5th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2014 Hatch-A-Long

[Penny Hen]

Okay, for people with a dusty house, I have the cure-all, never dust again secret. Read Carefully all Instructions. Do NOT move any items on shelves, bookcases, dressers, mantles, end tables etc. With all items and decor left in it's place it is much harder to see the dust, therefore eliminating the need to actually dust.Lol! You should hear me when someone moves something..."GREAT, thanks, now I have to dust!!" I live in an old farmhouse with 2 dogs, a cat, and I brood in the house. It's a never ending battle over here, so I officially declare, the dust has won the battle!

Throw stock salt down on the the carpet and then sweep. You will be surprised how well that works.

 

[champer]

Thanks Ron, I followed the directions to reset to factory settings, but it didn't work. Neither did setting to a lower temp
Seems to be OK now

 

[Aphrael]

100% development!

One embryo is laying close to the shell, close enough I could see the black eyespot with just my LED flashlight.

Now....the trick with SFH is getting them to hatch. I always get them to develop, but often they die at lockdown.

Don't tell me that!!!

My SFH eggs are the only ones that were shipped and they are the ones I want to hatch the very, very most...

Well I'm really bummed, I've lost my H. Buckeye pullet, Penny to a predator. I'm really shocked b/c Mr Buckeye killed a raccoon last spring so she was the last bird I was worried about, I mean I have an oddly tiny mutt pullet w/ a huge polish Crest I'm terrified the barn cats are going to eat (cats have been on double rations since I've started free ranging that little bird w/ her flock of FL layers). Losing Penny is just my last straw & the last hope on my Heritage Buckeye project Started w/ a Trio last Feb & had nothing but bad luck since they arrived, I finally decided awhile back that the Roo's 1st name had to be Murphy as in Murphy's Law. The hen, Helen, was crazy broody, would sit on thin air & I couldn't stop her, she was so perfect looking it was spooky when I found her dead, apparently of heat stroke on a pile of eggs I finally let her sit, on the only zero wind day I we have ever had on our mtn top (97F over 90% humidity). Mr Buckeye had made many ribbon winning babies b/f I got him, but in 10 months I only got 3 fertile eggs, w/ zero hatched (he is getting up there in age) all I wanted was 1 replacement Roo from him so I could work w/ the girls on the line, but w/o Penny obviously that isn't going to happen. The whole entire reason I started ever incubating eggs (1st set was for NYDH last yr) was so I'd know what I was doing so I could work w/ the Buckeyes. I've hatched hundreds of other chicks in 2013, gotten some other diff. purebreeds etc. but it was originally all about some H. Buckeyes so I'm just totally perplexed about it all now.

I did candle & at least 8 are showing veins, maybe more (45 shipped eggs, 4 homegrown under 2 diff. young CL roos) so thats not great but all things considered it isn't so bad, not gonna win any hatch rate prizes but I could be ok about 8 hatching if that is what it is...

Oh no!

I am so sorry to hear about your pullet.

 

[champer]

On the other hand if you are watchful the horns of grown goats are good handles. Once you have your hand on their horn you control them even if they are large. But I ****** off my billy once by tugging his ear when he wouldn't follow me on the leash and he flicked his head and took the tip of his horn from just above the ankle to my hip. Longest bruise I have ever seen. Never grab goats under 18 month by the horns. They will slip off in your hand leaving he bone core bleeding like crazy. If it happens that they knock them off themselves or you forget and grab anyway, pour sugar on the bloody horn bone to stop the bleeding then wrap it in gauze and duct tape and change it every couple of days. The sugar will help the horn to swiftly grow and cover the bone. It will also stop the bleeding.

Haha, I'm a sheep person and they say the same thing about horns being good handles. When I chose a breed, I chose a polled (no horns) breed, cause I wasn't sure I wanted to test that theory! Lol

 

[Pyxis]

I have a problem. I'm sitting here watching some CCL eggs thinking, those would be a nice birthday present to myself...I don't even have enough coops for the breeds I currently have Someone stop me! Although I do have a huge 8x8 coop for the faverolles and three birds will never use all that space...I suppose I could split it...

 

[SunnySkies]

Don't tell me that!!!     My SFH eggs are the only ones that were shipped and they are the ones I want to hatch the very, very most... 

They can be very difficult to hatch. If you haven't hung out on our SFH thread, you should. Most of us are having trouble after they have gone through the PO. I even did some experiments and had them shipped to another BYCer with a different style of bator than what I have and tons of experience, and she couldn't get them to hatch either. I ended up buying several shipments of chicks to get my flock going.

 

[Aphrael]

They can be very difficult to hatch. If you haven't hung out on our SFH thread, you should. Most of us are having trouble after they have gone through the PO. I even did some experiments and had them shipped to another BYCer with a different style of bator than what I have and tons of experience, and she couldn't get them to hatch either. I ended up buying several shipments of chicks to get my flock going.

Gah!

Will go check out that thread now. Thanks.

 

[roostercluck]

[COLOR=800080]I'd do it every few days...3-4?[/COLOR]

Alright I will start doing that.

 

[kara1015]

My Brinsea Ovaview came today, and it doesn't work. Emailed them. Was really looking forward to checking my eggs tonight!

 

[carriebain]

My Brinsea Ovaview came today, and it doesn't work. Emailed them. Was really looking forward to checking my eggs tonight!

I'm sorry, I hope they resolve it quickly!