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[Zgoatlady]

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It's kind of the equivalent.

The baby's being "incubated" now and we have to "candle" it and then it will...um....hatch?

 

[Rainwolf]

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should be fine, but in future maybe use a damp rag and wipe clean. I've had washed eggs hatch but I find the washed ones have a lower hatch rate then the unwashed ones.

 

[hallerlake]

There were only two that had gotten eggy.

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should be fine, but in future maybe use a damp rag and wipe clean. I've had washed eggs hatch but I find the washed ones have a lower hatch rate then the unwashed ones.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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The Dr told my mom the same thing about me.. He was WRONG LOL

That is great that everything is going good..

I'm hoping so...I really want a little girl....but I'd settle for a boy....ultimately as long as it's healthy, I don't care!

 

[Kaneke]

power failure UGH !!!

some #$%^&* hit the power pole which supplies the access road for our part of town/country

which of course meant the nice ceramic heater that has been keeping my chickies toasty warm -- went cold

I worried

turned out both the generator, and my Trooper, were OUT OF GAS -- so that wasn't an option (DH was off on daylong errands)

small stroke of luck, the bathroom where their brooder box is, has been holding the heat generated by that heater, even though it isn't at all a "space" heater -- so the room was maybe 65* -- may have gotten down to 60*

the rest of the house stays between 50 and 55 except when the sun shines in the windows

plus I think the tile floor of the shower was acting as a bit of a heat sink ...

I expected to find the seven littles, all huddled against the heater .... but NO!

they were at the OTHER end of the brooder box, snuggled down next to the feeder, in the part where their grassy bedding was deepest

(weedy grass over a skim of pine shavings with an adult incontinence pad on the bottom)

power was out for over three hours ... but y'know what? I didn't hear ONE distressed sounding cheep, not one

these are EEs .. Del's gets them from Privett .. either a week old today, or a week and a day

as others have said, from time to time, we may be over-pampering our chicks, by keeping them at 90* 24/7 the first week

because my experience parallels what the people with EcoGlows have reported -- the chicks stay by the warm spot for a little bit, then go wandering/bouncing out doing things for quite a while, then back to the heat for a little bit ---

the first three days, they all slept with their fuzzybutts backed up to the heat source

since then, they have mostly slept on the lumpy tree branches I put in their brooder, maybe 6 to 8 inches away from the heat, except for the runt of the bunch, who's been snuggling down in the bedding a couple of inches from the heat

this ceramic heater reads 105* on its surface, 75* an inch away (but you can feel heat soaking into your skin), 65* four inches away, and room temperature further away from that

power is back on now, I am starting to recover from lack-of-internet withdrawal ....

 

[Chickielady]

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It's kind of the equivalent.

The baby's being "incubated" now and we have to "candle" it and then it will...um....hatch?

Oh Gawd!!!!!!!!! Not that kinda hatch!!!
But I am sure you will do it with the grace you do everything else !!

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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It's kind of the equivalent.

The baby's being "incubated" now and we have to "candle" it and then it will...um....hatch?

Oh Gawd!!!!!!!!! Not that kinda hatch!!!
But I am sure you will do it with the grace you do everything else !!

LOL Gee, thanks! Not sure about the "vent" part either!

Either way, I have requested this from my mom....

http://www.toysrus.com/product/prod...g&displayTab=enh&productId=4015425&totCount=0

 

[Chickielady]

Oh gosh Heather that is soo dang cute ! We will have to see pics of the baby wearing that!!
look at the little chicken feet booties !!!

 

[cackleberrylinda]

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Show Quality Rhode Island Red bantams in.... Somethingorother.


I have to go jean-shopping tomorrow and I do not want to. Sigh. Stupid jeans, why do they have to get holes in them??

Oh, wait. It's because I insist on climbing trees and building useless structures and other activities that are hard on denim. I guess I deserve it.

 

[SadieSue]

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Great job! but ermm wheres the floor??


*I know nuffin i know... but I thought the floor was the first thing built then the walls then the roof? am I wrong? I need to know since I plan of building a new shed/coop this summer.

The foundation is built, and leveled, then the sub floor (those boards under the floor that supposrt it) then the floor (usually plywood or floor paticle board) then the walls are built on ehte floor & stood up, then the top sill is nailes in place.
So, where is the floor ?
You cannot build a floor with the walls already up.
Hope you get it straightened out, otherwise there will be a wet soggy dirt for a floor & rats and mice & creepies can get in, dig right under.
Otherwise, it looks great.

It's a raised coop, with the floor being 2 1/2 feet off the ground, screened in underneath. The coop itself is 4X8 and the total run size is 8X12, so 98 sq. feet. Although there ae plenty of pages and pictures to refer to, my builders build the way they want, so I'm hoping this works out!