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[Imp]

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That might be one big Blue Flame.

 

[UrbanEnthusiast]

He has white eyelashes on one eye, which makes it look smaller, and the other eye has black 'eyeliner' which makes it look bigger.the overall effect is he OFF in someway...like Popeye.

Yeah, I gathered that from the pics. I had to look really hard to make sure one eye wasn't actually larger than the other. So cute!

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Lol

 

[Chickielady]

That might be one big Blue Flame.

Probably last for weeks.....................

 

[Stumpfarmer]

Well, since my attempt to go back to sleep was a big failure because my husband's alarm went off (at 8:45, when he has to get up once a month for an early meeting, so of course he just lets it run at that time the other 29-30 days to be consistent, even though he's rarely up before 11) I went out in my bathrobe and curlers to check: all surfaces, exterior and interior, are intact, so the gnawing is inside the wall, somehow. Or maybe in the duct work. Which I can't get to without moving the huge bed and the bench across the foot of said bead and the heavy oak bedside table... ARGH.

I need Hulk Smash Powers.

 

[Chickielady]

Well, since my attempt to go back to sleep was a big failure because my husband's alarm went off (at 8:45, when he has to get up once a month for an early meeting, so of course he just lets it run at that time the other 29-30 days to be consistent, even though he's rarely up before 11) I went out in my bathrobe and curlers to check: all surfaces, exterior and interior, are intact, so the gnawing is inside the wall, somehow. Or maybe in the duct work. Which I can't get to without moving the huge bed and the bench across the foot of said bead and the heavy oak bedside table... ARGH.
I need Hulk Smash Powers.

Gnawing in a wall would drive me nuts !
I would sleep elsewhere !!!!!!!!!
It is also very dangerous, rats & mice love to chew the insulation of electrical wires.....and can short themselves out on it, and start a fire !!!!!!!!!!

Me thinks you need an exterminator, pronto !

 

[Chickielady]

Well I am going back out to work on wiring...later space fans, whereever you are ..........

 

[itsren]

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OK. Thank you. So far, I've felt pretty relaxed about the whole hatching process because I never knew for certain any of them were really alive. Seeing the eggs rock on their own puts a whole new spin on things. I am now realizing that I really am responsible for little babies now. I'm going to get the 2nd incubator on today and ready to go. I think I'm going to keep the three that are rocking in the first incubator and put the other two that haven't moved in the other one. I can only guess that they might hatch later. I know one of them was alive and moving the other day when we candled, but it looked smaller than the others, so I'm not sure if it is a breed thing, or it is just further behind.

CR... the white egg... were you ever able to figure out what that might be? The embryo in that egg was clearly smaller than the embryos in the brown eggs. The embryo in the white egg is much, much smaller than it's own egg. But it was alive and kicking when we candled it yesterday, so I'm not sure why it is so small. The others completely fill their eggs.

Also, any idea what mixes might be hatching? The rundown on all the eggs.... all were candled yesterday morning.

Egg A had a very dark side and a large air cell. It is rocking on it's own today.

Egg B is the one we suspect may have quit - no movement yet, difficult to candle and had 2 small air pockets on each side instead of 1 large one like we should be seeing.

Egg C was difficult to see, but we saw a tiny bit of what looked like a shadow moving. It is rocking on it's own today.

Egg D... same as egg C.

Egg E had a very wiggly embryo in it, but it was much smaller than the rest. The embryo is much smaller than it's own egg - no where near filling the egg. But, it was moving. Crazy. They were all set on the same day.
Egg F had a hairline crack (possibly from my daughter climbing over the egg carton in the van) so we didn't incubate it. It got scrambled and fed to the chickens.

Well I'm off to go nest. I might have babies soon!

 

[Nikki99]

well at least your GETTING eggs, I have been getting one egg every other day, now and then FOR THREE MONTHS!! My husband made me mad cause he said, they were getting too expensive and if they didn't start earning their keep he was gonna start butchering them!!! How humiliating to own 17 brown egg layn hens and have to go to the store and buy stinkin WHITE EGGS!!!

I *kinda* feel your pain. It hasn't been that long for us but we are on day 3 now, 5 girls, 0 eggs for 3 days. It sucks to think we're going to have to buy store eggs soon, especially sense we are going through so much stinkin chicken food!!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Well I am going back out to work on wiring...later space fans, whereever you are ..........

NOW YER TALKIN the fun stuff !!!!!