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

[ChickenCanoe]

https://apple.news/AhyBCjgCARZO4sE-tNcSS_Q

@ChickenCanoe Did you see this?

That's brilliant. It's about time someone developed a brain.
Humans have made a mess of fragile ecosystems.
I remember reading a story around 1960 about the problems in Australia due to importations of invasive species. Someone had the brilliant idea to import rabbits. With no natural enemies, they quickly became a plague.

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Then some idiot had the brilliant idea that an importation of cats would be a good control. The cats found that wild birds were easier to catch than the rabbits. In turn they caused two thirds of all the extinctions on the continent. The rabbits remained.

Then another moron thought that dogs and foxes could control the cats. The dogs decided that it was much easier and more fun to harass sea lions - Australian sea lions are the most endangered pinnipeds in the world. The foxes found easier targets in native burrowing mammals.
Introduction of cats to every continent may well be the one human act that has been responsible for the most wildlife extinctions than any other human cause. Their contribution to the 6th mass extinction is only rivaled by the spread of rats around the globe.
https://gizmodo.com/feral-cats-are-an-ecological-disaster-1786809713
https://www.iflscience.com/plants-a...sible-for-driving-many-species-to-extinction/

 

[Akrnaf2]

@kwhites634 and @Pensmaster see this, I think you followed him on real time.

 

[Akrnaf2]

That's brilliant. It's about time someone developed a brain.
Humans have made a mess of fragile ecosystems.
I remember reading a story around 1960 about the problems in Australia due to importations of invasive species. Someone had the brilliant idea to import rabbits. With no natural enemies, they quickly became a plague.

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="

" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Then some idiot had the brilliant idea that an importation of cats would be a good control. The cats found that wild birds were easier to catch than the rabbits. In turn they caused two thirds of all the extinctions on the continent. The rabbits remained.

Then another moron thought that dogs and foxes could control the cats. The dogs decided that it was much easier and more fun to harass sea lions - Australian sea lions are the most endangered pinnipeds in the world. The foxes found easier targets in native burrowing mammals.
Introduction of cats to every continent may well be the one human act that has been responsible for the most wildlife extinctions than any other human cause. Their contribution to the 6th mass extinction is only rivaled by the spread of rats around the globe.
https://gizmodo.com/feral-cats-are-an-ecological-disaster-1786809713
https://www.iflscience.com/plants-a...sible-for-driving-many-species-to-extinction/

The semi solution was to intreduce the Myxomatosis virus.

 

[Pensmaster]

@kwhites634 and @Pensmaster see this, I think you followed him on real time.

Hey Benny been busy getting firebreaks in and making the road a little wider coming up to the house. Just in for a break. Had quite the hatch of Bresse the other day. Hoping this variety is more sustainable than the last.
How’s the wood work going for the knife?

 

[Madpolak]

Problems associated with incubating at high elevation are low oxygen, humidity and cold air. Introduction of ambient air to increase oxygen reduces humidity and bringing in cooler air can cause temperature issues.
The threshold seems to be 5,000' elevation.
I hope to be incubating at high elevation some day and I surmise that an oxygen concentrator may be the solution.
From what I've read is that when birds live and lay eggs at higher elevations have the ability to reduce the porosity of the egg shells. Air molecules move faster at elevation so more porous shells would lose moisture faster. Incubating eggs produced at sea level would cause particular problems when incubated at high elevations.
Maybe I'll raise birds at high elevation and incubate at low elevation.
https://thepoultrysite.com/articles/incubating-eggs-at-high-altitudes

Been taking the elevation factor into consideration also. Plug was pulled day 10 like they said. When I candled on day 14 looked like I had 18 of 26 that still looked viable. It's definitely trial and error up here in the clouds. I am at 6200 ft above sea level. Lock down is tomorrow so I will know how many to leave in the bator.

 

[LilJoe]

Day 20 on my serama eggs. This hen lays very slick eggs and I accidently dropped one candling day 18. Egg didnt break bad, theres just a tiny piece of shell missing exposing the membrane. I'm hoping it doesnt dry up. Right now the broke egg is rocking and I have another piping. ( set 12, candles at day 10 and 5 were clear. 7 still good at day 18)

 

[kwhites634]

@kwhites634 and @Pensmaster see this, I think you followed him on real time.

Sure did

 

[BullChick]

Day 20 on my serama eggs. This hen lays very slick eggs and I accidently dropped one candling day 18. Egg didnt break bad, theres just a tiny piece of shell missing exposing the membrane. I'm hoping it doesnt dry up. Right now the broke egg is rocking and I have another piping. ( set 12, candles at day 10 and 5 were clear. 7 still good at day 18)

What do you think about applying a coating of petroleum jelly or coconut oil?

 

[LilJoe]

What do you think about applying a coating of petroleum jelly or coconut oil?

I checked and sadly I dont have either of those

 

[BullChick]

A moist paper towel works too. If you see it drying out, wrap it up.

Vegetable oil probably works too. It’s been too long since I had to remember.