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

[dan26552]

My hatch that was coinciding with Banty's is turning out poorly they all seemed to develop slowly the last week or so of incubation...temp must have been off. Except the one is already out and in the brooder for over 24hrs now...another had internally pip'd and I checked them all before I might lose them (the shell of the one was incredibly hard)... the one insternal pip had rotated over night without breaking the shell anymore and suffocated I heard him cheeping too, and thought he's freeing himself that's what the noise was about...I had the puppy in my room last night and dreaded getting up for any reason as it meant potty trip...now I'm kicking myself for being selfish, I coulda saved that chick...another passed as well, it's brain wasn't in its head! And an eye wasn't fully formed plus malshaped beak...how did it make it to hatch day is beyond me. 2 left. One looks small, the other looks right on schedule now... put some Vit E oil on its exposed membrane since its all I have that shouldn't be harmful but keep it moist.

You guys must not have looked at the Almanac.

 

[BantyChooks]

You guys must not have looked at the Almanac.

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I set for the NYD HAL.

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: How many will you be getting rid of (I know, all of them

)?

 

[meltel]

Morning all

 

[OneMountainAcres]

How many will you be getting rid of (I know, all of them  )?

I have 2 hens and a roo (BCM). They will probably just go in the freezer. I may keep the wheaten Marans hen that I have just for the layer flock or possibly for olive eggers.

 

[ocap]

@ocap Yrs, it is about fifteen minutes away.

I figured 15 minutes but I need your speed to get an answer to the math problem

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: If you don't necessarily want to process the 3 BCM, I'll take them, for whatever you figure they're worth. I can keep them in my unused coop/run as the foundation of a purebred BCM flock.

 

[dan26552]

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I set for the NYD HAL.

But did you read the almanac for the best set day?


(It's ok if you didn't, I didn't either )

 

[BantyChooks]

But did you read the almanac for the best set day?


(It's ok if you didn't, I didn't either )

Nope. I don't place much stock in that sort of stuff.

 

[dan26552]

Nope. I don't place much stock in that sort of stuff.

I see