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[MrsMistyReal]

Sweet dreams everyone

 

[microchick]

You too, Misty. I'm heading to bed as soon as the Isle of Man TT race is over.

 

[pennyJo1960]

night misty out here alone in the office need to see if BF is out of his room
we been home a short time went to dinner Mexican in Morton full day grocery shopping

 

[room onthebroom]

ITS STONE CLEANING & SETTING SEASON & I'M MISSING IT.

 

[room onthebroom]

Did I make a boo boo? That is hysterical. Yes the vertigo would stop and my heart along with it. Well some junk called Bonine didn't work either.

Ugh! vertigo is horrid!!! Did your Dr. show you how to do the Epley Maneuver?

 

[pennyJo1960]

it is sitting here glad to be home here needing a sweatshirt tonight this June but January
like weather this week

 

[Latestarter]

I'd gladly swap a little heat from here for a little cool from there Penny. 1am and the outside temp is 76° with ~80% humidity. Daytime temps have been running low to mid 90s. I try to not let it stop me from using the jacuzzi every night. Just finished a short time ago then cooked up a fried egg (in bacon grease) and cheese sandwich to carry me through till tomorrow. Wish I'd had some bacon thawed out to cook and put on it.

Sorry about the lousy hatch(es)/lost chicks. Hope those who are hurting can/will heal up quickly and well. Very nice work you're doing there SCG. Thanks for sharing the pics. Hope you had a great night's sleep everyone as I'll be headed that way shortly.

 

[Alaskan]

1am and the outside temp is 76° with ~80% humidity.

love me some heat!

 

[perchie.girl]

@chickadoodles! Sorry to hear about the injured ankle. Feel better soon.

I took the day off from the internet to get things caught up around the house and deal with the aftermath of my truly horrendous hatching. I thought I had 7 chicks hatch out of 12. Turned out to be 6. The little one I assisted out of the shell never did well. It was weak still yesterday morning and having trouble keeping up with the others. Mom was obliging and letting it huddle under her. It seemed bit better at noon yesterday so I thought it was over the hump.

It's been miserable hot here so I have been going out every three hours to check water. Checked the babies and could only count 5. Got feeling really gloomy at that point, Spent 10 minutes combing through litter with my fingers until I found the poor little thing.Don't know what happened but it had been scalped.and was near death. Don't know if they tried to cannibalize it as it was dying or what. I hadn't witnessed any aggression from any of the chicks or hens.

I finally had to euthanize as I didn't want it to suffer any longer.

5 chicks healthy but only 5 out of 18 eggs sux. I'm sure the heat has had something to do with it but I was pretty well bummed all day by it.

Told DH I was happier just hatching in my Brinsea with my 100% hatch rates. So what do we ladies do when we are bummed besides eat a half a gallon of Baskin Robbins? We clean house! At least I do.

Don't feel so bummed today. Chickens are going to be chickens. The 5 remaining chicks are doing well and their mom's are co-brooding which is fun to watch.

I also have a few BO and Welly hens that are holding their weight and one good rooster in that group so I may not cull all, just the ones loosing weight and keep the healthier ones around as pets.

Also noticed that one of our Amish neighbors, the ones I got my bantam cross eggs from, how has Guineas roaming around. I'm thinking fertile eggs and wondering how many I can cram into my incubator, LOL.

so heart breaking....

Guineas are awesome but you have to be ready for the noise and antics They do not get Mericks. They take 28 days to hatch but the little buggers are tough... egg wise. I gathered a group of pullet eggs I could find in my coop they had been kicked about and rolled around some had been sitting in full sun at 90 plus temperatures. I had no idea if they would hatch at all. I threw em in the bator with some Auracana eggs put em all on lock down for the chicken eggs and left em on lock down for the guineas.... Three out of five hatched. I candled but never saw them pip internally but knew they were growning.... They pipped and Zipped within an hour of each other and popped out of those eggs like popcorn. and after tumbling out and around the incubator for a time they were in full Guinea Run mode.... Of course with a few inflight sleep modes... I found one draped over the chick feeder wings out and one leg under... I though Oh Gawd Dead... but it heard a noise and hopped up to see what was going on.

deb

 

[CapricornFarm]

@chickadoodles! Sorry to hear about the injured ankle. Feel better soon.

I took the day off from the internet to get things caught up around the house and deal with the aftermath of my truly horrendous hatching. I thought I had 7 chicks hatch out of 12. Turned out to be 6. The little one I assisted out of the shell never did well. It was weak still yesterday morning and having trouble keeping up with the others. Mom was obliging and letting it huddle under her. It seemed bit better at noon yesterday so I thought it was over the hump.

It's been miserable hot here so I have been going out every three hours to check water. Checked the babies and could only count 5. Got feeling really gloomy at that point, Spent 10 minutes combing through litter with my fingers until I found the poor little thing.Don't know what happened but it had been scalped.and was near death. Don't know if they tried to cannibalize it as it was dying or what. I hadn't witnessed any aggression from any of the chicks or hens.

I finally had to euthanize as I didn't want it to suffer any longer.

5 chicks healthy but only 5 out of 18 eggs sux. I'm sure the heat has had something to do with it but I was pretty well bummed all day by it.

Told DH I was happier just hatching in my Brinsea with my 100% hatch rates. So what do we ladies do when we are bummed besides eat a half a gallon of Baskin Robbins? We clean house! At least I do.

Don't feel so bummed today. Chickens are going to be chickens. The 5 remaining chicks are doing well and their mom's are co-brooding which is fun to watch.

I also have a few BO and Welly hens that are holding their weight and one good rooster in that group so I may not cull all, just the ones loosing weight and keep the healthier ones around as pets.

Also noticed that one of our Amish neighbors, the ones I got my bantam cross eggs from, how has Guineas roaming around. I'm thinking fertile eggs and wondering how many I can cram into my incubator, LOL.

i got two calls for guinea keets today, i have 7 for sale. And one rabbit call. Going to be busy tomorrow and i can't turn off the mind to sleep. Took Benadryl a while ago, time for something stronger.