One of my Easter HAL Barnies has this I noticed today. I noticed the feathers missing and thought it might be getting bullied until I picked it up. It's almost like a ballon is under the skin. This "growth" is soft to the touch and you can see the loss of feathers on it. Any idea what it is...
Final hatching numbers for me...9 out of 27 set. :he
1 died shortly after hatching and one was malformed so I had to cull it.
Ended with 4 blue barnies, 2 blrw, and 1 lavender Orpington
So my hatch didn't exactly go as planned, so I have a question for you all.
Is there any problem with putting hatched chicks and feed store chicks together in the brooder?
Vacinated vs. non vaccinated?
Thanks,
Shawn
Anyone have any incubator setting recommendations for Utah? I am running an Octagon 20 advanced EX. Mostly looking for RH% setting for the Easter hatch along. Thanks
Ok, I'm done with my Easter hatch along so now I need some more eggs to hatch. I only got 6 to hatch out and I can have 6 but with my luck 5 or 6 of them are Roos. Does anyone in the SLC or Tooele area have some nice, cheap hatching eggs available, not barnyard mix?
Guess I need to finish this hatch up. It was my first hatch ever and I had shipped eggs. Set 15 eggs, pulled 5 during candling that were clear. Hatched 6 out of the remaining 10.
2 Wheaton Marans
3 Americaunas
1 Blue Marans
Overall not bad for a firt timer using shipped eggs.
Now to find my...
Got me some fuzziness today! Nothing going on in the bator until last night when we had 1 pip. She fully hatched about 10:30 this morning. Then when we left for my moms for Easter we had 3 more pips. Got home from my moms with 3 babies total, another zipping that has since hatched and 2 more...
Got me some fuzziness today! Nothing going on in the bator until last night when we had 1 pip. She fully hatched about 10:30 this morning. Then when we left for my moms for Easter we had 3 more pips. Got home from my moms with 3 babies total, another zipping that has since hatched and 2 more...
I can "legally" have only 6. When I bought my home in Tooele I was unaware of the fact that it was an aspiring metropolis! I thought it was farm country.
Well I started construction on my coop today, even though the only action in my bator is a few eggs a rockin. Got this far and ran out off wood. Need to make another trip to Home Depot.
This was a little after we started
There is how we ended the day. Not bad for an afternoon of fun with...
So, lockdown is tomorrow at noon for the Easter hatch along. I will be at work until 5 pm. Would I be better off locking down tonight, about 12 hours early, or tomorrow at 5, about 5 hours late?
So, lockdown is tomorrow at noon. I will be at work until 5 pm. Would I be better off locking down tonight, about 12 hours early, or tomorrow at 5, about 5 hours late?
So I have a question for all you pro hatchers. I am doing my first hatch ever for the Easter hatch along in a brand new Brinsea Octo Advanced EX and my egg weights are driving me crazy. I candled and weighed for the second time since the start and a couple are loosing too much weight. For the...