The Front Porch Swing

[sarahsunshine]

fellow I knew had about six kids.... His youngest was about eight and rode a Shetland.... Hed send him out into the brush to scare up rattle snakes so he could shoot em.....

Idiot people....

deb

Idiots... shiver...

 

[Beekissed]

Oh BF.....wait for next week.....you have a pkg coming...........And of course........HE won't let you down.......Amen!

You've got to stop that, you know that?

We might have to wait until next week for other reasons and I'm hoping we do because I'd really like to see this experiment get going before leaving, but I also would love to get my mom up to Dad...she's been missing him pretty badly and we didn't get to go up last month due to the weather.

 

[LOVEIGEE]

Think about it BF.......with a broody....those eggs are warmed through I would guess........she spreads her body over the whole number.....wouldn't you think the heat would warm everything nest and all?

 

[LOVEIGEE]

You've got to stop that, you know that?

We might have to wait until next week for other reasons and I'm hoping we do because I'd really like to see this experiment get going before leaving, but I also would love to get my mom up to Dad...she's been missing him pretty badly and we didn't get to go up last month due to the weather.

Nope!

 

[LOVEIGEE]

Think about it BF.......with a broody....those eggs are warmed through I would guess........she spreads her body over the whole number.....wouldn't you think the heat would warm everything nest and all?

What I meant to add.....isn't that a partial reason why she turns them? Geesh, I feel like poop! When you see Stephen, hit him for me, will ya?

 

[Triple Willow]

What's bad is I am going out of town to see my dad this week or the next and will be gone for two days and nights.  That will be the true test of faith, which I'm used to doing by now.  Whenever you free range at all times and travel away from home frequently, there has to be a measure of faith in God that He will be watching over things when you cannot.  He hasn't let me down yet, so I'm going to travel without any sense of worry over these little babies.  

It will be what it will be! 

Be sure to remind Jake to turn those eggs at least once/day. LOL

 

[Triple Willow]

I've hit 100* on the egg surface!   e   Turned it down a notch......will wait and see if that will hold it there or if I'll have to turn it up due to the nighttime temps cooling the windowsill.  Windowsill temps are 64 and will be cooling soon.  I turned the warm side of the eggs to the bottom of the nest so they could warm on all sides, though I know that wouldn't happen in a real setting.

I'm wondering about something. When brooding on a nest out in the bush and the temps drop at night or even on a cool day, the bottom of those eggs are bound to cool off while the tops would be very warm next to mama.  I wonder if the developing chicks migrate inside the shell to the warm side?  An outside nest will always have a cooler side and I know a broody doesn't turn eggs that often, so how then does the egg itself stay a uniform temp throughout when one side is cool and one side hot? 

Things to ponder..... 

The think that I wonder about most of all is what those hens think about while they're sitting there 24/7 for 21 days...??? lol

 

[Triple Willow]

Perchie Girl, maybe this guy left his shoes on the back porch!

http://cheezburger.com/8046996480?u...d:+ICanHasCheezburger+(I+CAN+HAS+CHEEZBURGER)

Lisa

Holy moly!!!

 

[perchie.girl]

Perchie Girl, maybe this guy left his shoes on the back porch!

http://cheezburger.com/8046996480?u...d:+ICanHasCheezburger+(I+CAN+HAS+CHEEZBURGER)

Lisa

OMG I have seen deer do this much damage too.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

That shoes comment I made was about snakes lizards scorpions and black widows.....

I once worked in a machine shop running a big hole drilling machine. Lunch whistle blew and I pulled my gloves off and set them on the ground by my stool. Came back from lunch Put my gloves back on.... Something poked me on the index finger.... I thought it was a metal chip....


When I pulled my hand out this was chewing on the end of my finger...... Little Bustard..... swap an a for the u....



Wolf spider about the size of my thumb.... Non poisonous.... Now I love spiders.... but this ones eyes is too close together...


edited:
Oops wrong kind of spider..... it was a camel spider.... Yep we have them in the US....

deb