How long a baby chick can survive in incubator?

[yakitori]

So based on OP's theory, was your RO taken out of the incubator too early or left in to wait for hatch mates I don't understand where OP is getting their fake news but now I'm totally confused on the possible reasoning behind this.

I would think that it certainly is a possibility...? But it doesn’t mean we have to be like Op and kill all other theories and established facts, haha.
If they didn’t speak in absolutes this conversation would have been much more educational and interesting

 

[HeatherKellyB]

I would think that it certainly is a possibility...? But it doesn’t mean we have to be like Op and kill all other theories and established facts, haha.
If they didn’t speak in absolutes this conversation would have been much more educational and interesting

Agree 100% I love how we're on the same page

 

[NatJ]

So based on OP's theory, was your RO taken out of the incubator too early or left in to wait for hatch mates I don't understand where OP is getting their fake news

I have read that for commercial production, it can be important to have all the chicks hatch within a narrow time window, remove them all from the incubator at once, and start them all on feed & water at the same time.

If you give some of them a few hours' head start on eating, they will be bigger and stronger than the other chicks, and can push them away to get an unfair share of feed. That makes a big difference when the Cornish Cross go on restricted feed, because you want them to all get equal amounts. It also makes a difference with layers that need to reach a certain body size before they are exposed to longer daylength to start laying. In each case, the goal is to have the birds grow as uniformly as possible.

These conditions matter in large commercial flocks, but NOT in the typical backyard flock.

And if you have multiple breeds in one flock, you can absolutely forget about having them grow uniformly enough for such details to matter!

 

[SarahLadd]

oooh please update when she lays eggs. My RO lays fairly small eggs...almost as small as my bantam. She was apparently from townline hatchery, so Im wondering whether its that particular stock...

What's she look like for size? My bird is looking like she's gonna be a behemoth. If she outclasses my orpington in girth I think I'd giggle every time I'd get an egg and have it be bantam size. She's supposed to start laying in a week or so. Supposedly, anyway, but I wouldn't be shocked if it takes a lot longer, all I hear on orloffs is how absurdly slow they mature.

 

[yakitori]

What's she look like for size? My bird is looking like she's gonna be a behemoth. If she outclasses my orpington in girth I think I'd giggle every time I'd get an egg and have it be bantam size. She's supposed to start laying in a week or so. Supposedly, anyway, but I wouldn't be shocked if it takes a lot longer, all I hear on orloffs is how absurdly slow they mature.

Both of mine were on the small side... I expected them to grow much larger but in the flock with BSL and EEs, they were the smallest.

I’m going out of town tomorrow, but I can weigh mine the day after and maybe we can compare...

Meanwhile, here are the eggs laid today
>>left to right is
RO 46g - Satin 39g - EE 59g

which according to USDA sizing is:
Small - Small - Large

 

[HeatherKellyB]

I have read that for commercial production, it can be important to have all the chicks hatch within a narrow time window, remove them all from the incubator at once, and start them all on feed & water at the same time.

If you give some of them a few hours' head start on eating, they will be bigger and stronger than the other chicks, and can push them away to get an unfair share of feed. That makes a big difference when the Cornish Cross go on restricted feed, because you want them to all get equal amounts. It also makes a difference with layers that need to reach a certain body size before they are exposed to longer daylength to start laying. In each case, the goal is to have the birds grow as uniformly as possible.

These conditions matter in large commercial flocks, but NOT in the typical backyard flock.

And if you have multiple breeds in one flock, you can absolutely forget about having them grow uniformly enough for such details to matter!

I can respect that and admit that maybe I took OP in the wrong way. For OP to say that one thing is definitive for all birds on a backyard chicken site, whenever the info OP is seeking it's actually more in line with commercial farming is where I am just like "wait.... What? I don't think my pullet/hen was there for that info...". I guess I was being childish and for that, I apologize.

Edited to add: @NatJ i appreciate your time and enjoy learning from the stuff you share here. I didn't want you to think I was being anything but honest and respectful with you

 

[K0k0shka]

I can respect that and admit that maybe I took OP in the wrong way. For OP to say that one thing is definitive for all birds on a backyard chicken site, whenever the info OP is seeking it's actually more in line with commercial farming is where I am just like "wait.... What? I don't think my pullet/hen was there for that info...". I guess I was being childish and for that, I apologize.

OP should apologize, not you. There are different ways to say the same thing, and it makes a difference in what kind of conversation you end up having. The way @NatJ worded it, it sounds perfectly reasonable and is much closer to the truth. And it invites a civil conversation. OP read a grain of truth somewhere, wrapped it in absolutes and came on here guns a-blazin trying to force some narrow rule into the wrong context and pretend like that’s the only truth. You were right to have a WTF reaction to that. Seems like a lot of us did.

 

[SarahLadd]

Both of mine were on the small side... I expected them to grow much larger but in the flock with BSL and EEs, they were the smallest.

I’m going out of town tomorrow, but I can weigh mine the day after and maybe we can compare...

Meanwhile, here are the eggs laid today
>>left to right is
RO 46g - Satin 39g - EE 59g

which according to USDA sizing is:
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Oh interesting. How old is your orloff? Bird photo tax?

 

[yakitori]

A few weeks over a year old
Where did you get yours?

One was an annoying constant talker, so I gave her away a couple of weeks back. The one I have left is always trying to get into the house for cat food

You can’t really tell from the photos, but the difference in weight is fairly obvious when I pick them up.

 

[SarahLadd]

A few weeks over a year old
Where did you get yours?

One was an annoying constant talker, so I gave her away a couple of weeks back. The one I have left is always trying to get into the house for cat food

You can’t really tell from the photos, but the difference in weight is fairly obvious when I pick them up.

Tarbox Hollow in dixon NE. I think my bird has the "no muff or beard" gene. She is basically a wattle-less chicken.

Yours looks like what greenfire farms has as their "mahogany" birds. Mine is very richly spangled all over.