Consolidated Kansas

[Trish44]

@sharol I just use the dental bands in neon colors for marking my chicks if I need to keep some straight. It's just temporary so they don't stay on that long & I always make sure they're taken off if the chicks go to their new homes or in my case if they outgrow the brooder & go outside. I guess you could try the blu kote but I don't know how long it would stay on. If you try it let us know how it works.

 

[HEChicken]

Of the remaining 15 Campine eggs in there, there are still 2 that are iffy. However, they are still developing. My concern is that the air cells are really large. I candled 2 at day 14 and the cell sizes looked ok, but....

Anyway. 2 of the eggs seemed pretty quiet with huge bright areas. I could see that they had developed considerably, though, so I left them in the incubator. I don't want to take the chance of killing a live chick. The incubator is working on getting back up to temp. and a slightly higher humidity. It has been at 30-40, and I'm going to try for 50 or so. Is that a sensible goal?

At this point there is nothing you can do about the air cell being too large so all you can do is hope for the best.

That humidity sounds fine. To be honest, I quit worrying about humidity awhile back. I had always tried to follow the guidelines of raising it for hatch but a couple of years ago I managed to completely forget I even had the incubator running. I woke up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and couldn't figure out what the odd rattling sounds were that were coming from my brooder room. I turned on the light to check and found I had an incubator full of chicks stumbling around sending their empty shells crashing, and that was the rattling sound I'd heard. Since then the only prep work I've done for hatch is to turn off the auto turner and put a towel on the bottom of the incubator so they can get a better purchase with their feet when they are learning to stand and walk.

Would there be any reason not to mark them at hatch with a spot of blu kote on a foot or back? I was thinking of marking the A chicks and leaving the B chicks without marks until they are a little bigger and then using legbands (I have some plastic ones, but I'm leary of trying to put them on new hatchlings. I am envisioning a q-tip with a little blu kote on it with just a tiny spot on each A chick.

Blu-Kote wears off pretty fast and if they have slate or black legs (sorry, I'm not familiar with this breed - perhaps they have light colored legs?) it might be hard to see after a day or two. What might be easier is to use the twist ties that come on loaves of bread. You know the ones - a long wire covered by a colored piece of plastic or paper. You can put wrap that around a leg and easily loosen or remove it as they grow or you no longer need it at all.

Well, we actually got a little rain yesterday - maybe ½", maybe slightly less. We needed it so desperately that I'm happy with whatever we get at this point. The grass has been trying to green up but with a little mositure, I think it will really turn green here in the next week or two - yay!

 

[HEChicken]

I just use the dental bands in neon colors for marking my chicks

I'm not familiar with these. Where do you get them?

 

[lizzyGSR]

HI all! My chicks are here!!!! It's been a bit of a rough morning 'cuz I found out that my sweeter heater and heat lamp weren't enough with the cold temps we had last night/this morning when paired with my non-heated coop. I ended up bringing space heaters from inside the house out there to get everything warmed up. If my count is accurate, I think I've got 49 chicks, 2 of which are ducks and 2 of which are turkens. There are a few polish? and the rest I'm completely unsure of. Any help ID'ing them would be much appreciated! It's really hard to take pictures of them when they're all running around the brooder though so please forgive the quality of the pictures.

This one has a bit more blue/greyish color on its back than is evident in the picture.


This brown one is a bit bigger than the rest, but it's kinda hard to tell when they're scurrying all over the place.


There's a couple in there like each of these.


One in there with a black body and yellow "hat" like in this picture. Any ideas on that one or any of the others? P.S. the ducks are in there with the chicks on a TEMPORARY basis! We had some issues with it being too cold outside so I put everyone together to consolidate heat sources (sweeter heater + heat lamp).




Just some group shots. If you can ID some of these, please do and describe which one of them the ID is for.

 

[Trish44]

I'm not familiar with these. Where do you get them?

I buy them off of Ebay & they come in different sizes. I get them in the neon & they come in packs of 100. I can send you a link later if you want, not on here.

Lizzy congrats on the chicks, I haven't had a chance to look at your pics yet.

 

[Dani4Hedgies]

Omg love chick pics congrats Lizzy!!!

 

[chicken danz]

I'm at 19 days on the Silver Campine eggs in my incubator.

I candled the eggs at 0 dark 30 this morning and took out the turner. I put them back in resting in cut down egg cartons. @Wisher1000 (the breeder I got the eggs from) suggested that works for her.

