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[Ravynscroft]

Ive only seen mule deer....  they were taller than my car.   

Yup... I was told TN had lots of deer... a bunch run around near our property and I asked where the adults were... sad to say, those were the adults... I thought they looked like muntjacs they were so small...

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: probably a combo Pakastan man and huge goat...

Sorry the only deer I have seen are mule deer..... the stats on the goat is around 110 pounds Mule deer bucks are as much as 300 pounds. Does around 150.

deb

 

[bruceha2000]

OK then, if that is a 100 pound goat, the Pakistani man isn't real big

 

[WVduckchick]

So... Remember my masacre?

Turns out it was about 21 days back...

Kid says "chick in incubator......super fluffy..."

Anyway, I was so bummed about 1. Loosing all those breeders and chickens and 2. Hatching eggs so late in the season and in suck a tiny number

That I incubated half heartedly... Rotated eggs at least twice a day and never eyeballed the humidity. I had put two fresh eggs in, and one fridge egg of unknown age.

Anyway, two were fertile... First hatched ... I hadn't stopped rotating and I hadn't increased humidity or taken out the rails which can make hatching difficult and can cause chicks to get stuck.

I looked and the second fertile egg had pipped and unzipped about 1/4 then gotten stuck... Bit of chick showing through hole was nice and super fluffy

so who knows how lobg he had been like that.

Anyway, I helped him out and yep, he was "done". Zero blood in membrane, navel totally sealed and dry... So maybe he had been stuck for a day, possibly two?

Already hatched chick not yet hungry or thirsty so must be less than three days old.

Anyway.... Stuck chick has funky bent toes -sigh- I am guessing from humidity and/or hatching not genetic. I taped them up and tossed him back in the incubator.

How are they doing today?

 

[Alaskan]

We fed and watered them last night... Then popped them back into the 'bator. They weren't super hungry yet.

I need to set up a brooder for them today And I have been highly reticent to take the tape off of the toes and see how they are...... I will remove tape tomorrow...

Even though I lost so many birds... I haven't yet fixed up the coops that lost birds....so three coops out of commission... I tried to buy wire Friday to fix up/ weasel proof my bantam coop but I didn't have enough money.... I should be able to buy the wire tomorrow.

It just all sucks.

 

[chickadoodles]

Deb that think is the size of a donkey! It's hard to believe goats get that dang big! WOW


Well I got the cornish X and 4 more hens sold and gone today. I have 3 more to go tomorrow and then dh told a guy he would hold 3 hens for him for 2-3 weeks. So I guess we shall see if he comes back. lol But I hope he does.

 

[perchie.girl]

OK last one doesnt look like a possiblity of angle deception.... You know having the goat closer to the camera making it look larger....



deb

 

[Wisher1000]

Those are the ugliest ponies I've ever seen..... smh .......

 

[Kusanar]

OK last one doesnt look like a possiblity of angle deception.... You know having the goat closer to the camera making it look larger....



deb

Lol, look at the HEAD on that thing... looks like he ran into a cinderblock wall at full speed....

 

[drumstick diva]

any chance it's photo shopped?