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

[sumi]

Kathy and everyone else who's interested in this kind of stuff: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/diagnosing-hatch-failures-it-starts-with-the-egg

 

[sumi]

Quote: Sometimes when a cockerel treads a hen he'll pull out the feathers on her back. This often happens when the the cockerel is overattentive and/or clumsy, or when the hens don't want to give in to his advances.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Hello, all!

This has to be the longest running conversation on Backyard Chickens! I haven't been on here in a while because all my chicks have hatched and are now one year old hens! Sadly I am not allowed to hatch any more because my coop is only built for four chickens.

Since I have been on here I have gotten rid of my nasty rooster, Basil. He was too nasty to keep. I didn't mind dealing with his aggressiveness, however, I DID mind it when my hens' backs started to lose feathers and one hen was terrified of leaving the nesting box because he would be on her in a heartbeat. I have no idea how he became so aggressive, but I am relieved he is gone now.

I managed to fix my broken camera with the lens error which was broken for about a year yesterday by throwing it around. That is the best way to fix any electronic device. Truly. Before I did that I tried opening it up and fixing it "intelligently," but I ended up hitting it on the table out of frustration (I couldn't unscrew the screw!) and I broke the battery holder off. Good thing I could pop it back in place, but now I need to tape it in order to keep the batteries held in... In conclusion: don't try to be intelligent when trying to fix a broken camera: The screws are screwed in too tight anyway!!!

ANYWAY, I will try to get some recent pictures of my hens with an ACTUAL CAMERA later today (if I remember!) I even have some fresh garden tomatoes they can eat to get them camera- ready!

Sophie with her bare back! (yes, that IS a collapsed tent in the background!)

Hope. You can barely even tell that she had a gaping hole in her head a year ago! She was getting angry with me (she is my sassy hen!) so I had to pick her up to take the pic so she wouldn't peck me!

Mary Ann. I had catch her to hold her so I could get a good picture since she is a pure bred and knows to stay away from large animals!

Sassy hen!

Mary Ann again. They were eating tomatoes I gave them.

Maddy is to the right of Hope. She is a bantam white plymouth rock. Mary Ann, who is behind Hope is a bantam barred plymouth rock. They are both purebreds. I didn't hatch those two, but I did hatch Hope and Sophie.

The time on the bottom of the pics are screwed up by the way. I need to fix that...

you have no roosters anymore is this correct, I have two hens that no matter what I do the boys just love them!

Kathy and everyone else who's interested in this kind of stuff: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/diagnosing-hatch-failures-it-starts-with-the-egg

danke

 

[sumi]

Last of the grim topic articles coming tomorrow, then I'm done! LOL

 

[DaveOmak]

Last of the grim topic articles coming tomorrow, then I'm done! LOL

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[ozexpat]

Hi all.

I have been busy in my real world. I have passed by but the thread has been quiet.

There is not a lot of data on the tetragenic effects of off label wormers in poultry

I have hatched eggs after ivermectin without any issues.

Valbazen definitely has issues with ruminates during first trimester.

Safeguard can be given to ruminates safely.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Hi all.

I have been busy in my real world. I have passed by but the thread has been quiet.

There is not a lot of data on the tetragenic effects of off label wormers in poultry

I have hatched eggs after ivermectin without any issues.

Valbazen definitely has issues with ruminates during first trimester.

Safeguard can be given to ruminates safely.

I too hatch weekly with the use of iver w/o issues or abnormalities, and I use pour on every 90 days and sometimes more often, I use preth dust in the coops and boxes after every bedding change and they love dust bathing in it with the clean shavings, win win.
Thanks oz

 

[Cynthia12]

why are your chickens naked?

Rough breeding is usually the cause. Bet those eggs of theirs are very fertile. If this is the case..sure looks like it. Saddles for the back, need saddles.

 

[sumi]

Thanks Oz!

Quote: That's the problem. I would love to get more info on this, so please share what you guys found. I'll add it to the article later.

 

[subhanalah]

I just saw that you had three posts in a row, I didn't realize they were all from the same person, sorry!
@3Dchicken