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  1. ChickenCanoe

    I dont think they are fertile, but what do you think,?

    I think in some small way, temperature plays a roll. A hen's body temperature is right for cell division to commence in the blastoderm begun as soon as a single sperm enters the blastodisc. In the ensuing 24 hours, that white spot continues to grow imperceptibly. The older cells begin to die off...
  2. ChickenCanoe

    A Soupbean Inside a Yolk!

    I agree with the replies. There is no way for a bean to get into the ovary, infundibulum or anywhere else in the oviduct for that matter.
  3. ChickenCanoe

    I dont think they are fertile, but what do you think,?

    After looking at hundreds of blastoderms and blastodiscs, I still have trouble but if I had to bet, I'd say they were fertile.
  4. ChickenCanoe

    Eggs in different stages of development?

    Since you have been doing the due diligence and doing the rotation, the only other option is a better, different incubator. A short-term fix would be adding a fan. That will eliminate most of the hot/cool differences and especially thermal stratification. Aside from all that, another issue with...
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    Incubator Temp dropped to 75

    Never trust a thermometer or thermostatic control. Chances are better than not, they will be inaccurate. Even if close, it may not be close enough for incubating. Unless you know exactly what the temperature, you are at a loss on how to proceed. I know of 3 extremely accurate thermometers that...
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    Do I need to be NPIP certified

    I believe very little of that is true. While the end result of government regulation may be mixed, there is usually a good reason for government instituting regulations. In the case of NPIP, the US was in danger of losing the egg and poultry meat industry due to pullorum/typhoid. The regs and...
  7. ChickenCanoe

    Question about duck eggs

    Cómo te fue la escotilla?
  8. ChickenCanoe

    Are the Broody Hen's Eggs going to hatch?

    This is a good write up on temperature during incubation drawn from various research. https://www.brinsea.com/t-PowerOff.aspx
  9. ChickenCanoe

    Are the Broody Hen's Eggs going to hatch?

    If eggs are chilled the first week of incubation, they will still hatch and will be delayed but not delayed for the entire length of time they were chilled. Chilling the last couple weeks will usually doom them.
  10. ChickenCanoe

    Feeding Wild Birds

    Do you build your own?
  11. ChickenCanoe

    Dirt digging and coop dirt

    I want to add a bit more about fungus, which is the family that includes mushrooms and yeasts. The numbers are so vast and sometimes so microscopic that they aren't widely studied. Even though about 150,000 species of fungi have been discovered, it is estimated there could be between 3 and 12...
  12. ChickenCanoe

    Rotating hens that are all the same age.

    By rotating do you mean culling some and replace them with younger ones? If so, your birds are only 9 months old. I wouldn't be swapping out for another year at least. What breed/s are they? I imagine you are feeding layer feed if your other 5 are currently laying. Is that so?
  13. ChickenCanoe

    Is this chick too big to be with the others?

    That's cool. IMO, once they are mobile after a couple days from hatch, they can be with various age chicks. Given enough space, I've never had older chicks bully or trample their smaller siblings.
  14. ChickenCanoe

    Is this chick too big to be with the others?

    That chick isn't too big to be with the others but whether it is in there or not, the space will be too small in just days. Do they have room to move away from the heat source?
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    Dirt digging and coop dirt

    In controlling fungi outdoors, you will be fighting a losing battle. With about 3 billion species around the world and the largest organism on earth is a single fungus that covers 2.5 square miles. A study in New Jersey found about a half million occurrences of 1400 species across the state...
  16. ChickenCanoe

    Any other Alaskans here?

    You might want to check here. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/north-to-alaska.84141/ There is a guy/gal on there that goes by the name Alaskan who has been doing this a long time.
  17. ChickenCanoe

    Trying to work out why my Emu is not laying

    IMHO, what she isn't doing is ovulating. Calcium won't help that. Calcium will replace that in the bloodstream when a shell is produced. Or after ovulation and egg development, calcium will help muscle function to move the egg along. Essential amino acids (upping crude protein intake) can...
  18. ChickenCanoe

    Are the Broody Hen's Eggs going to hatch?

    Those things tell me that either it is very cold out (which I know it isn't since I'm in MO too - or that hatching may be imminent since she wants to sit and retain humidity. They tend to sit tight all during pipping and hatching to retain humidity. That is why it is important for people to sit...
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    Mix breeds and egg colors

    In that case, it would help to know her name. Her last name is Barneveld, which makes remembering easy. That is actually the reason she started raising them because she shared a name with the breed. They are a very likeable bird. I had found the guy using her name several years ago. I think it...
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