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[Sally Sunshine]

yep, thats the start of all that spreading out into veining! how cool is that! Saris!

 

[frmboyinthecity]

yea the roofing has always been our main costs, we finally realized we could purchase rolled roofing cheapest and since we do a single angle roof, you never see it anyways! DOH, we only figured that out on our LAST and final breeder COOP build

We learned quite a few tricks as we made a few of them. always make them so you never have to step inside a run or coop to feed water or collect eggs, it keeps you clean and free of poop and dust. Make a string or auto run door so you dont have to walk into the run to open it! make sure this cant be effected by winter ice and snow! We also have driveway stones up to all fronts of coops, always dry and clean to walk in, and winter snow melts fairly fast after shoveling too. Always keep runs so they have drainage, and a Godzillion other things you learn over time, like 2x4 roost poles on the sides covered with outdoor carpet brushes clean and can easily be dusted with preth dust and keeps feet from frost bite, also keep them 16" from the floor not the foot from the roof like I see first timers do on this site

, my poor brahma be like layin on the floor with broken limbs ready for stew pot

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what else is there frmboyinthecity? VENTILATION, omg people are like "they are too cold, stuffing insulation in their coops" I am here yelling at my hubs, "put a darn fan in there!! you are wrong, it needs a fan!!!!! just do it, dont you question me!!!!" <hands on hips>

haha. Sounds about right. This one I've got a normal 2 slope roof. I've built ventilation windows that can be opened right at the peak of both ends, so they will hopefully be able to stay fairly cool. I was thinking about using the rolled roofing. This one I am not currently planning on building the associated run, and try to sell it just as the coop and see how that goes.

 

[ronott1]

That darker patch is the embryo right? By the 22?

That is the yolk--the ovum, there is only one, could be on the other side and you will not be able to see it from candling even if it were on the side that you see. You will be able to see feining in about 5 days with an egg like that maybe sooner.

To repeat, you cannot tell if an egg is fertile on day one by candling.

 

[Saris]

yep, thats the start of all that spreading out into veining! how cool is that! Saris!

It's so cool! Nov. 12th can't come fast enough. Hahah

 

[Sally Sunshine]

It's so cool! Nov. 12th can't come fast enough. Hahah

I know, it seems so far, but it goes quite quickly!!! amazing how fast the little boogers come into life!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

oh you can see the germinal disc with a good flashlight by all means sure! and veining by day 2 with some great lights as well!

Have you seen this from the article I threw together Saris? its a quick run through! if you have kids, show them, its so cool! there are a bunch of things like that I threw in the article to share with them. and I have a bunch of my own in there too!

Hatching Eggs 101 - BackYard Chickens Community

Cool Video Animation of Embryo Development...

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[Saris]

oh you can see the germinal disc with a good flashlight by all means sure! and veining by day 2 with some great lights as well!

Have you seen this from the article I threw together Saris? its a quick run through! if you have kids, show them, its so cool! there are a bunch of things like that I threw in the article to share with them. and I have a bunch of my own in there too!

Hatching Eggs 101 - BackYard Chickens Community

Cool Video Animation of Embryo Development...

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That is awesome, I do have kids, 4 of them, they will love this! Thank you!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/A/ANR-1408/ANR-1408.pdf


This is an more updated embryo development visual guide for breakout analysis GRAPHIC with real eggs and embryos, helps with candle and knowing whats in there at what stages and when they could have passed should you want to know if breakout. Amazing how quick when you read its mostly by days!! yea gads!!!

 

[sonshine15]

I know about the lay eggs and sleep! I wish I would have made a lockable feed area outside for them, but in the winter they dont leave much

with snow on the ground, oh AND a poop hammock under the two nest bars! those look so awesome, and sound like they would keep the coop so much cleaner too, but I am not sure my hens wouldnt end up mummies in it!

did you ever use them? I have seen the sand shelves used by friends but not hammocks. I should at least try sand in the coop once. but I can never find dry sand, its always wet and heavy at lowes. We are in the mountains and the roofing you can use just wont work here

limbs would destroy it in a week. I cant wait to see it finished!

and let them scratch their heads!



is that a livingroom lamp in there! how cute! is that a section in a barn? love it! what a great mix!

She is doing quite well, thank you for asking!!!

So thrilled for you and your baby!!!!!!
It's actually a faucet. It's all in a shop 60x25. We bought it so I could work on my truck......health issues hit so now working on chickens LOL It looks like a lamp shade........I put a vet dog collar over it so they couldn't get on top of the other coop. The EEs and Ancona's love flying!!

Wow, I got a Silkie mix!! I just noticed it a few minutes ago.

I have NO idea who the momma is though...........that little roo is getting around more than I thought he was lol.

 

[sonshine15]

http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/A/ANR-1408/ANR-1408.pdf


This is an more updated embryo development visual guide for breakout analysis GRAPHIC with real eggs and embryos, helps with candle and knowing whats in there at what stages. Amazing how quick when you read its mostly by days!! yea gads!!!

I've been taking my eggs apart when they are quitters. I want to know what is going on .........the first few times it was a bit challenging but now I can see where they stopped. Thank you for the link .....it'll help a lot!