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Her name is George.
I have to work most of the evening to make preps for the weather.
We're getting a big snow tonight another Sunday and another next Friday. Along with that are the lowest temperatures we've had in 15 years.
It is 34 right now and dropping. Lots of sub zeros on the way.
I think I'm going to spend the night moving all the birds to new quarters. I've had 7 flocks for a while and I'm trying to figure out how to get them into 3 buildings. 2 flocks of hens/juveniles and a building of just roosters so I can put a minute amount of heat on them to keep their bachelor pad above 15-20 degrees.
Well, it's official. I had a 0% hatch rate. 0 out of the original 16. The one I had left that went into lockdown..I still saw no movement, so when went to raise the humidity, I candled. I know technically you're supposed to leave them in a few days, but I've hatched enough to know the zero movement I saw inside meant death. Sure enough, I opened her up and it died at about day 18. Not surprisingly enough, about the day I switched it into the blasted Brinsea. Oh well. It would have been nice to have New Years chicks, but I'll have more fuzzybutts soon enough. In the meantime, I'll live vicariously through everyone else's chick pics.
Well, it's official. I had a 0% hatch rate. 0 out of the original 16. The one I had left that went into lockdown..I still saw no movement, so when went to raise the humidity, I candled. I know technically you're supposed to leave them in a few days, but I've hatched enough to know the zero movement I saw inside meant death. Sure enough, I opened her up and it died at about day 18. Not surprisingly enough, about the day I switched it into the blasted Brinsea. Oh well. It would have been nice to have New Years chicks, but I'll have more fuzzybutts soon enough. In the meantime, I'll live vicariously through everyone else's chick pics.
So sorry for your losesWell, it's official. I had a 0% hatch rate. 0 out of the original 16. The one I had left that went into lockdown..I still saw no movement, so when went to raise the humidity, I candled. I know technically you're supposed to leave them in a few days, but I've hatched enough to know the zero movement I saw inside meant death. Sure enough, I opened her up and it died at about day 18. Not surprisingly enough, about the day I switched it into the blasted Brinsea. Oh well. It would have been nice to have New Years chicks, but I'll have more fuzzybutts soon enough. In the meantime, I'll live vicariously through everyone else's chick pics. ETA: @ronott1 How do I go about proving this? Or is word enough? Seems morbid, but the only picture I'd be able to get is of this last dead chick. I doubt anyone wants to see that. Haha..
thank you!This is the best most hilarious pic I have seen. You really are a great photographer, all your pictures really are beautiful.hahahah! nope! actuailly fell in her standing spot! in my hand!I burst out laughing, and then the mother in me thought, "Oh no, I hope it didn't fall very far!"Yeah....that was my thinking/...cull. I relly don't want to....if it IS a hen then we will keep her for eating eggs.....if it is a rooster we will give him back to my breeder. my question is....all my birds have come from my breeder. if I try to mate my jap bantams or silkies....could they possibly BE siblings? I don't want them to end up having chicks with defects....how does your sister breed? how does she make shure NONE of her birds are siblings?I did.... I wasn't going to say anything, but since you ask this is what she said- Since she breeds to have chickens that are healthy and make healthy chicks she would most likely cull the chick. Now if you are just raising the chick to have a pet, she would wait to see if it gets worse. Her experience is that it usually does, and you need to prepare yourself for that.... Not great news, but it happens when you are bringing new life into the world.... sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't. And she says to make sure to tell you the hen that the egg came from should be used for eating eggs and not to use her for chicks.omg LMBO tooo freaking funny
I hope someone will correct me if I am wrong, but I think the cross breeding that you try to avoid in dogs and such don't apply to chickens. You want to have a wide gene pool but I really wouldn't think to much about it. I know that some people hatch a rooster from a hen then breed that roo (her son) back to the hen. Maybe someone else has a better answer?thank you! hahahah! nope! actuailly fell in her standing spot! in my hand! Yeah....that was my thinking/...cull. I relly don't want to....if it IS a hen then we will keep her for eating eggs.....if it is a rooster we will give him back to my breeder. my question is....all my birds have come from my breeder. if I try to mate my jap bantams or silkies....could they possibly BE siblings? I don't want them to end up having chicks with defects....how does your sister breed? how does she make shure NONE of her birds are siblings?
im depressed about the slipped beaked chick......should I keep her? I dot know what I would do with a special chicken if I have to end up deep feeding her....
this was from today.... and yesterday: I don't think it got any worse that I know of.....I haven't checked on the chicks enough to see her eat though.Is the beak getting worse? I thought I had one with cross beak but it worked out fine for her.Ok...cross beak: That chick does not look bad at all. Time will tell how bad it will get. I have had a few this way. 1 was very minor, almost imperceptible without very close inspection. She never needed any special feeding. 1 was pretty severe and I eventually rehomed her to someone who had time to do special feedings for her. The other was between the 2 in severity and all I did for her was mix yogurt with her crumbles (this was before I started fermenting feed) to make it clump together so she could grab it easier. I would sit her on the coop roof to eat by herself while I fed & watered all my other pens. This gave her about 15 minutes to fill her crop with no competition. Then I would plop her & the remaining mash in the run & her buddies would help her finish it off. She did fine with only this assistance. It really all depends on the bird, the severity, it's personality & how much assistance you are willing to give it. Inbreeding: It does not hurt to breed siblings back in the way you will be doing because it will be a single back-breeding. What it will do however, is greatly enhance all of the faults AND the best qualities at the same time. What this means is that you will have some chicks that show the faults of the parents to the extreme & others that show the best qualities. You will want to breed the best birds & cull or sell off the others as pets. Do not be surprised if you have a bit lower hatch rates as this will be the most severe faults culling out on their own.[@=/u/236831/bantambury]@bantambury[/@] I would keep her. Her crossbeak might not get any worse and may stay like that. Haha I'm biased because I love special needs birds QUOTE] ok! ill just see how she gets once older! my sister may want her.....she love rehabilitating things. thanks for your advise!