California - Northern

[ronott1]

This is the latest pic if my biggies:

The chick starter bag says feed until 8 weeks. I swear they pick out 2 or 3 things from 10 or so ingredients and then claim they have no food. I ferment the stuff they won't eat and give about 1/4 cup 2 or 3 times a day, which they do enjoy but any more than that and they lose interest.
I'm getting straw to do the deep litter method in the coop run and will look for grower feed. They have spent 3 nights in their new coop and seem to like it.

Henry is big enough to look out the "window" at the top off the coop, above the roost bar and watches me chase down the littles and clean up the daily messes.
I'm still working on the free-range containment system, so they are all over my patio during the day.
The littles are doing well - even Runty!

Is the feed Scratch and Peck? That is a problem with using it. They will pick out what they like.

Higbys in Dixon will either have or order in Modesto Mills organic starter. It is more traditional so all of the feed ingredients are extruded into crumbles.

Thanks for the pictures!

 

[QueenBubbles]

Yes, it is Scratch and Peck. Since I have more littles, I'll try the Modesto Mills starter. Thanks for the tip!

 

[Audio51]

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So far I have not had this experience....but then again I have no roosters. I did have the one I rehomed last week, but I'm not sure he counts yet. He was just getting the hang of crowing so I don;t really tjhink he was trying to mount anyone yet.

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The picture was right after I fed them a bunch, so I'll have to look again before the next feeding. Have the doses, but need to do some math to convert it to such small ones.

Tricky, but doable if I have to.

-Kathy

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

Quote: Great looking group there! And a the coop is very cute!.

 

[casportpony]

Here are the results from shipped egg experiment. Out of six peafowl eggs from PA to Gilroy, CA, all six were good, but one had a blood ring at abot day 5 and the other died 2-3 days ago. These four hatched in 27 days this morning.



I sent six eggs in the same box back to PA and only three of mine started, but one of those died.

-Kathy

 

[ronott1]

Here are the results from shipped egg experiment. Out of six peafowl eggs from PA to Gilroy, CA, all six were good, but one had a blood ring at abot day 5 and the other died 2-3 days ago. These four hatched in 27 days this morning.



I sent six eggs in the same box back to PA and only three of mine started, but one of those died.

-Kathy

Congratulations!

They look nice.

 

[Audio51]

Here are the results from shipped egg experiment. Out of six peafowl eggs from PA to Gilroy, CA, all six were good, but one had a blood ring at abot day 5 and the other died 2-3 days ago. These four hatched in 27 days this morning.



I sent six eggs in the same box back to PA and only three of mine started, but one of those died.

-Kathy

Not bad for shipped eggs!

 

[casportpony]

Congratulations!

They look nice.

Not bad for shipped eggs!

Thanks you guys! FYI, it was this thread and all of you that incubate shipped eggs that gave me the courage to try this. Thanks so much!

-Kathy

 

[ronott1]

Thanks you guys! FYI, it was this thread and all of you that incubate shipped eggs that gave me the courage to try this. Thanks so much!

-Kathy

Did you ship to Sally Sunshine? I read an interesting post from her where she said she had been happily proven wrong by fixing a detached air cell by setting the, I think, Pea Egg upright and twisting the egg instead of turning it.

Oddly close to the instructions that were Questioned for shipped eggs.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Haven't shipped to her, just the person that sent me the eggs. I remember seeing that post, but should go back and re-read it as well as any others on the subject. Have another six from the same person and it might come in handy. Would you by chance happen to have those links bookmarked?

-Kathy

 

[ronott1]

Haven't shipped to her, just the person that sent me the eggs. I remember seeing that post, but should go back and re-read it as well as any others on the subject. Have another six from the same person and it might come in handy. Would you by chance happen to have those links bookmarked?

-Kathy

It was on the diary of a detached air sell thread--Yesterday.

The instructions are to:

1. Candle the eggs to see the air cell condition
2. Detached air cells and air cells that are scrambled are set upright(this is important! NOT ON THEIR SIDES)in egg cartons, big end up, in the incubator for up to 5 days. Added instruction: Twist the eggs around half way each day until the air cell is repaired or the 5 days are up.
3. adjust the number of days on the condition of the air cell. If the air cell is ok, just set them as normal.
4. Check the eggs with detached air cells after two days to see if they have re attached. If they have, move them to a turner. They still need to be upright for incubation and hatching(lockdown).

Anecdotally(no studies found yet) around 50% of the damaged eggs will repair and around 30% will hatch. Without doing this they will not hatch.