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

[DwayneNLiz]

Will do.
Jolly old rot, I say. Best start the ambush now, in that case.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

so i am down to 2 CCL eggs and 5(?) marans eggs, which i am unsure of but will charge my candler and check them to night then toss the quitters
and i have no idea how many quail are left, not many

i think the cold got the ccl and marans
po got the quails

 

[DwayneNLiz]

i might lock down early, i am starting more for a friends farm on sunday
and maybe hopefully i can get some more eggies shipped to me

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: Bring it on; I don't have anything in particular to do for the next 15 minutes

 

[kajira]

Got my first stinky egg, too. My broody Cochin broke it apart for me and kicked it out of her nest. I gave her 3 eggs that are about to hatch since she's broody. She accepted the other 3. They should hatch in the next few days.

 

[duluthralphie]

X2

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I've been slowly going through the list and ruling links out 1x at a time for no-sexing, and no shipping/dates available.

Lots of nice colors in the list though.
I assume you know how to do a search in a PDF document.

This cow will sell. I had four calls in an hour on my last one. I just need a better picture than this one of her last fall at two.
Lady is almost three now and over 1300lbs.

Should bring a pretty penny. You selling by the pound or just as a brood cow?

Sure is; hawks & owls have all kinds of cover, & are under the canopy where they can see the birds.

This isn't my quote but -
"I'd sooner be a small bird in a hawk filled wood than a caged hen on an egg farm."

lol twenty chicks just left at 715 am this morning. even if I get 2 a chick I am making money for feed and stuff.

Bonus!

I just checked my brooder, and realized I had a silkie chick hatch............................... LOL let's hope it's a pullet?

yes although I dont see the fun anymore, and not sure why I do this lmao. I think its just a habit at this point. Nothing better to do I guess.

There are worse habits.

@BantyChooks

Do you know how much a 50lb bag of Kelp is for my goats!!! OMG 90 some bucks!!
I so wish I was younger I would def want to raise kelp north east of here!!! its so cool how they do them now too! first farm started in 2008 I think!

You probably know this but some prol dont!
Its something we should eat as well.
Vertical gardens are so cool!

20 acres can grow 10 to 30 tons of seaweed and 250,000 shellfish per acre !!!

That's cool. Thanks for posting. I should buy kelp in bulk. I buy huge bags at the Asian/Latin seafood city market for about 5 bucks and it lasts close to 2 months. I use some in my egg drop soup too.

yes forgot, you have the link to oz cheap way to get them what they need? there are show additives for feathers and etc too. jeffers has some listed and some other places online
Bargain vitamins and electrolytes from Jeffers post #18098

That's a good product. Similar list to what is in the nutridrench. Nutridrench has more minerals as well as lysine and methionine.

@campingshaws @BantyChooks

campin this explains why you need certain things


Nutrition and Feeding of Show Poultry



http://posc.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2012/08/L-5159.pdf

MUST READ THE BOTTOM of PDF
Principle 4: To unbalance a
balanced ration with supplements
is destructive.

 

[NaJoBeLe]

Chatty bunch this morning. I got caught up, left for a meeting with the boss and came back to another 100+ post unread.

@SallySunshine

I suspect you are correct with the humidity. I was leaning towards the possibility of pullet eggs being the cause yesterday. However, my broody started her hatch yesterday and is having substantially better success. She was sitting on a dozen and has at least 8 out(from the same assortment that I had in the bator). I suspect she might have a few more but she's grumpy and I ain't pushing my luck.

 

[BantyChooks]

Bring it on; I don't have anything in particular to do for the next 15 minutes

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Chatty bunch this morning. I got caught up, left for a meeting with the boss and came back to another 100+ post unread.

@SallySunshine

I suspect you are correct with the humidity. I was leaning towards the possibility of pullet eggs being the cause yesterday. However, my broody started her hatch yesterday and is having substantially better success. She was sitting on a dozen and has at least 8 out(from the same assortment that I had in the bator). I suspect she might have a few more but she's grumpy and I ain't pushing my luck.

congrats!!!