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

[BullChick]

'Y'all ain't gonna believe this. I'll be back online on Tuesday. It's been a heck of a day!

 

[BantyChooks]

'Y'all ain't gonna believe this. I'll be back online on Tuesday. It's been a heck of a day!

We'll all be waiting for you with (incu)bated breath!

Couldn't pass that opportunity up.

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Is it the gauge on the incubator?

My guess is its off. Drain all the water. Run it awhile see what it says then. Still early won't hurt the egg.

no Inn it

 

[feedman77]

no Inn it

You mean no water in it.

Or

No it isnt. As in being off.

I mean run it with no water and see what gauge says after several hours.

 

[5Sons Coop]

So I decided to leave it alone and have 3 now. I think someone mentioned it earlier, but could not find it on a quick read back, but the eggs are remarkably clean. I think they were washed!

 

[Pensmaster]

So I decided to leave it alone and have 3 now. I think someone mentioned it earlier, but could not find it on a quick read back, but the eggs are remarkably clean. I think they were washed!

 

[duluthralphie]

So I decided to leave it alone and have 3 now. I think someone mentioned it earlier, but could not find it on a quick read back, but the eggs are remarkably clean. I think they were washed!

I missed something, but I am assuming you bought eggs that were washed, Do you use an incubator or broody?

 

[duluthralphie]

Life is starting to vacuum with the arrival of springish weather, I do not have time to hang out on BYC all day...

 

[mlm Mike]

OK, so I fell asleep for a bit before starting chicken chores. And I had horrific dreams about really weird stuff including a bunch of dead baby ducks. I woke up, shook it off, and headed outside to find Trinity wandering around outside of the paddock - she's my black NN hen and has not ever been outside the paddock except under duress (last time, a pair of foxes was after the flock). I caught her and cuddled for a bit - I think Snape, their rooster, is being none to polite with them today, and that may be why. So I put her up and went into the other ouse to deal with the chicks, and I walked in to see the door to the Aloha NN brooder OPEN! There were about 15 chicks (4 weeks old, but small) huddled on the floor under the brooder table. And there was poop splattered ALL OVER the (thankfully tile) floor. I must not have latched the door properly this morning.

So I, in shorts, proceed to slip and slide and kneel in the poop on hands and knees to catch all the chicks, in some cases having to chase them around an empty house and back into the kitchen (picture me with chick poop ground into my knees and elbows at this point, and on my thighs and butt from slipping and falling on poop). The whole time I was thinking that this would be really funny if it didn't really suck...

Taking a break (after wiping off the worst of the poop, washing up a little, and collecting eggs). Lumber work for a while this evening, then BATH AND SHOWER TIME. BOTH. Ewwwwwww.....

Crazy chickens.

- Ant Farm

This is my new(est) cockerel. I picked him and a pair of pullets directly out of Matt Ulrich's pens. As the description says on YouTube... what he lacks in vocal skills, he makes up for in class.

That introduction leads us to the eggs from these matings cooking in the refrigerbator:

Very nice Joey! Glad you were able to get some very nice birds! Good luck with the hatch.

Quote: The Flat Rock I was talking about is the registered herd name with American Dairy Goat Association, not a town. I hope the class went well.

I've cancelled my internet, and will be back in about two weeks. I will pop in, and plan on doing one cup of coffee for all daily.

Oh no, hurry back!

 

[5Sons Coop]

I missed something, but I am assuming you bought eggs that were washed, Do you use an incubator or broody?

Day 22 black copper marans 3 for 40. Eggs were not shipped, but did travel 3 hrs. They are very clean eggs. Thinking they might have been dry wiped and not washed. Foam incubator ran 35-40 humidity. 40 up to 50 first day of lock down. Then had a pip and raised humidity to 65 with spike up to 70. Temp was 99.5 for the duration. No sticky chicks. So far it has been suggested marans are hard to hatch with the thick shell. My temp might have been a tad low making for a late hatch. The eggs might have been washed.