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

[BantyChooks]

Well, I always run 97.0F, so that method wouldn't work for me...

In that case, just make sure it says "97.0F" and you're home free

 

[ChickenCanoe]

We've been getting major storms blowing through since midnight last night.
Now we're getting a lot of hail. So far it is just marble size but a lot of it.

 

[Pensmaster]

I must have missed that, but I remember him talking about the abdominal cavity of roosters for breeding.

Yes both the hens and roosters are checked. I think I saved the link but I'm on mobile and hard to find things.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Yes both the hens and roosters are checked. I think I saved the link but I'm on mobile and hard to find things.

what is it that i need to look for?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

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That's close enough in age at this point. If you want blue eggs, only use birds that came from the bluest eggs as breeders.

It still wouldn't hurt to know which are built for production. It usually takes 2 people to do that job unless there is a clear and dramatic difference. I do it after dusk when they have just moved to the roost. Hold the 2 roosters and use your hand to see how many finger width there is between the back of the keel bone and the two pointy pelvic bones. That is an indication of abdominal capacity. Birds with little capacity never become or beget productive birds.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Quote:
Two things. What is your goal for a flock breeder?
If your goal is egg color, all other things being equal, always save the bird that comes from the most preferred egg color.
If your goal is production, select the rooster with the most space between the keel bone and the pelvic bones. Even though roosters don't lay eggs, he will impart his abdominal capacity to his offspring. This judgement always has to be done with birds of the same age.

 

[kwhites634]

Blood hound was caught carrying a chicken around today. Husband warned me to not let him outside unsupervised. He likes to carry around stuffed animals in the same way he was carrying said chicken. Chicken was slobbered on, but otherwise unharmed. I guess he's fond of the chickens. I don't see him mauling one, but I do seem him squishing one to death on accident in an attempt to carry it around like a stuffed animal.

Hubby yelled at him to drop it and the chicken teetered off as soon as he put it down.

I'd be more worried about him losing his grip & trying to get a better hold, although he sounds pretty soft-mouthed.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

We've been getting major storms blowing through since midnight last night.
Now we're getting a lot of hail. So far it is just marble size but a lot of it.

stay safe!!

 

[kajira]

I'd be more worried about him losing his grip & trying to get a better hold, although he sounds pretty soft-mouthed.

He's pretty gentle, all things considered, but I don't want him to learn his toys "die" if he squishes too hard... he's content with a stuffed animal inside the house. He hangs out with the baby goat, I don't leave them unsupervised either... but he's a really sweet dog. He's not a bad dog by any means. He just thinks stuffed animals are cuddly toys, like his stuffed animals in the house.

He stole my slippers, too... he didn't chew the eyes off my cow slippers, my daughters' little mutt dog did ^.^

 

[kajira]

We've been getting major storms blowing through since midnight last night.
Now we're getting a lot of hail. So far it is just marble size but a lot of it.

Be safe - we just had a tornado here the other night, but luckily no damage.