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

[duluthralphie]

Ralphie what's up with JJ??? He still kicking?

JJ is still with us, but his head is extremely hot and he is panting, He takes water from the WWD once in a while. She says it looks like his beak is cracked at the base. I cannot see it but do not doubt her on it. We have a cat food bag in with him he is using as a pillow.

Fingers crossed here still.

I need to run to Wally world, I ran out of blue cable ties while marking the chicks.

Also I have learned a 4 inch fence is not high enough. I had a chipmunk striped chick in with my Doms and PC...this cannot be. I checked each opened egg to make sure they were marked PC and D. They were. Then I noticed I was one PC short from last count. I found it in the other section, the chicks were crawling over the fence. Luckily I did not have anything striped in that section other than legbars....


I think I have about 10 more frost white legbars!!!!! Myers Hatchery eat your heart out!! You too My pet chicken!

 

[duluthralphie]

OH and NOTE to others make TALL fences in hatching trays.....

 

[jwlpoultry]

Hi Sally so good to see you back again!!

   ha ha you should see my front  

Well I would rather see your face anyway!!

 

[kajira]

OH and NOTE to others make TALL fences in hatching trays.....

Speaking of tall fences... explain to me the male logic of "watching" a toddler do this, instead of rescuing him before a broken arm happens?

My husband waited until he had his head, and both arms over the top before he took him down. ^.^

Oh and he stopped to take pictures and a video of him climbing, while cheering him on.

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That's an 8 foot fence.

@DwayneNLiz @Sally Sunshine @Fire Ant Farm

 

[BantyChooks]

JJ is still with us, but his head is extremely hot and he is panting, He takes water from the WWD once in a while. She says it looks like his beak is cracked at the base.  I cannot see it but do not doubt her on it. We have a cat food bag in with him he is using as a pillow.

Fingers crossed here still.

I need to run to Wally world, I ran out of blue cable ties while marking the chicks.

Also I have learned a 4 inch fence is not high enough.  I had a chipmunk striped chick in with my Doms and PC...this cannot be.  I checked each opened  egg to make sure they were marked PC and D. They were. Then I noticed I was one PC short from last count. I found it in the other section, the chicks were crawling over the fence.  Luckily I did not have anything striped in that section other than legbars....


I think I have about 10 more frost white legbars!!!!!      Myers Hatchery eat your heart out!!  You too My pet chicken!

Oh, poor guy...

 

[BantyChooks]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo, you dont do FB sooooooo someone is sharing from there......  taps foot!!    guess I need to clean out my friends muwahhahhaaa  thems not open to public

Oops, was typing too fast.... I meant "Show him/us a pic? "

I mean, from what you described, I can only guess it must look pic-worthy

 

[FaerieChicken]

I ferment their feed
You can ferment anything that have carbohydrates in it= any type of grains, bred, potatoes ect.
The fermentation is a metabolic process that take place in an aneoronic= without oxygen environment
The fermentation can be made by Fungi = yeasts, and this fermentation produce Ethanol =Ethanol fermentation (THIS ONE YOU DON'T WANT IN YOUR CHICKEN FEED!)
The second type of fermentation is made by different types of Bacteria and one of the important is the Lactic fermentation, made by the genus Lactobacillus THIS IS THE TYPE THAT YOU WANT!
The benefits of it are tremendous here some :
1. The fermentation take down the levels of phytic acid , it is an antimetabolite that reduces the absorbance of minerals from the feed.
2. It henhance the level of vitamins especially the B complex.
3. The microbes that ferment are basically prebiotic microbes that give a bust to the chickens microflora keeping it healthy.

How yo ferment
1.Take 3 glass jars that can contain 1 day ration of feed and water.
2. Put the feed in the 3 jars cover with cleen water at list 10 cm over the feed, I usually add some bio yogurt or a capsule of human prebiotic, but you don't have to.
3 stear and cover the jar with a cloth
4. Wait at least 3 days stear very day,see if there is bubbles (

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5 after 3 days give the first jar and replenish it with new feed and water
And so on
You should smell it befor giving it to the birds it should smell like a sour bred, if moldy or have alcoholic smell trow the batch.
And make a new one!

