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[RedReiner]

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OMG!!!!! Soooo darling! A month overdue?!! Mom looks like she is thinking "finally!" Congrats!!!

Thank you everyone! he is a big strapping colt too. his mom is a good 15'2 and his legs are almost as long as hers!! she had him in the pasture just before I got home from my moms b day dinner, he was already up. we brought him up to the barn I told my friend Murray to pick him up and he says to big...so I said I would get the big wheel barrow...he says...I dont think he will fit! I just checked on him, he is only a couple hours old and I watched him do a little lope and butt hop across the big stall. I have been waiting for him to arrive for almost a month, his due date was March 26th.

 

[Ogress]

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They did more on that NPR gang story today, on mothers and sisters of gang members, sad.

I need to dig out my tent trailer and see if it is full of mousies. I miss camping.

We should organize a Peeps & Quackers' camping trip some place not too far away. Lake Easton or something.
Who is game? I haven't driven too far with my trailer. Not enough guts.

I'm Game! We love going to Lake Kachess .... it is very near Lake Easton, only nicer. I used to always grab lake-side spots, but last time I went, and it was almost full. I found a double spot on the loop the RV's usually go to. It is a bit further from the lake (still an easy walk), and best of all, less mosquitos! Really nice big spot with woods all around and bathroom nearby (flush but no showers.... we go home for those as I am 35 miles away ... and I could still take care of my chickens!) The campground is great... fairly quiet (especially compared to Lake Wenatchee), lots of hiking, nice lake for boats of all sizes, good swim area, flat for bicycles... No camp store though.

 

[Ogress]

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I just can't sleep at normal hours

My internal clock fails

Good thing I have netflix to watch movies all night and this forum to look at

Yeah, on my nights off when I COULD go to bed at a decent hour, I end up wide awake until 2am...ugh...

But the old alarm clock still goes off at 730am to get DS ready for school...

I've always got insomnia, and the bad part is my DS's school bus comes by at 6:40 a.m.!!! What were they thinking???? Don't teens and almost teens need to sleep in? I have to be up by 6:00, and often earlier if he did not complete his homework.

 

[Ogress]

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My 2 SLW are Lila and LuLu. I named Lila after a silver haired lady I know who is terrified of chickens because a mean old roo came flying at her when she was a child, and this still traumatizes her 60+ years later.

 

[Ogress]

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sweet little guy

 

[Ogress]

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It's a good thing my girls are in bed or we'd be going from chicken math to horse math!!!! Sooo awesome and cute!

You just changed your Avatar; love it!!! cute little chick.

 

[Ogress]

Geesh, I'm sitting here talkin to myself when I could be dusting my messy house. You all went to bed, and I just can't relax when I see how messy my place is. But then I hate cleaning the house, so I come here and talk to myself instead.

 

[broodytood]

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It's a good thing my girls are in bed or we'd be going from chicken math to horse math!!!! Sooo awesome and cute!

You just changed your Avatar; love it!!! cute little chick.

Thanks, I just couldnt resist!

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Just got home from work, and have to chaperone a field trip to Ft. Vancouver tomorrow...gag....goodnight all!!!

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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Sorry honey. On my last egg left. I waited 24 hours. When I disected it, the poor chick looked to have quit about a week before hatch date... But I dont have much more experience than you do. So I would wait and see what everyone else thinks. Dont beat yourself up over it though, remember that you are still in the learning process.

eta, the egg was also very large, and the chick looked like it was two combining into one...

Was icky to look at but very interesting as well. Maby a double yolker?

Eeeww

I don't look at the presumed dead eggs. I just toss them all out and look forward to the next hatch.
I read that you need to put all the eggs in at once, then let it hatch out, don't go look or poke at it...thats why its called lock down. then if it doesn't hatch, out it goes after 2 days toss..
If it is a late bloomer, there is going to be problems with it anyhow. I rather toss them out as an egg than have to kill them later. YUCK YUCK.
So I'm trying my bestest to not even go look. I know they can live out of their egg sack for a day.
After a day, I'll go take any chicks out quickly and then spray the eggs with water.
Thats my plan for this week.
Anyone doing different? I lost babies last week to tough membrane so I think its because I opened everytime there was a newbie.
CL?

Why do you spray with water? CL said she did this too. After lockdown I opened once to take out the 6 that were all dry as they were knocking all the eggs around. And then I took out the last 2 when they were totally dry and I saw nothing happening with the other eggs. I have the Brinsea which shows me the temp and the humidity. I was able to keep it around 63-65% humidity, which is what the book said to do. I like the idea of a spray bottle.