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

[BantyChooks]

All by myself... Don't wanna be...

 

[Peep-Chicken]

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Welcome back

By any chance you got a heating pad w/o auto shutoff?

Thanks!
I don't think I do.

Peep, if you don't have a heating pad, what I'd do is leave the chick in the incubator until it's not so fragile... 48 hours maybe? Then, I'd try to put the chick in with the 2week olds. I've had chicks with a large age difference age difference (2 days to 1- 1 1/2 months) live together.....They did fine.

I'll have to try that.

 

[dan26552]

Isn't it amazing how fast they grow?

Yep, they're only 12 days old.

Wow!!! They do grow fast!

Indeed.

All by myself... Don't wanna be...

Hi!!!!!!!

 

[microchick]

Hey everyone. Just taking a break in baking. I wanted to hop on and wish everyone a VERY Merry Christmas. If you are traveling, stay safe.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

@ChickenCanoe , what do you use for your pedigree bags? I went down the rabbit hole on the internet looking at all the options for garlic and onion storage bags, but would love to hear about ones you already know work...

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Banti's duck Crissy is injured, Dax's pullet is sick, and we're discussing the beneficial uses of water.
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- Ant Farm

Mesh shrimp bags. I was at flea market years ago and bought a pack of 100 for a few dollars - not knowing at the time what I was going to use them for.
Another thing that works very well are plastic chopped lettuce containers. Most already have lots of air holes in them and close tightly.
I've used them the last few times.




We've already provided therapy advice for both birds. Now back to discussing water uses.

I am chick sitting my friend's chicks and incubtor. Two chicks are a couple weeks old, and one just hatched today. What should I do about housing the new one? I only have one heat lamp.

I agree that you can keep them in a day. It depends on how old the others are. If they're in the house, they really don't need a heat lamp. A regular approx. 75 watt lamp in a droplight will be enough if the brooder is small.
You can use a large cardboard box for the new chick for a couple days till it is mobile and then you can move one of the other chicks in with it or just try putting it with the others.

A large moving box from Lowe's ($1.43) makes a great temporary brooder for a small number of chicks with a couple layers of paper towel on the bottom.

Hey everyone. Just taking a break in baking. I wanted to hop on and wish everyone a VERY Merry Christmas. If you are traveling, stay safe.

Same to you.


Merry Christmas to all and Happy Hanukkah as well.

 

[Peep-Chicken]

Mesh shrimp bags. I was at flea market years ago and bought a pack of 100 for a few dollars - not knowing at the time what I was going to use them for. Another thing that works very well are plastic chopped lettuce containers. Most already have lots of air holes in them and close tightly. I've used them the last few times. We've already provided therapy advice for both birds. Now back to discussing water uses. I agree that you can keep them in a day. It depends on how old the others are. If they're in the house, they really don't need a heat lamp. A regular approx. 75 watt lamp in a droplight will be enough if the brooder is small. You can use a large cardboard box for the new chick for a couple days till it is mobile and then you can move one of the other chicks in with it or just try putting it with the others. A large moving box from Lowe's ($1.43) makes a great temporary brooder for a small number of chicks with a couple layers of paper towel on the bottom. Same to you. Merry Christmas to all and Happy Hanukkah as well.

Thanks!

 

[kwhites634]

For those of you planning to track Santa in snow country by following the sleigh tracks, remember these two important things:

1. Don't eat the yellow snow

2. Those aren't raisins between the sleigh runner tracks

3. If you see a fat guy in a red suit on a roof, call 911

 

[BantyChooks]

For those of you planning to track Santa in snow country by following the sleigh tracks, remember these two important things:

1.   Don't eat the yellow snow

2.   Those aren't raisins between the sleigh runner tracks

3.   If you see a fat guy in a red suit on a roof, call 911

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: I'm disappointed in you. You didn't say anything about 2 becoming 3; I did that just for you, too

 

[BantyChooks]

I'm disappointed in you. You didn't say anything about 2 becoming 3; I did that just for you, too 

Saw it; but figured it was just an innocent typo and didn't feel like getting smacked for being nit-picky