The Old Folks Home

[CapricornFarm]

Plz send me your old one........... plzzzzzzzzzzzz... ha ha ha... I found some 15 watt bulbs and the styrofoam container still got too hot.. time for some other type of container... I'm gonna keep trying until I get it right!!

And the weeklings moved to 1/2 of the big brooder today out of the smaller tub they were in. They have been staying as far from the heat lamp as possible even when the temps said 85 - 90 degrees... now they can roam as they please. When they feather out a bit then I add the second half of the dog kennel end to end, and they have plenty of room.View attachment 2566626

Only old incubators I am getting rid of are those crappy styrofoam ones. I have 4 newer ones going right now.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I did a whole lot of cleaning brooders today. Worked on making a feeder I can fill outside the coop. Painting a shelf unit I want to put some tools on.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Been busy here going getting thi9ng done nice weather today almost 60 out really need to watch myself .. Burned bad left left thumb a week ago bad burn now got my left arm right at the elbow bend not as bad as the thumb but crap

 

[sourland]

Good morning, OF. I'm one of the weird ones who likes daily savings time. The added daylight gives me time to accomplish things outside after supper. Also deer are easier to spot if we happen to go out to eat.

 

[microchick]

Happy Saturday everyone. Hope it is a good one for you wherever you are.

I agree, @sourland. That was also one of the reasons behind the time change originally. To give people more daylight hours in order to be outside during spring and summer.

 

[bruceha2000]

I don't think people mind the "extra" light but I know of no one that likes the shifts and the days after until we get adjusted. I say leave the clocks alone and open the business an hour earlier

 

[CapricornFarm]

Been busy here going getting thi9ng done nice weather today almost 60 out really need to watch myself .. Burned bad left left thumb a week ago bad burn now got my left arm right at the elbow bend not as bad as the thumb but crap

Ask your doctor to prescribe Silvadene. Great stuff for burns. Hugs

 

[CapricornFarm]

Good morning, OF. I'm one of the weird ones who likes daily savings time. The added daylight gives me time to accomplish things outside after supper. Also deer are easier to spot if we happen to go out to eat.

So you catch deer for supper?

 

[Peep_Show]

As for the rest, yes I wait for a month before wanting to hatch out any eggs from a swap in roos for that very reason.

Last summer I waited a month, maybe 5 weeks... before gathering eggs to hatch..
The entire blasted lot are from the male that was pulled over a month ago...
I was just looking at them again... clear crosses!!!
Super sperm is all I can say.

Ordered up some BLRW eggs. They got caught in a freeze -- don't you love getting a box of frozen, cracked eggs? -- and only one hatched...with clearly feathered legs. Called the breeder. "Oops. Got a BLRW hen from a person with Brahmas. Put her in my purebred pen and waited a month before selling her eggs." The resultant chick was named Oops.

 

[getaclue]

Oops is a cute name. I like that.

Dh, and grandson are off to get supplies to build a clubhouse. For awhile now, the kids have used scraps, various odds and ends of all sorts of things, and deemed it their clubhouse. They play in it often, and Dh was impressed with their ingenuity. Being the perfectionist he is, the Mr. Monk side of him is crying out for them to have a "proper" clubhouse.