California - Northern

[lizanne]

Had another chick hatch last night. This guy is from the ones I put in on 8/15. So I thought it should have hatched Thursday 9/5. I'm not sure what's going on with my super early hatchers. Temps are right between 99-100. They are all healthy and haven't had any issues. This one hatched with only 20% humidity in the bator. My daughter looked in, and there he was.

 

[debs_flock]

More Lewey pics

Jason, I just love him. I'm not much of an indoor cat person (can't have a box of "kitty treats" available for my horde of dogs). But I also know that being an indoor/outdoor cat is not safe for a kitty. Not to mention my favorite breeds of cats are all expensive cats, like a Bengal.

I do hope your older cat returns safely, but good luck with your new boy.

 

[lawatt]

Rough and Ready Bengals. Same place Candy did. He is just pet quality which is what we wanted. we just like the Bengals personality. They can be quite expensive

he's incredibly sweet-looking -- i have three adult cats already, which is more than enough, but he's got me wanting more kittens! (the resident bobcat does NOT count)

edit: mine are indoor/outdoor, but i have strict rules that once they get their dinner in the evening, the doors close & they stay inside at night, which is when most of the danger for cats is (i live at the end of a dead-end road, so happily no traffic to worry about) -- so far, all of my cats have lived to be 15-18 yrs old this way. and two of my current three were formerly feral, and so would be *miserable* if they had to stay indoors all the time.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

he's incredibly sweet-looking -- i have three adult cats already, which is more than enough, but he's got me wanting more kittens! (the resident bobcat does NOT count)

edit: mine are indoor/outdoor, but i have strict rules that once they get their dinner in the evening, the doors close & they stay inside at night, which is when most of the danger for cats is (i live at the end of a dead-end road, so happily no traffic to worry about) -- so far, all of my cats have lived to be 15-18 yrs old this way. and two of my current three were formerly feral, and so would be *miserable* if they had to stay indoors all the time.

thats a good idea. He will be indoor only. We had talked about a few outdoor only farm cats but could not do it. we would want them to stay indoors or indoor outdoor when they would need to be hunting gophers in the garden at night

 

[lawatt]

thats a good idea. He will be indoor only. We had talked about a few outdoor only farm cats but could not do it. we would want them to stay indoors or indoor outdoor when they would need to be hunting gophers in the garden at night

mine do a fine job of hunting during the day -- there was a stretch there when Henry (my long black cat) was averaging more than one gopher a day! (his record was five in one day, and ate them all, ugh) they also have an annoying habit of catching lizards, which they won't eat -- but the chickens were starting to learnt o steal them from the cats & gobble them down, before their free-ranging was curtailed...

 

[lawatt]

so i've got a candling question, for those of you more expert than i -- today is day 7 for the poor isbar eggs, that first took an extra day in shipping from San Diego, then sat in the malfunctioning incubator around 85° for a day or so until i took them out again -- and then have spent 7 days in an incubator at more or less the right temp (the first few days, in the somewhat-calibrated malfunctioning one, with temps ranging from 97-101, it just couldn't hold a stable temp), and now in the rock-solid working perfectly one at exactly 99.5° -- and today is Day 7 of that stretch in the incubator.

i just tried candling them, and in several there's a clear air cell with an irregular shape -- in some there's a darkish mass that seems to float around inside the egg, and in some i can't see anything clearly at all, not even a distinct air cell -- but no distinct veins in any.

are they likely quitters? or is it too early to tell, esp. with colors shells?

any advice or suggestions is most appreciated!

 

[Chickengirl1304]

so i've got a candling question, for those of you more expert than i -- today is day 7 for the poor isbar eggs, that first took an extra day in shipping from San Diego, then sat in the malfunctioning incubator around 85° for a day or so until i took them out again -- and then have spent 7 days in an incubator at more or less the right temp (the first few days, in the somewhat-calibrated malfunctioning one, with temps ranging from 97-101, it just couldn't hold a stable temp), and now in the rock-solid working perfectly one at exactly 99.5° -- and today is Day 7 of that stretch in the incubator.

i just tried candling them, and in several there's a clear air cell with an irregular shape -- in some there's a darkish mass that seems to float around inside the egg, and in some i can't see anything clearly at all, not even a distinct air cell -- but no distinct veins in any.

are they likely quitters?  or is it too early to tell, esp. with colors shells?  

any advice or suggestions is most appreciated!

Weird shaped cells Are from shipping.
Black blobs are good signs!
Some you may not be able to see through at all because of the egg color and maybe a day behind because of the low temps.
You may not be able to see veins because of egg color also.

 

[Chickengirl1304]

Weird shaped cells Are from shipping.
Black blobs are good signs!
Some you may not be able to see through at all because of the egg color and maybe a day behind because of the low temps.
You may not be able to see veins because of egg color also.

There is hope!

 

[ronott1]

Weird shaped cells Are from shipping.
Black blobs are good signs!
Some you may not be able to see through at all because of the egg color and maybe a day behind because of the low temps.
You may not be able to see veins because of egg color also.

All True!

Give them more time.

 

[lawatt]

All True!

Give them more time.

thanks, both of you! for the ones that have completely detached air cells (moves around like the bubble in a spirit level, rather than staying put), should i just leave those alone too? (this Rcom incubator auto-turns the eggs, but they are lying on their sides rather than sitting pointy end down)