California - Northern

[ronott1]

Thanks for reminding me of this.( Not turning the eggs immediately) I will have to try that with my next batch of shipped eggs.

Let us know how it works for you. I think it works great but there are a couple or so high on the scale BYC hatch experts that think you will kill the embryos that way. One of them was going to come up with a study to prove it but never did.

From what I can tell, there is a slight chance that the blood vessels could grow too much on one side cutting off blood flow. If that were to happen, then the embryo would die around day 10. I have not seen that happen when not turning shipped eggs and likely the person running the study did not either--the reason it was never completed?

After they have been incubating for three days without turning (only rest the ones with detached air cells that long), check to see if they have re attached. If so, start turning them. If not, go up to 5 days.

Best!

 

[All Ball]

The slab will need a slow steady drip/flow of faucet water on the slab if there is no shade over the cement - otherwise the hot sun will make the water boiling hot on the cement - it will need a steady flow of cool water over the slab.  Before we built a patio roof over the slab we temporarily used a pop-up canopy to keep the slab shady and to keep the water from becoming boiling hot on the cement.

Yeah, my slab only gets morning sun so I think it'll be a good hangout when the afternoons get hot. If it needs water continuously, maybe I'll put out another hose and mister.

 

[cmccullough1390]

Anyone here interested in some roosters? I know they aren't hard to find but I really would like to find them homes. Even if someone was willing to foster a few id be happy lol. We have 6 olive egger roos and 2 purebred welsummer roos. I'm expecting more unfortunately... any takers or anyone know someone else might be interested?

I might be able to take an olive Egger roo depending where ur at and if you still need to offload one. I live near Eureka as long as it's not a crazy drive maybe

 

[jenniferlamar70]

I might be able to take an olive Egger roo depending where ur at and if you still need to offload one. I live near Eureka as long as it's not a crazy drive maybe

We are pretty far from eureka but we may be able to meet somewhere closer. I'd have to talk to my husband about his schedule.

 

[caychris]

It seems to be the year of the boy around my place I havent hatched a lot this year so far but Im running 60% male plus of the 8 surviving feedstore sexed pullets I got 2 males. (though the delaware I plan to keep)

And this morning my main Pita roo and the 2 younger Pita cockerels were making a good job of synchronized crowing.

Freezer camp schedule as follows for the boys that are remaining

Sept 10 Pita Pinta
Nov 12 Pita Pinta ,Welsummer
Nov 26 Pita Pinta, CLBxJersey Giant (Looks a bit like a crested barred rock), CLBxEE (quite pretty EE good blue egg genes) Still not 100% sure if the hybrids are boys but strong indications they are.


Anyone wanting any of the above please contact me the dates are the saturday after they turn 24 weeks. Anyone wanting to learn to process a chicken is welcome to come by If the younger ones start in crowing too soon they may end up going to auction.

 

[cmccullough1390]

We are pretty far from eureka but we may be able to meet somewhere closer. I'd have to talk to my husband about his schedule.

Are you north or south. Either way I need to wait till after next weekend making some repairs to coop... Where would you see ideal to meet half way

 

[Sylvester017]

Yeah, my slab only gets morning sun so I think it'll be a good hangout when the afternoons get hot. If it needs water continuously, maybe I'll put out another hose and mister.

I love misters too. I have 2 stand-alone Orbit Miststands and an Arctic Cool stand. I keep a good supply of mister nozzles on hand since our tap water is so heavily mineralized I have to change-out the nozzles every summer. I tried using CLR to clean the nozzles and it was a joke. Easier just to screw in new nozzles into the miststands. Our patio slab gets morning sun and by late afternoon the garage wall shades it -- but on incredible triple-digit temperature days the hot air alone makes the slab hot no matter if it's in shade or not.

 

[h2oratt]

I love misters too. I have 2 stand-alone Orbit Miststands and an Arctic Cool stand. I keep a good supply of mister nozzles on hand since our tap water is so heavily mineralized I have to change-out the nozzles every summer. I tried using CLR to clean the nozzles and it was a joke. Easier just to screw in new nozzles into the miststands. Our patio slab gets morning sun and by late afternoon the garage wall shades it -- but on incredible triple-digit temperature days the hot air alone makes the slab hot no matter if it's in shade or not.

How often do you wash down that slab?

 

[SpringPeeper]

Hey folks! It's been a while since I've been on here, but you guys are my go to for help with understanding chicken ailments and necropsy language.

I found one of my EE dead in the run this past Friday. She didn't have any obvious signs of trauma or pests or the like, so I sent her to Davis on Monday. Here is the Preliminary Report from Davis. Please note: I did send her in partially frozen, which was my mistake. I didn't look for the instructions for submitting until after I put her in the freezer, argh! Rookie mistake. Also, in the process of boxing her up, one of her legs snapped

CASE SUMMARY:
8/3/2016: The cause of death could not be established on gross exam. This bird was in overly good nutritional condition and had
marked pulmonary edema and generalized pallor mostly in the heart. The right limb fracture is likely postmortem due to the
minimal surrounding hemorrhage and edema. Ancillary tests and microscopic examination are pending.

GROSS OBSERVATIONS:
Examined is the carcass of a female chicken in very good nutritional condition with severe autolysis. The chicken is frozen upon
submission, after thawing in lukewarm water, the necropsy is performed. There is severe freeze-thaw artifact. There are adipose
tissue stores throughout. The right limb at the distal tarsal metatarsus is completely mobile due to a complete fracture. There is
minimal edema and hemorrhage in the surrounding tissues. The bone marrow is red and unremarkable. There is some
generalized pallor. The heart is very pale, as well as the kidneys. The ova are active. The lungs are severely edematous.

...I think I only understand one word in three, but it sounds like something is awry with her heart and her lungs. They indicated that they swabbed those two organs and sent them for testing. Any assistance in understanding what this means or could mean and if I need to take any measures to keep my flock healthy would be greatly appreciated!!

Some back story:
This EE had issues this past February - she was going through her first real molt and slowed down a lot. She lost a lot of weight, and when I separated her from the flock, she ate and drank, but was just weak. After a week away from the flock, she was walking and cackling just like normal, so back she went into the flock. She started laying in March, and has really been my most consistent layer since. More recently: I am in Alameda, and like the rest of the state have been experiencing hotter than usual temps, which for us is 85 or so. Everyone had access to shade and extra water. The rest of the flock appears to be completely fine.

It sounds like she had bad fluid build up in her lungs, and some in her heart. Her kidneys and heart are both remarked on as being very pale. I am not a vet or doctor, but I know that kidney and heart problems can lead to fluid accumulating in the lungs.

 

[Sylvester017]

How often do you wash down that slab?

We wash it down once a week because the hens are often using the shade to sit there all day long. In winter they are out-and-about the rest of the yard and we don't have to wash slab so often ~ but in this blasted heat they are congregating under the shade and pooping more than usual. Plus, we switched out the coop's solid tray floor to put in the optional wire tray for more summer ventilation and the poop drops to the slab (we put large cardboard under the coop to catch the poops that fall through the wire and just toss it each week). Really nice and easy. Right now my biggest problem is soft floating fluffy feathers flying everywhere from two molting Silkies!