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

[Akrnaf2]

Good morning all And Ralphie

We would be doing that thing a favor using the boots.

I think you need the special ones!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

You know, I was planning on selling most of the ducklings, but now....

LOL

I have 500 mg niacin tablets. I know it's 100 mg per gallon, but I'm using a quart waterer for now, so that's 25 mg in the waterer, but I can't measure that. I'm thinking If I grind one pill up, a small pinch should be good. Do you think that's good?
Or...
I have this

i dont measure

i just sprinkle it on their food

Stopped by the post office on way home. They will call me when the eggs come in. Although they are closed weekends they have a will call. Tracking has it there tomorrow.

Fun group of people there. They gets eggs and chicks quite often.

awesome!!

Oh my sour crop chicken is doing much better. 2 more days of acidified cooper sulphate and need to decide if I am going to worm.

Great news!!

I've given eggs to people (for eating), and they worry that if they don't get them in the fridge, they'll hatch.

Think I'll head to bed. Busy day tomorrow.

- Ant Farm

some people

I am not a waterfowl lover and my dad just told me he wants geese in his pond. I tried talking him into ducks, but thinks geese are more predator proof. He doesn't plan on keeping them over the winter. So now I get to research breeds any suggestions?

i hear people use geese to watch over their ducks, Sally has an american buff
i want sebbies

Need help. The humidity is was at eighty. I barely opened the bator to let some out. How do i lower it?

its fine, as they dry it will drop

Morning...

Can;t sleep so I got up to check on the chicks.

I had a huge hatch the last couple days and it appears it is not over. I pulled about 130 chicks out of the hatchers last night ( maybe more) I have shipping boxes full but they all leave this morning so I am not worried about where to put them.

ADVICE TO PEOPLE HATCHING BIRDS ..Do not assume you can tell the difference between Polish chicks and Appenzeller Spitzenhuaben chicks. I hatched them in the same tray with some Doms, and did not divide them. It took me a half hour to figure out which were the Polish and which the Spitzes. I think I have it right. They will never be in the same tray again. Also I think I have an EE marked as an Yokohama. I thought I saw a chick jump over the back end of the tray. When I pulled the one out under it, (the Yokohama tray) I had a chick in it that was marked identical to a Yokohama. but a tad larger, I have had larger Yokohamas so I am not sure what it is right now.

Another thin for you hatchers,,,, When I empty a tray I set the tray on a stand. Then stack the trays on top of each other. I saw I had a couple that were pipped so I put all 5 trays back in the hatcher. I was thinking I had a poor hatch. When I checked a few minutes ago the hatcher is full of chicks again. The eggs sat out of the hatcher for over an hour while I unloaded and tagged the chicks. Never give up on eggs. Unless they are Dux eggs.

I was thinking the Legbars were a terrible hatch this time, but I know they take longer than other chicks, now I have a full tray of legbars again!..

Also I have countered the evil the DUX hatchers cause. I hatch 2 turkeys, my first turkeys of the year! 2 blues they are so cute with their bug eyes and stupid look!

congrats on the great hatch!
wheres the pics of the turkey babies??

Thought I'd wake up to see atleast a little pip but nothing

I'm sure I heard a little peep but I don't know if that was from the birds outside or my brain playing tricks on me! Lol

LOL

no they are Japanese quail! Lockdown was on Thursday been told they can take upto day 21 so fingers crossed

good luck!!!

Well I take it all back as I just sat watching them like a crazy egg lady and they are rocking like mad!!! I'm so excited I could scream lol

i recommend not screaming, dont want to scare the babies into not coming out of their shells

That thing is freaky
same here

@meltel look! Serama babies!

Congrats!!!

Good morning all
And Ralphie

good Morning Benny!

 

[The Duck Ladie]

Well I told you about the ones who hatched last night. Here they are:

2 is in the back.
And the MA hatched I'm guessing about 6

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE INCUBATING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(which is why I start incubating again on Tuesday!

)
Look at all these adorable ducks RALPHIE

 

[Pensmaster]

Well I take it all back as I just sat watching them like a crazy egg lady and they are rocking like mad!!! I'm so excited I could scream lol

 

[The Duck Ladie]

I really like 3s coloring. Not much black on the face. I WANT TO HOLD THEM!

 

[newchickmama91]

LOL
i dont measure    i just sprinkle it on their food
awesome!!
Great news!!

  some people

i hear people use geese to watch over their ducks, Sally has an american buff
i want sebbies
its fine, as they dry it will drop
congrats on the great hatch!
wheres the pics of the turkey babies??
LOL
good luck!!!  
i recommend not screaming, dont want to scare the babies into not coming out of their shells
Congrats!!!

good Morning Benny!

Haha I've held the scream in I'm just sat glued to the incubator!! Going to get out for a couple hours hopefully I come back to a pip!

 

[dan26552]

I really like 3s coloring. Not much black on the face. I WANT TO HOLD THEM!   

How many ya got? How many more pips?

 

[Pensmaster]

Good morning all
And Ralphie

Afternoon Benny. Question for you. In shopping for seeds I came up with a wild oregano from Israel. Are you familiar with it?

 

[kajira]

Yeah for adorable duck babies.

They had mixed ducklings at TSC - and I resisted. *nod nod*

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Yeah for adorable duck babies.

They had mixed ducklings at TSC - and I resisted. *nod nod*

LOL

i am going to TSC tomorrow, my daughter wants to see the babies