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

[BantyChooks]

Did anyone else notice Banti is missing?

I m thinking the chipmunks running the wheel that makes her electricity went into hibernation for the winter now. We will see her again in May.

Well, you're in luck, a warm spell hit so you're graced with my wisdom a bit longer.

Ya. . I noticed. I spy on her daily even if I don't post. Where is she!!

Without internet.

Banty . . you are AWOL! YOU AREN'T SUPPOSED TO JUST DISAPPEAR LIKE THAT.

I recently discovered banty is a mermaid. . . maybe that's where she is! She's disguise d herself . . . she's a shape shifting mermaid!!

View attachment 1135113
BUBBLES?

Why, that's my uncle Ralphie!

I don't know....I think the beard looks good on her.

HEY!!

So how long do we wait before filing a missing persons report?

Threety-four days.
QUOTE]

I've been AWOL for the last couple days. I got blindsided by a killer cold yesterday morning; this is the 1st I've been on since. Felt like I'd been shot at & missed; chit at & hit. Some better this morning, by not doing any dancing. Carry on.

After being away a few days, then coming home and feeding the chickens, I have come to the conclusion that I have too many chickens.

X2

She is not sure, she gets stuck on her own name being at the top of the list....

Zing!!

Can you say "nutso" In a nice way?

Touching each egg daily with your dirty hand?? Ewwwww Germs!!!

Even opening the incubator 3 times a day??? Humidity loss and germs!!Ewwwww

I think this one is another Chickeneers Myth. There are lots of them.

I have noticed no difference in hatch rates, whether autoturned, hand turned with washing, or hand turned without washing.

Ok seriously. . . where is Banty. Has anyone heard from her? Has she done this before?

Yes. I'm still alive.
I was only gone for a few days....

I give my Broodies worthless eggs (EE) to hatch and keep the good ones to myself. Broodies cannot be trusted, They decide to stop, they roll away good eggs. They are great mothers and an easy way to raise chicks, but they have their risks.

When I say reach into an incubator, naturally, I mean with a sterile latex glove,,,,,,Introducing "not that much" is more than I want to introduce. I hatch to the standards my USDA vet requires for NPIP and then a tad more.

I know some of you will find this odd but I got through over 10 gallons of Bleach year hatching and rearing chicks. This does not count the bleach I use in my normal chicken keeping.

I know someone on here thinks I am a tad anal about my hatching practices....Luckily she is MIA for a few days.... I think she said she would be back tomorrow...

I practice survival of the fittest once they hatch. It is just too easy for a bacteria to get a foot hold inside the incubators and lose 220 plus eggs in a fast swoop..

@Pensmaster aRE yOu iMpLyING MIGHT b Cray cRAY?

I have a Cray-Cray question.

I have heard or read somewhere of people incubating eggs for a couple days before shipping them to be finished incubating? Have any of you heard of that or tried that?

Does it work or is a myth? Supposedly it limits moisture loss and you get a higher percentage of hatches out of shipped eggs.....

I think it sounds nuts.

@BantyChooks above posts sorry forgot tags

Gotcha.

That exactly my question!
No she didn't!
I really hope that she doesn't been eaten by a polar bear!

I'm typing this on the fly from a polar bear's stomach---he's walking thru a wifi zone.

Shalom to you too!
Bubbles is M.I.A!

Am not.

So she didn't get eaten by a polar bear? Maybe she got stuck behind her fridge with fire ant farm.

Hey, I'm not that fat.

I'm in the top four!!! BOO YAAAAAAA!!!!

Ten bucks says I am too.

Mr NceSweetKind&Considerate? .....

You can say that again!!

Doing good, Going north today to have lunch with a bunch of BYC people...leaving in 5 minutes..

I'm jealous.

I think it's just a "CC" BYC meeting.



(cray cray)

I have found this wonderful eggs, imported from Spain, in our supermarket I really love their color. Do any of you know which COMERSIAL breed lay this eggs?

View attachment 1136779 View attachment 1136780

Looks like run of the mill RSL eggs....

Oh, just ralphie and his imaginary friends.

Yep, poor guy....

