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

[BantyChooks]

Bubbles was supposed to be a hen. He morphed into a really beautiful splash rooster.

Now that's one good lookin' rooster.

 

[kwhites634]

Now that's one good lookin' rooster.

Which way is he facing?

 

[kajira]

Now that's one good lookin' rooster.

Ging (the red one) is really pretty too, but Bubbles is gorgeous. My big black silkie rooster takes the cake though. If only he looked like Mr. Roo, but had Bubbles coloring. It would be the perfect rooster.

Mr. Roo is twice the size of bubbles width wise, and very regal/proud looking.





he's got 4-5 girls and another red-ish orange rooster in with him. I may mix it up at some point and have bubbles/mr roo in with the girls and start a second flock with ging and orangeface with another flock of girls.

 

[kwhites634]

 

[Phage]

what are you gonna do if they all hatch?

They are not going to ALL hatch

 

[kajira]

They are not going to ALL hatch

but what if they *do*

 

[BantyChooks]

They are not going to ALL hatch

Really?

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

The chick hatched and idk what to do. It's alive but it's not really moving a lot or making noises. Should I try to get it to eat or drink?

I can't tell yet if anyone answered you - did you also ask on the broody thread? They need to rest and dry off first. Don't rush things or keep trying to intervene, and don't take it away from mama. Mama will make sure it eats and drinks, and teach it how. The broody thread may be of more help, I know you were directed to the first pages of this thread, but many of those instructions don't apply to your situation.

 

[dan26552]

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Yippee - I've now learned how to lose all my read back quotes on the new platform!!! Well if you're STUPID enough to hit "Insert quotes" and then refresh the screen before typing anything, it doesn't save the draft of the quotes. So don't do that. (Made me so mad I actually went back and got the quotes all over again.)

I don't do well with languages in general so learning Dutch is awful for me. But to be fair, it's not nearly as bad as French.

I took beginning Dutch for a short period in college, and my primary memory was how much easier it was than I expected it to be - but I was fresh off of a semester of advanced German and am a native English speaker, and it seems to me that Dutch is a little like putting German and English in a blender... (But what do I know - didn't go farther with it). Good luck!!!!

Just set 170 eggs

Don't know why I did it

Couldn't help myself

I need intervention

Oh. My. God.

(Youse CRAAAAAZEEEEEEEEE!!!!!)

Hey... maybe I should get this shirt.

I NEED this t shirt.

Does anybody here use clan mating as a way of preserving diverse genetics within a flock? I have been reading up on it, and it sounds like a decent method.

Not yet, but that's a little bit why I persisted with building so many different tractors. I have a lot of breeding hopes and plans that hinge off of a small number of founders (both projects and my German New Hampshires, of which I have 3 males and 3 females). The tractors are good sized housing for those smaller breeding groups. That being said, I need to sit down with a pencil and paper and decide on some priorities. The number of chickens here is breaking me (it'll be better once I get the watering system put together, but still), so hatching has to be high yield/high value this next year.

FYI, I'm hearing a lot of adults diagnosed with RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) in the last 8 mos. Years ago, it was thought of as really only affecting young children.

Adults are actually reinfected with RSV all the time because immunity isn't lasting (the antibodies we make after infection aren't protective against reinfection) - in otherwise healthy adults, it can present like any other respiratory virus/cold, but it can be very serious in the elderly and infirm. It is more severe in little ones because their airways are so small, and they can get into great difficulty with their first infection with it. We know more about adult RSV these days vs. years ago because we are now using much more sensitive tests, and are picking it up in the adults now.

(This response was brought to you by your friendly neighborhood clinical virologist, the letter M, and the color blue.)

That's because you sold your guineas.

That's the only sane thing Ralphie's got going for him...

Bubbles was supposed to be a hen. He morphed into a really beautiful splash rooster.

VERY nice. Very pretty bird. (But, um, as Ken asked, that's his head on the left, correct?)

They are not going to ALL hatch

(Murphy's law would indicate that this should be your most successful, highest yield hatch ever!)

I'm tired and grumpy. I don't want to do chores. Does that make me a bad person?

- Ant Farm