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

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ChickenCanoe said:
We have a few invasive bird species. Actually there are almost 100 nonnative bird species in the US. Also, I'm sad to say, lots of invasive fish and reptile and mammal species. And don't get me started on invasive plants. Half of my time gardening
There are 7 of our most common non-native bird species. I think they differentiate non-native and invasive. Invasive are those that have a negative impact on other species or the environment in general.
Some moron who was enamored with Shakespeare decided that it would be a good idea to introduce to North America, all the species of birds mentioned in Shakespeare's works. Those included European Starlings and House Sparrows. Starlings do $800 million in crop damage every year. House sparrows (AKA English Sparrow) are one of the most common birds in the US driving native birds from nesting places.
I have a friend who is a primate expert who used to work at the St. Louis Zoo and every time she learns of some people bringing in nonnative species, she declares, "people are scum". I concur.
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I agree COMPLETELY, a lot of damage came after some naive perception of pepole abaout nature....
I distinguish between Introduced to invasive species. We have here a crow species the Indian crow Corvus splendens
that is Naturally expanding his living range and came Israel from India-Irak-jordan.
in this case I don't have any problem, because it is a natural process.
Corvus splendens
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Pensmaster said:
Yeah. Happy Fourth of July Ken
How’s your hatch go about a
month ago. I managed 4 of 8 shipped BCM
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The 5 that were due last week of May did nothing. Out of 12 due 6/21, 7 were clear, 1 broke a tiny hole, but died before he could get further, & 1 took about 3 days to get 3/4 of the cap off, plenty of strength the whole time, but just couldn't get it done. I finally tried to help, careful not to break any skin (membrane pretty stuck in some places), but he didn't make it.

Had a fairly high temp spike early on that didn't help anything.

I think my rooster's having trouble getting hens bred; he has spurs longer than any I've personally seen. They interfere to the point that he has to "goose step" when he walks; looks like Hitler's troops in formation. He's subject to falling on his face if he tries to run 'cause he gets tangled in his spurs. He hasn't been handled since he was a chick; don't know that he'd sit still for being run down, caught, and flipped onto his back to have his spurs trimmed, 'specially since it would take multiple times to get the spurs short enough to make a difference.
 
kwhites634 said:
The 5 that were due last week of May did nothing. Out of 12 due 6/21, 7 were clear, 1 broke a tiny hole, but died before he could get further, & 1 took about 3 days to get 3/4 of the cap off, plenty of strength the whole time, but just couldn't get it done. I finally tried to help, careful not to break any skin (membrane pretty stuck in some places), but he didn't make it.

Had a fairly high temp spike early on that didn't help anything.

I think my rooster's having trouble getting hens bred; he has spurs longer than any I've personally seen. They interfere to the point that he has to "goose step" when he walks; looks like Hitler's troops in formation. He's subject to falling on his face if he tries to run 'cause he gets tangled in his spurs. He hasn't been handled since he was a chick; don't know that he'd sit still for being run down, caught, and flipped onto his back to have his spurs trimmed, 'specially since it would take multiple times to get the spurs short enough to make a difference.
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I wish I could see it walking like a Wermachat soldier LOL!
Are you familiar with this technic?
 

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