California - Northern

[casportpony]

Tossed out finch chicks are the worst. My gouldians were terrible parents.

Wow, those are small! Are you going to raise them by hand?

-Kathy

 

[juststruttin]

I know a couple people expressed interest in learning how to process chickens. If you are still interested, please pm me. Thanks Deann

 

[SpringPeeper]

Ok so I didn't get easter eggers from the feedstore....but got 5 D'uccles..

If my feed store carried varieties like that, I would not be able to go there. It's tempting enough with the very limited common varieties they do have.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Not yet. Jason keeps hatching special eggs for other projects.

It does look like it might help with shipping. We were going to try one day of incubation but the article said 6 hours helped for storage.

Thanks for the article!

Lol my black penedesenca where shipped Monday afternoon so maybe they will be here tomorrow. Ok I promise after the crele hatch I will be ready. I am trying to get a few Empordanesa to throw in with the ones you send me.

now I can ship you some eggs if you want. I can put some in the Rcom Friday and ship Saturday if you have room

LOL. This is like they said don't say whats in the box to davis.. " lab samples"


also @ronott1 Here is a small article on pre incubation i found in quail. did you guys ever do your experiment?
http://backyardfarmer.co.nz/2013/12/26/effect-on-hatchability-with-pre-storage-incubation-of-stored-eggs/

thanks !

lol! yeah, they look a bit odd in the IT dept...

nice. I may have to buy one for my office

 

[LAChick]

Well I see this ad in craigslist for "Pink Egg Layers", I could not get in my car fast enough to buy some of his chicks. I left with 4 fluffy butts with the hope that I might see a pink egg in the nesting box in the near future!

 

[debs_flock]

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Wow, those are small! Are you going to raise them by hand?

-Kathy

No unfortunately they didn't make it. One died right away (the yellow one), the second lived for nine days. I thought I was over the hump and it was going to make it and it had passed away when I went for it's next feed. The picture was from about a year ago.

 

[chrissyr]

Air cells like that are in shipped eggs--often the survivors of poor packing. There are usually broken eggs in the package too. they show up after the first week.

Eggs like that have to be set in cartons for the entire time. I have been able to hatch eggs like that but it is hard because the embryo was damaged from the shipping too.

What do you mean set in cartons the entire time? you mean no turning for the whole incubation?

 

[margaret8]

I worked for a County too, but I was the Payroll Manager, so it was my office and everyone else in the room worked for me, lol. Tossed out finch chicks are the worst. My gouldians were terrible parents. Those three will make enough noise for a whole flock of chickens. I'm sorry the rest didn't make it though.

Oh I know I've got 14 that are grown. These are their offspring. They started laying in February instead of April. Now they have quit. They were only 7 months when they started laying.

 

[ronott1]

What do you mean set in cartons the entire time? you mean no turning for the whole incubation?

I need to go back and correct that post. It will be hard to find though...

I should have said up right in the turner and then hatched upright in an egg flat at hatch. Yes, they need to be turned. Just the normal amount though. Turning for the first week needs to be very careful since shipped eggs are very fragile. There is a group on BYC that has a theory about resting shipped eggs in the incubator without turning--that it is not a good thing. I am trying to stay away from all of that though-- Their passion for it is something to see

The chicks need to be encouraged to pip up into the air space and they can be confused if the egg rolls and then pip into a vein at hatch.

 

[EZFarms]

Most hens ive read about lay alot mine are just being weird