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

[Pensmaster]

Hi there! Nice and green here, how about you? You're too funny, but I do love the poop pictures!

Very green here as well busy putting in fire breaks. We've had 42 inches of rain so far I think the record back in the 1880's was 45. Still have 3 months to beat it.

Couldn't get camera out fast enough. Another hen stepped in it.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

@casportpony

two links I found not sure you have them?

http://www.hungarovet.com/?p=2654

and this if you treat dogs for heartworm etc http://www.dogaware.com/health/ivomec.html#mange


@BantyChooks

 

[Sally Sunshine]

my stinkers
JUST BECAUSE I can

 

[5Sons Coop]

@AnneInTheBurbs I see they helped you out!! I wish you the best luck!! dont fret nothing you can do! here is some good reads on the subject though!
What is the maximum and minimum range of temp I can go before killing the chicks? post #12473
ZONES OF COLD INJURY fro EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT post #36213
HAVE A PLAN IN CASE YOU LOOSE ELECTRIC ITS THE SEASON! see post #522
What to do when you find a HIGH TEMPS in Bator post #7061
Hmmmmm that is weird, you should see something! let us know how next candle goes please!! [COLOR=008080]Candlers/ FLASHLIGHTS TO CANDLE DARK EGGS & Innovations SUGGESTIONS[/COLOR] post #40261 I bet she does, but maybe better prepared? Good thing she wasnt more east! muwahhahhaaaa Her very first blizzard would have been fun to make her drive in it! You have some great advice from Kat and Paddler be sure to bookmark and read read read CH!! Nope never mixed our serama. thought about it but never had any other bantams to try it HA HAHA Whats black ice you say??? love it!!! till I fall and crack my head on it! hmmmm you think you will look good in these? lolzzzz Kaj how the kiddos feeling? pics would help held humidity? you should be adjusting as needed through 7 to 18. are they sticky chicks? excess fluid that dries them inside at lockdown. I always use 70 or above from external pips on it goes way high when they start to hatch. you kept the bator closed? or you opened it on occation? [COLOR=000000]Everytime you open that bator DURING LOCKDOWN, think of it this way..... Opening your door on a cold day into a nice warm house, it almost takes your breath away, what that does to the egg SHELLS is sucks all that moisture that has accumulated in all those tiny pores. People think because humidity on the gauges goes up right away it has no effect but in turn it does. It takes much longer to begin to fill all those pores again. Keep this in mind when opening that thing in lockdown. [/COLOR]

No sticky chicks the one that piped and died wasn't even dry. The first day of lock down I went from 40-50 humidity. Then I had a pip and raised it to 65-70.

 

[Pensmaster]

ok  we use small single headlamps enough to feed and water but not to light the area!  I did purchase two of those solar lights, but we put one near the trash cans and one at the goats so certainly not covering the area 

Having the bears in the area is quite scary. One completely tore a gals coop apart in Penryn just a few miles east of me. There isn't a coop or house for that matter built strong enough. I have lights both sides of the barn to help but like you said it doesn't cover enough. I've actually got it switched from the bedside in case something is out there.

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Okay. I wish you the best of luck, and let me know if I can help. I haven't done cockatiels, but I have done finches and pigeons, so I might be able to help if you have any problems.

pm me

 

[Pensmaster]

beautiful too  the lady had them in small quarters, so feathers are rough on these three, how often will they molt? and when?  I cant wait to see them with nice feathers

Don't really know on the molt question. These are actually wild here and roam through the yard all the time.

 

[Pensmaster]

No sticky chicks the one that piped and died wasn't even dry. The first day of lock down I went from 40-50 humidity. Then I had a pip and raised it to 65-70.

Really hope the rest hatch for you. That would be awesome.

 

[5Sons Coop]

Qso it is the end of day 22. Do I let them go or start dissecting to learn why they didn't hatch?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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Qso it is the end of day 22. Do I let them go or start dissecting to learn why they didn't hatch?

I would let them go yet. I forgot to mention that I run all my bators at 100.5 calibrated you run under 99.5 could be delayed. I have much cleaner close hatches running as I do. sucks they were nice eggs. they didnt wash them did they?