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

[Rockashelle]

 

[sumi]

She's doing great! If I didn't know any better I would never have thought she had such a bumpy start. You did a great job with her

 

[sumi]

Before we moved here I decided I'd like to hatch some rare breeds. Bought the new copy of Practical Poultry (magazine) yesterday and read an article on rare breeds in need of help and I see I have quite a few breeds to pick from. I've actually seen one I'd love to do, but I'm not going to temp fate until I know I can get some eggs. Am going to see what I can do at let you all know. Keep your fingers crossed!

https://www.rbst.org.uk/poultry-breeds-at-risk.pdf

 

[MarineCorpFarmr]

I'll do that... It may be a while though. We are getting ready to move the whole farm. Yikes!

fun chore aint it.... we in the same boat.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

She's doing great! If I didn't know any better I would never have thought she had such a bumpy start. You did a great job with her

DITTO!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Before we moved here I decided I'd like to hatch some rare breeds. Bought the new copy of Practical Poultry (magazine) yesterday and read an article on rare breeds in need of help and I see I have quite a few breeds to pick from. I've actually seen one I'd love to do, but I'm not going to temp fate until I know I can get some eggs. Am going to see what I can do at let you all know. Keep your fingers crossed!

https://www.rbst.org.uk/poultry-breeds-at-risk.pdf

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: YOU BOTH will need ARKS!!

 

[kelly77]

Well I think I got my very first broody hen...and it's not me LOL she is screaming at us and the other chickens...hope it works out...It has been real cold past week here in New Hampshire. 20 degrees last night...but not in the coop lowest its been in there is 30 and that is with a heat lamp and I have an electric heater that runs 7 hours at a time. I keep going out there every 7 hours to start it up again...its a real pain in the butt but if I go out at 11pm its good til 6am BUT its still so COLD! Water is freezing, so we need to bring fresh water every morning. They have tons of hay. I hate winter now! Any ideas on how to keep the flock warmer? Or are they ok? They are in a solid coop

 

[sumi]

Between the heater and the lamp and each other's body heat they should be O.K. As long as the coop stays dry inside and they don't get cold draughts. Chickens are way tougher that we give them credit for!
No comment on the broody

We've already established that chickens and their hormones have the worst timing. I've had broody hatches in winter and we had no problems. But then our winters was much warmer than yours! It did go below freezing some nights, but the moms did a good job keeping the little ones warm.

 

[kelly77]

Well a few of us were talking in a private message about Sally's article which she can post when finished. The topic came up on how to clean/sterilize the incubator. I asked what to you clean it with? Chemicals? Non-toxic? and Sparky said this. I just thought the convo should be moved here so everyone can add opinions and ideas. I love the copper idea.

Sparkypatriot15
Yesterday at 6:45 pm​

Oh, for the bator cleaning thing, I found that if you scatter pennies around the floor of the incubator, it kills the mold and bacteria, cause pennies are coated in copper and copper creates an un-livable habitat for bacteria and kills them almost instantly but is completely safe for eggs