California - Northern

[ronott1]

I am having this problem with my black Langshans from my new trio. It is discouraging. The Pita Pintas and PP mixes just pop right out with hardly ever a problem. The Langshans on the other hand are sticky and have a hard time hatching. I'm going to concentrate on the nutrition that my trio is getting to see if that makes a difference. The Langshans from our field flock hatch as well as the PPs do. I've now completed about 4 hatches with the trio's eggs and even when I started them a day before the other eggs, they were still the last to hatch and were sticky. They are strong chicks once hatched but I'm sure the stress of their hatching has shortened my life!

Two things to try are:

Misting
Cool down

Do both from day 8 to 14

 

[PetRock]

Two things to try are:

Misting
Cool down

Do both from day 8 to 14

Thanks, Ron. My head hen is broody again. Maybe I should give her some of the Langshan eggs and see if she is more successful at hatching them than I am.

 

[ronott1]

Thanks, Ron. My head hen is broody again. Maybe I should give her some of the Langshan eggs and see if she is more successful at hatching them than I am.

That is a great idea!

 

[Flowers of Abba]

My brinsea spot check came and aperently the battery is dead. Also looks l ike the kids did a good job cleaning the kitchen and threw away all the packaging. I hope its just the battery.



woke up to a golden quail runing in and out from under the eggs carton in the bator. NICE! Im always amazed at their tininess! Even when the hatches are small it feeds the addiction. The family is happy i have promised to turn off the bators when the baby comes. I havent told them Im plotting to conspire with this thread for getting more birds instead!

Have a great day everyone.
Kandi

 

[Flowers of Abba]

ah! Forgot to ask my question. our feed store had decided to stop stocking purena. apparently purena is selling everywhere and its not a draw to their little store... they are pushing up their line from farmers. its 14.50 for a 50 b bag. has anyone used this before?

 

[ronott1]

My brinsea spot check came and aperently the battery is dead. Also looks l ike the kids did a good job cleaning the kitchen and threw away all the packaging. I hope its just the battery.

woke up to a golden quail runing in and out from under the eggs carton in the bator. NICE! Im always amazed at their tininess! Even when the hatches are small it feeds the addiction. The family is happy i have promised to turn off the bators when the baby comes. I havent told them Im plotting to conspire with this thread for getting more birds instead!

Have a great day everyone.
Kandi

Brinsea has been having issues--Make sure the contacts are clean too.

Did you get it form Brinsea? If so, contact them and let them know about the battery.

 

[casportpony]

ah! Forgot to ask my question. our feed store had decided to stop stocking purena. apparently purena is selling everywhere and its not a draw to their little store... they are pushing up their line from farmers. its 14.50 for a 50 b bag. has anyone used this before?

I've used Farmers products before and found their quality to be a little iffy. For example, once their scratch was missing milo, other times it had bits of corn cob in it. Lay crumbles and pellets look okay, maybe a little dusty at times, but the chickens still ate it. FYI, I think they also make a 20% lay pellet, which comes in handy sometimes.

-Kathy

 

[sewandgrow]

Usually it is Temperatures too low.

1. Temperature too low or too high
2. Humidity too high
3. Ventilation (remove vents)

The gooey chicks come from yolk that does not absorb. In addition to incubation causes, there is also flock health and nutrition of the flock.

Shipping can make the embryo use a lot of energy to repair damage--Yolks get scrambled, air cell are damages. The white strand that holds the yolk in place breaks off.

Temperature is the first thing to concentrate on. Humidity should be in the 30 to 40% range for most breeds. It looks like it might need to be higher for Dorkings.

To increase vigor which equals yolk absorption, try cooling next time. The new advance Brinseas have it as an option. If not, take the top off of the incubator for an hour to two hours each night from day 8 to 14. That will definitely get the air flowing and will help with the air exchange within the egg.

Not absorbing the yolk is also what causes shrink wrap.

Another thing to try is to lower the temperature at lockdown to 99 and do not go over 65% for humidity. If you see condensation on the view window, humidity is too high and the Oxygen level can get to a lethal level. Temperature plus humidity lowers Oxygen.

Thank you so much Ron. I am sure it will help a lot of people.

 

[Flowers of Abba]

Brinsea has been having issues--Make sure the contacts are clean too.

Did you get it form Brinsea? If so, contact them and let them know about the battery.

amazon.. so at least my order info is linkable.

I've used Farmers products before and found their quality to be a little iffy. For example, once their scratch was missing milo, other times it had bits of corn cob in it. Lay crumbles and pellets look okay, maybe a little dusty at times, but the chickens still ate it. FYI, I think they also make a 20% lay pellet, which comes in handy sometimes.

-Kathy

thanks good to know.

 

[caychris]

Are there any vegetable/fruit scraps that I should not feed to chickens?

People tell me they will devour my garden if I let them so I'm planning on giving them treats from the garden on but not letting them loose in it.