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

[kwhites634]

Quote: Naw, it's a disaster waiting to happen - it's a large branch that is dipping toward the ground (these mesquite do that, some branches bend down all the way to the ground). It is getting lower and lower, and the past month or two it's been right at head-hitting height. It's also a low hawk perch and preventing me from redoing some paddocks. Gotta go. But it's big, and will be a big job. Not looking forward to it.

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MMmmmmmm..... Mini donuts. Powdered sugar type?
Chocolate glazed Tastycake
Aw shucks - I like the powdered ones.

I haven't been to S.A. since the '60's; I'll grab the chain saw, stop & pick up a bag of powdered donuts, and be there ASAP.

Can't guarantee that the donuts won't be gone 'til I get there; long drive to south Texas.

 

[duluthralphie]

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[BantyChooks]

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Mornin' Ralph, same to you...

 

[BullChick]

Thanks, MC!!! Perfect timing - I was ready for another cup! (And I'm actually using that exact mug this morning!)   

Cool!

I think it is, wasn't able to find any others...



Here's hoping their cable ties are better quality than their bench clamps.

Morning Abi. Bedding is too frozen to clean the coop, so I get to skip out for a while longer.

Happy April everyone!

Lucky you!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

GOOD MORNING, EARTHLINGS! I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT DAY OF CLEANING COOPS, AND HATCHING
CHICKS!

Since when, and why did I end up at the top of your coffee mug serving?

Sounds like she just wants to mess wih you

She does and I'm sure that's true. I pulled 5 eggs this morning laid yesterday that she sat on overnight. But now she's running with the flock and won't return to the nest till tonight. Funny thing is, that nest is in a different building from where her flock roosts.

I think it is, wasn't able to find any others...

Here's hoping their cable ties are better quality than their bench clamps.

And their power tools. But yes, the cable ties are pretty good quality. I've been using them for years.
However, I only use them for chicks mostly. By the time they're about 3 or 4 months old, I'm using numbered, colored bandettes.

I haven't been to S.A. since the '60's; I'll grab the chain saw, stop & pick up a bag of powdered donuts, and be there ASAP.

S.A. - San Antonio or South America?

 

[Akrnaf2]

Good morning Ralphie did you see the t.v series "Fargo"?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_(season_1)

It based on a true story, I am now on season 2, it happens in Minnesota. and you really have some crazy people out there!

 

[campingshaws]

Stuck chick from last night was still stuck, so I helped it. It's fine, just a little cramped.

Up to 8 chicks now. Looking good!

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: Same same. San Antonio's about as far south as you can go in America

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I'm fairly happy but I'll be happier when I'm finished. I just killed 2 roosters from a flock of 15 hens that had 3 roosters running with them. The hens were getting ridden raw.
I went out just before full dawn to evaluate them and the first two I held weren't right so they're gone.
I'm down to 4 breeding roosters. I'm going to evaluate the 2 youngest tonight and may eliminate another tomorrow. I have 2 cockerels that hatched January 2 and I'm definitely keeping one of them.
I also want to get my hen numbers down by selling the ones that aren't right color or conformation wise. IMO, the egg color is the biggest attraction to the breed for others that aren't familiar with them. I'm having a hard time figuring out who is laying the darkest eggs.
In 3 flocks I have some very dark egg layers and some light egg layers.
My birds are extremely skittish and changes stress them.
Any stress while the egg is in the shell gland can inhibit pigment application.
I tried moving them one or two at a time to smaller quarters. Trap nesting could stress them.
I'm considering microchipping them and either having a text sent to my phone when a bird enters the nest or having rollout nests with a printer that puts the birds number on the egg after it is laid.
I'm overthinking this - right?

 

[BantyChooks]

I'm fairly happy but I'll be happier when I'm finished. I just killed 2 roosters from a flock of 15 hens that had 3 roosters running with them. The hens were getting ridden raw.
I went out just before full dawn to evaluate them and the first two I held weren't right so they're gone.
I'm down to 4 breeding roosters. I'm going to evaluate the 2 youngest tonight and may eliminate another tomorrow. I have 2 cockerels that hatched January 2 and I'm definitely keeping one of them.
I also want to get my hen numbers down by selling the ones that aren't right color or conformation wise. IMO, the egg color is the biggest attraction to the breed for others that aren't familiar with them. I'm having a hard time figuring out who is laying the darkest eggs.
In 3 flocks I have some very dark egg layers and some light egg layers.
My birds are extremely skittish and changes stress them.
Any stress while the egg is in the shell gland can inhibit pigment application.
I tried moving them one or two at a time to smaller quarters. Trap nesting could stress them.
I'm considering microchipping them and either having a text sent to my phone when a bird enters the nest or having rollout nests with a printer that puts the birds number on the egg after it is laid.
I'm overthinking this - right?

Isn't egg colour passed on through the male?

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