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

[mlm Mike]

Current weather, 59F, dewpoint 58F 97% humidity. It's supposed to dry out a bit as it heats up.
I'm going to an herbal infusions class this morning at Cheryl's Herbs.
Herbal Infusions
This class will incorporate the use of Medicinal Herbs with our oils. We will make some herbal infusions that you will be able to use alone or with essential oils in some other products.
I will be making a bumblefoot treatment of Calendula, Echinacea and Hypericum. I have a rooster with a persistent case.



Whatever works for you. I just figure they've been hatching chicks without human intervention for millions of years.
I put broody hens and their eggs in their own apartments with fresh bedding food and water. I sometimes don't check on them for days at a time and then only to peek in the window to make sure there is still water.
If it is cold, they may come off the nest once a day for about 15-20 minutes but will skip some days. If it is hot, they may come off for a couple hours a day.
They know what they're doing.



Do you have a Premier catalog? They send them to me all the time because I bought a couple of their brooder heat plates.
I helped a friend install the same system you have. It works well for them.

THE fox? As in singular? Don't they have brothers, sisters, a mom a dad, aunts, uncles, cousins, offspring?

The class sounds interesting, Enjoy, I hope the stuff works. Here we're at 63*F here, 97% humidity.

 

[Christinecam]

Yes. Do you remember my last hatch? I got 6--7 hours of sleep on every day in lockdown, and I was just excited, not panicked and over thinking every bit. Even when I assisted I was much more confident in what I was doing.

I helped one little one and I guess being in medical..
but I've gotten a total of 8 hours (not in a row of sleep in 2 nights. I'm just amazed

 

[Christinecam]

Hi Christine!

Hi Mike, I'll keep coming back. Lol

 

[mlm Mike]

Hi Mike, I'll keep coming back. Lol

Good!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

The class sounds interesting, Enjoy, I hope the stuff works. Here we're at 63*F here, 97% humidity.

Crazy humidity, isn't it?
U of KY uses a CEH ointment to treat bumblefoot in raptors.
All I could get before was a Calendula cream and extracts of Echinacea and Hypericum. They didn't mix well because it was like trying to mix oil and water. I did use it successfully on 3 other birds in the past but the cream is now expired.
If daily soaking in Epsom salts and the herb treatment doesn't help in 4 or 5 days, I may have to break down and take him to the vet. He's my most valuable rooster since he is not from my flock's gene pool.
I just want it cured before the infection gets into his bone.

 

[mlm Mike]

Crazy humidity, isn't it?
U of KY uses a CEH ointment to treat bumblefoot in raptors.
All I could get before was a Calendula cream and extracts of Echinacea and Hypericum. They didn't mix well because it was like trying to mix oil and water. I did use it successfully on 3 other birds in the past but the cream is now expired.
If daily soaking in Epsom salts and the herb treatment doesn't help in 4 or 5 days, I may have to break down and take him to the vet. He's my most valuable rooster since he is not from my flock's gene pool.
I just want it cured before the infection gets into his bone.

Yes, the humidity is nuts, at least it drops pretty quick as it warms. I certainly hope you can get your rooster cured quickly!

 

[Christinecam]

Uh oh...the chicks have got you in their grip too? It's a huge conspiracy. I'm sorry you didn't make it out.

Normally I'm Leary of conspiring chickens and chicks but I can't help it!! Brain washed.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

One of the broody apartments.
I peek in the window to count feces. That way I know if they came off the nest the previous day.

 

[Christinecam]

Good!

 

[mlm Mike]

One of the broody apartments.
I peek in the window to count feces. That way I know if they came off the nest the previous day.View attachment 1108648

Wow, they get deluxe accommodations!