The Old Folks Home

[CapricornFarm]

Cute bunnies there Cap well made the cakes then the frosting love butter cream but made it chocolate coops done 1 hour feed dogs then start dinner View attachment 1740762

Thanks Penny, one is spoken for already!

 

[bruceha2000]

They are saying it started in 2 places, sounds fishy to me.

The news I have seen says it was an accident and not suspicious so far for the cause of the Notre Dame fire

I'm with Cap. I also heard they are saying it was an accident but TWO accidents in two somewhat distant places in the cathedral at basically the same time?

Yesterday was non stop from 7 AM when I got up til 8:30pm when I finally set down.

You must be whipped!

@ronott1 what is the formula for egg washing before incubating?

Are they particularly dirty? I'm pretty sure ducks don't wash their eggs before they incubate them in a nest.

 

[ronott1]

Are they particularly dirty? I'm pretty sure ducks don't wash their eggs before they incubate them in a nest.

There is a bit of a difference between a nest and an incubator. Washing eggs is actually recommended for all incubator hatches. That is how the hatcheries do it.

We do have an old wives tail about not washing them but studies do not show this as being true.

I would not wash eggs in a broody nest though and I do not wash them if they are not visibly dirty.

 

[Alaskan]

That is what I do with dirty eggs. They hatch fine too.

Thanks so much.

I always forget.

 

[Alaskan]

View attachment 1740710
Baby lionhead

View attachment 1740711
Baby lionhead #2

Cute bunnies! Thanks for sharing.

Are they particularly dirty? I'm pretty sure ducks don't wash their eggs before they incubate them in a nest.

I find that if the eggs are pretty dirty(verses lightly soiled) then they often don't hatch. My girls usually keep a clean nest... but if the nest gets dirty the hatch rate goes down.

There is a bit of a difference between a nest and an incubator. Washing eggs is actually recommended for all incubator hatches. That is how the hatcheries do it.

We do have an old wives tail about not washing them but studies do not show this as being true.

I would not wash eggs in a broody nest though and I do not wash them if they are not visibly dirty.

I don't wash the eggs as long as they look clean..but these eggs are for a friend. Her ducks were nesting, and getting ready to go broody... ... but then a raven found the nest and started to steal eggs, and the ducks were scared of the raven so didn't scare it off, just abandoned the nest.

The eggs are all dirtier than I would like. It is break-up here, so mud galore!

They need to be washed.

 

[Alaskan]

Ha! My eldest son was staying with a friend of mine...

And the friend thought my kid looked like that Aquaman dude... so sent me this photoshop of my kid on the Aquaman poster.

 

[ronott1]

Ha! My eldest son was staying with a friend of mine...

And the friend thought my kid looked like that Aquaman dude... so sent me this photoshop of my kid on the Aquaman poster.

View attachment 1741104

Nice!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Alaskan good looking kid very fitting poster

 

[drumstick diva]

But, but, but, Aqua man does NOT wear a shirt

 

[getaclue]

I use a dry paper towel to wipe off any specks of dirt, but quickly rinse mildly dirty eggs. Those with pooh build up, get a wet paper towel, folded up, and placed over the pooh spot, long enough to soften it, so it can be wiped clean. All my eggs get a quick dip in a mild Oxine solution, before going into the incubator. A mild bleach water solution works too.