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

[kwhites634]

LOL

my snow blower is probably form the 70s, i was just pickin

 

[Lazy Farmer]

This thread is off radar!

Bookmarks saved the day again. Even un-watching then watching the alert request.
HAPPY SATURDAY EVERYBODY!
Wet & chilly here. Damp and nasty. Smells like poo.. lot's of poo.

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[Razadia]

It seems like my pens are falling apart now that the chickens are gone. I'm probably going to spend the summer fixing everything. Doors need to be replaced at the very least. Lots of stuff to do before next year. I'll probably have rabbits before I get chickens. But if I'm honest, I already have most of the stuff to build the cages. I just need the wire for the sides and part of the bottoms. I still have plenty of wood left over from my failed attempt at beekeeping. I'm planning on having one set of three cages for the does and then a single cage for the buck, away from the ladies.

 

[Pensmaster]

And lock the buck up. My grandkids decided they were lonely and well you know the rest of the story.

 

[Jessimom]

Two have started.

How is the hatch going? I"m sure you have some chicks by now!!!

 

[Pensmaster]

How is the hatch going? I"m sure you have some chicks by now!!!

Oh yea, that little incubator is getting full. 6 out 2 pipped one hasn’t started. All dark chicks so far. One has a lighter chest.

 

[Jessimom]

Oh yea, that little incubator is getting full. 6 out 2 pipped one hasn’t started. All dark chicks so far. One has a lighter chest.

Go chickies go!!!! Sounds like a great hatch! I hope you get at least 1 splash! And i hope that last egg kicks in soon!

What's funny about mine, I finally got a good look at all the chicks when mom was out dirt bathing. I have 13 chicks.....I only had 12 viable eggs. None of the eggs were super big. I didn't notice anything weird when I candled. Although I really only candled day 15 when the incubator crashed, and again as I locked them down. Final count 2 cockeral, 4 pullet 55 flowery hens, 2 splash, and 5 blue Silverudds.

On a different topic - I'm just about to start a mealworm farm. Anyone else doing this? It actually sounds kind of fun. Way more fun than my Red Wigglers were.....

 

[Pensmaster]

Go chickies go!!!! Sounds like a great hatch! I hope you get at least 1 splash! And i hope that last egg kicks in soon!

What's funny about mine, I finally got a good look at all the chicks when mom was out dirt bathing. I have 13 chicks.....I only had 12 viable eggs. None of the eggs were super big. I didn't notice anything weird when I candled. Although I really only candled day 15 when the incubator crashed, and again as I locked them down. Final count 2 cockeral, 4 pullet 55 flowery hens, 2 splash, and 5 blue Silverudds.

On a different topic - I'm just about to start a mealworm farm. Anyone else doing this? It actually sounds kind of fun. Way more fun than my Red Wigglers were.....

Terrific hatch.
Weird on extra chick the saga continues.
Yes I’m still hopeful for a splash.
I have tried the mealworms. They eat a lot. They particularly like chick starter. It’s too cold now for them to do well here. Chicks absolutely loved them when I had enough for them to eat.
Well calling it a night here.

 

[Pensmaster]

Oh and two have the lighter chests.

 

[Jessimom]

Oh and two have the lighter chests.

I have one that has a really unusual face, lighter in spots. She told me that she heard that some of the second generation have had a mottled gene.

I've been watching a ton of videos on mealworms and I"m stunned at how aggressively they go after food, at all stages of development (except the caccoon stage).