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[lindalouly]

This pic from my house of a Bulbul hatchling
My pic

not my pic

Those look like the baby chick I found today in my yard.

 

[audy5000g]

Night. Hope I didn't scare you off.

No way. I looked into it. And I desire honesty even if it's shocking. Lol. I think if my hubby does not just do it. I'll teach my son the jar and rubbing alcohol trick. Sigh.

But I'll first try to find it a loving home. Lots of animal lovers out there. I'm not one of them. But still don't want to kill them.

 

[Jessimom]

Night. Hope I didn't scare you off.

Night Linda!!

This pic from my house of a Bulbul hatchling
My pic

not my pic

Beautiful bird Benny!!!

 

[Iittle Chicken]

I had another Baby at 26 days !!

 

[Jessimom]

I had another Baby at 26 days !!

Wow!!! Congratulations. I always check on day 24 for life, and will pip the eggs on day 25, if I see any signs of life, but day 25 is the latest I've had hatch- and that was EARLY day 25. Did you need to help it?

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Those are great ideas, I think maybe we can do the DIY one I do have hardware cloth so that's a real possibility. Ok so another question. I'm a complete coward so I don't like putting zip ties on them ~ what's another non invasive tagging method because I won't hole punch and I don't know I was thinking nail polish lol but that's probably not good right?

I recently discovered (by accident) that if you use Blukote on a chick, it stays around FOREVER! I have a little dab that got on a baby's head just over his eye. It's still there 8 weeks later - if I keep him, I'll name him Prince for the purple eyeliner. In all seriousness, it lasted FOREVER on the down, and lasted about 4 weeks or more on his leg (the intended target). So if you have cohorts of chicks and can work out a system (left leg vs right leg vs head, etc.) it would be a very easy and non-intrusive way to mark them just out of the egg - you can then band them when they are bigger.

Quote: Boiled eggs! I can't believe no one mentioned boiled eggs!!!! Dax, I won't offer to be your wife (trust me, I'm too much of a PITA anyway, you wouldn't want me), but I WILL offer the advice of a busy person - keep a whole bunch of boiled eggs in the fridge. You just grab one or two, and shove them in a baggie or tupperware bag. They are fine out of the fridge for several hours, nicely room temp by lunch time (or in your case, a few hours).

Quote: I was all set to say how the Dollar store baskets were a miserable failure for me, and then you posted this! Brilliant! Not sure why I didn't think of it, but I'm totally doing this next time I hatch with more than one cohort...

To remove splinters, put wood glue on area cover with masking tape, let dry 30 minutes or so. Take tape off, splinters and most glue should adhere to masking tape. It has to be masking tape as it is made from wood fibers.

I am printing this out and taping it to my medicine cabinet (which will now contain wood glue and masking tape - along side the pack of cigarettes for bee sting first aid). You are my hero.

Microsoft forced windows 10 on me and that tied up the computer for a day.
I discovered chalkbrood (a fungus that kills larvae) in 2 of my hives so I'm dealing with that and it's supposed to rain for the next 6 days.
I'm also trying to use up all my mushroom plug spawn before the rain hits. Reishi, Maitake, Lion's Mane, Oyster and Shitake.

So sorry to hear about the bee drama. Love hearing about the mushroom spawn. I keep meaning to try this, even got a few books. No time to read them, though...

My son had a canoe accident yesterday. He and his girlfriend were on a leisurly trip on the Huzzah and Courtois and decided to float an extra 6 miles. The river split and they took the branch with the heaviest flow but halfway down they hit a log jam that spanned the river. The canoe went under and they lost everything. They ended up standing on the log jam. They thought they were the last ones down the river but another couple came along and helped them pull the canoe out.
She lost her keys and they had to have her car towed all the way back to St. L. to get her spare key. That's about a 100 mile tow.
His keys and their wallets/money/CCs were in her car.
They lost their clothes too. The outfitter gave them some clothes from the lost and found.

Yikes - so glad they were ok otherwise, though.

