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

[SidChick]

I tried to message Fire, but my iPad wouldn't let me?? I will try later... what breeds does he have?

 

[SidChick]

There is kind of an egg smell in my incubator... I wouldn't call it a rotten smell, but "eggy." Are they supposed to smell? All the eggs wiggled in water but one, but it floated just the same. Welsummer eggs are too dark to candle.. plus they are far along... do I need to do something? I have one pipped in there right now.

 

[dan26552]

Oh no, that's too bad. 

Yeah.

oh no!!!!

AWWWWW NOW THEY ARE CUTE!!!!!  Can you ship me two please>?????  

you didnt vent sex them?

Hello Michael! 

I can't ship rabbits.

No, I don't know how to do that.

I thought about it, but they made ordering from them too difficult since a friend was ordering for me.

I sold them. I had way too many problems with them. I lost both roos to the heat, which I thought was completely weird since the hens were totally fine with it.

That's who I ordered them from, but I think I'll go with Carolina Rare Chicks next time since they have what used to be Ewe Crazy Farm's Orps.

Ah. That's too bad. That is weird.

 

[country lovin]

@country lovin Tomorrow FRIDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TyAnna!!!

Thankyou!!! I have olive eggers hatchingvso it will be a good day!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

My little helpers They were very interested in the computer but came running back to me in a panic when I first turned the camera on lol

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Oh, no no no - that coop has the CL rooster Dumbledore and two CL hens - Lissa and Jenny (they are essentially pets and inseparable). Jenny has Ocular Mareks and other than being nearly blind (Dumbledore is amazing the way he looks after her), she's been ok, but I'm always watching her health, and while I know Mareks is on the property, there is a LOT of it in that coop. So, no others in there, and no chicks. That's ok - I REALLY don't need any more.

my sick baby girl

Quote: Still enormous. He was 13.44oz at 3 weeks, heaven knows what he'll be at 4 weeks. He's actually the most friendly of all of that S&G group of chicks. (Probably because he's so big that nothing scares him!

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- Ant Farm

 

[Pensmaster]

Oh, no no no - that coop has the CL rooster Dumbledore and two CL hens - Lissa and Jenny (they are essentially pets and inseparable). Jenny has Ocular Mareks and other than being nearly blind (Dumbledore is amazing the way he looks after her), she's been ok, but I'm always watching her health, and while I know Mareks is on the property, there is a LOT of it in that coop. So, no others in there, and no chicks. That's ok - I REALLY don't need any more.


Still enormous. He was 13.44oz at 3 weeks, heaven knows what he'll be at 4 weeks. He's actually the most friendly of all of that S&G group of chicks. (Probably because he's so big that nothing scares him! )

- Ant Farm 

That's huge!!!! Nice

 

[Beer can]

How animals should be raised,

not like this:

FWI to any next time they pick up that steak at the grocery store. I condense whey from 4% solids to 15% through a RO (reverse osmosis) system then to 40% solids through a ginormous evaporation system (high speed still lol) and load IDK, half million lbs+ - a week on trailers. Easiest job ever actually.
It used to go to a pharmaceutical plant that condensed it further to powder and I heard took something out of it for coatings on pills and the milk sugar IDK for sure. Driver that hauled it there once told me a load from someone else showed up and stank..what's that, spleens blood etc anything not saleable from a meat packing plant..what do you do with it..dehydrate it into powder, it's the meat protein in the soups you buy...
They closed a couple yrs ago.
Now it goes out to a place for 'animal' feed. After awhile I happened to ask the driver animal feed? What kind of animals, figuring dog or cat food maybe, guess whey is high in protein.
Imagine anything and everything in a grocery store, out of date, expired, tractor trailers of bread donuts pasta Mac and cheese with cheese packets dry soup mix Twinkies he's seen all the cardboard and plastic buckets even swirling around in their mixer supposedly they filter the junk out, candy even, saw seven tractor trailer loads of Skittles delivered recently. Said they chop and mix it up and add your whey and spread it out on a huge floor that dries it out then they bust it up and load it on trailers and send it out to the feed lots.
What feed lots?
Beef feed lots out west.
Hmm, mmm..yummy..

