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

[DwayneNLiz]

Cover it with a pice of gardening irrigation tube.

not sure how i'd do that, but maybe

Back now... No pips. Going to candle. Honestly, I'm not hopeful at all. Guess I'll get Chrissy friends when the local hatchery starts selling lings in spring

sorry
what humidity were you running?

 

[BantyChooks]

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not sure how i'd do that, but maybe

  sorry 
what humidity were you running?

Incubation? 35%ish. I do think I should have sponged them for the last half week.

They all look like they died at about day 25, cept for one that started drawing down before it went kaput.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

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Incubation? 35%ish. I do think I should have sponged them for the last half week.

They all look like they died at about day 25, cept for one that started drawing down before it went kaput.

did you not sponge them??

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

@DwayneNLiz

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AND BECAUSE it's funny... baby is teething and found her toe...

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Problem is, she has teeth.... so she bit herself and made herself cry ^.^

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Back now... No pips. Going to candle. Honestly, I'm not hopeful at all. Guess I'll get Chrissy friends when the local hatchery starts selling lings in spring

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Haven't you had late deaths before? I'm trying to remember what ChickenCanoe said about causes for that, but my mind is a blank.

Back from buying a load of lumber (need to start sanding and sealing for the coop and tractor builds). At this point I'll need enough that I'm not even counting at first, just getting as many 8ft. studs as will fit in my truck each time... Then I changed out the cloth diapers on top of the MHPs in both brooders, and refreshed the bedding. I've been really dragging all day, I tell ya' - it's like I could sleep for weeks!!!! But I'm now heading out to do the chores for the grown up chickens. I've got coop cleaning and waterer scrubbing to do, then feeders to be refilled. Those are usually Sunday chores, but I'm going to try to get a start on them today.

- Ant Farm

 

[BantyChooks]

did you not sponge them??

No, they looked okay according to rav & the charts, but
They lost weight like chooks.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

No, they looked okay according to rav & the charts, but

They lost weight like chooks.

according to Rav, all duck eggs need to be sponged for at least a couple days
thats what she told me

 

[hippiestink]

Hi everyone! Still not sure, the current plan is if I don't begin bleeding by next Tuesday it'll have officially been two weeks and I'll do a blood test. Fingers crossed!

Chickens didn't happen today, Husband had digestion problems and so tomorrow morning (before he goes to work) we'll pick up the hens and the roo. He's SUCH a pretty roo, I love him.

 

[BantyChooks]

according to Rav, all duck eggs need to be sponged for at least a couple days
thats what she told me

Someone come smack me.

 

[BantyChooks]

Haven't you had late deaths before? I'm trying to remember what ChickenCanoe said about causes for that, but my mind is a blank. 

Back from buying a load of lumber (need to start sanding and sealing for the coop and tractor builds). At this point I'll need enough that I'm not even counting at first, just getting as many 8ft. studs as will fit in my truck each time... Then I changed out the cloth diapers on top of the MHPs in both brooders, and refreshed the bedding. I've been really dragging all day, I tell ya' - it's like I could sleep for weeks!!!! But I'm now heading out to do the chores for the grown up chickens. I've got coop cleaning and waterer scrubbing to do, then feeders to be refilled. Those are usually Sunday chores, but I'm going to try to get a start on them today.

- Ant Farm 

I often get quite a high percentage to lockdown, then there's a dieoff. I have looked and looked and reviewed lockdown procedures many times, but I can't find anything.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Someone come smack me.

No.

Hi everyone! Still not sure, the current plan is if I don't begin bleeding by next Tuesday it'll have officially been two weeks and I'll do a blood test. Fingers crossed!

Chickens didn't happen today, Husband had digestion problems and so tomorrow morning (before he goes to work) we'll pick up the hens and the roo. He's SUCH a pretty roo, I love him.

Good Luck!!!!