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

[duluthralphie]

i just saw a weather advisory it says the windchill could get to -40*

can i move south yet?

WIMP!!!!!

 

[LilJoe]

Spring needs to come!

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Spring needs to come!

I miss gardening... walking right to the backyard for my veggies..

 

[duluthralphie]

Spring needs to come!

I am hoping it is right on time this year June 3rd like always!

 

[Razadia]

I got a job! After trying for the past year, I finally got a job! Sure, I'm just starting out as a cashier at PetSmart, but it's something! You know what this means? After the bills are caught up, there are chickens in my future! Months from now, but still. Chickens.

 

[ronott1]

I got a job! After trying for the past year, I finally got a job! Sure, I'm just starting out as a cashier at PetSmart, but it's something! You know what this means? After the bills are caught up, there are chickens in my future! Months from now, but still. Chickens.

That is very good news!
Is there a low cost junior college around so that you can get an AA degree? Every bit of education really helps.
My Mom worked and went to night school at a JC. She then went on to CSU Chico to get her teaching credential. She started teaching late in life but retired with a pension and is doing very well in retirement.

 

[Kjirsten]

Hello. I just finished my second time incubating. Last year I hatched 14 of 20 viable eggs and thought that was pretty good for my first time. This time only 8 of 27 eggs hatched and after leaving the rest until day 24 I decided this morning to see what may have gone wrong. I candled them all again and I could see that 14 of them were quitters. 5 of them I wasn't sure and wanted to see if they had shrink wrapped. Well, I opened one and it was obvious she had just died late in the game. I opened a second one and out slides a live chick who seemed moments away from pipping! She had some blood at the opening and was still attached to her shell, but when I put her back in the incubator, the shell came off. She is currently laying in the incubator, breathing, not really bleeding, but nothing else. Here are my questions. 1. Is there anything I can do for this little chick? And 2. I put the other 3 eggs back in too and raised the humidity back up - is there anything I should do for them in case they are also alive? Thank you

 

[Razadia]

That is very good news!
Is there a low cost junior college around so that you can get an AA degree? Every bit of education really helps.
My Mom worked and went to night school at a JC. She then went on to CSU Chico to get her teaching credential. She started teaching late in life but retired with a pension and is doing very well in retirement.

There isn't, unfortunately. I'd be on it in a heartbeat. The majority of colleges around me are big name and expensive. One of the things we talked about in the interview was where I wanted to go within the company. Pet care is my end goal. I think they were just happy I had a goal.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

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thats not winter, thats late spring

WIMP!!!!!

i am ok with that!!

I got a job! After trying for the past year, I finally got a job! Sure, I'm just starting out as a cashier at PetSmart, but it's something! You know what this means? After the bills are caught up, there are chickens in my future! Months from now, but still. Chickens.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Hello. I just finished my second time incubating. Last year I hatched 14 of 20 viable eggs and thought that was pretty good for my first time. This time only 8 of 27 eggs hatched and after leaving the rest until day 24 I decided this morning to see what may have gone wrong. I candled them all again and I could see that 14 of them were quitters. 5 of them I wasn't sure and wanted to see if they had shrink wrapped. Well, I opened one and it was obvious she had just died late in the game. I opened a second one and out slides a live chick who seemed moments away from pipping! She had some blood at the opening and was still attached to her shell, but when I put her back in the incubator, the shell came off. She is currently laying in the incubator, breathing, not really bleeding, but nothing else. Here are my questions. 1. Is there anything I can do for this little chick? And 2. I put the other 3 eggs back in too and raised the humidity back up - is there anything I should do for them in case they are also alive? Thank you

it sounds like your temps may have been on the low end

is your thermometer calibrated? what kind of incubator?

 

[ronott1]

There isn't, unfortunately. I'd be on it in a heartbeat. The majority of colleges around me are big name and expensive. One of the things we talked about in the interview was where I wanted to go within the company. Pet care is my end goal. I think they were just happy I had a goal.

Move to a state with better education opportunities!

UC Davis has one of the best vet programs in the US and There is a good Community college system here. There is one close enough to just about everyone here. The CC system has an arrangement with the UC system so you can transfer after two years. That saves a lot of money and there is a lot of student aid here. A year here gets you in state tuition.

I am not saying that CA is the place to move but look for a State with better education options. Better Education options is better for everyone!