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

[BantyChooks]

Wow can't believe the other thread got so busy (Ok for realz shouldn't be that suprised on BYC!!!).  I candled my 14 eggs the past few days- my 2 "control"/mixed from my flock eggs have veining.  Out of the 12 that were shipped to me (6 Salmon Fav's, 6 BCM) I can see veining in some of the BCM but others are too dark, and 4/6 SF's.  One of the SF's is definitely dead- had a massively detached air cell and I think is basically scrambled on the inside.  One of the others is questionable.  I left both of them in because they were quite dear to get and I'd rather just leave them as long as they are not stinking.  Also, one of the SFs that had a small crack that I sealed with clear nail polish definitely has a happy embryo moving around.

14ish more days to go.  Some of them have saddle air cells.  I'm thinking about stopping turning a bit early.  I think all of the other air cells have re-attached- I was suspicious about a few that seemed to move a bunch when they arrived but have now stabilized (abnormally shaped but at least they are not moving).

This is the first time I've incubated eggs that were light enough to really see the little buggers!!  It was crazy to see the embryo move in response to my flashlight!

 

[lovechicks1293]

were you the BYC member that is thinking about Buff Orpingtons?

yeah, why?

 

[lovechicks1293]

bye guys! i will be gone until 5:00, so no having fun until i come back. ya hear!?

 

[ocap]

yeah, why?

I wondered where you are getting your birds

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: I'm getting 2 eggs/day sometimes, but usually 3. Of course, I only have 3 layers ATM. The oldest crop of juvies should start contributing soon; they're 25 weeks old now, born May 29th.

I thought I'd lost one of the layers last night. The birds in her pen had been out scavaging all day, which they normally are on alternating days. They've never once failed to all come home by last light, but when I went out to lock up, there was one missing; only 2 birds in the coop, where there should have been 4...rooster was also missing. Naturally, my 1st thought was predation, but there was no sign anywhere. I found the rooster bedded down in the shed I'm building, but no sign of the hen anywhere (she's his favorite, judging from her sparsely feathered back), so I gave up.

I went out a little while ago to open up; going first to the juvies' coop. As the door raised, guess who was the 1st one out. She'd flown over the 4' fence separating the two pens.

 

[BantyChooks]

bye guys! i will be gone until 5:00, so no having fun until i come back. ya hear!?:cd

<<Now where did I leave those party favours and cookies?>>

 

[lovechicks1293]

I wondered where you are getting your birds

we dont know for sure... we have a family farm and home close by, they have good selections. but if we find somewhere else where we could have more of a choice for different breeds, that would be good too. i am mainly looking for buff orpingtons and partridge silkies

 

[lovechicks1293]

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[ocap]

we dont know for sure... we have a family farm and home close by, they have good selections. but if we find somewhere else where we could have more of a choice for different breeds, that would be good too. i am mainly looking for buff orpingtons and partridge silkies

Thanks

 

[lovechicks1293]

bye!