California - Northern

[OR4-hmom]

I had to go and open my mouth about healthy birds. When I went out to feed this morning my Freck-dark brahma bantam-was just standing huddled against the coop wall.

Her comb, ear lobes and face are yellow, she doesn't have wattles. No signs of lice/mites, I now have her in the bathroom in a crate. She refused the egg I fixed for her. I have medicated feed for the chicks that I put in with her and she is eating that fine. No guesses on stool situation, she hasn't gone yet. She is the sweetest little thing, I tucked her inside my sweatshirt and she snuggled down and took a nap.

 

[redriver]

So if I have a broody this time next year when my H and I make our Shasta trip I can make a similar run....if I can convince H of the "need"   What did you pick up on your other stops?

Marans.

 

[ronott1]

I had to go and open my mouth about healthy birds. When I went out to feed this morning my Freck-dark brahma bantam-was just standing huddled against the coop wall.

Her comb, ear lobes and face are yellow, she doesn't have wattles. No signs of lice/mites, I now have her in the bathroom in a crate. She refused the egg I fixed for her. I have medicated feed for the chicks that I put in with her and she is eating that fine. No guesses on stool situation, she hasn't gone yet. She is the sweetest little thing, I tucked her inside my sweatshirt and she snuggled down and took a nap.

I am so sorry!

Color drain could be blood loss. Egg Bound?

 

[OR4-hmom]

If she's bleeding it would be internal, looked her over stem to stern.

I don't feel an egg, she only lays 2/3 eggs a week anyway in peak season. I did get one last week but her abdomen is soft, no masses.

She has a little pink in her comb now that she is inside, she seems to be enjoying the medicated chick feed, but she had food in her crop when she came inside. Crop not impacted, pliable to the touch and smooth. A prior impact I could feel the seeds inside.

I did just take down the plastic around their coop but it's not that cold here now.

 

[ronott1]

If she's bleeding it would be internal, looked her over stem to stern.

I don't feel an egg, she only lays 2/3 eggs a week anyway in peak season. I did get one last week but her abdomen is soft, no masses.

She has a little pink in her comb now that she is inside, she seems to be enjoying the medicated chick feed, but she had food in her crop when she came inside. Crop not impacted, pliable to the touch and smooth. A prior impact I could feel the seeds inside.

I did just take down the plastic around their coop but it's not that cold here now.

Did she lay an egg today? They lose color when they lay an egg.

Yes, Internal bleeding. I had one that died of liver rupture. The comb was very white and weird looking. It is good to hear that she is perking up.

 

[Ali707]

I thought I would share that my quail eggs went in to lock down last night. Here is what they looked like when I thought I was all done. It doesn't look at all like that now.



I am really glad I did this test hatch with the free quail eggs. Here is what I have learned so far:

1.) The room I thought was fairly stable temperature wise is not really that stable. The temps for this hatch fluctuated up and down with the room temps so they went from about 99.5 to 100.5 and when I finally got my spot check that thing said 100.8, so that was getting pretty high. I just got my spot check two days ago. This happened EVERY DAY, and temps varied sometimes by as much as a degree and a half from over night to the next afternoon, so I don't know how well if at all these guys are going to hatch. I hear nothing from them. Of course..... I console myself thinking that a chicken butt can't be that stable all the time either right?

2.) I accidentally filled trough 2 about a week ago instead of trough 1 as the instructions advise. Trough 2 raised the humidity to 50% for a couple of days, trough 1 kept the humidity around 40%. ( I didn't also fill trough 1 at this time, just figured I would switch the two) Keep in mind, I am relying on the Genesis humidity gauge because I don't have anything else yet.

3.) I filled up every hole I could find last night with water and added a tupperware of water but you will notice I added that nice rubber no slip mat. Well, the humidity was only going up to 42% with that mat down and all the troughs filled. I thought it would go through the roof considering when I filled only trough 2 by accident a week ago it went up to 50%. Thinking that the mat was somehow affecting the humidity level, I took half of it out, and added a sponge as well as the tupperware of water. It is up to 62% today and it is raining outside! I can't seem to get it any higher.

4.) I learned that I will use distilled water or at a minimum filtered water as Ron suggests because the hard water here does yuck up the trays.

5.) I learned the owl clips that come with the tray rust when they get wet. I will probably not even bother with them in the future.

6.) I learned that I don't trust myself to know what I am looking at I did candle the eggs before I closed them all in and the eggs on the right of this picture were ones that appeared to glow. So from everything I read the eggs that glow means they never developed. The others were all solid dark. My first mistake was not candling the first day I set the eggs so that I could see what the difference might be. But quail eggs are hard to see through. I left all the eggs in there, even the glowing ones!

7.) I also took the eggs out of the tray and laid them flat on the half of the mat I left in there. They seemed to be too restricted in the tray. That is my paranoia. So I guess you could say I learned that second guessing myself is pretty normal....... for me. Tray? No tray? Tray? No Tray?

