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drstratton said:
Good morning All! We made it home from our trip. Considering we traveled 1700 miles through country that can have bad winter driving conditions we were very fortunate, the weather was perfect for winter travel...the only snow we had come down was in Casper, WY as Debby and I waved at each other as we passed through! My chickens are all in good condition, but my Salmon Faverolles has gone Broody again...oh well, she will just have to stay that way a little longer until it warms up a bit more so I can place her into broody jail, but I might bring her into our daylight basement, I would put her in the garage, but with the finish we are using on the cabinets it wouldn't be healthy for her! I hope you are all doing well!💞

@Grammy60 - Hi Sue, I saw on another thread that you fell and fractured your wrist, I hope that it is healing and I'm thankful that it wasn't something worse! 💞
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Yep, broke it in two places and now I have a metal plate and pins in my wrist. It will heal with time and PT
 
JaeG said:
I did wonder what I was doing to myself as I got up at 4.30am to feed the littlest one. 🤣 Feeding them doesn't take the time, it's mixing the handrearing formula and making sure it's the right temperature, then cleaning everything up after they've eaten that takes the time.

For a very cheap, basic incubator it does extremely well. My chicken eggs are incubating away but I discovered one is a double yolker with 2 babies currently alive and well inside it. Some of my bigger birds do lay a longer, skinnier egg so I didn't think anything of it, and they have never, ever given me a double yolked egg before (I'm always jealous of people that do get them). So we'll see how far that one gets. It must be one of the bantams that laid it so hopefully the babies won't get too big.

One of our big Orpingtons has just gone broody but she hurt her leg awhile back and walks with a limp. I don't think she's in pain with it as she can get some speed up when there's the promise of food (she's the fattest chicken ever). I'd love to give her the bigger chicks to raise but I'm worried she'd squash them by accident. I think today is day 10 so I still have a bit of time to mull that over.



Glad you are back safe and sound. That's quite a trip! Driving the length of New Zealand would be 1298 miles which seems awfully far to me. :lol:
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That would be wonderful if your twins hatched! A long time ago I read a thread (or article?) about someone assisting twins hatch. From what I've read, most of them don't make it but it must happen once in a while. Let us know what you get Jae!
 
N F C said:
That would be wonderful if your twins hatched! A long time ago I read a thread (or article?) about someone assisting twins hatch. From what I've read, most of them don't make it but it must happen once in a while. Let us know what you get Jae!
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Of course I will. :lol: There will be photos too.

I'm not getting my hopes up but it would be amazing if at least one made it. It's crazy seeing two blobs floating round in there. It's quite a porous egg so I can't get a good photo unfortunately.
 
JaeG said:
I did wonder what I was doing to myself as I got up at 4.30am to feed the littlest one. 🤣 Feeding them doesn't take the time, it's mixing the handrearing formula and making sure it's the right temperature, then cleaning everything up after they've eaten that takes the time.

For a very cheap, basic incubator it does extremely well. My chicken eggs are incubating away but I discovered one is a double yolker with 2 babies currently alive and well inside it. Some of my bigger birds do lay a longer, skinnier egg so I didn't think anything of it, and they have never, ever given me a double yolked egg before (I'm always jealous of people that do get them). So we'll see how far that one gets. It must be one of the bantams that laid it so hopefully the babies won't get too big.

One of our big Orpingtons has just gone broody but she hurt her leg awhile back and walks with a limp. I don't think she's in pain with it as she can get some speed up when there's the promise of food (she's the fattest chicken ever). I'd love to give her the bigger chicks to raise but I'm worried she'd squash them by accident. I think today is day 10 so I still have a bit of time to mull that over.



Glad you are back safe and sound. That's quite a trip! Driving the length of New Zealand would be 1298 miles which seems awfully far to me. :lol:
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Just putting food into a feeder for my chicks in the brooder is enough for me...lol...I admire your dedication! :love
Thank you Jae...it was quite a trip! 1298 miles...you should try it sometime, just to say you did it...:D
 
N F C said:
One thing about getting snow here, we don't seem to get the horrendous winds that happen down south (where I used to live).
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Maybe the wind speed indicator is broken.

N F C said:
I fix bacon in the oven too, frying is way too messy (I hate grease)
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Um, don't you end up with the same amount of grease regardless of where you cook it?

N F C said:
I like the name FiFi, you don't hear that very often.
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FiFi, to me, is a miniature poodle. Not that I've ever owned one.

JaeG said:
This makes a huge loaf so unless you have a crowd to share it with halve the recipe (it works out just fine and I usually bake it for 20-25mins).
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Ron, can you put that in the Baker's Spreadsheet? Might want to copy the post to the thread.

Madhouse Pullet said:
Hahaha great idea... better than wasting gallon ziplock or suran wrap :p
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Meh, I don't mind handling raw meat. I have soap and hot water in my kitchen sink. Saves the Saran Wrap, ziplock bags AND disposable gloves.

JaeG said:
Driving the length of New Zealand would be 1298 miles which seems awfully far to me. :lol:
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Not to mention having a vehicle that can swim between the islands!
 

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