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

[BantyChooks]

"At last, Hooman has given us our real food. Forget this apple mess."

Look like a fair fight to you? No?
You can see the ducks running in to break it up... they hate rooster fights.

 

[BantyChooks]

My birds will have plenty of time to get sick of apples and pears and stone fruit when we move to the new place, since I want to put their run out in our orchard we plan on putting in. I love canning fruit so to have my own trees will be so exciting, and the birds can get at any bugs that go after the windfall. Johnny is mean enough to chase off any squirrels that might get some shifty eyes, though I have yet to see anything other than hedgehogs and neighborhood cats out at the land.

My neighbours have trees that are overloaded with fruit, so we get to pick as much as we want. We're on wagonload #2.

 

[kwhites634]

I have been feeding hatched chicks purina flock raiser and used to grind it for the first week. For the last hatch, I did not grind and they did fine. Even little chicks can eat fairly large crumbles. I would grind the flock raiser for bantams though

I guess I should have mentioned that this feed is pelleted; didn't want to risk one or more of them choking.

FWIW, my quote thingy still isn't working. After I "Post Reply" I back up to my last post (where I typed the quote) and click the up arrow, and that's as far as it goes.

 

[Sparkle110]

hello, I know it's been a long time since I came on this thread, but I've got a small question....

I've got an egg with a thicker shell than normal, will that have a negitove effect of the chick? (it's due to hatch any day now)

 

[Lazy Farmer]

I have been feeding hatched chicks purina flock raiser and used to grind it for the first week. For the last hatch, I did not grind and they did fine. Even little chicks can eat fairly large crumbles. I would grind the flock raiser for bantams though

 

[Lazy Farmer]

hello, I know it's been a long time since I came on this thread, but I've got a small question....

I've got an egg with a thicker shell than normal, will that have a negitove effect of the chick? (it's due to hatch any day now)

We will see. I did cut back on calcium supplements just a smigit for my breeder eggs. I wouldn't be concerned until day 22's roll call.
Monitor the humidity. Best wishes * hopes to you.

 

[Sparkle110]

We will see. I did cut back on calcium supplements just a smigit for my breeder eggs. I wouldn't be concerned until day 22's roll call.
Monitor the humidity. Best wishes * hopes to you.

actually It's a broody but I was just wondering

 

[Lazy Farmer]

actually It's a broody but I was just wondering

I'm sure your fine.. Nervous?

 

[Lazy Farmer]

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they can make apples hurt.. hurt real bad..

 

[kwhites634]

hello, I know it's been a long time since I came on this thread, but I've got a small question....

I've got an egg with a thicker shell than normal, will that have a negitove effect of the chick? (it's due to hatch any day now)

My hens are xbred Marans. Their eggs shells are so thick they're hard to crack in a bowl for breakfast. Never been a problem for a chick to hatch.