EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[Akrnaf2]

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[Chaos18]

Morning everybody

 

[Lucky Lemon]

Morning Chaos and everyone else popping in early

 

[Chaos18]

Morning Chaos and everyone else popping in early

That rain ever stop?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I have a question
I need some info about the price of Amperolium in the US?
Need the price, weight, and percentage of the active ingredient.
Thanks in advance!

At Tractor Supply, 10 ounce Corid powder (20% amprolium) is $20.
Liquid 16 ounces 9.6% is $16.

So I was trying to test my digital thermo/hygrometer, we'll hygrometer is spot on but the thermo is impossible to test as it doesn't go high enough for boiling point.... also there is no way to calibrate it as I can't find a screw, nut nor a reset button!

Try comparing it to an oral/ medical thermometer. They are very accurate and being close to incubation temperature, it will really show the accuracy of your thermometer.
I've had thermometers that were accurate at low temp and way off at incubation temp.

My stupid hen is broody again! Her chicks are only 11 weeks old. This is the third time in the last 6 months! I am not getting her any eggs or chicks till Spring so I guess I better go get a cage.

What breed is she?
Pretty late in the year for a hen that just recently raised chicks.
We used to make cages out of welded wire fencing and a few pieces of lath or small dimension lumber and baling wire. It doesn't have to be much. Just to hold a chicken, water and food and be able to suspend it.

Just joined BYC tonight and have a candling questions. I just candled an egg at day 14 and didn't see any movement. How can I tell if I lost the chick? Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place still trying to figure out what I'm doing

You're posting in the right place.

Honestly I don't recall i saw so much movement last time I looked my heart sank when I saw none. Should I check or just leave it alone. My daughter is 6 and just joined 4H this year as a cloverbud so we have candled it about 5 times mostly so she can see what is going on. I have kind of gotten attached to the little guy

I look at candling differently than most. Probably cause I can barely see into the egg and can only tell the difference between a clear and a dark mass.
I don't remove anything that isn't leaking or stinking unless it is completely clear at 18 days.
I may have miscalculated the date but I once had an egg that hadn't hatched on day 24 and did an eggtopsy only to find a live chick about to hatch.

Unless it is leaking or stinking I would leave it in there.

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Every time I see one of those small incubators my heart sinks. As a kid we used one once. Actually got one to develop never did hatch. I'm afraid they are set up for failure. Sorry for the let down I know how you feel. Hopefully something will happen.

I had a little yellow and clear dome spaceship looking thing that came with quail eggs when I was little. I didn't know what I was doing and nothing hatched.

 

[BullChick]

Just joined BYC tonight and have a candling questions. I just candled an egg at day 14 and didn't see any movement. How can I tell if I lost the chick? Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place still trying to figure out what I'm doing

 

[BullChick]

GOOD MORNING, CRAZY CHICKEN PEOPLE AND NON-PEOPLE!!!

 

[BullChick]

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Thanks for that MC.