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

[Chaos18]

mornin all

whut I miss?

Looks like some good eatin' Morning Sunshine

How's you?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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Nuttin'. Just a bunch of chicks borned, a bunch of chicks dead, a kama-kazi poult or two, some getting flooded, some melting; SSDD.

How y'all doin' up there?

dead chicks? kama kazi poults? new breed eh? I am so sad to hear about the tornados and flooding in TX and the others. Watched a very sad video on FB this morning about them, eye openers. Fine up here chilly this am, said its to get 80 but sure isnt feeling like it will and severe T storms later. fun stuffs oh and pool is still not getting water in it, got it leveled but need a warm day to work with the liner. How about you?

Been slowly getting wood stacked over the last few days.
Time to get back to it.
nice take it easy

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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well if they get through melted, you can always make fudge! #loveussomehersheychocolatebars sorry just saying dont get yer hopes up on that one was quick wrapping

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: It does but not sure on the black stuff? what do you think that is? and def needs bisquits with gravy and some flapjacks and french toast. I am ok, got plenty to work on today but chilly cant get moving n you all?

 

[BantyChooks]

   well if they get through melted, you can always make fudge!   #loveussomehersheychocolatebars    sorry just saying dont get yer hopes up on that one was quick wrapping

Your packing jobs are always the bestest.

Whatever happens, happens.... It was a try, eh!

 

[BantyChooks]

It does but not sure on the black stuff?  what do you think that is? and def needs bisquits with gravy and some flapjacks and french toast.  I am ok, got plenty to work on today but chilly cant get moving n you all?

You're making me hungry.

 

[campingshaws]

Morning Sally!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Don't tell CC, but I candle whenever I jolly well feel like it, and I haven't seen a difference in them vs the batches I was hands-off on. If it gives you peace of mind, you can wait, but if there's a way you can candle w/o taking them out of the turner I doubt anyone could find a problem with that.

I don't care. Do it all you want. I just got into the habit of not candling much cause I couldn't see anything anyway.

Yes. Still, a broody doesn't treat her eggs any different on day 11-14 vs before or after that.

Agreed. Anyone know what the reason was for not candling on those 4 days? I can't imagine a reason.

I would not do this Candling and throwing early makes no sense to me unless you need the room in the incubator. At day 9 there is too much chance to misread the candling. I am in complete agreement with the toss the leaking and stinking egg crowd.

Couldn't agree more. I had 2 disturbing events that keep me from tossing eggs. I must have miscalculated and I thought an egg was on day 24 so when I went to do an eggtopsy at the compost pile, there was a live chick about to hatch. I also pulled some eggs I thought were clears. Opening one, there was an eyeball looking back at me.

mornin all

whut I miss?

Wow! Is that breakfast, lunch and dinner?

Nuttin'. Just a bunch of chicks borned, a bunch of chicks dead, a kama-kazi poult or two, some getting flooded, some melting; SSDD.

How y'all doin' up there?

Lots of flooding. The morning local news is amazing. Traffic snarls all around because of road closures. There are at least 40 roads closed in the area.
I-44 is closed for 60 miles in the central part of the state. That is expected to be closed the whole week. MODOT's suggested detour from St. Louis to Joplin would add about 100 miles to the trip.

This was the state road closure map from yesterday and many more were added today and more still in the next couple days.



A couple towns are begging for more sandbags and volunteers to stack them. Eureka is trying to save the downtown business district. The bags were stacked to protect from the last record flood that was only 1.5 years ago. They just learned this will be worse so they need to add a couple feet to the stacks. They ran out of bags and expect to need another 50,000 bags. Another town, Valley Park has announced mandatory evacuation of the whole town.
The water is still coming down from the hills and small streams so some of these rivers may be going up another 10 feet or so.
None of this has really hit the Missouri or Mississippi yet. That will be later in the week.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Morning Sally!

love that coloring, how are you ?

 

[BantyChooks]

I don't care. Do it all you want. I just got into the habit of not candling much cause I couldn't see anything anyway.

Agreed. Anyone know what the reason was for not candling on those 4 days? I can't imagine a reason.

Here's the image with the explanation.