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

[OneMountainAcres]

Hey guys & gals Just checking in to say hi to everybody. What a wonderful morning it was... Such a beautiful sky..... Everybody was safe and Bill was able to fix it when he got home from work

Yuck, that stinks. We have one just like that at the moment but it's in the run. We're going to fix it right this spring when we redo the leaky roof.

 

[meltel]

Yuck, that stinks. We have one just like that at the moment but it's in the run. We're going to fix it right this spring when we redo the leaky roof.

hey rumor has it ya got some chicks!!!

 

[FaerieChicken]

Thank you guys for the congratulations! I had quite a bit of backlash on another chicken group about using the hatching bags! I was amazed more didn't know about them. Got a lot of people asking about how the work etc. And lots of kudos for using them as well, I am not sure if I'll use them next time. We shall see
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[OneMountainAcres]

hey rumor has it ya got some chicks!!! 

You mean these sweet hearts that came today? 5 Ayam Cemani babies Well, technically they're 8 weeks old but still! They've joined some of my other babies around the same age. The bigger black one is Onyx. I hatched him and he's 2 weeks older than the ones that came today.

 

[FaerieChicken]

I give my hens all year long artificial light! They get light till 23:30 every day.this benefits them in severl way.
1. Reducing their stress in winter.
2. Make them molt in a very lightly = they dont loos more then 10%
3. They lay all year long!
And yes the Endocrin (=hormonal) system is HUGELY influenced from the photoperioa =the light length in a 24 hour so it is more then sure that the fertility of your roos is influenced from it!

That's pretty good times know. I use to keep lights on during winter hours and adjust the light timer by time sunrise and sunset schedule. But then when I learned that it speeds up the cap out of their laying capability, I stopped.

 

[meltel]

You mean these sweet hearts that came today? 5 Ayam Cemani babies

Well, technically they're 8 weeks old but still! They've joined some of my other babies around the same age. The bigger black one is Onyx. I hatched him and he's 2 weeks older than the ones that came today.

they are lovely!!

 

[BantyChooks]

Maple's toes...

 

[meltel]

Thank you guys for the congratulations! I had quite a bit of backlash on another chicken group about using the hatching bags! I was amazed more didn't know about them. Got a lot of people asking about how the work etc. And lots of kudos for using them as well, I am not sure if I'll use them next time. We shall see
..

Do what works best for you! I am tempted to try them. up til this hatch I have going currently, i haven't even labeled my eggs as to who they came from. I cant watch the bator-its nerve racking for me so unless i see them pip and zip when i do check, I never which chick came from which egg. got a suggestion-just waiting to see if their idea will work for me....

 

[meltel]

Maple's toes...

 

[OneMountainAcres]

 they are lovely!!

Thank you! I'm in love with them

Maple's toes...

Aww, poor girl