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

[jwlpoultry]

Hi everyone!

Hi Kathy!!

 

[meltel]

Hi all

Will do read back in a bit. so far 5 seramas hatched in the bator with 1 or 2 more pip/zip. 2 under Snow have hatched as well-hoping for a couple more under her too

 

[BantyChooks]

coffee could help you to become more regular    

Liz!!

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Hi!

 

[casportpony]

@daxigait , powder that friends and I have weighed:

Acidified Copper Sulfate (Russell brand)
One teaspoon - 6.3 grams

20% amprolium (Corid, Amprol, AmproMed, Amprolium 200, etc)
One teaspoon - 2.7 to 3 grams

Duramycin 10 and Terra-Vet 10 (tetracyline)
One teaspoon - 3.3 grams

Kaytee Exact Baby Bird Food
One teaspoon - 2.6 grams

LinxMed-SP (lincomycin)
One teaspoon - 3.75 grams

Medistatin (nystatin)
One teaspoon - 3.3 grams

Oxytetracycline 10 (oxytetracycline)
One teaspoon - 2.5 to 3 grams

Save-A-Chick Probiotics
One teaspoon - 2.4 grams

Sulfadimethoxine (SulfaMed-G, etc)
One teaspoon - 3 grams

Tylan Soluble Powder
One teaspoon - 2.5 to 3 grams

-Kathy

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Hi all   Will do read back in a bit. so far 5 seramas hatched in the bator with 1 or 2 more pip/zip. 2 under Snow have hatched as well-hoping for a couple more under her too 

congrats! Hoping for more!!

Liz!!

wha

 

[Pensmaster]

I knew that one was coming - but I expected it to be Ralphie.... 

coffee could help you to become more regular    

Actually looked it up. Coffee is considered a laxative.

 

[Pensmaster]

Hi all   Will do read back in a bit. so far 5 seramas hatched in the bator with 1 or 2 more pip/zip. 2 under Snow have hatched as well-hoping for a couple more under her too 

Hi Mel hope you get more and the wrist gets better

 

[kajira]

He's a good looking guy. Slate?


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...)

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

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...)

Ugh.

I'm having repairs done on Friday...

@Chaos18 , very sorry to hear this.

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).

Slate, slate/mix. Not entirely sure. He's a mongrel but I love him.

I finally got around to building my duck-deck.

 

[Pensmaster]

Hi everyone!

Hi Kathy. Just thinking this morning that we hadn't heard from you lately.