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[debs_flock]

Quote: I use a dab of food coloring applied with a Q-tip. If you put on too much, they spread it everywhere, but just a spot and it's not an issue. I prefer it because of it's being non-toxic.

 

[tommysgirl]

I'd say TJ, EE, TJ based on cheeks and coloration. Cute chicks and photo as usual.

I won a batch of Golden Cuckoo Orp eggs from Renee in a contest over a year ago, I never had any development either. Maybe it's a very tough shipping route and she needs a different method of shipment to overcome the handling.

I got a shipment last spring and had 3 develop of 11 but all 3 did hatch. I think it must be a tough route.

The eggs were packed in the gray foam. I think the white foam is the one that stops vibration. I was shipped a box using the white foam and it was dented in one side, breaking 6 of the eggs.

I still had about a 50% hatch rate on the rest of them. Much better than hatching 2 out of 18 eggs.

The shipment in 2013 had grey foam too.

 

[AlpineButterfly]

Happy Fourth of July!

 

[AlpineButterfly]

Adventures in Foster Broodies, part 6

Sybil's foster babies will be five weeks old this weekend. They are growing up and hanging out with the flock. Hope they aren't too sad when they move back with @chiqita ... how do I know when Sybil is done raising them?


Meanwhile, Rosie has taken over the corner under the coop. She's been there for almost three weeks. I wonder if I should find some babies for her too? Babies are so cute!

 

[casportpony]

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I'll PM you his number and you can call him? Or PM me your number and I'll give it to him.

One of the bators has the finch in it, so can't use that and the other one is packed full of the peafowl eggs and I don't want to contaminated it with the duck fluff. Good news is that all four are out and look okay.

-Kathy

 

[tommysgirl]

@Hangtown Farms Jason I am ready to order the netting to cover my big pen. Can you tell me what size to get? Thanks!


ETA...what size mesh I mean...you aren't expected to know the size of my pen lol. there seems to be a lot of 2x2 but that seems too large.

ETA some more does this look good? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dalen-Garde...401?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a8b894189

is there a seller you prefer?

 

[chrissyr]

Happy 4th of July!! Hope you all and your flocks are staying cool

 

[OR4-hmom]

Happy 4th of July!! Hope you all and your flocks are staying cool

I just went out to load the van, it's 98 up here and very muggy. I opted for giving the girls more watermelon instead.

 

[BCollie]

I am worried about these two chicks. They've made no progress hatching since last night or this morning. They seem to be stuck and can't zip any more. The one on the right keeps opening and closing it's mouth. I know you shouldn't usually help chicks out of their eggs, but at what point does it become necessary? All the others that were pipped hatched hours ago. I can see the heads/beaks on these two and like I said, they've made no progress zipping since the egg started looking like this, either last night or this morning.

 

[BCollie]

Also, it's been 27 hours since the first pip on the TJ's egg. If the others haven't pipped by tomorrow morning(when I get ready to go to Hawaii), can I open them up from the big end and see if there's any survivors? OR should I ask my chicken-sitter to throw away the eggs after a couple days if they haven't hatched? The only con to the last option is that my incubator is absolutely disgusting from having 20 or so chicks hatch in it, and if I decide to have her throw away the eggs if they don't hatch(which I don't think they will since all of them started pipping and hatching at the same time) it will sit for another week without being cleaned, and everything will dry onto it and will be impossible to get off. I'm not going to ask her to clean it for me. Sooo I'm not sure what to do.