Out of the 37 eggs they sent me; 12 glowed brightly, 2 were iffy and 23 were dark. However, since taking them out of the turner last night, I have not witnessed any rocking or any noise.

This is comparable the worst mystery novel ever. Will they, won't they, will they, won't they, will they, won't they?????

I have learned that before I set my chicken eggs the second week of April, I will be getting a kitchen scale, a brighter flashlight, maybe a hygrometer. I will weigh and measure the air cell just so I can see the progress, and I will try to find a room that is more stable temperature wise.

I appreciate everyone's input on this thread. It makes my life a little less stressful.

 

[tommysgirl]

I have a deal with a co-worker. I bought and will be brooding chicks for him and in exchange he is supposed to be building me a coop. He is a good carpenter but a little flakey with the details. He has had chickens for several years but I am nervous about him getting it done on time. Would like to be able to move babies outside at thee weeks since 25 of them + whatever the hatch brings will be more than a little stinky in the bedroom where the brooders will be set up.

So we have a former sheep house that I am going to re-purpose as an outdoor brooder in the event that he doesn't get it done. I am a little excited but have very few handy skills so I will probably ask you guys what you think I should do along the way. Hope that is OK with you all

 

[Americangame]

Great looking chicks everyone i should have a few more in a day or 2

Have any one gone to walmart latley they have a good size styro icechest for sale i might pick one yp and try to fit an automatic egg turner in it

 

[ronott1]

I thought I would share that my quail eggs went in to lock down last night. Here is what they looked like when I thought I was all done. It doesn't look at all like that now.



I am really glad I did this test hatch with the free quail eggs. Here is what I have learned so far:

1.) The room I thought was fairly stable temperature wise is not really that stable. The temps for this hatch fluctuated up and down with the room temps so they went from about 99.5 to 100.5 and when I finally got my spot check that thing said 100.8, so that was getting pretty high. I just got my spot check two days ago. This happened EVERY DAY, and temps varied sometimes by as much as a degree and a half from over night to the next afternoon, so I don't know how well if at all these guys are going to hatch. I hear nothing from them. Of course..... I console myself thinking that a chicken butt can't be that stable all the time either right?

2.) I accidentally filled trough 2 about a week ago instead of trough 1 as the instructions advise. Trough 2 raised the humidity to 50% for a couple of days, trough 1 kept the humidity around 40%. ( I didn't also fill trough 1 at this time, just figured I would switch the two) Keep in mind, I am relying on the Genesis humidity gauge because I don't have anything else yet.

3.) I filled up every hole I could find last night with water and added a tupperware of water but you will notice I added that nice rubber no slip mat. Well, the humidity was only going up to 42% with that mat down and all the troughs filled. I thought it would go through the roof considering when I filled only trough 2 by accident a week ago it went up to 50%. Thinking that the mat was somehow affecting the humidity level, I took half of it out, and added a sponge as well as the tupperware of water. It is up to 62% today and it is raining outside! I can't seem to get it any higher.

4.) I learned that I will use distilled water or at a minimum filtered water as Ron suggests because the hard water here does yuck up the trays.

5.) I learned the owl clips that come with the tray rust when they get wet. I will probably not even bother with them in the future.

6.) I learned that I don't trust myself to know what I am looking at I did candle the eggs before I closed them all in and the eggs on the right of this picture were ones that appeared to glow. So from everything I read the eggs that glow means they never developed. The others were all solid dark. My first mistake was not candling the first day I set the eggs so that I could see what the difference might be. But quail eggs are hard to see through. I left all the eggs in there, even the glowing ones!

7.) I also took the eggs out of the tray and laid them flat on the half of the mat I left in there. They seemed to be too restricted in the tray. That is my paranoia. So I guess you could say I learned that second guessing myself is pretty normal....... for me. Tray? No tray? Tray? No Tray?

Out of the 37 eggs they sent me; 12 glowed brightly, 2 were iffy and 23 were dark. However, since taking them out of the turner last night, I have not witnessed any rocking or any noise.

This is comparable the worst mystery novel ever. Will they, won't they, will they, won't they, will they, won't they?????

I have learned that before I set my chicken eggs the second week of April, I will be getting a kitchen scale, a brighter flashlight, maybe a hygrometer. I will weigh and measure the air cell just so I can see the progress, and I will try to find a room that is more stable temperature wise.

I appreciate everyone's input on this thread. It makes my life a little less stressful.

Everyone that hatches Quail says that they hatch very quickly and very close together. It seems like they communicate with each other and pop out like popcorn.

Get an high intensity Ova Scope from Brinsea. You will love it!

 

[ronott1]

Here Is the link to the Brinsea Ova Scope

http://www.brinsea.com/products/egglume.html