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

[sumi]

Have you looked at his butt? Does it look normal? How old is the chick now? Do you know if if passed anything yet?

 

[mikkles]

Thank You!

 

[bigT88]

His butt looks fine. He is almost three weeks of age. And i am farely confident he passed stool

 

[NestingHillsSC]

Killed a copper head in the yard and then drank a big cold glass of beer to calm the nerves. I think I need more beer.

 

[NestingHillsSC]

Amazing coloring. I really hate snakes but I have no problem admiring their coloring. copperheads have pretty colors and pattern but if they come in my yard they are pretty dead.

I agree.

 

[NestingHillsSC]

i understand, at our office building, which we own, i have several five or six foot black snakes that i dare anyone to hurt, the're good at killing and eating poisonous snakes, so the black snakes are more or less my pets

i haven't had to kill a snake in years tho, i have a bunch of garder snakes here or did, we had guineas and they're suppose to eat them, i did have one garder in my greenhouse last year, pretty good size according to the skin, altho i sometimes heard it moving, never saw it.

I had a Brahma eat a snake this year. It ran around the pen, 32x64, about 4 times while the other chased it. Then finally dropped it and eat it. LOL DAM, I wished I had my phone to video tape it.

 

[NestingHillsSC]

having an issue with one chick. he will not lay down to sleep. he is so tired, his wings are droopy and falls asleep standing. he always keeps his butt in the air. the only way he lays down is if i hold him. any ideas?

Some of mine do that some times. Actually they will all do that. Sooner or later they will just lay down.

 

[Doug Hodges]

I put 15 eggs in lockdown last night. I went out to check this morning and the temp was 95. I put them back in the other bator in the turner and turned the hatching bator up. I only work a few hours today so hopefully by the time I get home, it is at temp. It was at 97 last night and I bumped it up. Hmmmmmm Maybe I went the wrong way. I had cleaned it the day before from the 10 out of 11 hatch. You would think they would stay the same if you didnt touch anything. Jeez. Anyway, nothing hurt so far.

 

[bigT88]

I put 15 eggs in lockdown last night. I went out to check this morning and the temp was 95. I put them back in the other bator in the turner and turned the hatching bator up. I only work a few hours today so hopefully by the time I get home, it is at temp. It was at 97 last night and I bumped it up. Hmmmmmm Maybe I went the wrong way. I had cleaned it the day before from the 10 out of 11 hatch. You would think they would stay the same if you didnt touch anything. Jeez. Anyway, nothing hurt so far.

if your using styrofoam. any little bump can throw the thermostat/heating element off.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: I know it must be me that's stupid, you should have seen my two NOT SO BROODY BRAT serama hens in the empty baby brooder he he he they were very mad this morning for spending the entire night in it, well I clucked at them and said "have a good day ladies" and shut the door! he he he If this don't work I don't know what will!

Serama are more broody than any birds I have wtheck! I could get the cochin out of if easily but not serama the stubborn buggers!