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[superchemicalgirl]

If any of you are brave enough, you can join me in the Phils.

The whole experience for a week would be less than $2200 unless you add in jet skiing or scuba diving

The chicken Mission was postponed until September

Why was it postponed?

I have a dumb question.

How do I know or is there a set age when my chicks will not need the heat bulb? I have raised it b/c I noticed they dont sit under it. Just on the outside edge of the light. Is there a certain temperature at night that I need to look for?

Please excuse my lack of knowledge on this

I have a completely different way of doing this - I keep my brooding indoors in the climate controlled basement. It is usually between 55 and 65 degrees down there. I have found that the babies really only need heat for about 7 to 10 days in those conditions. I used to do the 5-degrees-a-week thing until I watched a broody mom raise her chicks out in the coop in the dead of winter in -20 degrees. I then became much more lax about the whole thing and have not lost a single bird. I do feed high protein game bird starter to increase feather growth.


Glad it's not -30 here. We are under a snow watch for 6 to 10 inches, though. I am hoping to be able to finish up putting a quilt together tonight (if the roads aren't too bad and I get home at a decent time) and then hopefully quilt and bind it this weekend. Do you guys think this is too "boy" to be given to a baby girl? The blues have doves, red cardinals and flowers on them.

 

[chickadoodles]

I think everywhere is getting odd weather. Up here we are used to cold snaps so we build for it. We actually used to get more/longer cold. It's the warm spells that are new for us. It makes me want more.lol

We usually get mild winters here the last several years I have used the a/c at chiristmas and a cold spell here and there. This winter has been colder than we have had here in more years that I can think of. I can't help but wonder if when our axis shift happened it changed the areas for weather patterns. I know the specialists say no, but what other reason could it be?

 

[chickadoodles]

Why was it postponed?


I have a completely different way of doing this - I keep my brooding indoors in the climate controlled basement. It is usually between 55 and 65 degrees down there. I have found that the babies really only need heat for about 7 to 10 days in those conditions. I used to do the 5-degrees-a-week thing until I watched a broody mom raise her chicks out in the coop in the dead of winter in -20 degrees. I then became much more lax about the whole thing and have not lost a single bird. I do feed high protein game bird starter to increase feather growth.


Glad it's not -30 here. We are under a snow watch for 6 to 10 inches, though. I am hoping to be able to finish up putting a quilt together tonight (if the roads aren't too bad and I get home at a decent time) and then hopefully quilt and bind it this weekend. Do you guys think this is too "boy" to be given to a baby girl? The blues have doves, red cardinals and flowers on them.

I think it is pretty and would make a nice gift for a baby girl! Great job on it

 

[dsqard]

If any of you are brave enough, you can join me in the Phils.

The whole experience for a week would be less than $2200 unless you add in jet skiing or scuba diving

The chicken Mission was postponed until September

Oz I will not be able to afford out of the country this year but your pictures have sold me on doing this maybe next year if you are doing it more than once?

 

[dsqard]

SCG the quilt is beautiful and I am sure the little girl it is for will love it.

 

[insanity]

 

[superchemicalgirl]

SCG the quilt is beautiful and I am sure the little girl it is for will love it.

Thanks. My sister and mom both said "NO!" but besides being blue and not really "girly" I couldn't see anything wrong with it. The other option I have is to keep it or give it away as a "lap quilt" as no one I know is having boys and it's really baby or "lap" sized at only 4 feet by 4 feet. I have two technicians under me in my pharmacy that are having baby girls within the next month. If I give this to technician A then I will certainly have to give one to technician B, and I'm already committed to making a wedding quilt for someone eloping at the end of this month (although that one is not quite as time sensitive). This pattern doesn't take long at all, I got most of it done within about 6 hours, the next one should be much faster if I do determine that is its fate and that it needs to be repeated. I personally don't need a quilt - have a few my sister has made me and I'm working on a queen sized one for myself as well. I guess that's one problem with quilting - finding someone to gift it to.

 

[pickitfarm]

Thanks. My sister and mom both said "NO!" but besides being blue and not really "girly" I couldn't see anything wrong with it. The other option I have is to keep it or give it away as a "lap quilt" as no one I know is having boys and it's really baby or "lap" sized at only 4 feet by 4 feet. I have two technicians under me in my pharmacy that are having baby girls within the next month. If I give this to technician A then I will certainly have to give one to technician B, and I'm already committed to making a wedding quilt for someone eloping at the end of this month (although that one is not quite as time sensitive). This pattern doesn't take long at all, I got most of it done within about 6 hours, the next one should be much faster if I do determine that is its fate and that it needs to be repeated. I personally don't need a quilt - have a few my sister has made me and I'm working on a queen sized one for myself as well. I guess that's one problem with quilting - finding someone to gift it to.

Blue is my favorite color. I don't stick with pink for girls and blue for boys.....it trite. The recipient will love it and appreciate that it was made by you. I love homemade gifts it makes you feel the person cared enough to take their time to complete it and make something just for you.

 

[Pozees]

Quote: LOL here let me send you my address Sounds to me as if you have gotten better at this quickly.

I agree, chicks often need far less heat than we think they do.

Blue is my favorite color. I don't stick with pink for girls and blue for boys.....it trite. The recipient will love it and appreciate that it was made by you. I love homemade gifts it makes you feel the person cared enough to take their time to complete it and make something just for you.

My son's favorite color from the moment he was old enough to let me know he had an opinion, was yellow. He especially like a yellow t-shirt paired with his cow shorts. I, too, especially appreciate homemade gifts.

 

[Pozees]

Anyone here ever hatch Pheasants? I may have access to a fair number of inexpensive (for Pheasant) eggs, and the little bit of research I've done so far leads me to believe the temps for incubating and hatching are pretty similar to chickens, but that the Pheasants may need higher humidity, and are more sensitive to brief drops during hatch. Same author also says they should be brooded in almost complete darkness to minimize the chicks picking each other to death. Makes me a little nervous, not sure I want to try.