California - Northern

[HighNDryFarm]

Yeah! Classroom chicks are done hatching. The stress over the darned incubator has ended.

Started with 21 eggs. 19 went to lockdown. 14 hatched. One died after hatching from what was probably mushy chick syndrome (I think that's what it is called). So, it was either a 74% hatch rate if you count the chick that died, or a 68% hatch rate if you dont. We're going with the 68%.

I managed to get two videos of two different chicks hatching, so the kids thought it was pretty neat. One chick hatched on Tuesday during school, so they got to take turns watching it then, too.

Other teachers suggested replacing parts of the incubator, but the teacher I work with was having none of that! She independently researched incubators and decided on a Brinsea incubator. She's going to try for the larger one if the school can scrape together the funds.

Congratulations! Those little chicks are lucky you took over the hatching this year! Boy, I agree on the Brinsea. A school needs a set it and forget it type incubator so no one has to worry about leaving it for the weekend. We went on the lake for three days over the weekend and never once worried about the eggs in the incubator.

Quote: GASP! They turn into boys? I must find out how to prevent them from turning into boys!!!!!

 

[ronott1]

Congratulations! Those little chicks are lucky you took over the hatching this year! Boy, I agree on the Brinsea. A school needs a set it and forget it type incubator so no one has to worry about leaving it for the weekend. We went on the lake for three days over the weekend and never once worried about the eggs in the incubator.
GASP! They turn into boys? I must find out how to prevent them from turning into boys!!!!!

That does sound bad!

The autosexing by color was off....

 

[ChickNmamma]

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That does sound awful.. I sure hope my girls don't turn into boys...

I believe if you want to keep the autosexing capabilities you wouldn't want to use any of the "iffy" colored chicks for breeding. Something in their genetic makeup is blocking the autosexing (or adding something) so using them could make it difficult for future generations and could possibly loose the autosexing completely

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I would mark it and see what it does. If it "turns" into a boy..

 

[chicksnthestiks]

I think all my girls turned into boys

 

[debs_flock]

I think all my girls turned into boys

Yeah, mine turn into boys all the time. That's why I have a pen full of serama cocks, good thing they get along!

 

[ronott1]

Super Chemical Girl Posted that Naked Necks did not have the "hair" feathers on them and were easier to process because of this and having less feathers. Are NNs easer to process?

Zowweemama has them now so maybe she has processed some?

 

[debs_flock]

Most of yesterday's hatch, (so far) - 34 golden campine, 2 OE (BCM x araucana), 1 lakenvelder & 3 serama. A few chicks are still drying in the incubator, a few eggs are still pipped (they were due today).

Why do I keep singing - "one of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn't belong"?

 

[Chickengirl1304]

Anyone close to dunsmuir have OE hatching eggs?

 

[WildflowerJLH]

Anyone close to dunsmuir have OE hatching eggs?

PapaBrooder is near Redding. Pretty sure he has OE hatching eggs.

 

[WildflowerJLH]

Can't remember if someone was interested, but there is a new Azure Standard drop point starting on the K-3 route in Cottonwood.

And Azure Standard is carrying the Scratch & Peck GROWER now!