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

[ozexpat]

good deal ! Time to incubate lol I seen the pics on ur thread of the new bator what a game changer A

I have a theorettical capacity of about 700 eggs lol

I will start setting pullet eggs this time next month.

 

[199787]

I have all sorts of things in my life but never CROADS. Maybe thats a bad thing.

It is most definitely a bad thing not to have in your life. Lovely birds. Sounds like you have enough on your hands already though!

Pictures working now since I downloaded Google Chrome. Still wasn't working this morning with internet explorer.

Here is a picture of a couple of my Langshan roaming around the yard. Roosters are VERY tall. I'm 5'4" and he is around mid thigh on me. Their feathers are getting ruffled in this picture by the wind.





Quote: From what I could tell candling last night the air cells looked as if I picked them out of my own nests. I will be able to tell more after they begin to grow. I set the eggs a little bit ago. I am stressing out already. I bought some expensive barnvelder eggs recently and while the air-cell were horrible, 11 of 17 were developing. 9 made it to lock down and not a single chick hatched. Then I realize the likely problem, my egg turner was unplugged the WHOLE time! I didn't even realize it. So spacey these days. Once I plugged it back in I couldn't believe I didn't notice the lack of noise coming from the incubator.

Such a dumb mistake...

Lisa

 

[ozexpat]

It is most definitely a bad thing not to have in your life. Lovely birds. Sounds like you have enough on your hands already though!

Pictures working now since I downloaded Google Chrome. Still wasn't working this morning with internet explorer.

Here is a picture of a couple of my Langshan roaming around the yard. Roosters are VERY tall. I'm 5'4" and he is around mid thigh on me. Their feathers are getting ruffled in this picture by the wind.





From what I could tell candling last night the air cells looked as if I picked them out of my own nests. I will be able to tell more after they begin to grow. I set the eggs a little bit ago. I am stressing out already. I bought some expensive barnvelder eggs recently and while the air-cell were horrible, 11 of 17 were developing. 9 made it to lock down and not a single chick hatched. Then I realize the likely problem, my egg turner was unplugged the WHOLE time! I didn't even realize it. So spacey these days. Once I plugged it back in I couldn't believe I didn't notice the lack of noise coming from the incubator.

Such a dumb mistake...

Lisa

Mid Thigh in croads. Just as well they are chickens.

Ok I am researching them.

 

[wescottwomen]

ahhhh interesting! you found someone that has a bator like that! cool!!  and to be completely honest, I did the test once and cant remember so you will have to follow her instructions on that link.  I tend to investigate on my own after most hatch is complete.

K thanks

 

[gracie02]

roasting. I love summer. Ice in all the waterers. Fans going in the coops.

I think I might have pushed my broody hen to her limit of accepting chicks from the incubator. I gave her two more this morning. She was on her way out with the two remaining chicks. She saw me and the chicks and went back in her nest and clucked to everyone to come. I sat with her a while until she let the newbies under her. After that I figured she would be fine. I love a good broody. I have 6 eggs left in the bator. 2 should hatch tonight or tomorrow. Guess I will have to set up a brooder.

That's so cute!!

 

[ozexpat]

where is Doug??

 

[199787]

I was wondering the same thing. I was really wondering what was going on with Doug's chicks....

 

[kaybee123]

where is Doug??

Ditto! I sure hope his chicks are on the mend.

 

[lizanne]

My one chick set do hatch yesterday died. It pipped last night, in the middle of the egg under the air cell. When I looked at it I could see fluid around the pip, so I used a paper towel to try to remove some of the extra fluid. It seemed to have some in its mouth too, so I dried around it's beak. It never made a sound, but appeared to be breathing before I went to bed. I put the egg back in the incubator on it's side so more fluid wouldn't build up around it's beak. When I went to check this morning it had passed.

I have had so many issues with malpositioned chicks. I think I need to take a break from hatching (after my 2 batches I already have incubating hatch). It's frustrating that I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. When I look at the hatching trouble shooter, I have a hard time narrowing it down (.. too hot, or too cold - high humidity, or low humidity). I feel so guilty every time I have a chick that is full term, and dies.

Here is the picture of the egg. I removed a little extra of the shell this morning, but the original pip was at the very bottom of the removed shell (opposite the air cell)

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: I see! and I am very allergic to Ancef. The Internal Med doc had it admin via pic line when I had osteomyelitis in my foot bone and just when I was already half dead, it wasn't a pretty scene so my X husband tells me and he said it took less than 5 minutes to closely taking what life I was hanging on to.