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

[rbaker0345]

she seemed better after the doctor again this morning, But has since downturn, Doc said he will assume she picked up an adenovirus, which in turn caused the conjuctavitis and sinus infection which in turn caused semiorbital cellulitis of her eye tissues, and she has tonsilitis with green things with nasty coming out of them along with major nausia and 103 fever which motrin works in bringing it down with the help alternating tylenol. This is exact to what I delt with Lucas two weeks ago, but he did not have the major eye issues.

That's crazy Sally, what a stressful time you're having. Where did they pick this virus up from? Has the doctor treated it before?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Thank you... she is showing some improvement on the eye and cheek however her fever is up over 103 which it hasn't been since this started. She gets all meds in half hour so I pray it drops it back down like it has been.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: I assume he did say that with the eye issue she could have damage from scaring of the tear duct and that could use surgery but he only ever had to send a kid for surgery once to clear the duct. So I will assume in that statement he has treated this a bit.

boy I watch had pink eye a few weeks ago, or at least I told the mom he had pink eye she never did anything about it, it had gone away after a day or two but the kid still has a nasty nose and cough. He had a fever the other day and I told her to come get him. She said her thermometer must be broke because she dont think he FELT hot. She also said when I told her about harmony "oh my! well who keeps passing this poop eye around"! I was like SAY WHAT!! Sometimes its very hard for me to be polite. But I am always the bad one that cant watch kids when I have to run my own to the hospital, the same mom took 3.5 hours to come get her baby so I could take Harmony to er. I was FUMING!

 

[rbaker0345]

Oh my god, that woman is an idiot.

 

[loveourbirds]

i have decided to change directions with our chickens/ farm. things are just getting to "commercial" for my taste with what we are doing. i originally got into chickens for self sufficiency, my hatching was for the same purpose. then i decided i wanted to get into show birds, the OEGBs where my first step.

with our move and everything, ive started asking myself how i got into this position with chickens; and what really matters to me. I've looked at the space it takes to do what im doing, and the expense involved. it has been a hard decision but i have decided to part with about 80% of our flock. all of my old english, what silkies i have, my sebrites, d'anvers, d'uccles, rosecombs, pretty much everything but my cochin bantams.

i am gong to keep most of my large fowl breeds, and i am gong to start working on creating/breeding autosexing varieties. i have rhodebars, and legbars. im thinking about recreating cambars, and autosexing crele rocks; along with some others

 

[loveourbirds]

I assume he did say that with the eye issue she could have damage from scaring of the tear duct and that could use surgery but he only ever had to send a kid for surgery once to clear the duct. So I will assume in that statement he has treated this a bit.

boy I watch had pink eye a few weeks ago, or at least I told the mom he had pink eye she never did anything about it, it had gone away after a day or two but the kid still has a nasty nose and cough. He had a fever the other day and I told her to come get him. She said her thermometer must be broke because she dont think he FELT hot. She also said when I told her about harmony "oh my! well who keeps passing this poop eye around"! I was like SAY WHAT!! Sometimes its very hard for me to be polite. But I am always the bad one that cant watch kids when I have to run my own to the hospital, the same mom took 3.5 hours to come get her baby so I could take Harmony to er. I was FUMING!

it kind of makes you wonder how some people are smart enough to even make kids!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

i have decided to change directions with our chickens/ farm. things are just getting to "commercial" for my taste with what we are doing. i originally got into chickens for self sufficiency, my hatching was for the same purpose. then i decided i wanted to get into show birds, the OEGBs where my first step.

with our move and everything, ive started asking myself how i got into this position with chickens; and what really matters to me. I've looked at the space it takes to do what im doing, and the expense involved. it has been a hard decision but i have decided to part with about 80% of our flock. all of my old english, what silkies i have, my sebrites, d'anvers, d'uccles, rosecombs, pretty much everything but my cochin bantams.

i am gong to keep most of my large fowl breeds, and i am gong to start working on creating/breeding autosexing varieties. i have rhodebars, and legbars. im thinking about recreating cambars, and autosexing crele rocks; along with some others

I think its a big move to do all of them, have u taken into account where ur most moneys come from, I am sure u have! I find it tends to be spread out with mine. what is cambar?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: u sound like my husband

 

[Farmer Viola]

Hello everyone! Jumping in this thread with some newly arrived shipped Blue Wheaten Americaunas with detatched air cells. I have read the OP a few times and I have a good idea of my plan, but I have some questions too.

1) How long is too long to wait to set eggs? I have a 2nd shipment of eggs coming, it should have arrived today but it didn't, and with tomorrow's holiday it may not arrive until Friday. After a 24hr rest, that means setting on Saturday. Today being Wednesday, that would be 3 full days of rest for my Americauanas.
-Is 3 days resting acceptable? At what point do you lose viability? I do not know the exact lay date, but they were shipped on Monday. I'd guess the eggs would be at least 1 week old by then.
-Should I refrain from turning the eggs for the full 3 rest days? It is recommended to not turn for 24 hours, and then an additional 48 hours inside the incubator. I figure I could just not turn for all 3 days rest.
-If so, should I then begin turning the eggs on day 1 of incubation? Or should I continue to refrain from turning for an additional 36-48 hours of incubation?
-It is recommended in this thread to use an egg carton and turn by hand. Is that because an egg turner goes beyond 45 degrees when it turns? I have an automatic egg turner I would like to use, but if it will cause risk to my eggs then I won't use it!

2) One of my eggs has several hairline cracks. I can't see it from the outside, only when I candle it. I read in the OP that you tossed your cracked egg, but later wished you kept it with crayon wax or nail polish.
-What's the best thing to coat the crack in, wax or polish? Any hints on how to do this? It seems like hot melted wax on a cold egg might be bad. But chemical polish doesn't seem good, either. How do?

 

[rbaker0345]

Its a hard decision to make, but it does get away from you. After a certain number of chickens, self sufficiency morphs into huge feed bills and a regular worming schedule and the electricity it takes to run the incubators and the operation, bedding etc.

I am really loving the bresse as far as self-sufficiency. They do well with the free ranging, they tolerate the heat well enough and they are really meaty birds. I think I'm going to phase out some of my show breeds and phase in some bresse to my free range flock. I want to be able to fill the freezer before I go to the feed store.