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

[Doug Hodges]

I have dominiques, Silver laced Wyandottes, Cuckoo Marans, Golden Laced Wyandottes, Blue Laced Red Wyandottes, Buff Orpingtons, White Crested Black Polish. Blue Polish, hmmmmm. I know ive forgotten some. I also have pearl guineas, Silver Pied and White Pied Peacocks. Another Peacock that I cant remember what it is right now. Swedish Ducks, African Geese. Canada Goose, turkeys, and a few other odds and ends.

 

[Doug Hodges]

Quote: I haven't thought that far ahead. LOL

 

[motherhen71185]

. This chick has a big squishy lump on its head. It's a wellsummer. Also might have mushy chick disease. Should I cull it? I hate to see it suffer but I need an easy way to do it for myself as well please.

 

[ozexpat]

are you sure the air cells were ok? 40-50 for duration sounds like a high number, I know oz has not choice to hatch high humidity, but it may be why the bigger ones didn't make it. And I have fans in all models so I am not sure what to tell you as far as the heat. you move the eggs around in the bator?

indeed

if you can get the humidity down lower it will be better. in a bigger hatch like the one that will start friday, I wont even up the humidity all all. Its currently 46 in my bator with a couple of mini dehumidifiers pulling a cup of water our each day.

this hatch I dropped by once degree F to 99.3 to try and give them an extra day to hatch as I was getting chicks early day 19 and a a pile of drownings. hopefully the lower temp will give them a little more chance.

 

[kaybee123]

. This chick has a big squishy lump on its head. It's a wellsummer. Also might have mushy chick disease. Should I cull it? I hate to see it suffer but I need an easy way to do it for myself as well please.

I can't help you actual decision to cull but what I do is wrap baby chick fully in a paper towel then place in a sandwich baggie. I then check for where it's neck is and use a sharp pair of scissors to sever the neck completely and quickly. I don't see it happen, I then close the baggie and dispose of it.

 

[ozexpat]

So after 8 months of working on it, I have finally narrowed down my list of breeds I absolutely must have.

Ameraucana
American Game
Ancona
Andalusian
Appenzeller Spitzhauben
Araucana
Aseel
Australorp
Barnevelder
Basques
Belgian D Anver
Belgian D Uccle
Booted
Brabanter
Brahma
Buckeye
Campine
Catalana
Chantecler
Cochin
Cornish
Cornish Cross
Crevecoeur
Cubalaya
Delaware
Delaware Blue Hen
Dominique
Dorking
Dutch
Easter Eggers
Faverolles
Fayoumis
Frizzle
Hamburg
Holland
Houdan
Hungarian Yellow
Japanese
Java
Jersey Giant
La Fleche
Lakenvelder
Langshan
Legbar
Leghorn
Malay
Marans
Minorca
Modern Game
Naked Neck-turken
New Hampshire Red
Old English Game
Orpington
Phoenix
Plymouth Rock
Polish
Production
Pyncheon
Redcap
Rhode Island
Rhode Island White
Rosecomb
Russian Orloff
Sebright
Serama
Showgirl
Sicilian Buttercup
Silkie
Sizzle
Star
Sultan
Sumatra
Sussex
Swedisg Flower Hens
Vorwerk
Welsummer
White Faced Black Spanish
Wyandotte
Yokohama

Now I just have to categorize the colors of each

but thats just me

 

[ozexpat]

I can't help you actual decision to cull but what I do is wrap baby chick fully in a paper towel then place in a sandwich baggie. I then check for where it's neck is and use a sharp pair of scissors to sever the neck completely and quickly. I don't see it happen, I then close the baggie and dispose of it.

thats the easiest way I have found too

 

[kaybee123]

So after 8 months of working on it, I have finally narrowed down my list of breeds I absolutely must have. Ameraucana
American Game
Ancona
Andalusian
Appenzeller Spitzhauben
Araucana
Aseel
Australorp
Barnevelder Basques
Belgian D Anver
Belgian D Uccle
Booted
Brabanter
Brahma
Buckeye
Campine
Catalana
Chantecler
Cochin
Cornish
Cornish Cross
Crevecoeur
Cubalaya
Delaware
Delaware Blue Hen
Dominique
Dorking
Dutch
Easter Eggers
Faverolles
Fayoumis
Frizzle
Hamburg
Holland
Houdan
Hungarian Yellow
Japanese
Java
Jersey Giant
La Fleche
Lakenvelder
Langshan
Legbar
Leghorn
Malay
Marans
Minorca
Modern Game
Naked Neck-turken
New Hampshire Red
Old English Game
Orpington
Phoenix
Plymouth Rock
Polish
Production
Pyncheon
Redcap
Rhode Island
Rhode Island White
Rosecomb
Russian Orloff
Sebright
Serama
Showgirl
Sicilian Buttercup
Silkie
Sizzle
Star
Sultan
Sumatra
Sussex Swedisg Flower Hens
Vorwerk
Welsummer
White Faced Black Spanish
Wyandotte
Yokohama Now I just have to categorize the colors of each

but thats just me

Oh my!!!! You really are a CRAZY chicken man, Oz!!!!!!! ;D I currently have: Cream Legbars OEs EEs Ameraucana (White, Blue Wheaten and a black lavender split) Salmon Faverolle Buff Orp Barred Rock Serama And some SBEL from DMRippy that are leghorn crosses.

 

[loveourbirds]

what i have:
blue slate and standard bronze turkeys
pharaoh quail

bantams:
old english - b.b. red, red fawn, silver duckwing, fawn silver duckwing, black, white, brassy back, brassy blue, blue splash, dark blue, self blue/lavander, cuckoo, creole, spangled, quail, and wheaten.
silkies - white, black, blue, blue splash, buff
d'anvers - light quail, and porcelain
cochins - lemon cuckoo, buff, black, blue splash, blue mottled working on black cuckoo, blue cuckoo and chocolate cuckoo
millie fleure d'uccle, silver pencilled rock, black rosecomb, white leghorn, silver sebrite, partridge wyandottes, white creasted blue polish

large fowl:
plymouth rocks - white, barred, partridge
orpingtons - buff, lemon cuckoo -- black and chocolate coming soon

rhode island reds (heritage), new hampshire reds, black australorps, silver pheonix, dominique, white leghorn, silver laced wyandotte, gold laced wyandotte, turkens, dark cornish, white laced red cornish, basque, russian orloff, rhodebar, sweedish flower, black copper french marans, golden cuckoo marans, black jersey giants, and im sure i missed something.

always on the lookout for something i dont have, or something better quality.

 

[silver1313]

Just wanted to drop in real quick to let everyone know I am alive and to apologize for leaving yall in a secretarial lurch..my life took some crazy turns but I hope to be back soon..love n miss yall ..laters !!!