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

[Akrnaf2]

Liz as much as I would like to rase grapes, I don't have the land for that, and the "terroir" in the middle coastal plain In Israel isn't the optimal for wine making!

 

[daxigait]

It is very quite today. I hope rest well.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I am so happy today!


I have finally made my error of the decade. I am glad to get it out of the way relatively early in the decade.

I candled my eggs last night. When I was candling them I set some eggs on the shelf below the top tray in the hatchers. I use metal trays to stop the poop from the top tray from landing on the bottom tray birds.

This picture I posted last night shows it..

When I went down to check on them and refresh their water, I had chick on the bottom/floor of the hatcher. He came from one of those eggs you see there.

Oops. He is so lucky I did not take them out last night and throw them...

So my mistake is a doozy, it is a compound mistake. I assume that means my next error is not due until 2030.

lol, congrats on surprise chicklet

Liz as much as I would like to rase grapes, I don't have the land for that, and the "terroir" in the middle coastal plain In Israel isn't the optimal for wine making!

i didnt think it as, but it would still be fun to do someday!

It is very quite today. I hope rest well.

i need a nap

 

[Pensmaster]

I am so happy today! I have finally made my error of the decade. I am glad to get it out of the way relatively early in the decade. I candled my eggs last night. When I was candling them I set some eggs on the shelf below the top tray in the hatchers. I use metal trays to stop the poop from the top tray from landing on the bottom tray birds. This picture I posted last night shows it.. When I went down to check on them and refresh their water, I had chick on the bottom/floor of the hatcher. He came from one of those eggs you see there. Oops. He is so lucky I did not take them out last night and throw them... So my mistake is a doozy, it is a compound mistake. I assume that means my next error is not due until 2030.

 

[daxigait]

If anyone wants to help check the help post in new posts. Liz could you help me link to assisted hatching information?
@DwayneNLiz

 

[DwayneNLiz]

If anyone wants to help check the help post in new posts. Liz could you help me link to assisted hatching information?
@DwayneNLiz

yeah, let me see if i can find where you are needing it

 

[daxigait]

Just click the new posts link the title is help!!!

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I think my poor turkey would be quite the handsome gentleman, had he not lost some feathers........ wonder what he did with them.

He's a good looking guy. Slate?

GOOD MORNING, HATCHERS OF FLUFFY THINGS! I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A WONDERFUL DAY, FULL OF PINEAPPLE AND COCONUT CONCOCTIONS...


Hey, even a coffee shop owner has to have some fun!

Thanks, MC! This brought a smile to my face like it does every morning.

(And yes, I'll have a virgin pina colada like Dax...)

Anyone have any pictures of chicks that are an EE x BO cross? Or a BO x EE cross? Not sure what I am looking for...have 9 chicks, only 1 with chipmunk stripe pattern, 1 real light yellow and the rest darker yellow.

This may be more than you want to know (or different than your question), but for what it's worth, here is a quick key to some of the main genetic determinants of chick down color. (The color is then, of course, modified by other genetic factors, but it's a start). I got it off of another forum, and don't have the name of the person for attribution - but it's not mine.

Chick hatch down:

E - Extended black
The down is black on the dorsal and lateral surfaces,
whilst the ventral surfaces and the wing tips are cream-colored or
white. Homozygous chicks often have a small white dot on each side of
the lower foreface.

ER - Birchen
The down resembles that of E, although the non-black area on
the ventral surfaces may be reduced in some cases. The head may be brownish.

eWh – Wheaten
The down of wheaten is essentially clear cream in color,
although small dorsal head spots are common. An occasional chick,
usually female, may show a faint, broken trace of the dark lateral
back stripes.

e+ - Duckwing
The wild type down pattern consists of a dark brown median dorsal
stripe that continues onto the dorsal surface of the head. On
either side of the back are narrower, dark brown, lateral stripes
separated from the median stripe by two yellowish-white stripes.
The ground color is of a lighter tan shade, being lightest on the
ventral surfaces.

eb – Brown
The brown chick has the darker brown pigment more evenly distributed
over the dorsal surfaces and the head. Some reduced evidence of the
yellowish-white stripe is often_ evident. There is no sharp break in
the head Color as in the e+ chick, although some lighter shading
of brown may be evident in front of the eyes and/or along the front
line of the comb.

Note: These descriptions are for the genes in the absence of other colour-changing gene, many of which alter the above colour description quite dramatically

@10AcreChick Really light ones are often whites. What are the other possibilities?

@MotorcycleChick I am well, just way overloaded. Between normal stuff, chicks, kids, and constant kid watch since I have a does teats taped so I can get to them in time I am stressed.
I found out both does I got from a lady have CAE so I have to get to them with colostrum in time, and not let them nurse since that is how it spreads

Sorry for all your stressors and the CAE situation. You're in my thoughts.

Quote: I have only ever really thought it was a risk with shipped chicks, who can be dehydrated and/or disoriented. I also wonder if it might be more of a risk with heat lamps because chicks just drop and sleep where they are if warm enough. With a heating plate or MHP, they come out to drink and then go back in to get warm and sleep - they don't "hang out" near the waterer in a way that makes me worry about drowning. (But I use marbles anyway...)

Quote: Ugh.

I'm having repairs done on Friday...

Quote:

@Chaos18 I am so sorry!!!

RIP BINKY!

@Chaos18 , very sorry to hear this.

Quote: Banti, I'm irregular about it as well. @Pensmaster has gotten me to start roasting it myself (well, once the stovetop popcorn popper and green coffee beans arrive in the mail). Green coffee beans store better, so that fits my irregular consumption (and I would get freshly roasted coffee, and probably much better quality decaf).

- Ant Farm

 

[daxigait]

@Fire Ant Farm How are your chicks, and how is your cock's foot?

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

If anyone wants to help check the help post in new posts. Liz could you help me link to assisted hatching information?
@DwayneNLiz

I went over to check, but didn't have anything more to add than what you already shared.

@Fire Ant Farm How are your chicks, and how is your cock's foot?

Chicks are good - the oldest are 6 weeks old tomorrow, and REALLY need to move outside soon. I will have no heat source for them out there, and nights are still in the 40s to 50s, so we're limping along and I'm cleaning the brooder for them A LOT. The others are good, too. And the other two big brooders are set up for the two shipments of chicks that will arrive this week. (I just have the last bits of business to do and need to put those MHPs together tonight).

Monkey's foot is a lot better, and I moved him outside on Sunday. I'm starting to wonder if he has some sort of "pigeon foot" or hip issue, as I think he walks a little funny when not limping (I may have just noticed because I was watching him a lot). I'm going to try to get a good look at him today before sundown. But he doesn't seem to be in pain or limping like he was before, so I think all is good. Before I took him out, I coated his legs and feet really well with castor oil (as well as his comb, which was a little bit of a mess). Everything looks a lot better to me. I'm going to castor oil the girls in that pen tonight or tomorrow.

- Ant Farm