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

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duluthralphie said:
I have my eggs in!! again

134 eggs.

51 legbars
19 Easter Eggers
4 Partridge Chanticler
6 Yokohamas
13 Turkey
5 Appletinis
5 Maran
6 Polish
9- Speckled Sussex
15 Doms
1 Who knows most likely a toad.

And in the picture you will see 6 toad eggs, I am not going to set them if I can find a home around here for them.

I have enough Toads for right now.





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awww my smiley Toads
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I got 2 dozen today (eating eggs-not hatching
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duluthralphie said:


I have my eggs in!! again

134 eggs.

51 legbars
19 Easter Eggers
4 Partridge Chanticler
6 Yokohamas
13 Turkey
5 Appletinis
5 Maran
6 Polish
9- Speckled Sussex
15 Doms
1 Who knows most likely a toad.

And in the picture you will see 6 toad eggs, I am not going to set them if I can find a home around here for them.

I have enough Toads for right now.
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*glaring intensifies*
 
Hello everyone. Great News....

My Turkey, Gail, has hatched out 3 chicks and 1 poult, with another poult pipped! Still has 1 turkey egg and 1 chicken egg under her also!










ANDDDDD..... I am hoping to set some Pheasant eggs tomorrow!
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Then some chicken in a week of that....
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duluthralphie said:
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Smiley Toads!!!!!
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@casportpony - I searched the internet - the thing I saw them use is called an avian oral speculum. It very easily opened the beak and then kept it open - would be a dream to have to look for or treat wet pox (it was heck looking in their mouths this fall when everyone had dry pox), to medicate, or to tube feed as a solo person, keeping the beak open so you can feel that you can do so safely without it going down "the wrong way" if you need to or if the bird is squirmy/big. I could only find suppliers who only sold to licensed vets (verifying the info before selling to you). I called the vet I had seen today and asked if they knew how I could get one (I figured it couldn't hurt). Alas, they said that that tool had been sold to the new owner of the practice along with the rest of the equipment, and they don't know where it was bought.

FINALLY, I found it on jorvet.com, which would sell to me without me needing credentials. It comes in three different sizes (or in a set of the 3 sizes). (It's actually a stainless steel surgical-type instrument). Interestingly, I think I found the patent info/drawings for it online when I was searching - from 1998, I think. I thought of your tube feeding...

http://www.jorvet.com/product/avian-oral-speculum/

I couldn't find any videos showing how it works (it was very cool), but this is a photo of a cobra getting a mouth exam using one (using the large end - he used the smaller end for Monkey). You get the edge in the mouth, then rotate it to keep the mouth open and work or view through the opening in the center. You can use whatever part of it (size-wise) best fits the need, and like I said, it comes in different sizes. (I wish I had had one of these when I was treating Dumbledore - for that matter, I wish I had had it when I had my cats.)



- Ant Farm
 
I have turkey poults hatching! Mine are also early. They were due Saturday morning but then again, my poults always seem to hatch early. There are 3 out so far :) At least I haven't found any in the bottom of the cabinet so far this year...YET lol
 

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