Colorado

[Chesterchook]

ugh, thanks for the link, hope it doesn't come to that...

 

[Ashdoes]

Falcon Feed is the one behind Falcon Big R, right? Having the hardest time finding somewhere that sells waterfowl starter, and really don't want to order it online.

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

ugh, thanks for the link, hope it doesn't come to that...

I will keep my fingers crossed for you. If nothing else, once you start helping you are just setting yourself up to have to help even more because in order to help you have to pull them out which completely ruins your humidity stability.

 

[lovincolorado]

how long will a broody set if the eggs are not fertilized? I have a broody silkie, but cant say she has been fertilized. I havent candled and will let nature takes its course. Will she give up after a certain time period if the eggs are bad?

 

[Ashdoes]

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[Chesterchook]

I will keep my fingers crossed for you. If nothing else, once you start helping you are just setting yourself up to have to help even more because in order to help you have to pull them out which completely ruins your humidity stability.

Yeah I'd thought of that too, think we'll wait at least until tomorrow

 

[coloradogal]

Ok so we set eggs evening of the 10th, now it's day 21 and we've got nothing, no pips or anything. There was a bit of rocking yesterday but now nothing. Should we be concerned?

Nope. Not yet. I have all the confidence in the world in the eggs that I gave you. =) Give them time as the end of day 21 isn't until this evening so you shouldn't even see anything until after that point. Remember, they don't hatch, if things are perfect, on day 21. They need 21 days for full development. It can be sooner if the temps are higher and much later if the temps are lower. The end of day 21 is just a guide.

 

[coloradogal]

Yeah I'd thought of that too, think we'll wait at least until tomorrow

Do not, under any circumstance, try to help them until at least the end of the 22nd day. Just have patience. If everything was perfect, they wouldn't even begin to hatch until tonight. I always, always set my eggs in the evening so that by the end of the 21st day, I am on my way to bed and not tempted to spend my time waiting. I usually have most of them hatched by mid-morning of the next day and a late bloomer by the end of the following day. Just give them time. They don't hatch on day 21, they need 21 days to get ready to hatch if all the variables are about right. Since they can't tell time, they can come a few hours early (or days) from the end of the 21st day or a few hours (days) later. I never throw out any eggs until day 24. I just make sure that there are no pips before I remove babies and then leave the unhatched in the incubator.

 

[Chesterchook]

Oh I wasn't doubting your eggs, just our incubator and/or our incubation techniques. Thanks for the reassurance

 

[elbertchick]

Help! Moved my little ones out all seemed to be happy. Just went out and bees are swarming their All Flock feed. They do not seem to be aggressive but are everywhere. They look to me to be Honey bees so don't really no what to do. No hives that I can see. I have been in the greenhouse most of the morning and yesterday when I moved everyone in. No bees. They seem to me centered on their feed. Which I took outside. If I close the windows and doors my chicks will cook. My chicks are about three weeks old and now I had to take their feed out. I am anticipating the bees to leave as the day wears on but has anyone had this happen? I don't want them to be stung, and so far so good.