This is great info! I also ferment my chooks feed. I use Chick Boost Probiotics in the ferment bucket. I do 5 gal bucket as 1 days feed for all, feeding it in the late morning, and just before roosting at night! Also, I put dried ground up herbs such as: Rosemary, Thyme, Marjoram, Parsley and Oregano; as well as some spices: Cayenne pepper, Crushed Red Pepper, Ground Clove, Cinnamon, Fresh Grated Ginger, then I add Raw Pepitas (Squash/pumpkin seeds).

What do you think about this Chick Boost Probiotics product as the source for extra vitamins and probiotics used in the fermentation:

Sodium Min 9.3%
Sodium Max 11.1%
Potassium (K) Min 3.6%
Potassium (K) Max 4.3%
Salt Min 14.3%
Salt Max 17.1%
Vitamin A Min 200,000 IU/10 gm
Vitamin D-3 Min 96,400 IU/10 gm
Vitamin E Min 82 IU/10 gm
Vitamin C Min 306 mg/10 gm
Ingredients: Maltodextrin, Sodium bicarbonate, Salt, Potassium chloride, Dried Enterococcus faecium, Fermentation product, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, Ascorbic acid, Vitamin A supplement, Niacin supplement, Vitamin D3 supplement, Riboflavin supplement, Vitamin E supplement, Thiamine hydrochloride, Vitamin B12 supplement.


Chick Boost™ contains Probiotics, Vitamins and Electrolytes to aid in the health of hatchlings.
Chick Boost™ should be mixied with fresh clean water, provided everyday for the first 8 weeks, at which time they can be switched to Egg Boost.
Chick Boost™ introduces beneficial bacteria to the crop which assist the chick in developing a positive bacteria culture in its digestive tract. Commercially hatched chicks are raised in a clean enviroment and are not exposed to natural flora found in the hens digestive tract. Because of HCl gastric secreation which starts at day 18 of incubation, a newborn chick is at high risk for disease. More than any other animal chicks should be provided beneficial bacteria right after birth.
Beneficial Bacteria in the digestive tract help to crowd out the bad bacteria. This is known as selective exclusion and will help the animal fight off bad bacteria.(E. Coli, etc). A healthy gut leads to a healthy immune system to help combat disease and stress.
Chick Boost™ mixes easily into water and is recommended that as soon chicks are born that the water is made available to them.
1 –10gm scoop is included, mix 1 scoop per gallon.

There is another product that is produced by the same entity, HenBoost, it is a little less in the % min/max of nutrients but also apperantly contains an enzyme for digestion, which when I had previously compared the ingredients they were pretty much the same, except the Chick Boost was stronger.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Thank you

Last question. Humidity this time. What should the humidity be during incubation and then what does it need to be during lockdown? I think I read 60's and then up it to 80's but not sure

nooooo Humidity is not a set number, I start around 35%, then depending I'm actually growth adjust, bump up to about 65-70% for lockdown

What? She does have a nicely developed medial suspensory ligament.

Is that what they call goat cleavage?

Speaking of tall fences... explain to me the male logic of "watching" a toddler do this, instead of rescuing him before a broken arm happens? My husband waited until he had his head, and both arms over the top before he took him down. ^.^ Oh and he stopped to take pictures and a video of him climbing, while cheering him on.

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That's an 8 foot fence. @DwayneNLiz @Sally Sunshine @Fire Ant Farm

 

[kwhites634]

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Is that what they call goat cleavage?
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If not, it oughtta be!

 

[daxigait]

Brush goats, nothing fancy just boar crosses BUT their from a friend and they have the exact same kind of terrain, so they're suited to our kind of forest.

Good deal. Waiting for pictures.