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

[Sally Sunshine]

Baby gooserz!!!!!!

You gonna raise them living with the goats?

I love pullet Marans eggs - so pretty and small and dark! Pics, please!

OMG, Sally, that's awful.

Quote: I think so! and thank you

That is so great Kristin! What all will the community center do?

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Mornin Chaos and Kristin, peekaboo

Quote: It's a hard hard thing to do, even when it needs to be done.

Quote: Goodness, I'm such a light weight! (Speaking of which, I somehow totally missed when I crossed over 5000 posts...)

- Ant Farm

 

[BantyChooks]

Hi Kristin, how's life in the tropics?

 

[kwhites634]

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oh I am glad your on! what a day and a night! grandmals omg she seized for two hours almost straight! I got some extra phenobarb in her but didnt do crap. She crapped herself peed herself what a mess with the foam from her mouth all over everything out on the porch we enclosed, stank so bad. I was an emotional mess, she finally stopped them and she was cornering herself in the corner, like she didnt realize to back out like she was stuck, she was walking in circles around the one chair I have out there, she didnt seem like she could hear or see. and finally she seemed a bit better that I trusted to go near her and we gave her a bath and I trimmed all her hair off, she is sad looking for a springer but at least during the night when she went into the seizures again she didnt have much hair for all that nastyness to stick to, so bathing was quick in the middle of the night. So sad, he thinks we should put her down and I am heartbroken. Sometimes she does really good and others I swear she is whacked out of her mind.
Hate to say it, but I believe he's right.

 

[BantyChooks]

Kristin, you're no lightweight, you just actually get stuff done during the day. <<Sigh>>

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: nah you iz

 

[NaJoBeLe]

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9 Members, 6 Guests BantyChooks Chaos18 NaJoBeLe Sally Sunshine auroaSfarm campingshaws daxigait duluthralphie kwhites634 Mornin y'all dont all chatter at once nah ya hear?

Mornin Sally. Doom and Gloom here. Crappy hatch for the EHAL. Alot of external pips but no progress. I have a 0% success rate on assisting. Time to do a deep clean on the styro and re-paint to try and figure out whats going on. Hatch rates have significantly declined the past 2 hatches with no other changes as far as birds or eggs. The big DIY bator is currently at a standstill also. Added 2 40 watt bulbs to increase temp. I think that worked but I dont have enough circulation. I bought a 4 pack of computer fans off amazon(only currently using 2). But I dont think they are putting out enough airflow to distribute the air. Plan to add higher flowing fans or build some ducting to route the hot air towards the bottom and back up. On a plus not, bought 6 new leghorn's from TSC last weekend and got 4 more from the auction this past weekend. And my broody should be close to hatching her eggs(today/tmrw) timeframe. That should be a decent comaparison due to the fact she has the same eggs under her that were in the bator. Time will tell.

what in the world! what humidity do you use for hatch? did you eggtopsy? did they have yellow jelly in them? I bought huge computer fans for the upright cooler, wonder if they would work? details of what they are here Cabinet Coolerbator do you have any sorta duct like I put for the big cooler? thinking you know we just put a vent fan in our floor... hang on a second brb when I find what I am thinking.

Haven't eggtopsied yet, still have a few eggs that haven't done anything yet so I'm giving them another day or so. I will let you know when I do. I have spent a considerable amount of time on your coolerbator thread and am familiar with the shelf set up. The fan in the duct looks interesting and could possibly work. Just kinda burned out with it at the moment. It'll get done and I will figure it out but it's taking too much of my time at the moment. Getting ready to head into the busy season with family coming to visit and the honey do list is stacking up. We visit faimly during winter and they visit us spring and summer.

 

[kajira]

you could use that entire type duct work on the side of the unit or back to keep air flowing top to bottom and front to back but you may need a shelf like I used in the top

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Easter was okay!

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I got a few cute pictures.

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I also started with my first experience with a broody. I let her outside during the daytime and bring her and her 3 babies inside at night.

The father has been very protective of them and none of the other chickens have picked on them, so that's a great sign. I'm pretty happy with how my chickens have adapted.

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I can never get them to look at me at the same time.

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[Fire Ant Farm]

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OMG, Sally, that's awful.

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Originally Posted by duluthralphie

Sorry, Sally, I am just naturally a quiet person..

I am taking the day to get more done on the building. Doctor's appointment in the afternoon, then community fund raising meeting this evening. (I don't usually "join in" like that, but this is my neighborhood and we are building a community resource center - I've given them a bunch of money, figured I should probably cough up a little time as well.)

(9 posts since I started typing - that's more like it...)

- Ant Farm

I think so! and thank you

That is so great Kristin! What all will the community center do?

Lots of stuff - folks in our neighborhood have taught gardening classes, art classes, and recently they invited the Humane Society to come do a dog obedience class. And it'll be a place to meet, etc. We had to raise money to tear town the old neighborhood clubhouse (which was sorta a hazard) and are working bit by bit on the construction of the center as we raise the funds.

San Antonio does something every year called "The Big Give" where on one day in early May, they encourage EVERYBODY to give to a charity of their choice. We did pretty well last year (given how small our neighborhood is), and they are planning for this year's Big Give.

- Ant Farm

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: what in the world! what humidity do you use for hatch? did you eggtopsy? did they have yellow jelly in them?
I bought huge computer fans for the upright cooler, wonder if they would work? details of what they are here Cabinet Coolerbator

do you have any sorta duct like I put for the big cooler? thinking you know we just put a vent fan in our floor... hang on a second brb when I find what I am thinking.

Haven't eggtopsied yet, still have a few eggs that haven't done anything yet so I'm giving them another day or so. I will let you know when I do. I have spent a considerable amount of time on your coolerbator thread and am familiar with the shelf set up. The fan in the duct looks interesting and could possibly work. Just kinda burned out with it at the moment. It'll get done and I will figure it out but it's taking too much of my time at the moment. Getting ready to head into the busy season with family coming to visit and the honey do list is stacking up. We visit faimly during winter and they visit us spring and summer.

I cant believe you get done what you do with the new littles to be honest!