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

[cochins1088]

hmm... is 36 hours too soon to candle? Oh well, I'm going for it. I'm so excited about these eggs.

 

[cochins1088]

Day 19 and I hear chirping and have one external pip. Guess it is good I went ahead and upped my humidity earlier today. My accurites must be a little off. I ordered new thermometers from incubator warehouse and my package is mia. Should have had them last week.

Woo-hoo!

Hopefully your package will show up soon.

 

[ozexpat]

what gif?

**** - it shows up on the PC i posted from but not this one either - i will have to down load it and save it from there.

 

[cochins1088]

Hey OZ check this out...... http://www.examiner.com/article/high-visibility-hens

(thinking you can add a little pocket for pepper spray to keep the village thiefs at bay on CoCoBeach)

I saw these on Facebook.

not a care in the world

A few pics

3 week old Splash Partridge Brahma Pullet

Lovely pictures.

 

[ozexpat]

hmm... is 36 hours too soon to candle? Oh well, I'm going for it. I'm so excited about these eggs.

you can candle after 30 minutes if you like

but you wont see much til 96hrs with white eggs and 120 with light brown

 

[cochins1088]

Quote:
I can usually see slight veining after 72 hours with light colored eggs.

I can also usually see hints of development at 48 hours such as the yolk being more reluctant to move and the yolk appearing larger than normal. I'm not sure how to explain it, but there's a difference.

Ok, I admit it... I have always been addicted to candling eggs.

 

[ozexpat]

this one!!!!!!!!!

 

[ozexpat]

I can usually see slight veining after 72 hours with light colored eggs.

I can also usually see hints of development at 48 hours such as the yolk being more reluctant to move and the yolk appearing larger than normal. I'm not sure how to explain it, but there's a difference.

Ok, I admit it... I have always been addicted to candling eggs.

then candle away


ahh the joys of young eyes

 

[ozexpat]

Many of you know that I mix my own feeds and am rather specific when it comes to feed ratios and protein content

Laying Hens- In the case of laying hens, Crude Protein (CP) and amino acid formulations are largely over-formulated with the hopes of getting a return in either egg size or egg number. Unpublished research from by Applegate et al., however, suggests that 15.3 g of CP (858 mg Lys, 450 mg Met, 585 mg Thr, and 638 mg Ile) is sufficient to maximize egg weight and production from 25 to 45 weeks of age versus birds fed corn/SBM diets containing 16.15 g of CP (874 mg Lys, 409 mg Met, 627 mg Thr, and 684 mg Ile).

For those feeding your chooks more than 15% protein all you are doing is creating more stink (ammonia) in your coop

 

[chicksooner]

Many of you know that I mix my own feeds and am rather specific when it comes to feed ratios and protein content

Laying Hens- In the case of laying hens, Crude Protein (CP) and amino acid formulations are largely over-formulated with the hopes of getting a return in either egg size or egg number. Unpublished research from by Applegate et al., however, suggests that 15.3 g of CP (858 mg Lys, 450 mg Met, 585 mg Thr, and 638 mg Ile) is sufficient to maximize egg weight and production from 25 to 45 weeks of age versus birds fed corn/SBM diets containing 16.15 g of CP (874 mg Lys, 409 mg Met, 627 mg Thr, and 684 mg Ile).

For those feeding your chooks more than 15% protein all you are doing is creating more stink (ammonia) in your coop

What does protein do for size of the bird though? I feed higher protein to make my birds bigger.