Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: johnstephen29 on March 01, 2015, 12:15:23 PM
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Hi these young chicks started hatching out yesterday, the last one so far 20 minutes ago. I have them in a box covered in a old tea towel,in the airing cupboard to keep warm while there mum keeps the last egg warm which has a good crack in it, you can here the chick in side cheeping and his mum answering back.
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8604/16494837460_c3b6d2dafe.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/r8Amvj)image (https://flic.kr/p/r8Amvj) by johnstephen29 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126223196@N05/), on Flickr
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How did you know the one still in egg was a 'he' John ???
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Figure of speech David that's all.
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Very cute little batch of organic pest controllers, John. I hope your slugs and bugs are quaking in their boots.
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And there was I thinking you could sex chickens without seeing them :P
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Shock, horror maggi, I wouldn't let these near my flower beds, i learnt the hard way, chickens don't care where they scratch and peck. I do use the egg shells crushed which is a great way to deter the slugs and snails and the local hedgehog. I'm sure people who work a lot with chickens can David, not me thought, I wait till they are a bit older.
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My mum's friend was employed to sex day-old chicks and travelled all over the country 50 or so years ago doing this. All the males were .......well we won't go there. Suffice it to say, when a friend contacted Marshall's for some for his pet snakes he was asked "how many?" He replied "a dozen". The voice on the phone then said, "is that black bags full?"
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Bit gruesome Anthony, but at least they were not wasted I guess. When I was a kid my dad used to grow them on for the table.
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In the days when we had a decent Poulterers shop in Aberdeen one of my favourite buys was a large Capon for a mega-roast for a large gathering - so much nicer than turkey. And now I'm hungry for the thought of a good "boiling fowl " to make the most delicious soup...... yummy!
Now I'm feeling guilty - those lovely little chicks are newly hatched and I'm talking about eating them ..... ::) :-X
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Talking about sexing something, perhaps some members remember this. Before the days when it became illegal to have a sense of humour." How do you know it is the skeleton of a woman?" " The mouths open". The Goon show. "The Scarlet Capsule" February 2nd. 1959.
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Puts me in mind of this .... a favourite of the BD - how to tell the gender of a seagull....
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- of course, if males ( men) were brighter and learned more quickly, females ( women) wouldn't need to tell them so much...... ;D
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BD? text speak again.
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Ian Young, who has the honour to be my husband (!) is known quite widely by the nickname of Bulb Despot, which is contracted to the initials BD - in the same way as many given names are. :D
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Is Ian hen pecked then maggi
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I wish, John - a flippin' eagle couldn't hen peck the BD - Despot by name, Despot by nature!
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Oh dear ;D