California - Northern

[BCollie]

Jumping the gun, overthinking, and distracting myself...

Good deal? http://medford.craigslist.org/grd/4473739386.html

Too far for me, but did you see this, @BCollie? http://redding.craigslist.org/grd/4474273883.html

Are these any good? http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Chick-B...808?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item258e159fe0 Actually, never mind...

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Thanks! I tried calling the number on the ad and there was no answer, I'll call again after noon. I need one that will hold at least 15 eggs.

 

[BCollie]

I have some questions about fertilized eggs;

I'm storing them in an egg carton on my counter. Or should they be stored in the fridge? They should be stored fat side down, skinny side up, correct?

How long can fertilized eggs stay "good" for? Since I'm only collecting from one hen, and will be incubating after she's done laying fertilized eggs(about 3 weeks), will the ones collected at the very beginning(about 3 weeks back) still be viable?

Anything else I need to know about storing fertilized eggs?

 

[Audio51]

Yeah she is and coughs on occasion. I am medicating, but not sure. May babies seem fine, but she is not with my adult flock. The babies are above her and also being treated with Vetricyn for now. I spray it on their food. I also have an herb weed to feed them, the noise is slowing down hopefully goes away.

Mine were just on the Tylan 50 and VetRx. each seemed to be sick about 7-10 days, then recovered with no more symptoms. The Tylan is more for secondary infections I think since antibiotics won't so wnything for viruses. I hope the noise goes away too!. Since my birds were destined to the freeer I wasn't as worried about it becoming a long term thing.

Vicki - Crazy! My friend knows of her, talked to me, & said that apparently she goes through animals like crazy.

I just checked the same post from her anking for feedback on which to get and there are 2 other people saying she was supposed to get a BCM Roo from them too!!!! She has pretty much lost all credibility with me....

EDITED TO ADD: I just realized one of the 2 people was you!...

UGH am I the only person left on the planet without an incubator? lol.

I kind of want a little bitty Brinsea so I am limited in what I can set (to allay the "Hatch ALL the eggs!" feeling), but I did also send my husband the link to the home-made incubator page here.

And the whole hatching store-bought eggs thing sounds way more appealing then it should.

I have 5 hatchlings as of this morning from my store-bought eggs. I think that may be it, but will leave the remaining eggs a couple more days since today is on 21 days

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Wow, I could make my money back from buying this hen if I can get those eggs to hatch. Anyone in Redding or Sacramento(or anywhere in between) feel like doing me a big favor & have an incubator with some extra room?
I have room in mine if you want. I am in Paradise and would be happy to incubate for you. You could ship them or transport the eggs to Chico and we could meet there, then do the same to get chicks back to you after hatch.

I have a missing hen.

I've been glued to the computer until after dark with my temporary online job. My older daughter's usually good about locking the chickens up if we've let them out. I called her in for dinner around 7ish, and didn't even think about the fact that she didn't go out again after. I was getting something out of the garage, and noticed that it hadn't been closed yet. I closed it, and then saw Omelette on the bookcase I'm making. I reopened the garage, and took her to the coop, telling her she was silly. When I opened the door, it hit a chicken (I hadn't bothered with a flashlight, and the bottom of the door's in shadow). I tossed Omelette in, then fetched a flashlight. Curry and Fritatta were on the step, and Quiche was on a bag of recycling. I got them all on the roost, but Souffle wasn't there. We'd had neighbor kids over, so I checked the pen, too--only the new girls in there. I looked in the garage, in all the sheds, in all the trees, under everything... I'm hoping I just missed a hiding spot, and that Souffle will be chowing down on grass and drinking out of the fish pond when I get up tomorrow.

Hope she makes it back...maybe roosting in the trees?

 

[Audio51]

I have some questions about fertilized eggs;

I'm storing them in an egg carton on my counter. Or should they be stored in the fridge? They should be stored fat side down, skinny side up, correct?

How long can fertilized eggs stay "good" for? Since I'm only collecting from one hen, and will be incubating after she's done laying fertilized eggs(about 3 weeks), will the ones collected at the very beginning(about 3 weeks back) still be viable?

Anything else I need to know about storing fertilized eggs?

On the counter on best and skinny side should be down. They should be set by 10 days if possible. The longer it has been since they were laid the less likely they will hatch.

 

[Audio51]

I have no idea where she spent the night, but Souffle is now in the coop, thanks to BOSS

What a relief!!!

 

[chickee]

I just sent him a message about 30/45 minutes ago to see if I could pay him to hatch out some chicks for me in a few weeks. I would prefer being able to do it myself with a borrowed or rented incubator but any way I can get these eggs to hatch works, even if it means having someone else do it.
What is the 4-H extension office?

You keep saying two weeks . . it would be very unlikely they would still be fertile by then. I lost a rooster to a Bobcat years ago and collected eggs to hatch chicks from him but they were only fertile for a week. Plus, the longer they are stored the longer they take to hatch, have troubles hatching and are prone to deformities from my experiences.

 

[BCollie]

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I heard from several people on here that they can be fertile up to three weeks after being removed from the roo. I also didn't know they should be set earlier, I'll have to make sure that happens.

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Okay, I'll change them to skinny side down. That means the air sack is on the bottom, right? Why should it be like that?
See, I didn't know they should be set by 10 days. Total newbie here.
I offered to pay Papa Brooder to hatch eggs for me and he said yes, we'll see if we can work it out. If not, I can easily get them to Chico and I would love for you to hatch them for me. I'll let you know what happens.

 

[ronott1]

I heard from several people on here that they can be fertile up to three weeks after being removed from the roo. I also didn't know they should be set earlier, I'll have to make sure that happens.


Okay, I'll change them to skinny side down. That means the air sack is on the bottom, right? Why should it be like that?
See, I didn't know they should be set by 10 days. Total newbie here.
I offered to pay Papa Brooder to hatch eggs for me and he said yes, we'll see if we can work it out. If not, I can easily get them to Chico and I would love for you to hatch them for me. I'll let you know what happens.

Collect them for 10 days or so and then incubate them. For two weeks of storage, leave them big end up in a carton, tilted at an angle and turn them several time a day.

Long term storage after 15 days is small end up. They still do not do well if stored that long.

I hope they hatch for you!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Hey Ron, since you asked..............

Bee inspection time this morning before it gets hot. I was very surprised at how quickly they are fillling up the super.

It's difficult to hold a heavy frame of honey with bees on it in one hand and take pictures through a veil with the other hand. But here's what I got:

One of the outer frames. Partially capped honey, and uncapped honey.




This frame is filling up nicely.


Looks like I'll need to start honey extraction in a few weeks.

 

[Happy Chooks]

And since I had the camera out, and the lighting was nice this morning for pictures, I took some random photos.





Grapes are getting ready to bloom:


Barnevelder hen:


My broody OE: