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

[Akrnaf2]

[COLOR=0000CD]GOOD MORNING, COFFEE CREW! IT IS A GORGEOUS SATURDAY MORNING! THE MOON IS BRIGHT, AND GLISTENING OFF THE SNOW! THE CARROT ON THE ONE PART OF THE SNOWMAN IS SHRIVELED. IT IS GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL DAY![/COLOR] [COLOR=0000CD]IF ANYONE HEARS ME GIGGLING, GET THE MEN IN THE WHITE COATS![/COLOR]

where is mine.

Here!

 

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Good afternoon, Benny! and Hippistink

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Good morning Western Hemisphere Dwellers.

 

[duluthralphie]

Good Morning all,,or Good day..




Still bumming over my poor hatch rate. ( to come). Winter just vacuums here. So hard to get good eggs.





@Akrnaf2 Might I ask what you do for a living? Your knowledge of microbiology and medical stuff is amazing. Want to come here and figure out my poor hatches?

@BantyChooks I am suddenly feeling jealous of your poor hatches that are way better than mine.


I need coffee BRB!

 

[Akrnaf2]

Good afternoon, Benny! and Hippistink

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Good morning Western Hemisphere Dwellers.

Good morning LALO! How are you?

 

[duluthralphie]

Good afternoon, Benny! and Hippistink

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Good morning Western Hemisphere Dwellers.

Hi from a Western hemisphere dweller!

 

[lovechicks1293]

Hello friends

 

[Akrnaf2]

Good Morning all,,or Good day..




Still bumming over my poor hatch rate. ( to come).  Winter just vacuums here. So hard to get good eggs.





@Akrnaf2
   Might I ask what you do for a living? You knowledge of microbiology and medical stuff is amazing.  Want to come here and figure out my poor hatches?

@BantyChooks
  I am suddenly feeling jealous of your poor hatches that are way better than mine. 


I need coffee BRB!

Thanks, I am a Zoologist and work as a Biology teacher in high school.
In my opinion it is the fertility of your breeding stock. Do you give the some vitamins boost,( at least once a week!) especially at winter? I give my chicken once a week soluble vitamins in their FEED!, l ferment 50% of their feed, they get every day shredded vegetables especially carrots and green and do on.

I have done that on.... rhinos! Enter to my BYC interview if you want to know more!

 

[Akrnaf2]

Hello friends

 

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Good morning LALO!
How are you?

Hi from a Western hemisphere dweller!

• @lovechicks1293
• Hello friends

Hey, Benny, I'm fine, thanks for asking. Hope you and your family are well.

Morning, Ralphie and Sophie. Happy belated birthday wishes, Sophie.

 

[duluthralphie]

Thanks, I am a Zoologist and work as a Biology teacher in high school.
In my opinion it is the fertility of your breeding stock. Do you give the some vitamins boost,( at least once a weeki) especially at winter? I give my chicken once a week soluble vitamins in their FEED!, l ferment 50% of their feed, they gey every day shredded vegetables especially carrots and green and do on.

I have done that on.... rhinos! Enter to my BYC interview if you want to know more!

I feed a game bird breeder feed this time of year. it has a few more vitamins and minerals than the chicken layer feed does.

The breeding stock does not get table scrapes. Greens are hard to get this time of year. As is sunlight. I have had them on artificial light since the end of November. The roosters fertility is what I think it is. I also think many eggs freeze and kill the embryo.

I have wondered if I could find a water soluble vitamin for them. The risk would be over doing it, or wasting it. My water freezes fairly quickly in the coops most days.

It is just not natural to hatch in the winter in Minnesota. I know in 3 months my hatch rate will soar to 90% plus. but it is depressing this time of the year.

Thanks!