Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[cochins1088]

Daffy, Huey, Dewey, Louie and Donald

Don't forget Daisy!

 

[cochins1088]

OK. Another very very long day!!

Went to TSC and bought a tube of the Poultry Powder. 1 50ml of Ivomec, some 20 ga needles and a syringe. Plus a few other stops which I won't bore you. Came home and first thing I started was dusting the13 chickens. Will to test the bag thing I TRIED to put a chicken in it.

Forget that idea. That wasn't going to work at all. Understand its me, myself and I here. So I dusted the rooster first. He is very easy going. Wasn't bad. The girls on the other hand.

Boy oh boy. Had to first catch them. I'm

remember. Then the only way I could do it once I caught them was to hold them upside down put the dust under there wings. Rub it in. Turn them. Put some on the bellies, turn them put some on there back, turn them and put some on there AZZ!!!

Rub it in. Got crapped on a few times.

My wife came outside and was laughing at me because she sees the chicken upside down flapping with a cloud of dust every where. Which I forgot the dust mask. So at the moment my nose is burning. And I can still taste the powder. On the bright side I have no creepy crawlers on me. Sort of dusted myself in the process. And probably have enough in my blood strem they cant stand being on me.

All good I guess. Feel a bit light headed. HAHAHA but I always do.

then cleaned it again and dusted everything in there. Then put the 1cc of Ivomec in there water. Will do that again tomorrow. Hope this works.

What 4 days it has been.

Believe me, my chickens are my pets so when I had to dust them, I tried to be as kind as possible, but after 10 chickens with 40 left to do, I quickly figured out that the most effective and efficient way to do it is to hold them by their feet and do exactly what you did. Oh, and I wore a dust mask.

I still have to dust mine for lice... The lice isn't as big of a deal (in my opinion) so it will have to wait for another 2 days until these Finals are done with. Only 2 days left of the semester!

 

[sharron]

We don't really have that many. Really. It's the crows!!! They are terrible here. And they do carry the mites. Smaller birds would be eaten by my chickens.

I have seen them chase them. Crazy birds they are.

thats funny, here its the sparrows, the crows never go close to the chickens

when i go up to the chicken house in the morning to check for eggs, the sparrows are in the house and in a panic forget how they got into the house(thru the chicken door) fly up into the eaves and almost knock their selves silly when they hit the wire

 

[sharron]

But seriously, why would an electric blanket not work?? If you could get the humidity right and maintain the right temp. Sure it would. Would not be much difference than a hen sitting on them. Would it be?? I don't think so.

believe it or not, had one lady try it that way, didn't hatch, then she asked me if carrying it in her bra would work

 

[sharron]

sallllly, where are you, just wanted to tell you, i only hatched two lemon pyle brahmas out of the 15 shipped eggs, but ohhh so pretty and the VERY NICE lady is going to send me some more eggs, so happy, shes really a nice person

 

[TweetyNPetey]

Wobbles is in his/her brooder now. I will get you pics in a minute. I am trying to sleep, and all I hear is Wobbles, at the top of his lungs, "PEEP!!! PEEP!!!! PEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!!!!" He doesn't need anything. Got food and water. I guess he's just lonely. Wait! Yes! Finally! He's sleeping now!

Wait false alarm.

 

[Waffle]

believe it or not, had one lady try it that way, didn't hatch, then she asked me if carrying it in her bra would work

But seriously, why would an electric blanket not work?? If you could get the humidity right and maintain the right temp. Sure it would. Would not be much difference than a hen sitting on them. Would it be?? I don't think so.

Definitely would be the humidity would be the problem with the blanket. As for the bra.... wouldn't work for me 1, I am pretty flat chested so nowhere to nestle an egg and 2 I'm accident prone and would more than likely fall over

 

[silver1313]

Today's Summary 5/13/13

Sally really really missed oz.. just to reiterate !!

and oz is back and says he will investigate this whole meal worm marek's mess with sally

chicksooner's broody has been sitting for 19 days and she believes she hasnt got up at all and gave her treats - hatch day should be wednesday !!

tony asked how much ivermectin to use in the chickies water for the mites !! yikes mites oh no .. the tony mite saga continues
updates to follow




chicksooner said they use an old nylon with garden and poultry dust to dust their chickies

tony sprayed with sevin all day yesterday and dusted the chickens and himself today !! lets hope all those measures solve the mite problem !!

doug said hush puppies are not hard to make and shared his secret recipe (post 15491 )
tony thinks its a bit amusing that i cannot master bread products but i will be trying doug's hush puppies one day soon

doug had some hatched last night and more coming tonight ( i will look for an update as i scroll thru)
and had some shipped eggs that are clear .. second time from that shipper !!!
the other 80 he will candle in a day or so .. these were the ones that spiked out at 120 !!
the temps seem to be holding better in all the bators for him though

tweetynpetey thought the hush puppy recipe sounded yummy !!
and was slowly peeling to assist her little lone duckling
which i saw in a later post is finally here (pics to follow soon I am sure!) Congrats TnP!!

Waffles is having a little trouble keeping up with all this fast moving thread !! and is considering just going to buy an incubator because the tin one stinks !!

sumi and the moderators looked and said doug could post the fb links in his signature !! yay !

and said Sally send me some egss i miss hatching ..sallys threatened to send the long awaited scovy eggs lol

tony mentioned DE for helping with his problem and sumi suggested this article for reading up

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/food-grade-de-diatomaceous-earth

hills congratulated the dougs !!
as did oz

oz told sally the mealworms are the same and said give him a few more days to research !!

ToastnJelly told tony the amount used for ivermectin there is 1cc per liter of water for 2 days

sally is excited cause we all have the secret hush puppy recipe now !! yay !!
and yes as sally said ty doug !!

