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

[ozexpat]

The success tropical hatching continues.

We have scored a hatch rate of 87% and 86% on the last 2 hatches. There are 33 due in Feb 25 and another 36 on March 1.

Our major change has been the dehumidifier running in the egg room to keep the ambient humidity at 40%. Inside the bators its 30s

 

[dolfi]

maybe I should give you my pager. lol

Start with agrimycin. If not clear in a day, try dimethox.

If you can only stock one, keep dimethox

This is what they have

 

[ozexpat]

This is what they have

That will work fine

 

[ozexpat]

Duramycin 10


800mg dose = 1 Tbsp (1 oz.) per gallon of water

 

[Sally Sunshine]

The success tropical hatching continues.

We have scored a hatch rate of 87% and 86% on the last 2 hatches. There are 33 due in Feb 25 and another 36 on March 1.

Our major change has been the dehumidifier running in the egg room to keep the ambient humidity at 40%. Inside the bators its 30s

Thats an awesome hatch rate oz WOW!!




countrygirl I am typing and I will post, kids came home from school chaos is HOME! ha!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote:
YAY IMAGE!!!

Your air cells look of good size visually day 14 and day 16 weight loss is getting high on some and not others? My guess is some eggs are a lot older in collection than others, typical. That is one of the reason to always use ozexpats ++Egg Shippers Please Read++ letter when purchasing eggs. If its only day 16 you may want to add just a tad more humidity. Cochins or anyone else that weighs please add input! Most hatcheries aim for 12 per cent total weight loss from initial egg weight during the first 18 days and 13-15% to pipping (between 0.6-0.7% per day) for optimum chick quality. I have it on my list to add more information with weighing to the incubation article but I haven't gotten there yet. You are doing awesome by weighing them! I would continue with what your doing just watch you dont loose too much so be sure your weighing correctly before adjusting. Also, have you been moving eggs to different spots in the bator throughout the incubation times? To be sure not hot or cold spots, sometimes this can effect the weight loss and hatch times as well. You have a fan model incubator I will assume running with that 100 degrees?

And in zooming in, it looks like your air cells on #20 is that a saddle? so hard to tell. I am looking and most are obvious as to the lower dip in the air cell. Again it will take your judgement with how to set some and not others for hatching. And when you say they are dark, dark is usually meaning their is a chick filling it up! Usually if they die at the latter stage you will be able to see a small portion of yellow around the air cell more clear than the rest and void of veining. They are very hard to see move in the latter stage so dont fret! You got this! Do any of the air cells still jiggle or move? If I cant see movement I always sniff the egg just in case its fowl, ooops foul

had to sorry!! lol

 

[dolfi]

Duramycin 10

800mg dose = 1 Tbsp (1 oz.) per gallon of water

oz you're awesome. How long do I give this to them and do I need to provide extra water without the medicine?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: FOR CHICKENS: INDICATIONS

RECOMMENDED DOSAGE LEVEL​

Control of chronic respiratory disease (CRD air sac disease) caused byMycoplasma gallisepticum andEscherichia coli, infectious synovitis caused by Mycoplasma synoviaesusceptible to tetracycline hydrochloride.

CRD AIR SAC DISEASE: Use soluble powder in the drinking water at a drug level of 400-800 mg tetracycline hydrochloride per gallon per day. INFECTIOUS SYNOVITIS: Use soluble powder in the drinking water at a drug level of 200-400 mg tetracycline hydrochloride per gallon per day. (Administer for 7-14 days.)
http://www.drugs.com/vet/duramycin-10.html

 

[ozexpat]

oz you're awesome.
How long do I give this to them and do I need to provide extra water without the medicine?

dont give them any other water. the dose is calculated based on all the water an average chicken drinks in a day

Sally's info shows a lower dose.

http://www.durvet.com/dl/Durvet-Poultry-Brochure.pdf

Mine says 400-800

I tend to hit with max dose first day then drop to lower dose.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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