I'd open one or two to look for the halo. If it is present, incubate them.
If they hatch, you may then know what breed.
Some stores in the US sell fertile eggs but they aren't necessarily purebred. The hens are a high producing commercial breed and they may have any breed of rooster with them because cockerel chicks rarely make it out of the hatchery alive.
Do they have a package date on them?
Our eggs have a Julian date on the carton which is the date packaged.
They don't make it to St. Louis in a timely enough manner to incubate.
The farm is in Wisconsin, the eggs are shipped to Whole Foods distribution center in Chicago, warehoused and then make their way to here. That is well over a week from production to the store.

The breeds they could possibly be are Empordanesa or Penedesenca. I'm not familiar with any commercial breeds in Spain that lay a dark egg. The two I mentioned lay well enough to be profitable.

CC!!

Where is Bubbles AKA @BantyChooks?

Present!

Banster is in Alaska watching the whales.

Is she really?

No, goosey. I didn't have Internet.

@BantyChooks went on vacation because she knew I was coming back....

Busted

No ma'am you are not quite correct.
She is not watching the whales she is hunting them!
(so kinda watching them)

Well, it's open season, so....

My neighbor must order a lot of frozen food online..she is constantly throwing away large styrofoam ice chest thingies....I wonder if you could use them?

Sorry to hear that your coop is not secure......(is that kinda mean? )

What in the world does "put up salt bags on post last night mean"???

Maybe Bubbles needs to let you borrow her moose hide jacket so you can keep warm?

MINE.

Thanks, me too like them, 5C IN SEPTEMBER?! If we are lucky we get it in late January or early February! Now it is 21:10 and we have 27C°.

Figured something like that, but I wasn't going to call you whacked out You might sic Bubbles on me

Woof!

Well that's good...'cause things might get nasty.
She'd be up for it too, I bet!!!

You bet.

Did you go whale hunting in Alaska!

If so we need pictures...

View attachment 1137834

Naw. I went unicorn hunting in my backyard.

 

[BantyChooks]

Got any questions, just ask. We don't have many answers, but we'll tell you something that will impress the fire out of you.

Aw, c'mon, Sally was gone for two months and you didn't forget her, yet I'm a stranger after half a week?

 

[Kiki]

Poor thing thinks she has unicorns in her back yard...
She must have ate too many pretty flowers this week.

 

[BantyChooks]

Poor thing thinks she has unicorns in her back yard...
She must have ate too many pretty flowers this week.

What else are those brownish four legged things? They aren't moose.

 

[BantyChooks]

All caught up, see ya

 

[kwhites634]

Aw, c'mon, Sally was gone for two months and you didn't forget her, yet I'm a stranger after half a week?

True, but I've seen a ton of pictures of her & knew where she was, what she was doing, and how she was feeling. You, on the other hand, ................

 

[duluthralphie]

Darn' she fond her way back!

I was hoping the ducks would eat the bread crumbs and she would be lost forever.........

 

[Kiki]

True, but I've seen a ton of pictures of her & knew where she was, what she was doing, and how she was feeling. You, on the other hand, ................

POOF.....just disappears huh!
Like a magically genie!

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Well, you're in luck, a warm spell hit so you're graced with my wisdom a bit longer.



Without internet.






Why, that's my uncle Ralphie!


HEY!!

Threety-four days.
QUOTE]





X2


Zing!!


I have noticed no difference in hatch rates, whether autoturned, hand turned with washing, or hand turned without washing.


Yes. I'm still alive.
I was only gone for a few days....








I think it sounds nuts.


Gotcha.


I'm typing this on the fly from a polar bear's stomach---he's walking thru a wifi zone.


Am not.


Hey, I'm not that fat.

Ten bucks says I am too.


You can say that again!!


I'm jealous.





Looks like run of the mill RSL eggs....


Yep, poor guy....


CC!!

Present!




No, goosey. I didn't have Internet.


Busted


Well, it's open season, so....


MINE.






Woof!


You bet.


Naw. I went unicorn hunting in my backyard.

That was the longest reply i have ever replied to.

 

[BantyChooks]

True, but I've seen a ton of pictures of her & knew where she was, what she was doing, and how she was feeling. You, on the other hand, ................

What was I supposed to do? Announce from every streetcorner I was gonna be gone for a bit?

I thought nobody would notice.

Darn' she fond her way back!

I was hoping the ducks would eat the bread crumbs and she would be lost forever.........

Unfortunately for you, I'm fine.

POOF.....just disappears huh!
Like a magically genie!

I am a mermaid, y'know.

That was the longest reply i have ever replied to.

You've never been around Liz, eh?