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

[Sally Sunshine]

Here ya go Sally!! Total backyard style sign but hope ya like it!

AWESOMENESS! JUST LIKE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[RenneRae]

Good Monday morning everyone! Its FINALLY pretty outside and all chicks are outside getting some fresh air. They are flying all around inside a huge dog kennel wrapped in chicken wire. Thanks to Wally the Bernard/Pyrenees mix.

All this talk of mites and lice makes me itchy. I have some DE. I think I'LL do some dusting in the nest boxes and coop.

Question: how much space is required to say your chicken is free range? I was asked If ours are and I said yes. But then after coming home I thought about it. They are in an enclosed area of apx 1000 feet. And on nice days like today I leave the gate open so they can come and go as they please. I also have 5 who hop the fence everyday. So I guess technically they aren't?

I've done myself a disservice. I happened across two eggs from Henrietta and two from my RIR so I popped them in the Bator. Now I'm in for a staggered hatch. Somebody tell me that I do NOT have to hatch every egg I come across.

"Lucky" the dropped egg is my most active one. I have high hopes for his hatch. How big do these little guys get?

IF my almost 3wk olds are true barred rocks, and they appear to be then it looks like I have at least 8 Pullets. 4 I'm uncertain about and 4are absolutely roo's. Not a bad number.

Can't wait for my silkies to hatch I have one rather ominous saddle cell that scares me, but the others look ok. When the air cell dips to the same degree on both sides how do you know which side to lay it on for hatch?

I must accomplish something today. Have a great Monday all.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: I was just sent conf number font size about 48 or 78 BOLD LMAO!!! he he he (like its my fault right???)
Really......

I have an awful feeling about what state those eggs will be in and if they're fertile or even if they're duck eggs. Be sure to post the packing job and the eggs.
I KNOW

 

[Waffle]

Here is a giggle for you all! ..... So last night I posted on my Facebook that I am in desperate need of an incubator. I just got up this morning to some very funny replays by my friends who I love to bits!!! Just one person was being stupid tho. He said sit on them! Ha ha very funny. But what is super funny is the two serious replys. "Would the oven work?“ and "could you use an electric blanket?" Lol lol I told them thanks for the suggestions but no. But on the plus side someone may have one I could borrow

 

[cochins1088]

Quote:
Yeah, I guess I knew it was coming. When I was cleaning the yolk off of them, I noticed that her belly felt soft. She was very active yesterday, but she took a turn for the worst this morning.

My main brooder has a mix of 2 week olds, 4 week olds, and 5 week olds. I'm not sure how the 5 week olds would react to him and I need to correct his spraddle legs first. I think I'll just leave him in the spare incubator for a few more days because a friend of mine offered to take him in with her chicks.

 

[cochins1088]

Here ya go Sally!! Total backyard style sign but hope ya like it!

Awesome!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

T Polish for Sara!!! YAY three out of 4 are out so far! last one is working on it!!
one is yellow????

And that pic is my CCL moved to brooder, cant get it warm enough dh just got me a bigger bulb







hmmm lookin at this may be 3 and 3! will have to wait a bit yet

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Here is a giggle for you all! ..... So last night I posted on my Facebook that I am in desperate need of an incubator. I just got up this morning to some very funny replays by my friends who I love to bits!!! Just one person was being stupid tho. He said sit on them! Ha ha very funny. But what is super funny is the two serious replys. "Would the oven work?“ and "could you use an electric blanket?" Lol lol I told them thanks for the suggestions but no. But on the plus side someone may have one I could borrow

LOL AWESOME!!!

Sumi where is that link to that person who hatched in a glass bowl or something! I didn't save it!

 

[sumi]

Good Monday morning everyone! Its FINALLY pretty outside and all chicks are outside getting some fresh air. They are flying all around inside a huge dog kennel wrapped in chicken wire. Thanks to Wally the Bernard/Pyrenees mix.

All this talk of mites and lice makes me itchy. I have some DE. I think I'LL do some dusting in the nest boxes and coop.

Question: how much space is required to say your chicken is free range? I was asked If ours are and I said yes. But then after coming home I thought about it. They are in an enclosed area of apx 1000 feet. And on nice days like today I leave the gate open so they can come and go as they please. I also have 5 who hop the fence everyday. So I guess technically they aren't?

I've done myself a disservice. I happened across two eggs from Henrietta and two from my RIR so I popped them in the Bator. Now I'm in for a staggered hatch. Somebody tell me that I do NOT have to hatch every egg I come across.

"Lucky" the dropped egg is my most active one. I have high hopes for his hatch. How big do these little guys get?

IF my almost 3wk olds are true barred rocks, and they appear to be then it looks like I have at least 8 Pullets. 4 I'm uncertain about and 4are absolutely roo's. Not a bad number.

Can't wait for my silkies to hatch I have one rather ominous saddle cell that scares me, but the others look ok. When the air cell dips to the same degree on both sides how do you know which side to lay it on for hatch?

I must accomplish something today. Have a great Monday all.

And a good morning to you too! Though it's already evening here by me...

I read somewhere that the minimum requirement for "free range" chickens are a space of 2sq meter per chicken. That is roughly 18sq feet (if I calculated that correctly). Over that chickens are classified "organic", but these guidelines are for egg sellers.

And you do realise you don't have to every egg you find. You must eat some of them too, you know...

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Good Monday morning everyone! Its FINALLY pretty outside and all chicks are outside getting some fresh air. They are flying all around inside a huge dog kennel wrapped in chicken wire. Thanks to Wally the Bernard/Pyrenees mix.

All this talk of mites and lice makes me itchy. I have some DE. I think I'LL do some dusting in the nest boxes and coop.

Question: how much space is required to say your chicken is free range? I was asked If ours are and I said yes. But then after coming home I thought about it. They are in an enclosed area of apx 1000 feet. And on nice days like today I leave the gate open so they can come and go as they please. I also have 5 who hop the fence everyday. So I guess technically they aren't?

I've done myself a disservice. I happened across two eggs from Henrietta and two from my RIR so I popped them in the Bator. Now I'm in for a staggered hatch. Somebody tell me that I do NOT have to hatch every egg I come across.

"Lucky" the dropped egg is my most active one. I have high hopes for his hatch. How big do these little guys get?

IF my almost 3wk olds are true barred rocks, and they appear to be then it looks like I have at least 8 Pullets. 4 I'm uncertain about and 4are absolutely roo's. Not a bad number.

Can't wait for my silkies to hatch I have one rather ominous saddle cell that scares me, but the others look ok. When the air cell dips to the same degree on both sides how do you know which side to lay it on for hatch?

I must accomplish something today. Have a great Monday all.

you don't lay that one with both dips you keep it upright for hatch