Of the remaining 15 Campine eggs in there, there are still 2 that are iffy. However, they are still developing. My concern is that the air cells are really large. I candled 2 at day 14 and the cell sizes looked ok, but....

Anyway. 2 of the eggs seemed pretty quiet with huge bright areas. I could see that they had developed considerably, though, so I left them in the incubator. I don't want to take the chance of killing a live chick. The incubator is working on getting back up to temp. and a slightly higher humidity. It has been at 30-40, and I'm going to try for 50 or so. Is that a sensible goal?

Many of the eggs were very active with lots of movement, others less so. That is also true of my Breda and Orp eggs in there.

Now I get to sit on my hands and hope for a good hatch. If all 22 eggs hatch, I'm in BIG trouble when they outgrow the brooder.

I leave my chicks in the turner and only turn it off when they have pipped. In the GQFs I never shut it off but you have to in those styros. I wouldn't bother with the egg cartons. They hatch naturally on their sides.
Originally Posted by sharol

HI all! My chicks are here!!!! It's been a bit of a rough morning 'cuz I found out that my sweeter heater and heat lamp weren't enough with the cold temps we had last night/this morning when paired with my non-heated coop. I ended up bringing space heaters from inside the house out there to get everything warmed up. If my count is accurate, I think I've got 49 chicks, 2 of which are ducks and 2 of which are turkens. There are a few polish? and the rest I'm completely unsure of. Any help ID'ing them would be much appreciated! It's really hard to take pictures of them when they're all running around the brooder though so please forgive the quality of the pictures.

This one has a bit more blue/greyish color on its back than is evident in the picture.

My guess not seeing feet is an Easter egger.
This brown one is a bit bigger than the rest, but it's kinda hard to tell when they're scurrying all over the place.

red laced Wyandotte and either a speckled sussex or a partridge colored Easter egger
There's a couple in there like each of these.

Gold laced polish and blue polish. If the one in the corner would be a white crested black polish.
One in there with a black body and yellow "hat" like in this picture. Any ideas on that one or any of the others? P.S. the ducks are in there with the chicks on a TEMPORARY basis! We had some issues with it being too cold outside so I put everyone together to consolidate heat sources (sweeter heater + heat lamp).

I see some Wyandottes, some sussex, some easter eggers. The light colored chicks could be meaties or cornish cross, buff Orpington, sex linked chickens, white rocks. More size , leg color etc will help to identify them better.
Just some group shots. If you can ID some of these, please do and describe which one of them the ID is for.

I'll try to photoshop these later and see what I can identify. If you can separate the ones with feathered feet that would help as well. I do see several easter eggers in there.

 

[Trish44]

Lizzy it looks like you have quite a few Polish in there, possibly some Welsummers. The problem with the little chipmunk striped chicks are there are multiple breeds that look like that at hatch. Welsummers, Brown Leghorns, & Speckled Sussex are all marked similar at hatch.

 

[lizzyGSR]

Lizzy it looks like you have quite a few Polish in there, possibly some Welsummers. The problem with the little chipmunk striped chicks are there are multiple breeds that look like that at hatch. Welsummers, Brown Leghorns, & Speckled Sussex are all marked similar at hatch.

Danz told me about her speckled sussex. Danz is too far away to buy from, so I hope I've got a couple in my box

Danz - I'll try to separate the birds out later and take better pictures. Apparenlty, we're getting a couple calves today as well, so I have to run to town to get some milk replacer. No end of excitement on the farm! 49 new birds and 2 new calves, all in one day!

 

[venymae]

I'm not familiar with these. Where do you get them?

I use the colored dental bands as well. I order mine from Amazon. Word of warning though. You need to replace them as soon as you can because they can slide up and you can miss them or they can cut into their leg if they get too tight. I usually order about 500 at a time but you sure wouldn't need many.
These are cheap and not made to last so that is what I buy. In this case having something that will eventually wear out is better.
http://www.amazon.com/Orthodontic-E...=1457547939&sr=8-4&keywords=neon+dental+bands
Another option would be to buy some small colored rubber bands they use to make bracelets with and double them up. Not sure if that would work. The 1/4 inch size is about right for a new chick.

They sell little girl hairbands at walmart that are essentially the same thing as these. Might be easier if you need them right away. Also, @chicken danz do you have any recommendation for a good white or buff egg layer? I would like one of each, to complete my colored egg rainbow, and the spouse says they need to be good layers (I just like pretty and friendly. Haha!). Anybody else feel free to chime in also!