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

[foxvalleyfarm]

My dh was mooing yes mooing to them and low and behold #19 the first one to pip starting going crazy and hatched!!!

MEET ZEO!!!!! IT HAS FEATHERED LEGS AND FEATHERS ON ALL 4 TOES!!!! And it's a bantam.

 

[NestingHillsSC]

This is what a shell looks like from a WET CHICK!

NASTY! I had one very large chick and it was wet, I will assume because of the size of the chick and the egg was also huge, one that didnt fit into the egg slots in the cabinet!
Chick is fine, believe it or not, hatched on its own and didnt suffocate itself on that crap! @NestingHillsSC is this what your talking about? This was the issue earlier this winter, and the reason I am running without any water until hatch!

Yea but not so much. The chicks themselves where had that crap all over them. Didn't really run out like that though.

 

[DaveOmak]

If DH's mooing can produce a chick like ZEO with any reproducibility, you may have something worth following up on....

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: I know right!! I woulda thought he would JUMP at that one he he he

 

[ozexpat]

I know right!! I woulda thought he would JUMP at that one he he he

get him while he is sleeping

 

[Sally Sunshine]

If DH's mooing can produce a chick like ZEO with any reproducibility, you may have something worth following up on....

 

[Sally Sunshine]

oz, anyone have access to this pdf? http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/com/87/5/997/

Made a film analysis of the hatching movements of White Leghorn chicks placed in transparent glass "eggshells." During every hatching burst, each of the limbs first extended, then flexed beyond the original resting point, and finally extended again to the original resting point (as seen from the body). This suggests that all 4 limbs helped to hold the body of the embryo tightly in place inside the egg during a cracking phase, enabling the beak to perform the actual cracking of the shell. Subsequently during a turning phase, the limbs contributed to rotation of the embryo in the eggshell, bringing the animal in the right position for further breaking the shell during the next burst. The effective forces against the shell, leading to rotation of the animal in the egg, were probably performed by (a) the right leg during its flexion, (b) the right wing during its flexion, and (c) the left wing during its re-extension.

this I still want to see... @ozexpat

 

[Sally Sunshine]

PLASTIC BAG EGG STORAGE!!! http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=618820

Temporary heating before incubation and enclosing eggs in plastic bags during storage improves hatchability, especially when storage is prolonged. A high humidity during storage also improves hatchability, probably due to a reduction in water loss. The changes in albumen pH during storage are discussed in so far as they provide a possible explanation for relationships between environmental conditions during storage and hatching results.


uggggg why cant I read these abstracts!!

Development of motor patterns in avian embryos:
Control of hatching behavior

http://www.int-ornith-union.org/files/proceedings/durban/Symposium/S46/S46.1.htm

This is a cool read http://jp.physoc.org/content/94/3/365.full.pdf
THE AIR SPACE OF THE HEN'S EGG AND
ITS CHANGES DURING THE

Rumplessness of chicken embryos produced by mechanical shaking of eggs prior to incubation

http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1002/jez.1400930104


Seriously!!! OH geeeezums!

Peanuts Make Chickens Lay Bigger Eggs........ Now where do we find cheap peanuts???

http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/History/2004/Projects/J1922.pdf

cool read!

Awesome now I can better check health of my flock!!





http://www.backyardpoultrymag.com/5-2/how_to_get_more_eggs/

A hen in good laying condition cannot be fat, she need not be too thin either; what we want is good condition a bit closer to thin than to fat. On four legged animals the spine would feel like soft, rounded hills. But how can we tell condition on poultry? Since poultry lay fat on differently than four legged animals, we have to look elsewhere as the spine is not the indicator we need. On poultry we need only examine the pelvic bones as indicators of body condition.

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Measuring Condition...... see link above!

WHY TURNING IS IMPORTANT a pretty thorough read and there are tons of scholarly reads in abstracts and studies should you search them.

This link is in the hatching 101 and also a good read on storage and reasoning http://www.pasreform.com/academy/fr...atching-eggs/16-storage-of-hatching-eggs.html



I had posted a link a few weeks ago about storing eggs little end up to increase hatchability when stored for a longer period of time as well, and then the plastic bag study. I posted this in the hatchalong thread today as well.

Thank goodness for our new powerout alarm!! Wind is Terrible in the Mnts here!

IT WORKED and awoke us!!
We had generator running and bators and brooders back with power quickly as we had a previous run down of order since our last chaos with outage!
Not so sure how that would have ran if I had been by myself though

Temp at replug was 99.3 so I think it can take a tad longer loss.

GREAT CHEAP INVESTMENT!! Thanks @ozexpat

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121171985446?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

ughhhh @ozexpat I quoted the posts you may or may not have missed in your absence

 

[Caitlin_VT]

this I still want to see... @ozexpat

Can you open this?
http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/com/87/5/997.pdf

That's the whole PDF

I also saved it so I can send it to you if you want?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: it says I have to pay for it as usual!! dpenning is gonna email it to me though!! Thanks!