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

[dan26552]

Fez is getting his gold!

 

[SidChick]

My daughter really wants a black Cochin, or a light Brahma. McMurray is out of both. Without buying from another big hatchery, where do you suggest I look?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

My daughter really wants a black Cochin, or a light Brahma. McMurray is out of both. Without buying from another big hatchery, where do you suggest I look?

BYC
lol
do you want to hatch or buy chicks>

 

[BantyChooks]

@BantyChooks yer name should be bantysweets ughhh dont know how many times I tried to tag you as such! can you find the serama incubation link in the incubation section of notes and update with this post number? I cant edit

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SERAMA INCUBATION TIPS​

I start my serama at 50-55 humidity CALIBRATED, I run a hot bator at 100.5 CALIBRATED, I run at that for all my eggs....... on day 7 candle, day 10, 12 14 16... "I dont candle all after day 7 just a few to keep track of air cell growth. " I adjust humidity throughout via looking at air cells. I lock down day 17 or when [COLOR=0000FF]draw down[/COLOR] had begun & raise HUMIDITY 72%-75 CALIBRATED HYGRO! [COLOR=FF0000]LOWER TEMPS ON DAY 18 = Temp Min 98.0 Max 98.5 [/COLOR]​

KEEP in mind with serama, they are small, so in the last FOUR days weight loss can drop quickly and what you thought looked like a good air cell now has gotten way too large. so its fine to candle more to keep a closer eye on them!​

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Our Serama House of Littles Click HERE​

@BantyChooks scratch that link and use this, threw in an article so I can edit if thread shuts down
SERAMA INCUBATION TIPS ~ Not hard to hatch after a few tips! CLICK HERE

Sure!

I've got some Chantecler eggs under a broody.

Hatchery or breeder quality???

 

[Chaos18]

Sure!
Hatchery or breeder quality???

Original stock was from a breeder.

 

[BantyChooks]

Original stock was from a breeder.

Sweet.

 

[Chaos18]

Sweet.

Why?

 

[Yemimah]

Hello Sally Sunshine... I have a chick question . Can you help? My 16 chicks have really bad manners and particularly a certain lavender orpington... they scratch ALL the feed out of their feeder till it is empty.( a standard plastic quart with red plastic tray that you find at the feed stores). I just hate to waste all the feed. I do let them eat up as much as they can . But it starts getting contaminated and smelling form being on the floor of the brooder. I know how to teach kids to not throw their food on the floor but a chick?!

 

[Yemimah]

Or banty Chooks or or really any of you kind hearted folks on BYC

 

[BantyChooks]

Why?

Breeder-quality chants are the newest breed I've been researching and drooling over, so I was curious if you had just gotten the poor-quality birds that look like walnut combed leghorns or if you had acquired eggs from higher quality stock.