Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[stillmecle]

from 'New Egg' to 'Just Hatched': 25
from 'Just Hatched' to 'Out of The Brooder: 50
from 'Out of The Brooder' to 'Chillin' with my Peeps': 150
from 'Chillin' with my Peeps' to 'Overrun with Chickens': 500
from 'Overrun with Chickens' to 'Chicken Obsessed': 1000
from 'Chicken Obsessed' to 'True BYC Addict': 2500
from 'True BYC Addict' to 'Flock Master': 5000


I'm going to get a GFM membership here in a few.

Why is everything being highlighted?

ETA: Nevermind, it's not showing up highlighted just when I'm typing. WEird.

What do you get being a GFM member?

 

[Iain Utah]

SM, I hope so too!! I am bummed that Pete has not been online since we posted last about our eggs... would love to get his input.

 

[bakingintherain]

SM, I'll be following your goosies closely towards the end of the week!!

bakin, I bet you get seriously cold temps where you live!

it has been a VERY mild winter up until today and it was very frigid and right now it is hovering around 11 degrees

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

What do you get being a GFM member?

Nothing really. LOL. More email space (unlimited PM's I think?) and the GFM yellow bar.

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

SM, I hope so too!! I am bummed that Pete has not been online since we posted last about our eggs... would love to get his input.

Who is this pete person that everyone talks about?

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

Should my goose eggs be tilted? What's up with that?


ETA: And everyone does the cool off thing right?

 

[bakingintherain]

Mine only get in the pool for a bit and then back out into the sun or into the shelter.

mine are either not hat smart or they find happiness in my suffering

but they will not sleep in either one of their two shelters. they sleep in the water, my front steps, or on the bank by the water! ugg

 

[Iain Utah]

Who is this pete person that everyone talks about?

Pete is a professional goose breeder in the UK who wrote the waterfowl hatching guide that is a sticky. That guide became a int'l published article in magazines. He also wrote a 2nd guide in goose thread about damaged air cells.

 

[stillmecle]

Who is this pete person that everyone talks about?

Under the Incubating sticky notes there is a moderator named Pete that talks about misaligned and detached air cells on goose eggs. I have sent him questions and pictures of my goose eggs but have never gotten a reply,

How are your air cells in your goose eggs QJ?

 

[Iain Utah]

QJ, I cool and mist mine every night for about 5 minutes. Usually candle them then.