California - Northern

[liz9910]

This morning have 3 pips!! So excited to go home at lunch and stare for a little while lol

 

[ronott1]

This morning have 3 pips!! So excited to go home at lunch and stare for a little while lol

I am still waiting on pips!

Go Chickies!

 

[chiqita]

I redid the door on the megabator (all 4 layers of it!) For a better fit and started it up.

If anyone wants to give me test eggs I expect to have about 4 empty trays off 120 chicken turkey or duck sizes availible.

This thing is so freaking big its insane.

 

[Audio51]

Quote: See...I think it's really just going to vary a lot. I think even clutch to clutch with the same broody.

Speaking of broodies...my co-brooders are doing very well. So well, in fact, I have to move them to be sure all the chicks are still there. I am going to try t get them up and about in the pen today.

 

[juststruttin]

For anyone interested. I have a friend who lives 1/2 time in Shasta and 1/2 time in San Rafael. I just sent 48 chicks with him to drop of in Orland for a customer. He charged them $40 for delivery, but it beats the $80 it would have cost in shipping, plus the birds got there in 3 hours instead of 24.

I asked him if he would be willing to transport birds for other people and he said "Sure" so I just wanted to put it out there in case anyone is interested. I know Jeff (Papabrooder) and TLS ranch (and others) are up North so if you ever have chick customers in the Bay Area this may be a good option for you.

Yep... I am an enabler.

It would be so great if we had a list of chicken transporters within CA. I really don't like shipping live birds and ride shares seem to be such a good alternative. Who cares if the passengers happen to be chickens.

 

[OR4-hmom]

I redid the door on the megabator (all 4 layers of it!) For a better fit and started it up.

If anyone wants to give me test eggs I expect to have about 4 empty trays off 120 chicken turkey or duck sizes availible.

This thing is so freaking big its insane.

If only San Jose wasn't so far from me. I was just wondering if a more experienced hatcher was available for the phoenix bantam eggs I'm thinking of ordering.

 

[CackleJoy]

Imo if the yolk is absorbed I will help. I just make sure to keep that umbilicus clean and bacteria free.

I don't know how to manage bacteria free since it floats through the air and I don't have a vacuum box to work in. I used a clean from the cupboard bowl and ran some warm (not distilled!) tap water. Put a hot pad in the sink and set the bowl on top of it.

Put the chick in the bowl nestled on my fingers to keep it from drowning.

Cracked some of the edges of the shell off the membrane and kept the chick in the warm water to soften the membrane.

It got a foot out right away and it took less than a minute after that. Just that shell was SO stuck. It still has some bits of shell stuck to it.

I put it back in the bator in an empty egg carton hole. It immediately flopped out upside down.

The knee is rubbed raw but the umbilicus was good. As long as it doesn't get infected from its bath. I am out of gloves and I'm well aware that even clean, my fingers harbor a lot of bacteria.

I have one more that is obviously unable to get lose from its shell. I'll wait for a little before I get it out. I hate to keep opening the bator.

 

[CackleJoy]

For anyone interested. I have a friend who lives 1/2 time in Shasta and 1/2 time in San Rafael. I just sent 48 chicks with him to drop of in Orland for a customer. He charged them $40 for delivery, but it beats the $80 it would have cost in shipping, plus the birds got there in 3 hours instead of 24.

I asked him if he would be willing to transport birds for other people and he said "Sure" so I just wanted to put it out there in case anyone is interested. I know Jeff (Papabrooder) and TLS ranch (and others) are up North so if you ever have chick customers in the Bay Area this may be a good option for you.

Yep... I am an enabler.

It would be so great if we had a list of chicken transporters within CA. I really don't like shipping live birds and ride shares seem to be such a good alternative. Who cares if the passengers happen to be chickens.

Oh this is bad information to have! I so don't need more enabling

 

[CackleJoy]

Always depends on the hen. Some breeds are just more prone to being broody. My silkies are a sure thing, and they go broody in waves usually. Starts with one...then before I know it, I'm pulling 5 broody girls so no one else gets the idea to sit. Holy moly...super broody. And great mothers. My Marans have been pretty broody, and my faverolles. Everyone says orpingtons are broody, but mine don't seem to be. There's no way to force them into going broody, but leaving extra golf balls in nests and giving them some nice places to make a nest really helps. Oh, and Cochins! Supposed to be just like silkies, and good mothers.

I have a bunch of the "supposed to go broody" breeds.

I should try golf balls under the one orp.

Seriously considering a cochin. I don't have any bantum but I've heard the cochin bantams are extra broody.

 

[AmyPaperlady]

It would be so great if we had a list of chicken transporters within CA. I really don't like shipping live birds and ride shares seem to be such a good alternative. Who cares if the passengers happen to be chickens.

Yes, yes it would!

Still wouldn't do me much good, mind you