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Velvet Sparrow posted:WE HAVE EMBRYOS! Chickens!
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# ? Apr 7, 2022 00:08 |
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# ? May 21, 2024 16:25 |
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I love this thread - I do not have chickens of my own but I enjoy reading about them and many of my neighbors have them. I was on a walk today down a street I had not been down recently and noticed 2 big chickens pecking in someones back yard and I exclaimed to my husband "CHICK ANS CHICK CHICK CHIKS!!!" and the came to my side of the fence to come look at me lol I am excited for another year of Chickcam
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# ? Apr 7, 2022 00:14 |
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Velvet Sparrow posted:WE HAVE EMBRYOS! my husband, cats, and I are all super excited for chickam started following this thread for the chickam updates but i love everyone's birds
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# ? Apr 7, 2022 03:20 |
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silicone thrills posted:I love this thread - I do not have chickens of my own but I enjoy reading about them and many of my neighbors have them.
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# ? Apr 7, 2022 04:40 |
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silicone thrills posted:I love this thread - I do not have chickens of my own but I enjoy reading about them and many of my neighbors have them. You can give them some tasty clover or dandelion greens to further befriend them
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# ? Apr 7, 2022 09:02 |
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I swear on the chicken boards on reddit 1/3rd are people asing "hen or rooster?!?!", another 1/3rd are people with egg bound or avian flu and not recognising it, and the other 1/3rd are dead chicken pics from various reasons.
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# ? Apr 7, 2022 10:16 |
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Alterian posted:I swear on the chicken boards on reddit 1/3rd are people asing "hen or rooster?!?!", another 1/3rd are people with egg bound or avian flu and not recognising it, and the other 1/3rd are dead chicken pics from various reasons. I wish I was kidding.
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# ? Apr 7, 2022 11:17 |
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Did that big red egg have an embryo? BOTH of the Nyx eggs have embryos! Although 12_String and I just last night discussed the lack of forethought in making new chickens that are half Brahma, half Marans. Both GIANT eating machines. Laughing at silicone thrills calling neighborhood chickens...whenever we go anywhere in the car we always slow down to call 'Chick chick chick!' at every house that has chickens, then laugh at the chickens as they come running. I'm not the only one who does this, right?
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# ? Apr 7, 2022 16:43 |
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Velvet Sparrow posted:WE HAVE EMBRYOS! I'm glad you are still doing Chickam and still telling us about it here in this thread, Chickam is a big part of why I have chickens now.
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# ? Apr 7, 2022 16:49 |
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Will there be a main chickam thread in GBS?
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# ? Apr 7, 2022 17:48 |
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my cat is norris posted:Will there be a main chickam thread in GBS? Yes. I'll post a link in this thread when I start it. So...the ReptiPro incubator is giving me problems, stubbornly avoiding the perfect temp of 99.5 that I need from it and instead holding at either 98.6 (too cold, embryos die) or 101.5 (too hot, embryos die) degrees. This happened once before with my previous ReptiPro 9 years ago, just before it made horrible 'gonna burn your house down and kill you in your sleep' smells and died, and we got the current one. I'm hoping this one doesn't quit on me mid-incubation or kill the embryos. Right now we're babysitting it. Only a couple of banty hens are broody, I'm unsure if they'd accept sitting on eggs inside the house & don't have a safe alternative outdoors. To make matters worse, ReptiPro hasn't had any incubators available for more than a year. Their site still exists, but I can't find an available unit. There are other brands but they are an unknown quantity. Still have my 20+ year old styrofoam Little Giant incubators is all else fails... Fingers crossed for Chickam. Stupid chicken drama. All I want is for this year not to be the baby chick death-fest that last year was.
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# ? Apr 7, 2022 18:24 |
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Velvet Sparrow posted:
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# ? Apr 7, 2022 20:37 |
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I can recommend the Nurture Right 360, if you need to get something new. The display temp & humidity aren’t always accurate but they are adjustable and they hold pretty steady. It’s mostly idiot proof too. Broodies are best though
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# ? Apr 7, 2022 21:10 |
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Joburg posted:I can recommend the Nurture Right 360, if you need to get something new. The display temp & humidity aren’t always accurate but they are adjustable and they hold pretty steady. It’s mostly idiot proof too. I'v never relied on an incubator's temp/humidity readouts. I use a seperate hygrometer and a Spot Check probe thermometer (gives you readings in 1/2 degree increments so you can hit that 99.5 sweet spot) shoved inside a water weasel for accurate 'what's the weather like *inside* the egg' temperate and humidity readings, and that's worked out super well. Thanks for the tip on the incubator, I'll keep it in mind! But yeah, broodies are the best.
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# ? Apr 8, 2022 00:00 |
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https://twitter.com/DickKingSmith/status/868388958811697153
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# ? Apr 8, 2022 19:48 |
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Large Marge hatched a chick! https://youtu.be/65vjhIIZOe0 I won’t try to see until I hear more than one baby. She had 3 live eggs when I candled them yesterday.
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# ? Apr 9, 2022 13:14 |
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Large Marge
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# ? Apr 9, 2022 13:22 |
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She has such a cute face
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# ? Apr 9, 2022 13:55 |
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We've got our first beetles!
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# ? Apr 9, 2022 14:49 |
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Large Marge, I think I love you.
