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

[Sally Sunshine]

Day 20, 1 Blue Marans cross and 2 White Leghorn crosses pipped

UPDATE!!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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All those egg sellers who really keep their eggs at 55-60F raise their hand. Then show me a picture of your storage unit.

So I shouldn't have stored my eggs in a pile in my 90 plus degree garage with no turning and possibly upside down... 7 hatched so far 5 more pipped and 1 I am not sure on. So 13 eggs total I think I said 11 earlier. Someday I will count and even keep track of days.

A wine cooler would make for pretty good egg storage but who wants to give up the space for their favorite wine to chill some eggs.

LMAO!!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Question.... If I have read that amprolium has no withdrawl period. So if this is true, can I purchase 100lb bags of chick crumbles with amprolium and add some other stuff to bring the 20% down to 17% and feed to all my chickens? The chick crumbles are CHEAP made locally and $20 100 lbs. I love crumbles too, no mess as with mash. then I don't have to ferment or wet feed. I am finding now that I have more kids to watch I don't have time to mess with stuff like that!

 

[sumi]

Question.... If I have read that amprolium has no withdrawl period. So if this is true, can I purchase 100lb bags of chick crumbles with amprolium and add some other stuff to bring the 20% down to 17% and feed to all my chickens? The chick crumbles are CHEAP made locally and $20 100 lbs. I love crumbles too, no mess as with mash. then I don't have to ferment or wet feed. I am finding now that I have more kids to watch I don't have time to mess with stuff like that!

Amprolium (Corid) is a thiamine blocker, not a medicine like an antibiotic. For meat there is a 24 hour withdrawal period, but none for eggs.

http://www.corid.com/

So if you can get it cheaper go for it! It won't make a difference in the eggs. Just make sure you offer some sort of calcium supplement for the layers! I crush up oystershells and sea shells for mine. Only Chooks is eating it, since she's the only one laying at the moment. The chicks and non-layers will ignore it.

 

[familypendragon]

4 of 5 are hatched, last one still pipped and chirping.... come on chicky!

 

[sumi]

4 of 5 are hatched, last one still pipped and chirping.... come on chicky!

100% hatch?

I can't think of anyone who deserves a great hatch more than you do. Go chicky!!

 

[TweetyNPetey]

4 of 5 are hatched, last one still pipped and chirping.... come on chicky!

Go chicky, go chicky... e
Go on, pop outta that shell, little peep!

 

[cochins1088]

Question.... If I have read that amprolium has no withdrawl period. So if this is true, can I purchase 100lb bags of chick crumbles with amprolium and add some other stuff to bring the 20% down to 17% and feed to all my chickens? The chick crumbles are CHEAP made locally and $20 100 lbs. I love crumbles too, no mess as with mash. then I don't have to ferment or wet feed. I am finding now that I have more kids to watch I don't have time to mess with stuff like that!

I talked to our local feed mill about all their feed options and they had their own layer mash that they sold in 50lb bags for $10, but I don't think it'd work for my birds. My chickens are so incredibly used to pellets that they leave the crumbs at the bottom of their dish and refuse to eat them. They wait for me to re-fill their dish with fresh pellets. Also, after losing a couple of young birds and possibly a rooster to too much calcium, I don't buy layer feeds any more.

I've been buying "All Flock" pellets. It's got 18% protein and it's great for a variety of birds (ducks, geese, chickens, pigeons, etc...). The downside is that it's $18 per 50 lb bag.

After bringing my numbers down, I'm spending $25 a week on feed which doesn't sound so bad, but that's $1,200 per year. A bill that the average college student probably doesn't pay. I'm hoping to sell a few more birds with the goal of reaching $15 per week.

Does anyone have any tricks to lowering the feed cost? I think I'm going to spend some time researching this today.

 

[ozexpat]

Question.... If I have read that amprolium has no withdrawl period. So if this is true, can I purchase 100lb bags of chick crumbles with amprolium and add some other stuff to bring the 20% down to 17% and feed to all my chickens? The chick crumbles are CHEAP made locally and $20 100 lbs. I love crumbles too, no mess as with mash. then I don't have to ferment or wet feed. I am finding now that I have more kids to watch I don't have time to mess with stuff like that!

YOU SURE CAN SALLY

I buy 14% protein rice bran and 23% pellets and blend to meet different needs. I also have 48% soy meal that I add for my guinea quail and chukar chicks.

 

[chicksooner]

I talked to our local feed mill about all their feed options and they had their own layer mash that they sold in 50lb bags for $10, but I don't think it'd work for my birds. My chickens are so incredibly used to pellets that they leave the crumbs at the bottom of their dish and refuse to eat them. They wait for me to re-fill their dish with fresh pellets. Also, after losing a couple of young birds and possibly a rooster to too much calcium, I don't buy layer feeds any more.

I've been buying "All Flock" pellets. It's got 18% protein and it's great for a variety of birds (ducks, geese, chickens, pigeons, etc...). The downside is that it's $18 per 50 lb bag.

After bringing my numbers down, I'm spending $25 a week on feed which doesn't sound so bad, but that's $1,200 per year. A bill that the average college student probably doesn't pay. I'm hoping to sell a few more birds with the goal of reaching $15 per week.

Does anyone have any tricks to lowering the feed cost? I think I'm going to spend some time researching this today.

I keep mine on chick starter/grower. I think it is 18%. Just keep oystershell out. I pay about $14 for a 50# bag of grower and that lasts about a week but I also free range.