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

[Pensmaster]

3 of mine have resumed laying already. They are 2 or 3 years old. Usually most are back in production by the end of the year and the older ones that aren't, usually resume by February.

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I think I'm like whites, I've lost enough bits and pieces of this conversation that I don't know what you guys are talking about. I thought it was about seramas not being able to handle extreme cold. What are ya'll trying to keep warm? Wouldn't it be more efficient to heat the whole building?
IMHO, rope lights aren't the most efficient form of heat. If you're talking incandescent, they're 3 watts of energy used per foot. If LED, they're about 0.8  watt per foot
Wattage is what produces heat. However things that don't generate light are more efficient sources of heat.

And why a roost board? Don't these things defecate?


You can cross heat tape, just give it a gap. You're not supposed to let incandescent rope lights touch each other either.

Yes something to keep Seramas warm. I was using rope light tokeep chicks warm I'll make sure no wires touch. They are now but it will be easy to lay around the cage separated

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

GOOD MORNING, AND WELCOME TO ABI'S COFFEE HOUSE! BEFORE I SERVE YOUR HOT DRINKS, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A SELECTION FROM MY NEW LINE! DRIED FRUIT! IT IS FOUND THE SAME PLACE AS MY LOST KEYS!

THanks!!!!

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It was - and the whole house still smells like chicken soup - it's wonderful! (Someone should come up with a chicken soup-scented candle...)

Good morning everyone!
Well, I threatened my birds on the roost Friday night. I said, "Whoever us eating MY eggs better stop or when I figure out who it is I am going to have chicken soup!" Did you know I have not had a single egg eaten since?

That's the way to do it!!!

I am hating this darkness already, I end up going to bed early and waste days because of it

Me, too - it's making me particularly miserable this year.

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Nooooooooooooooooo........

Good Morning all! Sorry I was not around yesterday, very busy day with a field trip and other things going on.

I did a read back and now I can't remember what I wanted to comment on.

Happens to me all the time...

SO cute...

some pink this am? anyone?

Yes, ma'am!

Im doing some easy stuff at least attempting today, had another procedure yesterday am to take it easy for a few ughhh, life story and Im sick of it. but work can wait yes?

My new roo:


His poop yesterday - not normal





-Kathy

He's cute! Sorry about the poo... Green = biliary, right? (Simplistically speaking...)

Quote: A boot now is better/easier/cheaper than chronic pain and surgery later if it doesn't heal right.

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I'm gonna go buy some today!

what's been going on? did i miss anything important?

They're trying to figure out how to get heat to Sally's seramas at night. The whole conversation is completely over my head.

- Ant Farm

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Yes something to keep Seramas warm. I was using rope light tokeep chicks warm I'll make sure no wires touch. They are now but it will be easy to lay around the cage separated

OK, thanks. From the lengthy conversation, I assumed it was birds everyone here had.

You could just put a small piece of PVC between them.

I had made a couple huge Ohio brooders for up to 200 birds that I was proud of. I fought the urge to buy a heat plate because I balked at the price. Ronott and Bamadude talked me into taking another look at them. After doing the math, I realized halfway through the second batch of chicks, they pay for themselves in energy efficiency.
If I have 50+ chicks or brooding at temps below freezing, I'll still use the Ohio brooders I built but for smaller batches, I'll use the heat plates from now on.
I have an extra small that runs on 15 watts for 15 chicks and a small that runs on 22 watts and warms 20 chicks.
Comparing that to a 200 or 250 watt heat lamp, it doesn't take much time to pay for itself.
I also like the idea that they're just smaller versions of the Ohio brooder in that they replicate a hen by providing a warm spot and lots of cool space.

THanks!!!!

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They're trying to figure out how to get heat to Sally's seramas at night. The whole conversation is completely over my head.

- Ant Farm

Thanks. I thought it was everyone on here that had delicate birds.
If birds are that needy, why not heat the whole building - or not raise them in a cold climate?

I've heated buildings for Mediterranean roosters on the coldest nights.

some pink this am? anyone?

Yes, thanks.
She's prettier but I still miss Janis.

 

[ocap]

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I am thinking that the aluminum downspout is going to be your best choice, put the heater lights inside and shove fiberglass in both ends far enough the chicken can't reach it, leave it uncovered (no carpet) so you can feel it to "see" if it is warm and clean if necessary, should be strong enough to support chickens without collapsing. Strap in place with aluminum so you don't have corrosion.

 

[ocap]

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have you heard of the "Vocal Majority" from the Dallas area?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

@Sally Sunshine
I am thinking that the aluminum downspout is going to be your best choice, put the heater lights inside and shove fiberglass in both ends far enough the chicken can't reach it, leave it uncovered (no carpet) so you can feel it to "see" if it is warm and clean if necessary, should be strong enough to support chickens without collapsing. Strap in place with aluminum so you don't have corrosion.

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The carpet will be a waste of energy.
I think anything is strong enough to support a serama.

 

[ocap]

time to try to do some simple stuff here, be back in a bit...

think about the roost for the serama all. ideas welcome!!

one of these bulbs in an aluminum downspout should be warm enough to keep their feet warm

 

[BantyChooks]

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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you dont know but you better go get more before they run out!

Quote: oh no not a BOOT! oh the shame! lol

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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I am thinking that the aluminum downspout is going to be your best choice, put the heater lights inside and shove fiberglass in both ends far enough the chicken can't reach it, leave it uncovered (no carpet) so you can feel it to "see" if it is warm and clean if necessary, should be strong enough to support chickens without collapsing. Strap in place with aluminum so you don't have corrosion.

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