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# ? Apr 9, 2022 15:05 |
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Imagined posted:We've got our first beetles! I like to pretend that I’m hardcore but I don’t think I could farm bugs.
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# ? Apr 9, 2022 15:29 |
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They're cool! They're super gentle, don't stink or anything, can't jump or fly, can't bite, don't smell, aren't slimy...
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# ? Apr 9, 2022 20:29 |
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Joburg posted:Large Marge hatched a chick! Imagined posted:We've got our first beetles!
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# ? Apr 9, 2022 20:57 |
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The girls' food bin was empty when I went out this morning, so they followed me all around the yard until I refilled it and then dove right in.
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# ? Apr 9, 2022 22:58 |
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# ? Apr 10, 2022 15:02 |
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Post a warning on content like that, I nearly died viewing it without warning
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# ? Apr 10, 2022 17:33 |
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LOL My border collie-lab mix, Barley, had to have ACL surgery last month and will be on limited activity for probably another 2 months. That is poultry-relevant because he is our big flying bird deterrent. Today a couple of crows found the guineas’ nest and ate one egg and disturbed the rest. I saw it and chased them off but they came back later to check again. Barley barked impotently from inside the house. The chickens, guineas, and ducks apparently don’t care if crows come and eat their eggs. Dang birds. Hopefully those crows don’t have avian influenza.
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# ? Apr 10, 2022 21:04 |
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^^^Helmet Hen Less than a week to go for Chickam! Hatch day will be Sat, April 16th- Sun, April 17th. We're testing the camera today. My brooder box materials should be here Tuesday/Wednesday, which is cutting it fine in giving me enough time to whack it together. We'll go with the kiddie pool to start if there's a time crunch. The eggs are getting heavy! I'm going to do one final candling in the next day or two as I suspect I have a couple of quitters, but most are looking great!
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# ? Apr 10, 2022 21:17 |
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lol we wrapped our run in mesh today. i hope it keeps the sparrows out. the chickens are gonna be hella pissed about not getting yard time.
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# ? Apr 11, 2022 01:58 |
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Large Marge FINALLY came off the nest so I could see her babies. All 3 eggs hatched so she has 3 half Cream Legbar- half brown egg layer chicks. I think the mostly yellow baby is half Buff Orpington but the others are a mystery.
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# ? Apr 12, 2022 00:19 |
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At lunch today one of the lower school teachers brought a new chick to show off. They'd had an incubator in the classroom and hatched eleven chicks. It just sat in her cupped hands, cheeping contentedly. Going to have to visit that class during my planning block tomorrow. And every day until they give them back to the farm.
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# ? Apr 12, 2022 00:48 |
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Large Marge is the best chicken mum.
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# ? Apr 12, 2022 21:09 |
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# ? Apr 12, 2022 23:54 |
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Joburg posted:Large Marge FINALLY came off the nest so I could see her babies. All 3 eggs hatched so she has 3 half Cream Legbar- half brown egg layer chicks. I think the mostly yellow baby is half Buff Orpington but the others are a mystery. MrUnderbridge posted:At lunch today one of the lower school teachers brought a new chick to show off. They'd had an incubator in the classroom and hatched eleven chicks. It just sat in her cupped hands, cheeping contentedly. mahershalalhashbaz fucked around with this message at 00:01 on Apr 13, 2022 |
# ? Apr 12, 2022 23:58 |
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I went to view chicks today, and the teacher knew all the different breeds of the chicks. She said the person who let them hatch the eggs raises the chickens for free ranging eggs. The chicks themselves were awesomely cute! They were at the "toddle, toddle, toddle -plop, sleep" stage. She has them at her desk, so they don't get mobbed. The chicks were all very calm, and didn't mind being picked up at all. A couple gave a slightly startled peep, but just hunkered down and enjoyed the warm hands while peeping softly. Makes me glad we're getting our chicks in a few weeks! The place we're getting from has a variety of breeds, so we're getting six different ones.
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# ? Apr 13, 2022 00:57 |
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Test running the camera! It'll be out on the flock for a bit as 12_String fiddles with settings. Not long as the weather is snowy. THIS ISN'T THE HATCH. No eggs have pipped yet (thank GOD). But if you want to watch the flock for a few minutes, here ya go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5iMWhoO42w Today is the last day we'll turn the eggs. Tonight I'll remove any quitters, the rest of the eggs get moved to the bottom of the incubator, humidity gets raised to 65% and lockdown commences. I fully expect one of the little stinkers to instantly pip, triggering human EDIT--Heh, of COURSE YouTube and the laptop refused to play well together. Finally got it. Putting the cam out onto the flock for as long as the weather permits. Velvet Sparrow fucked around with this message at 21:36 on Apr 13, 2022 |
# ? Apr 13, 2022 19:55 |
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MrUnderbridge posted:I went to view chicks today, and the teacher knew all the different breeds of the chicks. She said the person who let them hatch the eggs raises the chickens for free ranging eggs. enjoy your chicks! six different breeds is the perfect way to start.
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# ? Apr 14, 2022 02:12 |
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bringing home two new hens today one is broody and they sent her eggs along with her. not sure if they're fertile or not but we'll find out later
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# ? Apr 14, 2022 02:34 |
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City of Glompton posted:bringing home two new hens today
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# ? Apr 14, 2022 04:04 |
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Oh, they're so adorable!
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