INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

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Wheatfields said:
Quote: it sure is! Thank God for everyone, they have all saved many chicks chickens and other fowl, not to mention filled a spot inside of us, that we never new needed filled! Love this gang! Welcome to the thread and BYC! Are you setting eggs in October or will have eggs in the bator october? if so, we would love to have you join the Halloween Hal!! The contests are cool with plenty of sweet stuff to win!
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campingshaws said:
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campingshaws said:
How long do y'all think a goat can live solo? I've got someone interested in a wether as a pet, and they're hard to sell that way so I was thinking of pushing both to her. Babies are sold, so mama would be alone til I could get a friend. A week? Two?
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Mine survive quarantine in a small pen for a month, but they need attention. But they can get noisy like others have said especially Nubians.
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What do you look for in quarantine? None of my farm friends have mentioned that. They don't do shots, either. I swear, I learn so much more just in conversation here than any of my research.
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Any sign of disease
 
Sally Sunshine said:
it sure is!  Thank God for everyone, they have all saved many chicks chickens and other fowl, not to mention filled a spot inside of us, that we never new needed filled!  Love this gang!  Welcome to the thread and BYC!  Are you setting eggs in October or will have eggs in the bator october?  if so, we would love to have you join the Halloween Hal!!   The contests are cool with plenty of sweet stuff to win! 
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I will be actually! That sounds like fun even tho I'm pretty green lol
 
Campaign you must know thst some VERY VERY nasty bacteria can be transferred from milking animals
The worst is Tuberculosis, and tge second is Malta feaver or Brucellosis. This is the reason of pasturesion.
DONT NEGLECT THE VACCINATION
 
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Chicken5555 said:
Thank you all for your congratulations! After reading that 50% hatch rate is considered good odd for shipped eggs, you can imagine my surprise when one after one zipped and pipped! It has to be beginner's luck because the temperatures were all wrong twice. Of course the eggs had to rest for a day before setting. Before putting the eggs in the cheap thermal air hovabator, there were huge daytime/nighttime temp swings. After getting advice here I tested my three thermometers for accuracy and used the best one, I put some glass decorating marbles (that's all I had on hand) in the water to act as heat sinks, then wrapped the lower half of the incubator with tinfoil. That fixed the problem. Since there was no fan in there, I kept the temperature of 102F. Thermometer was resting at the same level as the top of the eggs. The eggs were kept close together but not touching, and I turned them 3 times a day as gently as humanly possible. Added water as needed. Temps started to spike as lockdown day approached I had to turn it down, and down, and down, until the temps finally stayed put at 102 degrees. It was SO nerve wracking! Then at lockdown I added a little extra water and a wet washcloth, then just left the eggs alone and kept my eyes on the thermometer. On day 20 I reduced temps to 98, the to 97 when all but 2 were hatched. It took less than 48 hours for them to all hatch.
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You did well.
Also credit the breeder and their stock.
 
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