California - Northern

[casportpony]

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Very interesting colors and markings!

-Kathy

The rose colored eggs are dark brown when wet. The Bloom makes them that color. The Chickens look like:




Never heard of that and nice looking birds! Have to say that I'm learning lots here in this group!

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Anyone here know what size eggs a 500 gram hen should lay?

-Kathy

 

[PetRock]

I know! I think I need a list of ones not to hatch together. I didnt think the blue egg chicks would look as much like the Marans as they do. Fortunatly there is a a bit of difference...plus that blue egg chick was HUGE compared to the Marans at hatch. Not as much difference now...

I ordered 12 FBCM, 12 BBS Langshans, and 12 Cream Legbar eggs for the Easter Hatch Along. I guess that I am going to have to use 2 incubators or separate them in plastic containers for hatch.

 

[chiqita]

Ron! King of links! Do you have rhe link to the egg hatching study that said best weights for hatchability? And how eggs hatch best? I am discussing egg picking with a friend and they Are excited to see the info.
@ronott1

 

[chiqita]

Leg color is the big determiner on the marans with other chicks. That and they should ONLY be black and white. No browns etc. And not a ton of white. But what colors are the langshan legs?

 

[zooweemama]

Eek help guys! I got some beautiful Barnie chicks from Trisha. I do not know which one of my little ones did this- no one is copping to it but they fed them a ton of grains (millet wheat etc). They are all too young to be running around with the big chickens so they are in a huge pen inside the coop and we feed and water them daily.I didn't notice the seed. Found one dead this morning, the rest are lethargic, very dark poo and super spongy and enlarged crops. I am confident it is sour crop but I do not know what to do. Everywhere I look the advice is different. Please help- I don't want to lose anymore and I can tell them feel awful. Thank you thank you!!

 

[zooweemama]

Eek help guys! I got some beautiful Barnie chicks from Trisha. I do not know which one of my little ones did this- no one is copping to it but they fed them a ton of grains (millet wheat etc). They are all too young to be running around with the big chickens so they are in a huge pen inside the coop and we feed and water them daily.I didn't notice the seed. Found one dead this morning, the rest are lethargic, very dark poo and super spongy and enlarged crops. I am confident it is sour crop but I do not know what to do. Everywhere I look the advice is different. Please help- I don't want to lose anymore and I can tell them feel awful. Thank you thank you!!

Plus all the treatment is for chickens and these chicks aren't even 3 months old. I am afraid if I withhold food or water for 12-24 hours that could also kill them.

 

[ronott1]

Ron! King of links! Do you have rhe link to the egg hatching study that said best weights for hatchability? And how eggs hatch best? I am discussing egg picking with a friend and they Are excited to see the info.
@ronott1

I found this!

Abstract
A study was conducted to determine the effect of egg weight on hatchability, chick hatch-weight, mortality and subsequent productivity of indigenous Venda chickens. Three hundred and sixty indigenous Venda chicken eggs were collected for a period of a week and selection was done based on the weight of the eggs. A complete randomized design was used, with four treatment weights, each with 90 eggs. The four treatment weights were as follows: below 49 g, between 50 and 59 g, between 60 and 69 g, and above 70 g. Egg weight was positively and strongly correlated with egg hatchability (r2 = 0.727) and chick hatch-weight (r2 = 0.953). Heavier-sized eggs hatched chicks had higher mortality rates. Growth rate and live weight of the chickens were optimized at different egg weights of 56 (r2 = 0.657) and 60 (r2 = 0.870) g, respectively, for chickens aged 1 to 7 weeks, and egg weights of 61 g (r2 = 0.514) and 60 g (r2 = 0.948), respectively, for chickens aged 8 to 13 weeks. It is concluded that indigenous Venda chicken egg weight affects hatchability, hatch-weight, mortality and subsequent productivity of the chickens. It is concluded that production variables were optimized at different egg weights. This means that the selection of eggs for incubation will depend on the parameter in question.


It says blah, Blah Blah

60 to 72 G is best for hatching. Below and above cause problems.

 

[ronott1]

Eek help guys! I got some beautiful Barnie chicks from Trisha. I do not know which one of my little ones did this- no one is copping to it but they fed them a ton of grains (millet wheat etc). They are all too young to be running around with the big chickens so they are in a huge pen inside the coop and we feed and water them daily.I didn't notice the seed. Found one dead this morning, the rest are lethargic, very dark poo and super spongy and enlarged crops. I am confident it is sour crop but I do not know what to do. Everywhere I look the advice is different. Please help- I don't want to lose anymore and I can tell them feel awful. Thank you thank you!!

You have to make them vomit!

Hold them upside down and massage the crop until they expel the nasty yucky grains.

After that, feed them scrambled egg and yogurt for a day and then soak some starter for them to eat.

Best!

 

[ronott1]

Plus all the treatment is for chickens and these chicks aren't even 3 months old. I am afraid if I withhold food or water for 12-24 hours that could also kill them.

See my post--you do not have to withhold food.

I hope the get better soon!

It takes quite a few days of impacted crop for them to get sour crop.