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

[Lazy Farmer]

No ma'am you are not quite correct.
She is not watching the whales she is hunting them!
(so kinda watching them)

Ahrrrrrrrrrr.. matie.. lost me leg to the great white whale..

 

[Wickedchicken6]

If you want to conserve incubator space, pick a super jumbo egg. Take a tooth pick and make a small hole in the tip of the pointy end. Then take 2 or 3 other eggs and pour them into the jumbo egg. The trick is finding a water proof tape

A plastic egg from the Easter Bunny would be easier.

Silicone!!! Spray and seal????

 

[Wickedchicken6]

she lost her husband to lung cancer.. bob looks out for her even more now. she is in oklahoma rite now. our road is blacked out and our dogs are on high alert

Good for you guys!!!! I retract the crushing machine from Bob now.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

You tried Sulfuric Acid??
It couldn't be! If you did I am now speaking to a ghost!

I have Canadian super powers!

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Im having a time getting my tiny bearded d'uccle chicks water and feed small enough. I'm managing but there's got to be a better way. Anyone know any posts about the smaller bantam breeds and feeding?
So far I've mixed gro gel and smashed the crumbles up. Along with regular methods. But some have a hard time swallowing.

I found a chick starter that is very fine for my entire flock to accommodate my old english game bantams. I've also tried a prestarter, which is very fine crumble. It's more expensive, but you only feed it at the beginning. It's what I start my guinea keets out on because it's higher protein. (24%)

For waterers I use the top of an empty pill bottle if I only have a couple chicks. I can tell if they're drinking better. I'll then convert to using quail waters for all the those chicks. If I have several chicks I start with the quail waters. I find they don't dirty or get poop in them like regular waterers.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Sleep with sheets stuck to you like fly paper. Heat index at 96 and humidity cranking. No air blowing. Laundry done in 5 gallon buckets. Smelly situation. We have 5 layers of sheets on our furniture so our funk doesn't taint the upholstery. Locker room smell. Could be worse. We have a roof thank goodness.
Dogs are trained well. They only bark when somebody is near late night/early morn. If they bark longer than 2-3 mins, there is mischief going on. Bob is up with a tactical light mounted to the pump. First shot fired in 10 yrs on the last scare the meth head away trick. I miss air condition. So so much. I miss or street lights we mounted just as much.

I wish I could send you some of our frigid temps to give relief...I froze the tips of my fingers on the way down here.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

No ma'am you are not quite correct.
She is not watching the whales she is hunting them!
(so kinda watching them)

Technicalities. Watching them WITH a spear.

Ahrrrrrrrrrr.. matie.. lost me leg to the great white whale..

Ah...you're peg legging it then. We'll call you stumpy.

 

[Kiki]

Technicalities. Watching them WITH a spear.

Ah...you're peg legging it then. We'll call you stumpy.

YES!!!

I forgot to mention the spear...my bad.

 

[Christinecam]

I found a chick starter that is very fine for my entire flock to accommodate my old english game bantams. I've also tried a prestarter, which is very fine crumble. It's more expensive, but you only feed it at the beginning. It's what I start my guinea keets out on because it's higher protein. (24%)

For waterers I use the top of an empty pill bottle if I only have a couple chicks. I can tell if they're drinking better. I'll then convert to using quail waters for all the those chicks. If I have several chicks I start with the quail waters. I find they don't dirty or get poop in them like regular waterers.

Where do you find the prestarter, I have been buying high end for pretty much all my babies but the ones incubating now are going to be super tiny. I think that was a problem I had only 1 bearded d'uccle bantam and the other chicks were bantam Cochin (big size difference). Now I'll have all just the little guys buy themselves. So it will be easier to monitor

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Where do you find the prestarter, I have been buying high end for pretty much all my babies but the ones incubating now are going to be super tiny. I think that was a problem I had only 1 bearded d'uccle bantam and the other chicks were bantam Cochin (big size difference). Now I'll have all just the little guys buy themselves. So it will be easier to monitor

I got mine from Peavey mart...which you don't have. I'll check where it's from. Peavey marts a large chain of animal/livestock/house stuff.