California - Northern

[ronott1]

How does one minimize vibration?

-Kathy

I would hand turn or tilt the incubator for the first 10 days and then turn on the turner.

This is not a problem with the Brinsea since the whole thing turns via a cradle.

The auto turner in my Genesis clanks and clinks--some times is even clicks!

 

[Nikon]

Hey chicken masters, I have an egg question.

Babs my Brahma is sporadically popping out miss-shaped eggs with bad paint jobs. Any ideas??





Bab's eggs normally look like this, Left egg. It's very round, large and has a unique color, almost a peachy-pink.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Oh sigh... I had a feeling you would say something like that, lol. When would one see vibration related issues? Would they be early on or later. I ask because almost all of my issues have been the last three days, but I am willing to try just about anything!

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Hey chicken masters, I have an egg question.

Babs my Brahma is sporadically popping out miss-shaped eggs with bad paint jobs. Any ideas??





Bab's eggs normally look like this, Left egg. It's very round, large and has a unique color, almost a peachy-pink.

I don't have an answer for you and I have a few that are also doing this. Here is a link I found:
http://www.avianweb.com/eggproblems.html

-Kathy

 

[ronott1]

Oh sigh... I had a feeling you would say something like that, lol. When would one see vibration related issues? Would they be early on or later. I ask because almost all of my issues have been the last three days, but I am willing to try just about anything!

-Kathy

You would see them later--the vibration makes the embryo work harder which leaves less energy for hatching.

Misting and cool down should really help with them. It makes the embryo stronger so they hatch better and are stronger as chicks.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: What I really wanted to you say say is "oh, you have an RCOM 20 Max, so you don't need to worry about vibration". I guess I'll have to decide if I'm can remeber to turn them by hand the proper number of times per day. Sure wish I had a few bators and lots of eggs to experiment with.

-Kathy

 

[Country Chick at Heart]

@chiqita
 - Thank you  Ill keep that in mind. The coop doesn't have a way to lock them in at the moment though can probably come up with something. Once I have a way to ensure they will be warm enough in it Ill try locking them in at night. They were really happy to be back in their nice warm box last night so much so they didn't mind being in the smaller space. Wont last long though I'm sure. We will get them back in soon enough. The temps are dropping a little low at night though that should pass soon (and they are getting older day by day) They should be fully 5 weeks tomorrow.

I actually went out every night and moved each chick up into the coop. They would huddle in a big pile in the run until I moved them. The Silkies were the last to figure out how to go up the ramp at night...but the first ones to figure out how to use it to get down! They were funny little fuzziness!

 

[Nikon]

I am new to chickening as well. I have 6 buff orpingtons, and 1 blue orpington rooster boy in the brooder.
One of my 6 girls is turning into a boy quickly. ever since I got the chicks, I have been Chicken obsessed.
I am looking to add to the babies already. Wanting a few light sussex or chocolate orpington girls about 3-4 weeks old. They seem very difficult to locate. any ideas?

Welcome to the NorCal thread and to BYC!! Have a funny chicken photo!

 

[Nikon]

LOVING everyone's chicken show pics and new baby chick pics!
Here's some fun pics from the last few days....


The lake


Molly the German Shepherd sits in the lawn while all the chickens search for bugs around her.


The two roos.


Hershey, the BCM


Bab's the Brahma


Here is the tiny blue-ish egg I found that had to come from Ellie.

 

[Dumb Kluck]

Fukushima triple reactor meltdowns and continuous release of contaminated water into the Pacific over the last 3 years, gets picked up by the jet stream and dropped across north america as drenching rain?!!
My veggies have terrible mutations following rain, the developing tissues of buds and blossoms (and embryos) are very sensitive to rad damage and oft result in mutation. I am very concerned about Californias' crops... peach, plum, orange, almond, and more have been drenched in the (ironically) much needed rain whilst in flower :/


Japanese Long Eggplant exposed to rain in flower & bud 2013. All fruit before & after developed normally.

I am no Chicken Master/Whisperer, but it would be very interesting for me to know if the malformed/colored eggs follow any rainfall in your area by a couple days or so?