California - Northern

[Happy Chooks]

Okay bumping cuz i dont think it bumped before
Quote: Sounds like it rotted. The embryo could have started, then died.

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Skinning gets easier once you get the technique down. But the first one I did was horribly slow.

 

[CALI CHICK]

By the way, the picture is some of my growouts from the chicks I kept......back when I was hatching everything! These are about 5 months old and not laying yet.
My colors are separated in different pens and coops.

 

[ronott1]

Haven't been on in a looong time but doing great with my chickens over all.
I have a proposition for a fellow hatcher though! For the last 5 months or so I've had terrible hatch rates-sometimes zero! These are from my own silkie pens. The eggs develop but then are too weak to hatch &die around day 18.
I have over a dozen white and blue/splash silkie eggs I want someone else to try hatching to see if you get a different result! You are welcome to keep or sell the chicks or I could pick them up (if any hatch) but mainly I want to figure out why they aren't hatching for me.
I'm in Rio Linda near Natomas. Please let me know if anyone can help me solve this hatching mystery. Thanks, Darla

I could probably fit a dozen in my Brinsea after the 7 day cull on Friday.

What incubator do you have? What do you feed them and have you wormed and treated them for lice?

 

[debs_flock]

I'm in Rio Linda near Natomas. Please let me know if anyone can help me solve this hatching mystery. Thanks, Darla

I'd be happy to help you, you have some lovely birds.

I always have room for about an extra 400 eggs in my incubators

I'm going to be coming down the hill tomorrow to drop my DH off at the airport in the morning. Just let me know if you need me to help.

 

[PetRock]

Haven't been on in a looong time but doing great with my chickens over all.
I have a proposition for a fellow hatcher though! For the last 5 months or so I've had terrible hatch rates-sometimes zero! These are from my own silkie pens. The eggs develop but then are too weak to hatch &die around day 18.
I have over a dozen white and blue/splash silkie eggs I want someone else to try hatching to see if you get a different result! You are welcome to keep or sell the chicks or I could pick them up (if any hatch) but mainly I want to figure out why they aren't hatching for me.
I'm in Rio Linda near Natomas. Please let me know if anyone can help me solve this hatching mystery. Thanks, Darla

I'm just over the bridge from you. I currently have all of my incubators turned off but might be persuaded to fire one up. I love hatching but I am taking a break because I hatched too many chicks this spring. Anyone want a Pita Pinta chick or a PP/CL mix chick?

I will also have some Langshan cull chicks this fall.

 

[CALI CHICK]

Haven't been on in a looong time but doing great with my chickens over all.

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I could probably fit a dozen in my Brinsea after the 7 day cull on Friday.

What incubator do you have? What do you feed them and have you wormed and treated them for lice?

By the way, the picture is some of my growouts from the chicks I kept......back when I was hatching everything! These are about 5 months old and not laying yet.
My colors are separated in different pens and coops.
Ron, I have 2 HovaBators. Circulated air for day 1-18 and then the developing eggs go into another HB (without a fan) for hatching.
The silkies get flock raiser and have grape leaves, roses and a forage garden to eat.
Last fall and winter I hatched and sold dozens of chicks and now they develop to a point and then die. It is very frustrating. Your thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[CALI CHICK]

I'm in Rio Linda near Natomas. Please let me know if anyone can help me solve this hatching mystery. Thanks, Darla

 

I'd be happy to help you, you have some lovely birds.

I always have room for about an extra 400 eggs in my incubators

I'm going to be coming down the hill tomorrow to drop my DH off at the airport in the morning.  Just let me know if you need me to help.

Hi Deb,
If you want to swing by after dropping off your husband that would be perfect. The airport is about 15 minutes from my house straight up Elkhorn. PM me for my address.
I'm really hoping to figure out if it's my incubators or a health problem in the parent birds or what.
Thank you for the compliment BTW. I love my silkies and it was such a joy hatching chicks for people and seeing kids and adults so excited about raising them! Now I feel like everything is dying in me. :/

 

[CALI CHICK]

Haven't been on in a looong time but doing great with my chickens over all.

I have a proposition for a fellow hatcher though! For the last 5 months or so I've had terrible hatch rates-sometimes zero! These are from my own silkie pens. The eggs develop but then are too weak to hatch width: 200px; height: 150px">
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I'm just over the bridge from you.  I currently have all of my incubators turned off but might be persuaded to fire one up.  I love hatching but I am taking a break because I hatched too many chicks this spring.  Anyone want a Pita Pinta chick or a PP/CL mix chick?    I will also have some Langshan cull chicks this fall.

Thank you for the offer PetRock. What "bridge" are you over-lol?
I think Deb is going to try to hatch some of these. Hopefully she can get some to hatch.

 

[PetRock]

Thank you for the offer PetRock. What "bridge" are you over-lol?
I think Deb is going to try to hatch some of these. Hopefully she can get some to hatch.

The Antioch bridge.

Well maybe not quite as close as I thought. I was thinking that you were in Rio Vista!

 

[ronott1]

By the way, the picture is some of my growouts from the chicks I kept......back when I was hatching everything! These are about 5 months old and not laying yet.
My colors are separated in different pens and coops.
Ron, I have 2 HovaBators. Circulated air for day 1-18 and then the developing eggs go into another HB (without a fan) for hatching.
The silkies get flock raiser and have grape leaves, roses and a forage garden to eat.
Last fall and winter I hatched and sold dozens of chicks and now they develop to a point and then die. It is very frustrating. Your thoughts would be appreciated.

What do the chicks look like? Vitamin D deficiency can cause them to die at day 18. If the dead chicks have soft bones and odd beaks it could be that.

I would try giving them Rooster Booster. The feed should be fine but they should also have free choice Oyster Shell. You might consider a higher protein feed for the breeders--Like Game bird feed or a show conditioner type of feed.

Shaky turners are implicated along with very incorrect humidity and temperatures. To rule those out, use a good thermometer like the Brinsea spot check and incubate at 99.9 degrees(ok 100 would be fine. Incubate at 45% humidity for the first 18 days and then at lockdown go to 55 to 65%.

Also, toss the plugs. They cannot be in during lockdown so do not use them ever.

This link has more information:

http://beautyofbirds.com/deadinshell.html