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

[duluthralphie]

"Anty"????

Yep way shorty to type

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote: Well, I guess we call him Ralphie... (of course, that's from his handle...)

And yes, RALPHIE, he's out. I just caught him sitting back in the shell, it was crowded in there with the sponge containers.

Aaaaaaaand the next one is out as well!!! Actually, it was only 2 hours form pip to zip for this one! (His brother was sort of looming over him from on top of a sponge...)




Took the dry one in the net bag out finally (it was so relieved) and the driest Naked Neck, leaving these two recent ones in to dry off. Just waiting for the final pip to do something.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote:
I think I prefer "Ant" - that's even shorter!!!!

 

[duluthralphie]

I think I prefer "Ant" - that's even shorter!!!!   

Wat's a Y amongst friends?

 

[duluthralphie]

GL on the hatch, Bedtime here....

 

[laura buchanan]

Hatched my first silkie just now! I'm as tired as he/she is, have 2 more rocking and rollin, whoo hoo!

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote: Just don't call me late for dinner...

GL on the hatch, Bedtime here....

Thanks! I think I'll let these two dry off overnight and see if the last one decides to do anything by morning. I'm beat...

- Ant farm

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Hatched my first silkie just now! I'm as tired as he/she is, have 2 more rocking and rollin, whoo hoo!

Congrats!!!! Isn't it so much fun!!!!!

Make sure to post pics!!! (I'll look for them in the AM - gotta go crash now.)

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

OK, I really DID go to bed, and was almost totally asleep when I heard chirping. I thought it was likely the chicks in the hatcher drying off, but wanted to be sure it wasn't one in the brooder who got lost away from the heat. So I got up just to check, and yes, it was chicks in the hatcher, but also, sure enough, the last egg has now started to zip.

I can't really manage to go to sleep when an egg is mid-zip somehow. So I'm likely going to be up for a little while. (Though I may give up if this little one doesn't do the job quickly enough...)

(There needs to be a sleepy/yawning emoji...)

 

[Akrnaf2]

Not but that is a great movie. I've seen it several times.

Then you have to focus. You can't just incubate random eggs. You have to strive to improve each generation. To do so, you'll have to start with the best stock you can find, hatch often and cull hard.
Culling hard means you have to eat extras or pass them off to someone else cheap. At best, you'll break even on those.
If you don't have desirable birds, you'll never make real money.
Having a big mixed flock, you'll never make more than enough to buy feed - no profit.

If you don't eat your birds and/or remove non-productive birds, you'll never make money.

Those colors are fabulous.

Unless you take the advice that others have given on the medical thermometer or the suggestions I gave you, it doesn't matter which one you get.
None are guaranteed to be accurate enough for incubating.

Gramm[COLOR=FF0000]a[/COLOR]r Nazis.
As am I.

Good advice.

What's wrong with that? The probe goes into the air hole and it can lay on top of the eggs.

PayPal?

Where did you get the white Legbars?

It looks to me like that bird needs appropriately sized grit. Looks like food isn't getting fully ground in the gizzard. Some probiotics would help too.

Me too.

What kinds of roosters do you have running with your flock?

I don't think cutting off circulation is the answer.

2 OEGB, one Silkie, one wussy EE x Silkie. The boss one, the silkie, tried to get it away but was too tiny.

'Spose to seal the bag, Goofy! They're called Zip Loc for a reason!  

It was sealed!!

Argh!!!   

Eeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwww!!!!!!! Get it away!!! Get it away!!!!! 
It's.... [COLOR=800080]BUBBLES!!!!!!!!!!!![/COLOR]

- Ant Farm

I tossed it. It exploded.
I'm innocent!!

It won't help her! This fingers HAVE TO GO! If not it will kill her! It is time for hard decision!

What do you suggest I do?

Hello to everyone

JUSTIN!!!!!!!

Cut the toes out!
, cleen and disinfect the place, put some numbing cream Cut it fast with a scalpel, put a blood stopping powder on the wound, put some antibiotic cream on it, and rap the area with cleen bandage.