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

[ronott1]

Morning all!!

We haven't had ANY rain in almost 8 months. Normally, I LOVE when it rains! But yesterday morning, 3 trucks with 6 guys from the solar panel install crew showed up to start working, and within minutes it started raining JUST hard enough to make the roof too slippery to work. They got to sit around for a couple of hours before the clouds moved away. Sky is clear this morning, but another storm is rolling in (only 20% chance we'll get any rain from it). That should hit tomorrow. I think we'll end up getting less than 1/4 inch from both storms combined.

Gotta love California Weather! 8 months with no rain and then when you need it to be dry it rains!

The slow light rain is perfect for the burned out areas here. Hopefully some grass will sprout and help hold the hills together. That likely depends on how hot the fire was an how deeply the soil was killed off

 

[Christinecam]

I have seen these a few times on here, most times its some sorta defect and brain swelling. not sure what to tell you to do with it, and dont know if a disease can cause it. sorry

I just read that it can be a birth defect or disease and can include the brain. My main concern is other birds pecking. I’ll have to be very watchful and keep my fingers crossed!

 

[Jessimom]

Gotta love California Weather! 8 months with no rain and then when you need it to be dry it rains!

The slow light rain is perfect for the burned out areas here. Hopefully some grass will sprout and help hold the hills together. That likely depends on how hot the fire was an how deeply the soil was killed off

Yes, I hope that you do get just enough to help some ground cover grow. Do you have mud slide dangers if you get too much rain? Our hills are just pure fire tinder down here - haven't burned for a few years. Even this tiny bit of rain we got, I'll get a yard full of weeds start to sprout that the wandering hens love!

 

[Christinecam]

It is the best feeling having a bunch of chicks. I frequently stick several in my shirt, and love the looks my friends and family give me when they see all these lumps moving around.

 

[ronott1]

Yes, I hope that you do get just enough to help some ground cover grow. Do you have mud slide dangers if you get too much rain? Our hills are just pure fire tinder down here - haven't burned for a few years. Even this tiny bit of rain we got, I'll get a yard full of weeds start to sprout that the wandering hens love!

Yes! Hills will slide down, especially out of Santa Rosa. The Coast range mountains are "Young" and have steep hills.

 

[Jessimom]

I just read that it can be a birth defect or disease and can include the brain. My main concern is other birds pecking. I’ll have to be very watchful and keep my fingers crossed!

I hope that the swelling goes down - I remember reading someone else had something like this and the swelling went down after a day or two.

For me - I have hatched Polish twice, I've ended up with crooked beaks in both batches. I currently have a polish roo, a sebright roo and 2 sebright hens with beak problems. The original Polish crooked beek died. Is it something I am doing wrong, or is it common in these breeds?

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Do you eat Almonds? (Cyanide ) potatoes? Tomatoes? (Solanine)
Ect. Ect

Sounds like lunch time at Dr. Kovorkians place..

 

[daxigait]

This weekend I am going to unscrew and remove the floor from my green coop to repurpose it as a goat shed. So glad I built with screws

 

[mlm Mike]

Slicker than snot mud here and only 1/2 deep. So it's a hard landing

Ouch!

 

[BantyChooks]

It is the best feeling having a bunch of chicks. I frequently stick several in my shirt, and love the looks my friends and family give me when they see all these lumps moving around.

Isn't it? I miss having littles so bad. Still 4--5 more months to wait depending on if it's a warm winter or not.