 

[Akrnaf2]

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Hey all, I have skipped the last 500 posts, I should give up on this thread, I just cannot keep up... I have eggs everywhere, I need to decide what to hatch and what to sell. My Cuckoo marans are gone! Life is good again. (for today).. I will try to keep up for an hour or so...

Same here. I sometimes skip 2 or 3 days. I have full egg cartons and flats all over the place I haven't had time to weigh and identify what I'm hatching. I have to get my cabinet incubators new parts installed because the LG is full.

How animals should be raised, not like this:

X2 However, there isn't enough space in the world to keep all the animals properly to feed an overly human populated planet.

Good Morning folks. I have another question if anyone would like to entertain us again today with suggestions? LOL How do YOU feed fermented feed to your hens / chicks? I have cochin babies and I have to admit that their very adorable feather legs are getting kinda sloppy looking from this method.

For chicks, I use a reel top trough feeder so they can't stand on or in it. If you don't know what that feeder is I'll post a picture of it. For adolescents and adults, the best thing I've found is a length of plastic guttering. I bought a 10' stick of gutter and cut it into several pieces for all the flocks. They look nice but in my climate I'm not fond of feather legged birds. Quote:

So ... I appreciate the fermented feed and am doing it. I am hoping other FF user can share their adminstration techniques. I am findind it messy but I am still commited to trying it.The chicks love it and purr ( if a chicken can) after they eat it up.

You may want to add some dry feed after it is fermented if it is too wet. I like to feed it the consistency of oatmeal or mortar.

I am hoping to get an incubator soon. I was sad to not be able to do the hatch along this year . Oh well. I guess there is next year.

You can live vicariously through us.

\... The bator has certainly paid for itself though over the years. Last week I hatched a tray of 50 eggs for this guy. I gave him the chicks and he handed me a wad of $$ saying the eggs were precious and I get him far higher hatch rates than anyone else. I was expecting $20 but when I got home and counted it it was $150. I checked with him and he said the goig rate is $1.50 per egg going in and an additional $1.50 per hatched chick. I have 2 more trays of his eggs in there..

... I need to finish building my cabinets.

Me either, I just learned I do not charge enough for my EE's. I am selling them for a buck each if you buy 50, $1.50 if you buy less... Also @Phage do you worry about bringing in disease when you hatch other peoples eggs? Are they from a NPIP flock? do you disinfect before placing them in your incubator? Are they kept separate from your own eggs and chicks? I know, I am paranoid about diseases....What can I say?

That's too cheap. NPIP doesn't do much except guarantee there is no pullorum or typhoid in the breeder flock. There are about 15 other diseases that can be transmitted vertically from hen to egg/chick. I do worry about bringing in disease. I no longer allow visitors. However I'm thinking about dedicating my original incubator to hatch others' eggs. The inside of my hatcher is very easy to disinfect. The floor is quarry tile and the walls and top are smooth insulation board. If I do hatch for others in it, I'll also use oxine or some other gaseous disinfectant.

I have seen this rate on CL but usually do it for free for friends or $20 for up to a full tray. This guy does have 5 or 6 different breeding arrangements so the eggs have to be kept separated for hatch which is a bit tricky.

I use mesh bags for pedigreeing. I think someone needs to pay for the electricity so there needs to be a per egg rate and another rate for live chicks.

Send me Marans eggs! Send me Marans eggs! Send me Marans eggs!Send me Marans eggs!!! Send me Marans eggs!

Are you wanting to do something illegal? How dark are your friend's Penedesenca eggs?

I know selling chicks as soon as they hatch is REALLY important but that seems to be way cheap for EEs. Even 50c more each makes them a great deal.

X2

Me? illegal?Naaa. I am in full obidyanc to the laws that have been legislated by a bunch of corrupted and stupid people. Terra cota +

 

[country lovin]

my first birthday chick!!