California - Northern

[sewandgrow]

UofA chick pic for today:

The down on the head of the splash chick all the way to the right is a bit different - really short & darker grey.

So sweet Lisa,I sooooooo like blues but I do not have any of these yet.....LOL

 

[chiqita]

Welcome to the group!    Are you thinking of "Igloo" like a dog house or "Igloo" like and ice chest?

Egloos are plastic coops and runs. Not cheap!

I use a fruit box as a q pen . It has linolium flooring an cardbord box with straw and a platic netting top. I spray it down with oxine and throw out the cardbord box if anything comes up in q.

 

[Audio51]

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I was candling the eggs, that's how I saw the movement. It was day 7

That is AWESOME!!!!!!

 

[BCollie]

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I was candling the eggs, that's how I saw the movement. It was day 7

That is AWESOME!!!!!!

Thanks, I think so too! MANY off my eggs were wiggling, probably at least 5 of them. That's the only way I knew there was life inside some of the darker eggs, because I couldn't see veins but could see a faint shadow wiggling around in there. I'm in love.

 

[Audio51]

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Oohh....I just assumed it was a misspelling. I will have to look them up now...

 

[capayvalleychick]

Another question (it seems like as soon as I get one question answered, I have another), one of the chicks is sneezing "wet." A couple sneezed initially when I changed a large amount of bedding, I assume because of dust. It's only one now, the darker EE. She's 3 weeks old. What do I do?

Maybe she still has dust up her nose. Is she acting well or is she more lethargic than the others? If she has any symptoms other than sneezing, you should separate her from the others.

 

[capayvalleychick]

I set eggs on the same day as BCollie. Eggs under two broodies the day before. Candled last night and saw a range of different things inside the eggs. Some (in the RCom & broodies) had veins and the dark dot and already had an air space. Those were dancing around quite a bit. That is exciting to see.
I had many that looked to have no development- all but 2 in the Genesis and a few in the RCom and under the broodies. One had development, no movement and looked like it may have a blood ring. Left that one. The remaining two in the Genesis had some development. One had veins but no dark dot. The other had a dot that wasn't moving. I don't think either is alive but I put them in the RCom just in case. I removed all the eggs that showed no veins.

 

[ronott1]

Thanks, I think so too! MANY off my eggs were wiggling, probably at least 5 of them. That's the only way I knew there was life inside some of the darker eggs, because I couldn't see veins but could see a faint shadow wiggling around in there. I'm in love.

Yes! It is very exciting to see them moving in the shell.

I set eggs on the same day as BCollie. Eggs under two broodies the day before. Candled last night and saw a range of different things inside the eggs. Some (in the RCom & broodies) had veins and the dark dot and already had an air space. Those were dancing around quite a bit. That is exciting to see.
I had many that looked to have no development- all but 2 in the Genesis and a few in the RCom and under the broodies. One had development, no movement and looked like it may have a blood ring. Left that one. The remaining two in the Genesis had some development. One had veins but no dark dot. The other had a dot that wasn't moving. I don't think either is alive but I put them in the RCom just in case. I removed all the eggs that showed no veins.

I leave the iffy ones in until day 10 at least. Sometimes what looks like a blood ring will resolve into veins.

Good job on incubating!

 

[InWrongCentury]

Maybe she still has dust up her nose. Is she acting well or is she more lethargic than the others? If she has any symptoms other than sneezing, you should separate her from the others.

She is just as perky as the rest of them. No discharge or lethargy, just an occasional sneeze that is moist. She's been doing it for a few days now. I changed the bedding a while ago, but they are also digging, running, chasing, and generally kicking the bedding around. I'm replacing the entirety of the bedding tomorrow (I use pine pellets and they have pretty much disintegrated).

 

[chiqita]

Ok im posting this so people can learn from my disaster.

We have a brooder inside with 3-4 week ond chocls. Dh forgot it in the watering cycle and the brooder is at an angle that there is a shadow on the warterer so it looks 1/2 full at a glance.

I saw that it wad completely empty this morning and filled it. BAD MOVE. It must have been empty for more then 24 hrs because they drank too fast. I didn't even think about limiting their hydration!

I lost a bunch and a bunch are still wobbly and sick. I feel a bit like a mass murderer this morning (