California - Northern

[chickee]

One great thing about small communities, my mail carrier just called to ask if I wanted her to deliver the eggs or if I wanted to come and pick them up in town?
They were marked for pickup but she called just to make sure. She did say they weren't smelly like a previous order of basque eggs were. She will stop on her route and we will talk chicken when she sees them cruising in the front yard occasionally. She calls the basques the smelly birds.

That is really nice! I have to ask for my egg packages to be marked for pick-up, and always have to call to see if they arrived. One time they told me they hadn't come and later that day they showed up on my door step!

Funny thing is, those eggs were from Georgia and I got a 100% hatch! They were packaged very well (BYC member Bargain) and were EEs.

Don't forget to post what colors Aubrey sent . . Please

 

[Chickengirl1304]

Ok so my incubator was unplugged for overnight and I just realized it!!! It says temp is 80 degrees. Will they survive?! I just plugged it back in

 

[Audio51]

My power & water are back on. Over 100 homes lost power around here, yesterday. Maybe due to the wind? Way behind again.

@ronott1 I stored that last batch of eggs pointy end up, without turning. See if that makes any difference. When I thought about it ... hens store their eggs on their sides. Broody raised eggs are never on either end. So why are incubated eggs put on end? Maybe stored eggs should be on their side?

Congrats on that great hatch, btw!

Speaking of pallets, I (with help from DH) made my first pallet project - a brooder. Not pretty but works ok. Chicks were without heat all day, yesterday. 65-70 degrees when I checked. 11 days old. They didn't seem affected at all, were perfectly fine. Strong, happy chicks.
I hadn't attached the heat lamp yet, when I took these photos. The stand is the free one that Premier sent me to replace the broken one.

So glad the power is back with no apparent negative effects on the chicks. That is a pretty nice looking brooder. If I might ask...what is the shiny stuff it is lined with?

 

[PetRock]

My power & water are back on. Over 100 homes lost power around here, yesterday. Maybe due to the wind? Way behind again.

@ronott1 I stored that last batch of eggs pointy end up, without turning. See if that makes any difference. When I thought about it ... hens store their eggs on their sides. Broody raised eggs are never on either end. So why are incubated eggs put on end? Maybe stored eggs should be on their side?

Congrats on that great hatch, btw!

Speaking of pallets, I (with help from DH) made my first pallet project - a brooder. Not pretty but works ok. Chicks were without heat all day, yesterday. 65-70 degrees when I checked. 11 days old. They didn't seem affected at all, were perfectly fine. Strong, happy chicks.
I hadn't attached the heat lamp yet, when I took these photos. The stand is the free one that Premier sent me to replace the broken one.

So glad that your power and water are back on!

I've wondered about the big end up incubating as opposed to on the side. I know that Rcom incubators are designed to incubate eggs on their sides. My GQF cabinet hatcher has trays with lids that are not deep enough to hatch big end up. There is one deep tray at the bottom that can be used but if you were using it as designed, the four metal trays would have eggs hatching on their sides. I might experiment with some of these easy to hatch Pita Pinta mix eggs to see how the two methods compare.

Nice brooder! I am planning on re-purposing some big metal shelves to make a brooder with 2 levels/compartments. But I need to find a space for the stuff stored on the shelves before I can use them for chicks!

 

[ronott1]

Ok so my incubator was unplugged for overnight and I just realized it!!! It says temp is 80 degrees. Will they survive?! I just plugged it back in

It depends on where they were in development.

They will suspend if it is early enough and the hatch will be delayed..Plug it all back in and candle in a couple of days or day 7 to see if they are still alive.

 

[member 142084]

Hey guys. There is a hen rescue 1,800 laying hens need a home. The place is going out of business. They are in Vaccaville.

http://animalplace.org/help-a-hen-rescue

 

[capayvalleychick]

Ok so my incubator was unplugged for overnight and I just realized it!!! It says temp is 80 degrees. Will they survive?! I just plugged it back in

I'm not an expert but have heard of this happening many times and it turned out ok. I'm sure Ron will weigh in on this.

If I might ask...what is the shiny stuff it is lined with?

It's a type of foil, padded insulation that I can't remember the name of, but they sell it at Home Depot for around $20.+ a roll. Deb talked about it, last year. She uses it for her brooders.

 

[capayvalleychick]

Hey guys. There is a hen rescue 1,800 laying hens need a home. The place is going out of business. They are in Vaccaville.

http://animalplace.org/help-a-hen-rescue

Just FYI, this is a PETA run organization.

 

[TheKeeper]

Every variety I had except the Cotournix were outside so I couldn't tell. The Cotournix were nearby & I could hear them but they were breeding groups & I could hear the roosters crow regularly & it made me giggle inside.

Don't those Cotournix have the STRANGEST crow? They make me laugh too. To me they sounds closer to a partridge or tinamou.

 

[TheKeeper]

Looks like we lost power for 4 to 5 hours last night. I have a full Brinsea Octagon 20 on Day 5. I haven't open the bator at all. I don't know how much it dropped in temp or humidity.
Does anyone have advice on the effects?
Let them sit until Day 7 & candle?
Probably hatch delay?
Grrr - I hate the high winds.