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

[Frindizzle]

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It's about time isn't it?

 

[Frindizzle]

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Wonderful avatar. I feel like being that minion at some points

 

[Chaos18]

Wonderful avatar. I feel like being that minion at some points   

Which one?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Yeah.. I figured.. but had to try and see if there was anything I could do.. Now for the not so fun part ... before daughter comes back from daycare

thanks

I'm sorry

its the hardest part

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Is nobody going to give an opinion about the cock by himself in quarantine? It is supposed to drop into the teens tonight get up to 29 tomorrow, and back down to 14.
Will he be OK? Should I risk an extension cord and bulb or a pair for company?

I'll bite.
He'll be fine. Keep the wind off of him, keep the ventilation up and he'll surprise you. Those temps are good. These roosters have suffered comb and wattle frostbite but that was at zero and well below. These guys live in an unheated, uninsulated coop with huge windows on east and west at roost height.
As long as it is above 10 with no breeze but low humidity due to good ventilation, I wouldn't worry.

It was a tremendous pleasure to meet you and your friend. Nice people.

 

[daxigait]

Yeah.. I figured..  but had to try and see if there was anything I could do..    Now for the not so fun part ... before daughter comes back from daycare 

thanks

Sadly, we all commiserate. It is always sad and hard.

 

[daxigait]

I'll bite.
He'll be fine. Keep the wind off of him, keep the ventilation up and he'll surprise you. Those temps are good. These roosters have suffered comb and wattle frostbite but that was at zero and well below. These guys live in an unheated, uninsulated coop with huge windows on east and west at roost height.
As long as it is above 10 with no breeze but low humidity due to good ventilation, I wouldn't worry.

It was a tremendous pleasure to meet you and your friend. Nice people.

I would just hate to see something happen to him.
What do you normally feed?

 

[ocap]

SO funny story

My father in law has 3 chickens, he thought 2 boys and a girl, he was going to dispatch one of the boys but one went missing last week

the pullet has been laying for a couple weeks maybe a month and is now broody, she is setting on 3 eggs

my FIL kept looking for the missing cockerel because he liked that one more than the one he has

So Last night he found it, under a trailer, setting on about 10 eggs

oops, guess he has 2 pullets and one cockerel

and soon many babies

he needs to join BYC

 

[DwayneNLiz]

he needs to join BYC

thats what he has me for

i kept asking for pictures of them but he wouldnt ever show me

and no, he cant join BYC then he would see all my posts and tell my hubby!!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

The only nice thing is he is from ChickenCanoe so at least he is NPIP. I just don't know what else he has been exposed to verses my flock and I have only had him since Saturday.

He is in this coop with the plexiglass windows now slid into the slots for winter.

I remind you, these are chickens adaptable to a wide range of climates. If the windows have hardware cloth to exclude predators, open up the plexiglass.
I've had birds(welsummers) die from heat but never cold. They also die from bad air. I wouldn't baby him.
He's well over a year old and can keep himself warm with good water and adequate feed.
Have you tried him on the horizontal nipples yet?

i think he'll be fine, i might throw him some hay, give some extra bedding to hunker down in, but they are cold hardy birds so he should be fine

They're more heat hardy than cold but they've survived here down to -19,

all mine are in pens alone

good point.
out of the wind, a single bird is just as well off as one in a flock.

@ChickenCanoe my broody is a bantam Orpington. I should have known she was going broody when I saw her all fluffy like this a few days ago.

Orps are notorious broodies.
I've never raised bantams but half of my orps have been broody, the other half never did.

I would just hate to see something happen to him.
What do you normally feed?

For roosters, I usually feed an all flock or grower feed with some scratch to drop the protein a bit.
If I have the ability to feed them separately, I feed a 15% finisher or a 12.5% maintenance feed mixed with a bit of grower. If they aren't molting, I try to keep roosters on about 14% protein.
If roosters are with hens, you can put in a small hanging feeder like a 7 lb. feeder elevated to a point that hens can't reach it.

He's tough. Don't worry about him.