeries there is no telling how long I"ll be gone. My bators are not easy to keep stable and being gone could kill everything in them. The people that take care of my birds when I"m gone I'd rather wasn't in the house. Sad to say but true. I'll have to move all the babies outside to the garage in the grow pen and give them a heat lamp and hope for the best. If it's real cold I could loose younger chicks and I don't want to risk it. I'd hate to bring something into the world to just let it die. So I'd rather wait till I get back to start back up. Right now I'll have chicks a month old when I leave. They will have a better chance than 2 week old babies.

My brother has had many surgeries over the past few years. Mostly because of his heart. His last one was Dec 2nd and it was a complete hip replacement. He had complications as he always does and thats how they found the aneurysm in his brain. It's suppose to be an easy surgery but so was his hip. I always think positive on things like this but it's hard to when it never goes as expected. He had a triple bypass about 4 years ago and it was suppose to be a 4 day hospital stay. He was in a coma for 12 days. He's had 2 heart surgeries since then as well as constant pain from numerous places. After the bypass he has to completely learn everything over again. He couldn't talk or walk. He had an infection in his tongue right after surgery that was growing very fast. He was put in a coma so they could intibate him while the infection was being fought because his tongue was swelling so fast they was afraid it would cut off his breathing. He developed hallucinations when they woke him up as well as when he was in the coma. He has to be watched 24/7. When he had the hip surgery he started hallucinating again. His speech was slurred and they thought he had a stroke. That's when they found the aneurysm. It's on the outside of his brain on the side of his head. It's suppose to be easy to take care of but nothing is easy with him. As far as siblings and parents he is all I have left. The rest of my family is gone. I have a daughter and 3 grandsons as well as my brothers 3 kids that are all grown. He has a daughter that is disabled and has to be cared for, for the rest of her life which is wonderful wife does. Normally they both do but he has been so sick the past several years his wife takes care of them both as well as everything else involved with the running of a household.
I have a very high respect for my sister-n-law. She has problems of her own but she puts her issues to the back burner and only goes to the doc when she needs help with relief from her problems. As most women do. If I were a well off person I would do everything I could for them. I know my brother isn't gonna live a long time and I wish I was in the position to be able to help her out when the time comes.

I wish you and your amazing family well. That sounds like some difficult times and it sounds like you and your family hold strong. Good luck during his next surgery and I hope it all goes easily with no complications.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

My brother is having brain surgery. With his track record with surgeries there is no telling how long I"ll be gone. My bators are not easy to keep stable and being gone could kill everything in them. The people that take care of my birds when I"m gone I'd rather wasn't in the house. Sad to say but true. I'll have to move all the babies outside to the garage in the grow pen and give them a heat lamp and hope for the best. If it's real cold I could loose younger chicks and I don't want to risk it. I'd hate to bring something into the world to just let it die. So I'd rather wait till I get back to start back up. Right now I'll have chicks a month old when I leave. They will have a better chance than 2 week old babies.

My brother has had many surgeries over the past few years. Mostly because of his heart. His last one was Dec 2nd and it was a complete hip replacement. He had complications as he always does and thats how they found the aneurysm in his brain. It's suppose to be an easy surgery but so was his hip. I always think positive on things like this but it's hard to when it never goes as expected. He had a triple bypass about 4 years ago and it was suppose to be a 4 day hospital stay. He was in a coma for 12 days. He's had 2 heart surgeries since then as well as constant pain from numerous places. After the bypass he has to completely learn everything over again. He couldn't talk or walk. He had an infection in his tongue right after surgery that was growing very fast. He was put in a coma so they could intibate him while the infection was being fought because his tongue was swelling so fast they was afraid it would cut off his breathing. He developed hallucinations when they woke him up as well as when he was in the coma. He has to be watched 24/7. When he had the hip surgery he started hallucinating again. His speech was slurred and they thought he had a stroke. That's when they found the aneurysm. It's on the outside of his brain on the side of his head. It's suppose to be easy to take care of but nothing is easy with him. As far as siblings and parents he is all I have left. The rest of my family is gone. I have a daughter and 3 grandsons as well as my brothers 3 kids that are all grown. He has a daughter that is disabled and has to be cared for, for the rest of her life which is wonderful wife does. Normally they both do but he has been so sick the past several years his wife takes care of them both as well as everything else involved with the running of a household.
I have a very high respect for my sister-n-law. She has problems of her own but she puts her issues to the back burner and only goes to the doc when she needs help with relief from her problems. As most women do. If I were a well off person I would do everything I could for them. I know my brother isn't gonna live a long time and I wish I was in the position to be able to help her out when the time comes.

Sorry to hear all this. Good luck and prayers for the family.

 

[emvickrey]

I hope so too. I can only stay 4 days which is how long he is "suppose to be" in the hospital. DH and my grandsons are going and we'll be staying in a hotel in Chicago the entire time. I want my grandsons to be able to be with my family is why we are all going. usually they stay here and take care of the chickens and other animals.

 

[Amywilliams]

My brother is having brain surgery. With his track record with surgeries there is no telling how long I"ll be gone. My bators are not easy to keep stable and being gone could kill everything in them. The people that take care of my birds when I"m gone I'd rather wasn't in the house. Sad to say but true. I'll have to move all the babies outside to the garage in the grow pen and give them a heat lamp and hope for the best. If it's real cold I could loose younger chicks and I don't want to risk it. I'd hate to bring something into the world to just let it die. So I'd rather wait till I get back to start back up. Right now I'll have chicks a month old when I leave. They will have a better chance than 2 week old babies.

My brother has had many surgeries over the past few years. Mostly because of his heart. His last one was Dec 2nd and it was a complete hip replacement. He had complications as he always does and thats how they found the aneurysm in his brain. It's suppose to be an easy surgery but so was his hip. I always think positive on things like this but it's hard to when it never goes as expected. He had a triple bypass about 4 years ago and it was suppose to be a 4 day hospital stay. He was in a coma for 12 days. He's had 2 heart surgeries since then as well as constant pain from numerous places. After the bypass he has to completely learn everything over again. He couldn't talk or walk. He had an infection in his tongue right after surgery that was growing very fast. He was put in a coma so they could intibate him while the infection was being fought because his tongue was swelling so fast they was afraid it would cut off his breathing. He developed hallucinations when they woke him up as well as when he was in the coma. He has to be watched 24/7. When he had the hip surgery he started hallucinating again. His speech was slurred and they thought he had a stroke. That's when they found the aneurysm. It's on the outside of his brain on the side of his head. It's suppose to be easy to take care of but nothing is easy with him. As far as siblings and parents he is all I have left. The rest of my family is gone. I have a daughter and 3 grandsons as well as my brothers 3 kids that are all grown. He has a daughter that is disabled and has to be cared for, for the rest of her life which is wonderful wife does. Normally they both do but he has been so sick the past several years his wife takes care of them both as well as everything else involved with the running of a household.
I have a very high respect for my sister-n-law. She has problems of her own but she puts her issues to the back burner and only goes to the doc when she needs help with relief from her problems. As most women do. If I were a well off person I would do everything I could for them. I know my brother isn't gonna live a long time and I wish I was in the position to be able to help her out when the time comes.

I am so sorry to hear that. I hope the best for your brother, you are a wonderful sister to be there for him.