California - Northern

[sewandgrow]

anyone ever seen this.............

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Egg-Incubat...198?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item338f97fb16

 

[TheKeeper]

@debs_flock Oh look what I started.
Nicobar are obtainable & medium-easy to keep (I know a breeder locally). Those colors only show like that in direct overhead sunshine. Its funny that you like the nicobars but you think diamonds eye rings are creepy - most people think nicobars look like mini vultures.They have a neat deep-voiced coo too.
Fruit pigeons are a whole other level. They need misters, permanent heat lamps, fresh fruit every day, and are $$$ and hard to find good fertile pairs. Even experienced dove/pigeon people are wary.
How about a turkey-sized pigeon? Look up Victorian Crowned Pigeon. Im on my phone or id post a link. Their coo sounds like a cow lowing. Their baby looks like a big black tarantula when it hatches. A wing slap will break bones in your hand. But some a really tame and follow you like a puppy.

 

[caychris]

anyone ever seen this.............

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Egg-Incubat...198?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item338f97fb16

Looks interesting.
Apparently only displays in Metric temp though so could be confusing if you have been using F temps.

 

[Audio51]

Interesting hatch with these shipped Mottled Ameraucan eggs. I had 2 pip on Day 19, but not really do anything after that for awhile. 3 more pipped and hatched pretty quickly. I finally help the first 2 after about 36 hours of no progress. I just helped break the shell a bit and let them push out. One is a bit sticky, but otherwise fine. The other pushes out but had a fairly large bit of egg yolk with some blood vessels. I put it in a small plastic container in the "fluff out' 'bator so the others chicks would not be pecking at the yolk sack. It seems vigorous, active and vocal. I checked about 30 minutes later and something seemed to have ruptured because the poor thing was slipping and sliding in the container in an orange liquid mess. It looked like a combination of yolk and blood. took it out and soaked up the liquid. I wrapped it in a a warm, damp paper towel and back in the fluff out bater. It keeps climbing out of the container in with the others, so I moved them to a brooder box. The chick is now alone in the fluffer so no one to peck at it while it absorbs the yolk. It is on the rubbermaid liner so not too rough, but there is still what appears to be a yolk sack attached. I am hoping it will absorb this. It is very sticky, but I am not too worried about that. Does anyone have experience with this and is there a chance it will make it? Anything I should do for it. I am trying to keep the humidity up so the sack doesn't dry out too fast. Again..it seems to be pretty active an vigorous..

 

[liz9910]

Oh the poor little thing....I've had some rough hatches recently too. Keeping my fingers crossed that it's ok.

 

[ronott1]

Interesting hatch with these shipped Mottled Ameraucan eggs. I had 2 pip on Day 19, but not really do anything after that for awhile. 3 more pipped and hatched pretty quickly. I finally help the first 2 after about 36 hours of no progress. I just helped break the shell a bit and let them push out. One is a bit sticky, but otherwise fine. The other pushes out but had a fairly large bit of egg yolk with some blood vessels. I put it in a small plastic container in the "fluff out' 'bator so the others chicks would not be pecking at the yolk sack. It seems vigorous, active and vocal. I checked about 30 minutes later and something seemed to have ruptured because the poor thing was slipping and sliding in the container in an orange liquid mess. It looked like a combination of yolk and blood. took it out and soaked up the liquid. I wrapped it in a a warm, damp paper towel and back in the fluff out bater. It keeps climbing out of the container in with the others, so I moved them to a brooder box. The chick is now alone in the fluffer so no one to peck at it while it absorbs the yolk. It is on the rubbermaid liner so not too rough, but there is still what appears to be a yolk sack attached. I am hoping it will absorb this. It is very sticky, but I am not too worried about that. Does anyone have experience with this and is there a chance it will make it? Anything I should do for it. I am trying to keep the humidity up so the sack doesn't dry out too fast. Again..it seems to be pretty active an vigorous..

Spray the sack with vetricyn. I give them some poly vi sol without iron, just because I have a bottle of it.

If the sack\navel does not get infected and the organs say in, it will likely make it.

 

[sewandgrow]

Interesting hatch with these shipped Mottled Ameraucan eggs. I had 2 pip on Day 19, but not really do anything after that for awhile. 3 more pipped and hatched pretty quickly. I finally help the first 2 after about 36 hours of no progress. I just helped break the shell a bit and let them push out. One is a bit sticky, but otherwise fine. The other pushes out but had a fairly large bit of egg yolk with some blood vessels. I put it in a small plastic container in the "fluff out' 'bator so the others chicks would not be pecking at the yolk sack. It seems vigorous, active and vocal. I checked about 30 minutes later and something seemed to have ruptured because the poor thing was slipping and sliding in the container in an orange liquid mess. It looked like a combination of yolk and blood. took it out and soaked up the liquid. I wrapped it in a a warm, damp paper towel and back in the fluff out bater. It keeps climbing out of the container in with the others, so I moved them to a brooder box. The chick is now alone in the fluffer so no one to peck at it while it absorbs the yolk. It is on the rubbermaid liner so not too rough, but there is still what appears to be a yolk sack attached. I am hoping it will absorb this. It is very sticky, but I am not too worried about that. Does anyone have experience with this and is there a chance it will make it? Anything I should do for it. I am trying to keep the humidity up so the sack doesn't dry out too fast. Again..it seems to be pretty active an vigorous..

Ron already said what I thought. I had one like that & I sprayed it with Vetricyn & it was alright after awhile alone. I left it in the incubator with the unhatched eggs until it was able bodied.

 

[liz9910]

I have a broody Serama that is perched in the rafters of the coop instead of in a nest box....she makes the broody screech and is fluffed up and mad. It's hilarious.

 

[AshBits007]

question! my family rescued some of those battery cage hens... I will have to get out the calendar but this is the first time in 8 years that we have had sick chickens. and they may have started getting sick after those battery hens were introduced. any extra info is greatly appreciated. like I said, this is our first time dealing with sick hens.

 

[casportpony]

Anyone want this lil Seabright guy?

I'd love to have him, but have too many roosters!

-Kathy