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

[minihorse927]

Raisins?

have you been eating them again?

 

[Chaos18]

have you been eating them again?

It's a high in fiber snack.

 

[Pensmaster]

I just went down and looked in the hatcher..


I have 3 new Dominques!!

how's the toads doing ?

 

[minihorse927]

It's a high in fiber snack.

 

[Pensmaster]

Coffee?

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Usually that's a calcium deficiency, try feeding egg shells back to them or giving them crushed oyster shell.

If they weren't being fed a layer feed with extra calcium, I would agree with you. They've also had oyster shell out there, too. It's random. I'll get 2-3 good eggs, then find a soft-shelled one.

I'm pretty sure my RIR is the one who's doing it. She's laying regular eggs, then throws a soft one. She's our alpha, and is the one who eats all the layer feed and any supplements/treats out there.

I know some folks who have had this dilemma, and they just tried another feed, and it stopped. Go figure.

Good morning. Rained all night and wind is howling. Still have power though.

Awesome!

Really high winds/gusts here last night and today - sounded like the world was ending outside last night, so I got no sleep. Today there's no internet (so I'm on the iPad- forgive errors). Right now part of my roof is trying to blow off, the gusts are so bad. The yard is a mess, stuff has blown everywhere. Chickens are mostly staying inside - pretty day, and the paddock fences protect them from flying debris/stuff, but the wind has them freaked.

Speaking of hatching, my broody was off her nest this morning to grab some breakfast and I checked her eggs. 3 of 4 are peeping! We may be seeing babies tonight or tomorrow!

Do you know how "cool" it would be to see one actually hatch, you might be able to see the development through a soft shell. I'm not sure how you'd "turn" it though with out ripping the shell apart.

It's my understanding that the developing chick gets its calcium, etc., for its skeleton from the shell - the shell is much less strong at hatch than when set for this reason. So I'd think it wouldn't develop or survive because of that. But who knows?

I moved the chicks into one of the new big brooders today - predictably, they hated being moved, and so I'm he watching them adjust. They've gotten over the move now and are exploring in the bedding. The smarter more adventurous ones have found the water and food. And my little Marans cross boy just crowed at me. So I'm hoping things will be fine. Much as I'd like to, I can't stay here watching them all day - chores to do...

(This wind has ME a little freaked, so I'm holding off on chicken chores outside until this afternoon, when it's supposed to die down.)

- Ant Farm

 

[daxigait]

X2, I got one from my turkey pen yesterday. Never got one from them before so it was weird.
I used to have a hen, she was a SLW, who routinely laid sod eggs. It actualy became a thing with her, at least once a week, sometimes as often as every 3 eggs. She moved on to a new home but it was the strangest thing. She always had access to oyster shell too.
I thought about trying that, just to see what would happen. But id want to do it in its own incubator and I think humidity would probably have to be pretty high.


Speaking of hatching, my broody was off her nest this morning to grab some breakfast and I checked her eggs. 3 of 4 are peeping! We may be seeing babies tonight or tomorrow!

Go chickies

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I just went down and looked in the hatcher..


I have 3 new Dominques!!

 

[kajira]

I know some folks who have had this dilemma, and they just tried another feed, and it stopped. Go figure.
Awesome!

Really high winds/gusts here last night and today - sounded like the world was ending outside last night, so I got no sleep. Today there's no internet (so I'm on the iPad- forgive errors). Right now part of my roof is trying to blow off, the gusts are so bad. The yard is a mess, stuff has blown everywhere. Chickens are mostly staying inside - pretty day, and the paddock fences protect them from flying debris/stuff, but the wind has them freaked.

It's my understanding that the developing chick gets its calcium, etc., for its skeleton from the shell - the shell is much less strong at hatch than when set for this reason. So I'd think it wouldn't develop or survive because of that. But who knows?

I moved the chicks into one of the new big brooders today - predictably, they hated being moved, and so I'm he watching them adjust. They've gotten over the move now and are exploring in the bedding. The smarter more adventurous ones have found the water and food. And my little Marans cross boy just crowed at me. So I'm hoping things will be fine. Much as I'd like to, I can't stay here watching them all day - chores to do...

(This wind has ME a little freaked, so I'm holding off on chicken chores outside until this afternoon, when it's supposed to die down.)

- Ant Farm

It's really windy down here too - i'm not a fan of going outside with gusting winds around trees and power lines.

 

[Pensmaster]

I know some folks who have had this dilemma, and they just tried another feed, and it stopped. Go figure.
Awesome!

Really high winds/gusts here last night and today - sounded like the world was ending outside last night, so I got no sleep. Today there's no internet (so I'm on the iPad- forgive errors). Right now part of my roof is trying to blow off, the gusts are so bad. The yard is a mess, stuff has blown everywhere. Chickens are mostly staying inside - pretty day, and the paddock fences protect them from flying debris/stuff, but the wind has them freaked.

It's my understanding that the developing chick gets its calcium, etc., for its skeleton from the shell - the shell is much less strong at hatch than when set for this reason. So I'd think it wouldn't develop or survive because of that. But who knows?

I moved the chicks into one of the new big brooders today - predictably, they hated being moved, and so I'm he watching them adjust. They've gotten over the move now and are exploring in the bedding. The smarter more adventurous ones have found the water and food. And my little Marans cross boy just crowed at me. So I'm hoping things will be fine. Much as I'd like to, I can't stay here watching them all day - chores to do...

(This wind has ME a little freaked, so I'm holding off on chicken chores outside until this afternoon, when it's supposed to die down.)

- Ant Farm

Careful in that wind. We've had gust up to 50 but that's it. Sounds like yours is hurricane strength. I use the iPad all the time. Don't have desk top computer. Internet is,really strange this morning