ToastnJelly has rain and cold weather !! freeze warning for those who were fooled into planting early there !!
and only used the pour on IVER. when there was 6 hens but doesn't remeber the exact dose

dcba - oohh next spring would be good for hatching eggs with the busy rest of this year i have !! Ohh that is a hard question to answer -anyone want to chime in
Question: I have an incubator going at my son's school that because of when I received the eggs (mailed) and had to set them they are due over Memorial Day weekend so I will need to bring them home. Should I transport at lockdown or can I wait until the last minute in case there is an early hatcher I really was hoping the kids would see them hatch!

sally swears that when one is not looking chicks hatch faster - not looking ?!? what is this thing you speak of ? lol
6 CCL out and sara's tpolish
tony thanked tnj for the time and discussion in his mite issue
and agreed that they do seem to hatch faster that way

TnJ said no prob its what we are all here for and said sally's babies were cute big tubbys lol

sharron suggested trying to get rid of wild biurds to help with mite/pest control but tony said keeping wild birds away at his place is next to impossible

sumi suggested the the IVER. works slower than Sevin
and said prob ten days on the egg tossing
and the vet there said no worming before 5 weeks in chicks

dcba said some use frontline and has been itching just reading - I second that !!

doug had 3 assissted chicks that survived and has eggs hatching tonight (oohh maybe there will be an update as doug was online as i was typing and someone seemed to be adding to the thread as I worked

but as I got there i see it was not a doug update lol )

tony was complaining about the itching . i am with sumi ... imagine the poor chooks - no hands to scratch with !!

sally inspected the last two brahma eggs and one pipped but was in a pool of blood .. she left it as it was still moving (update?) the other was dead and two coturnix are in lockdown with those

gardening mama said she uses the Ivomec por on since she had an ifestation last year and it definitely helped and to wear a face mask when dusting (which tony later admitted to NOT doing !! bad bad lol )

sumi was looking for duck eggs and found an ad for Australorps which she loves but they have buildings to finish first ....AWOl needs buddies!! and it is at this point sally offered her duck eggs lol

cochins loved the pic sally shared showing embryo development (post 15565) and said she could use it in future drawings
she lost one of the diasterous high school chicks sadly

and is not sure where to put the last one as her babies are all older

waffles posted finally!! in response to the ducky news ..we were all waiting for news of that duck lol

and hills posted a total backyarde style sign for sally
pretty !! - post 15580

RenneRae asked how much space is required to be able to say your chickens are free range (hmm good question)
lucky the dropped egg seems to be the most active one in the bator waitibng to hatch
and thinks there are 8pullets,4 roos, and 4 not sures in her barred rocks
and has silkies in the hatch going on with one rather ominous saddle cell !!

waffle has some interesting reactions to a FB post about an incubator - including suggestions to use the oven or an electric blanket -hee hee

sally's chick pictures are on post 15587

　
sally ask sumi about the fishbowl or something link and sumi shared it for waffle
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/750468/new-australian-hatching-mystery-egg-at-home
and reiterated to renne she doesnt have to hatch every egg like she ask .. she must eat some too lol

sally said for eggs with saddle dips hatching is better upright in a carton
i need to make a note of this as some of the scrambled first batch of eggs are looking decidely saddle shaped !!

hills blue andulsians (sp?) are hatching ..video in post 15597

tweetynpetey asked for a ducky name and thought maybe waddles ( i thought it was gonna be aflac ??? ) sumi reminded we cant help with names for what we havent seen lol

gardening mama said congrats to sally and sara on the hatch and suggested eeriely that sara had not been around cause she might have a life outside of BYC ( Gasp- that ius not possible..is it ?!?!? )
chicksooner agrees -who would dare have a life off of BYC

Toastnjelly watched the hatching !!

we all hope waffle gets well quick as there are antibiotics and steroid mix in there !! and as soon as there is improvement we get to see new pics !! so get well even faster -we love pics !!

sally shared pics of 3/4 adorale polish buggers on post 15609

sally needs ducky names too !!

tony questioned why an electric blanket wouldn't work as an incubator
and suggested bubba as a ducky name lol

and he had a long day treating mites and said the past 4 days have been long !!

doug suggested the ducks be named daffy huey dewey louie and donald ..cochins said dont forget daisy

cochins has to dust for lice on hers as well and has 2 days til finals are over as well as the semester !!

sharron said that her problem is sparrows not crows and they often forget how they got in with the chickens and bump around trying to get away
and said one lady did try the electric blanket and they didnt hatch then the lady asked if carrying them in her bra might work lol

and sharron hatched 2/15 lemon pyle brahmas and the very nice lady is sending more eggs !!

wobbles - TnP's new ducky is peeping a lot and doesnt need anything and there are pics to come soon !!
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　

FOR NOW

Secretary Silver

p.s. I think i got the map thing figured out but only about 5 people have sent zip codes - so anyone wanting to be on the map please be sure to send me the zip of the city nearest you or the zip of the place to represent you !!!! feel free to pm here if ya dont want to share on the forum ... thanks !!

 

[chicksooner]

believe it or not, had one lady try it that way, didn't hatch, then she asked me if carrying it in her bra would work

Wow. I have been known to put a freshly hatched chick between the girls to keep it warm but and egg for 21 days.

Wobbles is in his/her brooder now. I will get you pics in a minute. I am trying to sleep, and all I hear is Wobbles, at the top of his lungs, "PEEP!!! PEEP!!!! PEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!!!!" He doesn't need anything. Got food and water. I guess he's just lonely. Wait! Yes! Finally! He's sleeping now!

Wait false alarm.

Give your lonely duck a stuffed toy or a feather duster to snuggle to.

 

[kaybee123]

Silver thanks for the all in one post!

My zip is 32539