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

[bamadude]

It's the 9300. Thanks

Good luck

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote: I would totally forget to plug it back in. That wouldn't work for me.

 

[ronott1]

I would totally forget to plug it back in. That wouldn't work for me.

Yes, it is too risky if you are forgetful!

The new Brinsiea advance models have it built in. I turned the cool down cycle on last Friday. The incubator runs the cycle for me!

 

[farmhand]

Quote: I would totally forget to plug it back in. That wouldn't work for me.
Isn't that why they invented phones? For the alarms! I was talking to someone the other day who had tried explaining to her daughter why she used to call "popcorn" to get the time. And she just couldn't get it why you just didn't look at your phone for the time.

 

[abkoldewyn]

Good morning all.  Wish I could wake up this happy every morning.  Little guy seems to love that soft bed though.

So cute! I showed this to my f-i-l. Growing up, he had a pet squirrel that lived in the house. (And a very patient mother!). He got a kick out of it!

 

[abkoldewyn]

[COLOR=B22222]Incubator Wars![/COLOR]

Breaking news​

Distressing news has reached us of a trauma with Contestant #3, Amber. During this morning's chicken chores, Amber was found frantically pacing and refusing to return to the nest. Upon closer inspection the nest was torn up and one of the eggs missing. The remaining eggs were scattered about and quite cold. They were rushed to Contestant #2's incubator for monitoring and closer inspection. Amber was allowed to range with the flock and scratch about to calm her nerves while the cause is searched for. We will bring you updates as more information becomes known.

Oh no! Poor Amber! I'm just so glad it wasn't the boys!!!

 

[bekkanblue]

Incubator Wars!
Breaking news
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Distressing news has reached us of a trauma with Contestant #3, Amber. During this morning's chicken chores, Amber was found frantically pacing and refusing to return to the nest. Upon closer inspection the nest was torn up and one of the eggs missing. The remaining eggs were scattered about and quite cold. They were rushed to Contestant #2's incubator for monitoring and closer inspection. Amber was allowed to range with the flock and scratch about to calm her nerves while the cause is searched for. We will bring you updates as more information becomes known.

Poor Amber! Hope eggs can bounce back! Glad she's okay.

 

[Cynthia12]

agh! sorry, as a biologist i cannot like those things any more than most people like snakes and spiders, (which i do since they provide a valuable service), and wantonly killing the latter is seen as righteous while killing the former 'sad'. there is a definite bias towards furry creatures with eyelashes=cute, almost everything else=evil/icky. rodents (squirrels/chipmunks/rats/mice) eat lots of living creatures, and are not designed to dispatch them quickly, so often will eat them alive. just google any of them (or deer/cows) eating birds (usually babies) or other animals, and you will find videos (the animal planet one is so wrong in many ways but the commentary is biased towards making the viewer feeling warm and fuzzy about the act of a squirrel getting a blood meal out of a snake). yes i am not a ray of sunshine here, but it always makes me sad when i see the same people who love squirrels (pest/destructive animals in urban settings) crossing the road to drive over snakes.any snakes over a foot long i relocate here since i have bantams and they can fit into the 1" wire, i have yet to loose a chick(en) to snakes but have lost far far too many to the far more cuddly raccoons........sigh, such is the injustice in the world. and this bias costs human lives too (http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/08/05/oklahoma-police-kill-5-year-old-boy-while-shooting-at-snake/), i am not saying all snakes are good and harmless, i just get so disappointed sometimes. and i know how nasty chickens can be too, yet i mostly love them (in their place), i still have to go out sometimes to rescue unfortunates they have gotten a hold of.


ok.....rant over....

 

[Cynthia12]

Yep. Perhaps I need a new brain. Have you happened across any, by chance??

That's so cute about sharing with Grandma

Me..know where to find brains?

 

[JekkaLynn]

Me..know where to find brains?     

I have a brain growing in my stomachs...well...I will have a brain growing in my stomach...I can't remember when the brain develops...