California - Northern

[chickee]

Well if you are anywhere near Placerville I could come out at some point and do a walk around with ya and identify them for you.

Thank-you for the offer

but we are outside of Grass Valley. Our property is part of the Land Trust and one of the people that comes each year in the spring to walk the property, is very knowledgable about the different mushrooms. I will have get her to put names to them for me.

 

[lizanne]

Uhhhhh..... Remind me not to put the incubator in my bedroom next time. -boy, those little guys are loud!-

 

[chickee]

Uhhhhh..... Remind me not to put the incubator in my bedroom next time. -boy, those little guys are loud!-

Yes they are!

Mine go into a brooder in a guest bedroom room in the basement, directly under our bedroom, and they drive me nuts peck, pecking the wood sides during the night!

I am always happy when they are old enough to go out into the chick grow out house!!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quack!


-Kathy

That is hilarious!

I read a post somewhere on hatching. the person was asking for info and the responder said
"ok, first find yourself a rope. Now have a friend tie you to the chair until they hatch".

It's SOOOO hard to wait for those babies!

Too funny! And strangely true!

Spring is coming!

One of our Mini Nubian does had a beautiful doeling yesterday. So excited for this year's kidding season! We've got more does waiting.

Such a beautiful photograph! Congrats!

I would wash them. Water needs to be a bit warmer than the egg and just remove the egg goo.

The egg goo will rot and build up bacteria.

I would at least wipe them down with a damp cloth. Make sure you get all the goo out of the nest or it will attract flies.

Uhhhhh..... Remind me not to put the incubator in my bedroom next time. -boy, those little guys are loud!-

Yup, and the first to hatch is usually the loudmouth! My incubator is all the way across the house and they still wake me up!

 

[lizanne]

Are different breeds of chicken, harder or easier to hatch? I've had bad luck with these Orpingtons. Last time I had 2/6 and this time it looks like 3/8 (hopefully). These aren't shipped eggs. I had 6/7 with my own eggs (mixed).

 

[PetRock]

Ah. Well, that's not an option for me, so we'll just have to wait and see.

You might try putting a chicken apron/saddle on her. I did that for Sass last summer when we didn't have Zoro. That reminds me, I need to make a couple for some of my Bresse girls at the farm. Bresse boys are very active! Here is one thread where they are talking about it. This is just one thread discussing them. Tere are lots of threads and also people who sell them just search for chicken apron.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/424354/free-chicken-apron-saddle-pattern

 

[PetRock]

Are different breeds of chicken, harder or easier to hatch? I've had bad luck with these Orpingtons. Last time I had 2/6 and this time it looks like 3/8 (hopefully). These aren't shipped eggs. I had 6/7 with my own eggs (mixed).

I know that Bresse are very strong hatchers and the chicks thrive! My first hatch of Pita Pintas was only so so and I thought maybe they were harder to hatch but now I just think that it was me with a new incubator. All of the PPs and PP mixes that I've hatched this year have done great! I've heard that Marans are hard to hatch. I have 12 coming for the Easter hatch along so I guess that I will find out!

 

[ronott1]

I know that Bresse are very strong hatchers and the chicks thrive! My first hatch of Pita Pintas was only so so and I thought maybe they were harder to hatch but now I just think that it was me with a new incubator. All of the PPs and PP mixes that I've hatched this year have done great! I've heard that Marans are hard to hatch. I have 12 coming for the Easter hatch along so I guess that I will find out!

The Pita Pintas hatched well the first time I hatched them--They were the farthest "shipped" eggs that I have hatched too. The Basque eggs hatched better though.

Hybrid vigor for the mixed chicks though.

lizanne: Yes different breeds are harder to hatch. Different lines of the same breed too. It is often a sign of in breeding but it can also be a function flock health and even egg size. Eggs over 72G are harder to hatch.

Tell me more about the hatche. What was the number of clears. When did they die if they developed? What was their condition when they hatched, ie: sticky, yolk not absorbed? Big abdomen where the yolk was absorbed?

What day did they hatch on and how long was the hatch? A healthy flock will hatch over day 21 and take 24 hours to hatch.

 

[ronott1]

Ah. Well, that's not an option for me, so we'll just have to wait and see.

This is a bad year for Mites and lice. They seem to be coming in off of the wind LOL.

Definitely check to make sure they do not have parasites.

 

[PetRock]

The Pita Pintas hatched well the first time I hatched them--They were the farthest "shipped" eggs that I have hatched too. The Basque eggs hatched better though.

Hybrid vigor for the mixed chicks though.

lizanne: Yes different breeds are harder to hatch. Different lines of the same breed too. It is often a sign of in breeding but it can also be a function flock health and even egg size. Eggs over 72G are harder to hatch.

Tell me more about the hatche. What was the number of clears. When did they die if they developed? What was their condition when they hatched, ie: sticky, yolk not absorbed? Big abdomen where the yolk was absorbed?

What day did they hatch on and how long was the hatch? A healthy flock will hatch over day 21 and take 24 hours to hatch.

I've also decided that I am not hatching small pullet eggs no matter the breed. It has been my experience that they seem to have a harder time hatching. I have two in my brooder right now and at two weeks they are half the size of the other chicks. I went through and moved all the small pullet eggs from the possible hatch trays to the egg skelter for eating. DH likes to know which eggs he can eat and the skelter is great for that!