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

[lindalouly]

Ohhh my garsh!!!!!'n

I have one curly haired guy too. Love it.

 

[daxigait]

@bulletsHave you read the notes section for diagnosing what went wrong and eggtopsies?

 

[chicken hawk 33]

So? You want to help them? To make a hole and see? Maybe to brake the shell and let it out completely? GO AHEAD! do it!
I can assure you that you will kill them!

no

 

[Akrnaf2]

So? You want to help them? To make a hole and see? Maybe to brake the shell and let it out completely? GO AHEAD! do it!
I can assure you that you will kill them!

no

If that is true, leave them be at least to day 23! And then start asking what to do!

 

[daxigait]

Who remembers my breed pen talks last week? I took the goats back there this morning to clue them in to the prime foraging. I guess it's too close to the treeline because Mama Roxie was pretty anxious. Guess I'll be cleaning it out myself.

Do you have a guard animal or a project that you could sit out there in a chair and do while they are there? It may help.

 

[Akrnaf2]

This is a great thread! Subscribing :] I have a question!

I'll go ahead and apologize now to the people who are subscribed to the other threads I posted this on. There's just tons of activity here :]

Question:

I'm currently 4 days in [starting tonight at 5pm] to incubating serama eggs. My first attempt at it I had 2 out of 4 fertile eggs make it to lockdown and died shortly after. I eggsietopsied them. 1 never piped and he other had the tip of its beak through the internal membrane just barely. They were both positioned correctly. They air cells were very large. The eggs were shipped so I had them up in cartons through the incubation process. I ran the humidity around 45% and upped it to 65% during lockdown. Since I've never incubated bantam I was alarmed through the whole process at the large air cells. So, the question I have is, does it only seem like air cells are very large compared to the eggs because their so small? MY hygrometer has been calibrated so I now it's accurate and the chicks weren't 'shrink wraped' when I eggsietopsied them at day 24. What should I do differently this hatch? They're in egg cartons again as they're shipped. I have the humidity at 55%. My bator is a forced air as well.

Do you have any pics of the air cells?

 

[kajira]

Do you have a guard animal or a project that you could sit out there in a chair and do while they are there? It may help.

My goats won't let my guardian dog near them. They chase her away and head butt her, the evil goat mofo's! And it's sad, all she wants to do is cuddle.

 

[kajira]

I have one curly haired guy too. Love it.

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my blond haired kid, even has curly hair!!! :O

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baby is the spitting image of her sister at 6 months though, and is starting to get little ringlets in her hair now too.

Guess I "throw" the curl gene?

 

[campingshaws]

Who remembers my breed pen talks last week? I took the goats back there this morning to clue them in to the prime foraging. I guess it's too close to the treeline because Mama Roxie was pretty anxious. Guess I'll be cleaning it out myself.

Do you have a guard animal or a project that you could sit out there in a chair and do while they are there? It may help.

I have a dog but she sits under the oak tree waiting for squirrels. I stood out there for a while today but they left me. I do have a few things I could work on over there, though. Maybe I'll try that tomorrow.

 

[lindalouly]

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my blond haired kid, even has curly hair!!! :O

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baby is the spitting image of her sister at 6 months though, and is starting to get little ringlets in her hair now too. Guess I "throw" the curl gene?

You guys are making me jealous with all the pretty little girls. Lol I don't know how boy 2 got such curls but I love them. Every year I would take him trick or treating when he was small a little old lady would always look at him and run her hand threw his hair. She was in love with his curls.