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

[mlm Mike]

@mlm Mike Did you end up with any project pullets?

@Sally Sunshine Will you ask your old girl nicely to please start laying again this spring?
So did your buckling figure out this job with a bit more age?

No pullets, just a cockerel.

New coop, not quite done, old coop to the right

Sweet, my chickens want to know what those boxes on the wall are for.

@mlm Mike Well, did you get any, or are you still unsure?

I'm certain it's a cockerel.

Quote: Spoiled chickens. I do have electric and a light in the doe barn, though.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I am very curious about what to do with the egg the veins are still big an d healthy no death ring so the baby has to be alive right. ??? Please help

Bacteria got in and it will die shortly after hatch because of it, it will kill it from the inside out

Sorry

 

[DwayneNLiz]

No pullets, just a cockerel.

Sweet, my chickens want to know what those boxes on the wall are for. 

I'm certain it's a cockerel.

Spoiled chickens. I do have electric and a light in the doe barn, though.

Laying boxes

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Bacteria got in and it will die shortly after hatch because of it, it will kill it from the inside out

Sorry

what bacteria

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: If mine would only use them.

 

[Pensmaster]

@DwayneNLiz I would put the shock collar on the husband and the dog!

I have had a dead chicken from the dog's neck before but I left it until it rotted off on its own. The dog was not happy and stunk horribly but it never did kill another chicken

X2 and he'd let the chickens eat out of his bowl. It got to where I'd have to keep the chickens from his food.

 

[daxigait]

Good evening everyone. I got deposits on the other two kids tonight so I am good to go. Chores are almost done. Then I can catch up.

 

[mlm Mike]

Good evening everyone. I got deposits on the other two kids tonight so I am good to go. Chores are almost done. Then I can catch up.

Glad you received deposits on the other two kids!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

what bacteria

There are thousands of them everywhere, I can't tell you specifically which one but somehow some got into the egg, and now it is infected

If mine would only use them. 

so far so good an egg in one 2 days in a row (I only have one bird in there that is laying, the other escaped)

 

[Ladyfarm]

@sallysunshine Thank you for the advice, I appreciate it greatly

I have turned off all humidity, my hygrometer is still reading right around 20% but I figure that is still lower than what I was running and hoping that should do the trick with the air cell. (I'm actually afraid to run it much lower than that, I'm afraid of shrink wrapping the poor chickadee's) I just read on here that temps should be at 102 degrees for still air, mine was being kept at about 100.5-101 so I have bumped that up slowly throughout the day. I candled one egg that I had not done in a few days, and it's seems to be perfect! Great veins, good air cell, taking up most of the egg. If the other eggs look like that one, in hoping they will be in good shape to hatch in 5 days! Oh I can't wait

I appreciate all the great, detailed and informative information here! Truly truly better than anything I've been finding else where the last few weeks leading up to my first incubation. Thank you!