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Only one egg from these made it to lockdown. She only lays 4 or 5 per month. 2 OEGB Crele eggs were set with the rest, one stopped after blastoderm developed
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Flowerbh said:
What kind are they?
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Partridge Brahma from some NICE birds in OH, and some MFD from FL, also very pretty. :)


Flowerbh said:
What would you do?  I have a young broody silkie who has been sitting on nothing for about 5 days.  I have 6 eggs in the bator that are due to hatch in about 10 days.  I took two of them out and put them in front of her.  She scooted them under her.  Should I go ahead and put all 6 under her now, or would you wait to see what she does with them?  I would like to clear the space in the bator, but this is her first time being broody and  I have two polish mixes and a NN as part of those 6 eggs and I don't want to lose them.  But, I also want the space by Tuesday.  That's when the ducks go into lockdown in the hatching bator and I will be adding new eggs to the incubator.  I guess I could add them on Monday.  Would she accept new ones then?  Don't have that much experience with broodies.  Thanks.
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That's a tough one. Mine is a first timer as well and I thought she was doing great.. Finally gave her some mutt eggs and she took them under her. Two days later she nest-hopped on me. I was so mad at her!! I put the eggs in the bator and they're fine, but still..

It's hard to trust the first-timers, I learned. :/
 
katiedarling said:
I forget who asked for pics last night, but here are a couple of crappy iPhone shots of the base frame from yesterday. Today was spent mostly mapping out the puzzle of framing walls. The next pic shows a temporary (as in carefully perched) mock-up of the outer shape of the side walls. Inside will be 8'x4'. I'm pretty shocked that it is about 99% level. Squared? Probably not so much. But I did it.


And now, I'm going to Chik-fil-A for some dinner & a milkshake.
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you don't remember me????
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looking good so far ma'am! And there's something extra nice about finishing something and being able to say "I did that"


but, you build on a chicken coop, and then go eat chicken........that just sounds wrong.......bahahahaha
 
katiedarling said:
I forget who asked for pics last night, but here are a couple of crappy iPhone shots of the base frame from yesterday. Today was spent mostly mapping out the puzzle of framing walls. The next pic shows a temporary (as in carefully perched) mock-up of the outer shape of the side walls. Inside will be 8'x4'. I'm pretty shocked that it is about 99% level. Squared? Probably not so much. But I did it.


And now, I'm going to Chik-fil-A for some dinner & a milkshake.
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oh, something else, I can teach you a trick for getting it square before you go any farther, if you want.
 
PapaChaz said:
oh, something else, I can teach you a trick for getting it square before you go any farther, if you want.
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Yes. New tricks are always welcome. I never did check to see if it was square. I'm assuming it's not. I have one of those L shaped ruler things(don"t know what it's called) but I've never actually used one before. The legs looked a little wonky to me but that sucker ain't going anywhere. I made the mistake of using 5" lag bolts, instead of 3 1/2". And no driver either. Hand cranked every one of those darn things with a ratchet. thirty two of them. I'll be doing makeup all day tomorrow with my left hand all bruised.

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But at least now when I wave at folks, the backs of my arms won"t wave, too!

And yeah, it is a bit weird with the chicken. I remember a couple of weeks ago, sitting by the brooder talking to them with a chick-fil-a in my hand. I kinda felt bad for a few minutes. LOL
 

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