Hands on hatching and help

[AmyLynn2374]

That's a good deal to make! You had some really pretty birds going.

Ty, yes. Out of my last silkie hatch I finally got my first real splash, female and that’s what I intended on breeding for this year in hopes of concentrating on just splash/blues and blacks. But we will see what happens over the next year. Dad has gotten really bad too. We believe it’s Parkinson’s dementia with hallucinations, so we’re headed to specialists. With everything going on it’s been getting harder to take care of both flocks, especially in this crappy NY winter. I might wait to go back to raising a while anyway. I thought about posting on Craigslist services to incubate for others if they provide the eggs, just to get my fill, but I don’t know yet. We’ll see.

 

[ronott1]

Thank you. It is.



The one that is supposed to take my silkies is my mechanic’s wife, and it’s under the understanding that if at any point I want to restart, I get eggs from my original flock free of charge.

I have a friend that is supposed to be taking about half of my layer flock and I’m hoping I can convince her to take at least a couple of my Spitz, and she wants the roo, so I could get eggs from my Spitz too if I were to get back into it.

You will have chickens again.

There is a way to raise quail in an apartment.....

 

[AmyLynn2374]

You will have chickens again.

There is a way to raise quail in an apartment.....

lol. My son’s been wanting bobwhite quail for a couple years...lol however, in NY if I understand what I read there is something about needing permits and restrictions...

I think coutnix (is that the right name?) is the most common.

 

[ronott1]

lol. My son’s been wanting bobwhite quail for a couple years...lol however, in NY if I understand what I read there is something about needing permits and restrictions...

I think coutnix (is that the right name?) is the most common.

You need permits in some places for wild Quail. I do not think you need a permit for coturnix. They are domesticated and are not considered wild life

I will likely get some this year

 

[Pyxis]

I think coutnix (is that the right name?) is the most common.

Really sorry that you have to give your birds up But at least it sounds like youre going to be able to get eggs back from them when you start up again.

If you decide you want to do quail let me know, and I can send you some button quail eggs They'd be perfect little apartment poultry.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

You need permits in some places for wild Quail. I do not think you need a permit for coturnix. They are domesticated and are not considered wild life

I will likely get some this year

Ok I’ve never seen restrictions on courtnix. One of our Amish families had the bob white and we had taken some roosters to them and my son just fell in love with them. Lol

Really sorry that you have to give your birds up But at least it sounds like youre going to be able to get eggs back from them when you start up again.

If you decide you want to do quail let me know, and I can send you some button quail eggs They'd be perfect little apartment poultry.

It’s hard up here just to find a place that allows pets period. One of the problems we’re having is I have a rather big dog. Those that will allow pets restrict it to a cat and or small dog. And then a lot of them want a $250 non refundable pet deposit per animal. It’s so frustrating.

 

[mcolbert]

Ok I have successfully helped a number of ducklings in my past hatchings. I had to help the first one this go around as it piped externally and no progress with a lot of discoloring on the shell. That one is out and doing well.. I have another that I may have jumped the gun on putting in a safety hole in. It looked to have internally piped over 12 hrs ago, I was concerned that it would die. My question is that I don't know if it is normal for the membrane to be white? As soon as I finished putting in the safety hole I used a light to candle and see into the hold and the membrane around the duckling is all white. Worried it's drying out?

 

[WVduckchick]

Ok I have successfully helped a number of ducklings in my past hatchings. I had to help the first one this go around as it piped externally and no progress with a lot of discoloring on the shell. That one is out and doing well.. I have another that I may have jumped the gun on putting in a safety hole in. It looked to have internally piped over 12 hrs ago, I was concerned that it would die. My question is that I don't know if it is normal for the membrane to be white? As soon as I finished putting in the safety hole I used a light to candle and see into the hold and the membrane around the duckling is all white. Worried it's drying out?

The outer membrane will be white, but the inner membrane should be clear and moist.

 

[mcolbert]

The outer membrane will be white, but the inner membrane should be clear and moist.

What if the inner membrane is all white and dry and there is zero pip? What would you do?

 

[Pyxis]

What if the inner membrane is all white and dry and there is zero pip? What would you do?

If it were my egg, I'd moisten the membrane down with coconut oil and assess the progress of absorption, and then go from there.