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

[Fire Ant Farm]

Well, I finally had to dive in to do the banding and weighing of the Aloha Naked neck chicks, all 26 of them. They scream bloody murder when I even walk by their brooder, so I wasn't looking forward to it, and yup, it was about as much fun as you would expect. But to be fair, it was the first time I've really handled them since I took them out of the shipping box. They are 3 weeks old, but a lot smaller than the other NNs I hatched here, so I waited until now for first weights (and they all weighed about what my 2 week olds out of Tank or Snape weighed). An hour and a half of being screeched at as a brutal chick murderer, and then, once I had handled and said hello to everyone (and photoed, weighed, and banded), now they don't care if I walk by their brooder anymore.

No more pasty butts among the surviving S&G chicks - how old to they have to get before I should stop worrying about it? (They are a little over a week old.)

Bread is rising, and I'm psyching myself up to go out and do yard work. Chilly (for here), but not raining).

Kitty cats say hello. They are hiding less, relaxing and lounging in front of me, and marking (with their cheeks) their favorite spots, which means to me that they understand this is home.

(Sigh) Need to get my tush in gear and get back out there... I can hear the hawks.

(@Pensmaster , I have a coop that needs cleaning, too.)

- Ant Farm

 

[duluthralphie]

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@Pensmaster I have a couple when you get done there...

 

[Pensmaster]

That's huge,  I had to go weigh a toad egg, they average 80 grams and I thought they were big!

I bet some hen out there has a sore butt today.

Must have been the one screaming. They all look ok today. Mine are normally average 65 so 80 is big to us as well.

 

[Pensmaster]

@Pensmaster
   I have a couple when you get done there...

Be right there meanwhile hold your breath.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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(Having some yogurt for lunch - was hungry, wasn't going to be able to do yard work on an empty tank...)

 

[duluthralphie]

Must have been the one screaming. They all look ok today. Mine are normally average 65 so 80 is big to us as well.

Toads are big, they can handle it.

 

[Pensmaster]

Well, I finally had to dive in to do the banding and weighing of the Aloha Naked neck chicks, all 26 of them. They scream bloody murder when I even walk by their brooder, so I wasn't looking forward to it, and yup, it was about as much fun as you would expect. But to be fair, it was the first time I've really handled them since I took them out of the shipping box. They are 3 weeks old, but a lot smaller than the other NNs I hatched here, so I waited until now for first weights (and they all weighed about what my 2 week olds out of Tank or Snape weighed). An hour and a half of being screeched at as a brutal chick murderer, and then, once I had handled and said hello to everyone (and photoed, weighed, and banded), now they don't care if I walk by their brooder anymore. 

No more pasty butts among the surviving S&G chicks - how old to they have to get before I should stop worrying about it? (They are a little over a week old.)

Bread is rising, and I'm psyching myself up to go out and do yard work. Chilly (for here), but not raining). 

Kitty cats say hello. They are hiding less, relaxing and lounging in front of me, and marking (with their cheeks) their favorite spots, which means to me that they understand this is home. 

(Sigh) Need to get my tush in gear and get back out there... I can hear the hawks.

(@Pensmaster
, I have a coop that needs cleaning, too.)

- Ant Farm 

Don't know about the pasrty butt. How's the S&G chicks compared to Tank? To be honest I didn't like the NN from the feed store no surprise there. I do like the thinner skin and less feathers at processing. Egg production compared to younger aged Altsteriers wasn't impressive either although eggs were larger the Altsteriers hens are outlaying the NN. Skin on Altsteriers is easily twice as thick as NN. If I'm to do them in the future I'll be looking for better quality birds with the NN. Not sure how a NN Altsteriers would do.

Ok dogs off lap and back out to clean coop.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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I haven't weighed them yet - they'll get weighed and banded on Tuesday (age of 2 weeks) - I do worry that they'll be behind because of the rough first four days of life with no food and in a cold shipping box. To they eye they seem big, but I have so many different aged chicks now that I'm not sure who I'm comparing them to.

OK, yogurt is done. I REALLY need to go out and get to work.

 

[Pensmaster]

(Having some yogurt for lunch - was hungry, wasn't going to be able to do yard work on an empty tank...)

Argh this time change has me messed up. Heck it's almost lunch time and I just had breakfast. Ok off to work.

 

[mlm Mike]

GOOD MORNING, SNOW BUNNIES! THE STORM IS ALMOST HERE!! EVERYONE STAY WARM AND SAFE!

Hello MC!

Good morning peeps....

Hello Banti!

Maybe 5" blowing in here tomorrow night; nor'easter.
I better go find me a spot in the ditch before all the good ones are taken.

Not certain how much snow I'm supposed to get.

Got another broody.

Quote: We pre-record most everything we normally watch, then skip over the commercials.
That's what I do, or If I find something live I want to watch, hit pause, do something for a while, then watch and ff through commercials. I remember that was a big feeling point when cable first was becoming available, you'd pay for TV, but wouldn't have commercials. Surprise, they lied.

Good morning everybody.

Lots of chicken "stuff" to do today. The show is this weekend and everybody needs to have beaks, feet and baths as well as some "table time". Baths wont start until tomorrow as my supplies have not arrived but I have plenty of cages to clean and sorting to do to as long as the hand holds up. Also 3 broodies are hatching as of yesterday so when I go out to feed them now I'm sure I will have some sweet little surprises!!!

Hi Mel! What days are the shows?

Quote: Last fall, I had 20+ roosters, when I got rid of all but three, it was so quiet.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

There, there

, campingshaws, there, there.

xlarge chicken (brown) and jumbo duck(green)

Nice eggs.

Quote: Ouch. @Sally Sunshine you ever weigh Pepper's eggs?

Well, I finally had to dive in to do the banding and weighing of the Aloha Naked neck chicks, all 26 of them. They scream bloody murder when I even walk by their brooder, so I wasn't looking forward to it, and yup, it was about as much fun as you would expect. But to be fair, it was the first time I've really handled them since I took them out of the shipping box. They are 3 weeks old, but a lot smaller than the other NNs I hatched here, so I waited until now for first weights (and they all weighed about what my 2 week olds out of Tank or Snape weighed). An hour and a half of being screeched at as a brutal chick murderer, and then, once I had handled and said hello to everyone (and photoed, weighed, and banded), now they don't care if I walk by their brooder anymore.

No more pasty butts among the surviving S&G chicks - how old to they have to get before I should stop worrying about it? (They are a little over a week old.)

Bread is rising, and I'm psyching myself up to go out and do yard work. Chilly (for here), but not raining).

Kitty cats say hello. They are hiding less, relaxing and lounging in front of me, and marking (with their cheeks) their favorite spots, which means to me that they understand this is home.

(Sigh) Need to get my tush in gear and get back out there... I can hear the hawks.

(@Pensmaster , I have a coop that needs cleaning, too.)

- Ant Farm

How big your NN get? Hi Kitties!

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