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

[hippiestink]

Yes, I know, painless labors are a real thing. Mine are completely painless for the most part, until I'm pushing and that happens so fast, It's over in just a few minutes. I can understand why women would hate me. What's funny, is I don't mind endorphin runs from pushing my body, like a runners high, so i've always felt a little let down with my labors that they aren't text book. I've never had to use breathing techniques, or any of the fun stuff women talk about.
LOL

My husband and I are in disagreement because i don't want to be forced to have an IV - and he thinks it's dumb to even ask them to let me sign a medical waiver, he told me to just have another out of hospital birth and meander over there when baby was out, instead of arguing with them. ^.^

I haven't brought up the "you realize you'd be helping me deliver it" yet

Your husband sounds hilarious. In all seriousness though, when are you due to deliver? Our kiddos might be around the same time.

 

[room onthebroom]

We actually found the book first, before the movie came out. They're both cute, but I like the movie the best because of the look on my DH's face... er, um... I mean the kittys face shaking his head 'NO!' when someone else wants on the broom, then resigning to it with a sigh & climbing back on.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Thanks for reply!
Our worse case scenario was a few months ago when my Little Giant hydrometer lied to me. I added some rolled up washcloths dipped in hot tap water to crank up the humidity during a lock down when the piece of junk meter was reading 19% humidity. It had condensation on the windows but I was Nieve and fell for the gag it was playing on me. It started to rain in the bator. Literally! During the hatch, the ones that survived, looked like they were coated in vasoline.
The gel took hours to dry in the brooder. Umbilical cords thick as straws and still attached to half shells. And leg splay! Most of them. It was like a 3 mile Island nightmare.
We bought a half way descent hydrometer with a probe extension. The LG 9300 still says 19 to 29% all the time but our new meter will read 60%.
After seeing that video, it had my mind racing.
I was researching effects of floating pre bation and effects on the bloom, when I stumbled upon the embryo swim school instructor.
Thanks again!
Connie jane

Wow...that's really interesting! I haven't done so much on that type of investigation with humidity. That's interesting about the splay legs. I'm sorry that didn't turn out so well. I've done more with old eggs, cold eggs and not turning eggs...lol.

How did the chicks that survived fare as in health and such?

 

[Akrnaf2]

I am on strike! No more lubby dubby for a couple days. Last night, you know who says.. Geeze honey.. When you cleaned the brooders yesterday, you should have shaved your legs over them to save on bedding!

It's on now! Or off, if you know what I mean.

10 weeks on the sofa! How dare he?

 

[Akrnaf2]

Good morning/Shalom my friends! I hope you have been well. I had a wonderful time. It was so much fun, and I got to sleep eight hours a night on top of the rest of the fun.
I wish I had my better pictures especially of the continental divide, eclypse, elk, and bull buffalo that came around the corner and down the bank about fifteen feet from where I was sitting drying my feet and eating after fording the knee deep river to get a drink (it was a tense few minutes and a good reminder to make noise), but it is on my camera since my phone was off most of my trip

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So many more especially a good view of the Grand Prismatic spring which the basin and overview are must do things if you ever go to Yellowstone. It is astonishingly beautiful better even than the stunning online pictures of it with it's gorgeous colors.

Whhhhhhe! Shalom Dax! You survived the grizzlies and the mega volcano!

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Wow...that's really interesting! I haven't done so much on that type of investigation with humidity. That's interesting about the splay legs. I'm sorry that didn't turn out so well. I've done more with old eggs, cold eggs and not turning eggs...lol.

How did the chicks that survived fare as in health and such?

All the splay legged ones survived except one. I think there was 5 total. All the umbilical cord probs died. The first one died from bleed out from cutting the cord off. Even with a powder coagulation product. The others we just crumbled the shells off the cord so they didn't have a ball and chain. They passed away slowly one by one in a couple of days after.
About 20 drowned in the shells.
The photos are from that problem batch.

Can't find a cord pic from that hatch but this one was prior to buying a real hydrometer.. Tiny barred rock that passed from the ball and chain syndrome we call it.

Humidity has not been my friend. That is why that video knocked my socks of with late stage water testing.

 

[daxigait]

4; a lot of inferts & a couple DIS (one started pip but never made it out) RH was all over the place the whole time (incubator in the new building, as a test), despite rice & consistent 100* heat throughout.

I hope most are pullets. Thanks for the welcome back.

 

[daxigait]

You did all that solo??? That's awesome!!!]






I don't know either. I've only hatched one time, but with most things I usually lean toward the side of caution, especially when it comes to new stuff.

Yep. Two solo hikes, and the tourist stuff there were strangers on the pack trip, but it was great. The longer hike was two nights 17.3 miles including one mile that was a 900' elevation gain. The next two miles added just a bit over 100' more. It is bear country, but I only saw buffalo, elk, birds, insects, and reptiles. I started about ten the first day and was out 22 hours later the last morning was just three miles out and I was only delayed by the half hour I spent watching and photographing a herd of about sixty elk on the hill beside me. They were beautiful.

 

[daxigait]

Your husband sounds hilarious. In all seriousness though, when are you due to deliver? Our kiddos might be around the same time.

Hi! How are you and the baby?

 

[Kiki]

Hi all. I'm high and dry. Whew. Still no TV and internet service so when I'm able to catch signal on my cell I've been b s OMG on the hurricane thread. Hopefully I'll make it back here soon.