That's to prevent idiots like my husband....er, wait....I meant to say people....yeah, that's it, people...That's to prevent people like my husband, from blowing up the countryside, with their Mr. Fix-It skills.
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That's to prevent idiots like my husband....er, wait....I meant to say people....yeah, that's it, people...That's to prevent people like my husband, from blowing up the countryside, with their Mr. Fix-It skills.
Congratulations, Ron.
I had to share this:
Thanks!
I had total faith you'd done well and it would work out.I went to bed last night with an little chick that I didn't think had a snowball's chance in an oven of surviving. I said goodbye to it and told it I was sorry that I hadn't gotten it out sooner. Woke up this morning to my husband telling me I needed to get up and take a look at my chick. I did. Much to my surprise, my little chick is fluffed up, standing up, holding it's head up and has its eyes open. It's moving around the incubator as much as it can. The umbilical cord hasn't worked free of the egg shell yet but it is very much alive.
Momma was a Buff O, daddy looks to be an OEGB rooster. Baby must have been working to get out longer then I thought and with the bad presentation just wore it'self out. It's still tired but at least it has a chance now.
The one thing that I noticed about the egg is that the embryo attached high on the egg, on the air cell membrane. I'm wondering if that contributed to the bad presentation.
Septic tanks....in Missouri we have what they call over the hill. Septic tanks are optional in the rural settings. Our system and those around us are just pipes ran underground from the indoor plumbing to the nearest ravine. The only regulation is that they have to be 75 feet away from your neighbor's property line. It's kinda gross but works. The only yuck moments come when you have to go down occasionally and clear the area around the discharge of debris.
Plus, like the old Erma Bombeck book, The weeds are always greener and taller around the over the hill.
I'm really glad to hear your chick is doing good!
One of the 12 hour chicks was breach and he took a day to get going too. I think the 60 hour chick had a bit of swelling on his head...but it had been pushing trying to get out for a while. I find the best thing is to leave 'em in the incubator for the day (as much as I hate doing that) Chick fuzz.
I can't imagine zipping out of an egg when everything's perfect. So tight! I don't know how some can zip out when they're breach. Just wow.
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That's terrific Ron! Nice looking chicks!
Happy Birthday, Diva!
I need an emoji that smacks itself in the face for this.How is this person raising chickens????? That's just SO BAD.
There aren't any words.
They are darling little chicks Ron. My little one is still dozing a lot. I'm leaving her alone till she gets a bit stronger then moving her to a brooder next to the incubator.
It is just freaking amazing what ordanences cities can think up to bilk money out of the tax paying citizens.
We have put in our own natural gas furnace and I can just imagine what their reactions would be to the natural gas pipeline that passes through our pasture.
Still I can see the thinking behind inspections. I can remember my parents hiring a guy my dad worked with to wire in a new circuitbreaker box and some new wiring in their house. The guy had been an electrician at Cat so supposedly he knew what he was doing. When the inspector came in I remember him looking at the circuitbreaker box and jerking his hand back before he touched the breaker. Seems as though Genius had wired everything in backwards
. He was a nice guy though. When my dad told him what had happened he showed my dad how to wire the breakers in properly and came back the next day. It passed with flying colors.
Lesson learned. Just because somebody claims to be an expert, doesn't necessarily mean that they are.
It is just freaking amazing what ordanences cities can think up to bilk money out of the tax paying citizens.
We have put in our own natural gas furnace and I can just imagine what their reactions would be to the natural gas pipeline that passes through our pasture.
Still I can see the thinking behind inspections. I can remember my parents hiring a guy my dad worked with to wire in a new circuitbreaker box and some new wiring in their house. The guy had been an electrician at Cat so supposedly he knew what he was doing. When the inspector came in I remember him looking at the circuitbreaker box and jerking his hand back before he touched the breaker. Seems as though Genius had wired everything in backwards
. He was a nice guy though. When my dad told him what had happened he showed my dad how to wire the breakers in properly and came back the next day. It passed with flying colors.Lesson learned. Just because somebody claims to be an expert, doesn't necessarily mean that they are.
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