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[ronott1]

I ended up last night with 2 Marraduna Basques and 2 Lemon Cuckoo Orphingtons. I'm still a newbie on this and had 2 that didn't make it out of pipping. Bummer. But I'll learn. That's 11 that went into lockdown. 4clears. before. Getting into this egg business I just wanted to buy what I could afford and go from there. I have a foam Farmers Innovators or something It's apparent that I will need to upgrade sooner than later. I have a handyman that hatches hundreds of quail in an OLD cabinet that someone gave him. I may ask him to hatch me some of the White Pymouth Rocks with it comes time. The slackers are still not laying. Eight months old and it's not that cold here in La.. Ron said that I didn't need to add lights. I guess I'll just wait them out. I do have a little super blue egg layer that started this week. Tiny blue eggs. Very light.

The rocks will start soon.

For heritage breeds, 8 months can be Normal.

Do you have pictures of your white rocks?

 

[drumstick diva]

Is BAMA free? I thought not until 1-15 but, with my memory

 

[ozexpat]

Is BAMA free? I thought not until 1-15 but, with my memory

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maybe he can look but not touch

 

[Amberjem]

Amberjem, not a nuisance. At all, I have seen you on several threads and you are doing fine. Everybody was once a newbie and learning to navigate the forum. But it's so much fun to tell what you are up to. Questions? Somebody has always got an answer. Or maybe you have an answer for one of their questions. Even when I was brand new, I always had questions. That's how you learn. Don't ever lurk. Too many people out here that want's to be your friend.

it's amazing the shear numbers of questions which get generated just from finding out on answer lol

 

[Latestarter]

Yeah, I think the dude is restricted to lurk mode only for a while longer yet... Hopefully to the benefit of the "Idiot's Wife."

 

[Cynthia12]

I am hesitant to tell you all about my childhood.

It was WONDERFUL!

I was the youngest of four. My parents were loving and strict and gave us everything we needed and much of what we wanted. I was truly fortunate. My parents were well off, financially, but worked hard for their money (not old money.)

Dad worked his way up from floor sweeper to chemical engineer at a paper mill, and Mom was a secretary/clerk/stenographer at Goodrich Tire. They taught us to work for what we want, be kind and generous, but not to trust to the point of being gullible.

I never heard my father raise his voice in anger, to anyone, although he applied a belt to our butts as needed (which was not often.) We kids were never allowed to argue, much less fight, and disputes were handled democratically. Dad was tough and I would pity anyone who messed with him or anyone else he felt needed defending. He loved fiercely and there was never any doubt that he had our backs. I never saw him fight, but heard stories from his brothers from when he was young. My brother and I had to keep Dad from getting in a car and driving five hours to meet my sister's husband when she left him. It wasn't that we thought Dad would get hurt, we were worried that he would end up in prison.

Mom was the one that brought culture to the family. Her father was a university professor and they were comfortable when she was young. She made sure we appreciated our reputations, educations, appearances, and social standings. She taught that to Dad, too. He was a farm boy, she was a town girl. The biggest complaint I had as a child and teen was that I was not allowed to do the things my friends could like stay out late, hang with the crowd, and ride the roads. Guess what, my kids don't do those things, either. I remember hearing my friends talking about fights with siblings, wild parties, drunk parents, etc. and thought, "That's weird!" But I learned, as I matured, that my upbringing was the weird one and that most of my friends' were more like those shared here.

I work hard at doing as good a job at raising my own children as my parents did in raising us. They were a tough act to follow. If I do half as well, my kids will be blessed.

Your parents sound like they could be my DH's parents! I have told him so many times just how blessed he was to have such a great childhood, and like you, he had no idea that it was any different for others, until later school yrs. I loved his parents. They are both gone now. Miss them.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I ended up last night with 2 Marraduna Basques and 2 Lemon Cuckoo Orphingtons. I'm still a newbie on this and had 2 that didn't make it out of pipping. Bummer. But I'll learn. That's 11 that went into lockdown. 4clears. before. Getting into this egg business I just wanted to buy what I could afford and go from there. I have a foam Farmers Innovators or something It's apparent that I will need to upgrade sooner than later. I have a handyman that hatches hundreds of quail in an OLD cabinet that someone gave him. I may ask him to hatch me some of the White Pymouth Rocks with it comes time. The slackers are still not laying. Eight months old and it's not that cold here in La.. Ron said that I didn't need to add lights. I guess I'll just wait them out. I do have a little super blue egg layer that started this week. Tiny blue eggs. Very light.

You have pictures of the chicks?

As far as the LG goes, I agree that it is a lot more hovering, but not undoable. It will be rock steady and then drop or go up, if the house temp fluctuates. But I've gotten pretty good at miniscule adjustments with Wisher's milk jug top hack. I am actually preferring the LG - it's bigger, holds more eggs and is much more convenient than the Brinsea to move everything around in. The Brinsea drives me nuts when I try to candle.

This weekend I'm going to do my best to get the other LG up and running and adjusted to 99 for hatching in it.

 

[1kluckychik]

No one here is ignorant or unwanted or a bother. Except that one troll we had a few months back...

What is a troll?? (on byc of course)?

 

[ronott1]

What is a troll?? (on byc of course)?

Cute!

Not so cute:

In Internet slang, a troll (/ˈtroʊl/, /ˈtrɒl/) is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people,[1] by posting inflammatory,[2] extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response[3] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.[4]
This sense of the word troll and its associated verb trolling are associated with Internet discourse, but have been used more widely. Media attention in recent years has equated trolling with online harassment. For example, mass media has used troll to describe "a person who defaces Internet tribute sites with the aim of causing grief to families."

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Picture of the day.