BTW, been meaning to ask - did you ever find a good (less expensive) source for potable water hoses? I am fixin' to set up automatic waterers in the runs for the summer, and plan on using that. Most of the spans are short enough that it may actually be reasonable to try (and I may set up a little hydrant near my coops anyway).

She SURVIVED!!!! She was by the coop when I got home

I wonder if she was up in the cedar tree or the barn. Who cares. She lived!

Oh wow!!!

You know, it bothers me that I think that Dotty was alive and just out and about being stupid and broody for several days before being attacked. But then I remember how carefully I tried to look for her the whole time. Silly little girl. So glad your girl survived!

Meanwhile, it may be overkill, but after Dotty I thought of some ideas about strategic enhancement of my fencing along the bottom to discourage the smaller predators from coming into my yard (could make me broke, of course - that's a lot of hardware cloth...)

Quote: Yeah, so sorry, but if you hatch, you have to think about what to do with the boys. And if you don't want to do it yourself, and decide to rehome them, be aware that sometimes they COULD go to be "bait" to train fighting cocks (at least around here), or someone's dinner and they just didn't tell you.

Trust me - my first time I let it go a little too long before culling the boys. They were all drawing blood from each other, and attacking the poor girls who were completely terrorized. It was so horrible. It is not a kindness to try to keep all boys. Best to plan ahead.

Quote: Not sure how old your children are, but it is always a good thing to know where your food comes from. This may be an opportunity. Meanwhile, I NEVER name a male chick unless I know I will keep him. And sometimes you have to cull anyway if they are mean or sickly.

Final comment - related to your original question. Depending on where you were reading the discussion. technically, when discussing breeding, "culling" just means removing from the gene pool. Some breeders use the term "cull" meaning they have decided a given bird will not be used to breed for some reason. It does not mandate that the bird be killed. For instance, some breeders "cull" a pullet/hen form a breeding program, and move her into a layer pen to produce eggs - just no babies.

For what it's worth...

- Ant Farm

 

[Jessimom]

I recently discovered (by accident) that if you use Blukote on a chick, it stays around FOREVER! I have a little dab that got on a baby's head just over his eye. It's still there 8 weeks later - if I keep him, I'll name him Prince for the purple eyeliner. In all seriousness, it lasted FOREVER on the down, and lasted about 4 weeks or more on his leg (the intended target). So if you have cohorts of chicks and can work out a system (left leg vs right leg vs head, etc.) it would be a very easy and non-intrusive way to mark them just out of the egg - you can then band them when they are bigger.

Boiled eggs! I can't believe no one mentioned boiled eggs!!!! Dax, I won't offer to be your wife (trust me, I'm too much of a PITA anyway, you wouldn't want me), but I WILL offer the advice of a busy person - keep a whole bunch of boiled eggs in the fridge. You just grab one or two, and shove them in a baggie or tupperware bag. They are fine out of the fridge for several hours, nicely room temp by lunch time (or in your case, a few hours).

I was all set to say how the Dollar store baskets were a miserable failure for me, and then you posted this! Brilliant! Not sure why I didn't think of it, but I'm totally doing this next time I hatch with more than one cohort...

I am printing this out and taping it to my medicine cabinet (which will now contain wood glue and masking tape - along side the pack of cigarettes for bee sting first aid). You are my hero.

So sorry to hear about the bee drama. Love hearing about the mushroom spawn. I keep meaning to try this, even got a few books. No time to read them, though...

Yikes - so glad they were ok otherwise, though.

BTW, been meaning to ask - did you ever find a good (less expensive) source for potable water hoses? I am fixin' to set up automatic waterers in the runs for the summer, and plan on using that. Most of the spans are short enough that it may actually be reasonable to try (and I may set up a little hydrant near my coops anyway).

Oh wow!!!

You know, it bothers me that I think that Dotty was alive and just out and about being stupid and broody for several days before being attacked. But then I remember how carefully I tried to look for her the whole time. Silly little girl. So glad your girl survived!

Meanwhile, it may be overkill, but after Dotty I thought of some ideas about strategic enhancement of my fencing along the bottom to discourage the smaller predators from coming into my yard (could make me broke, of course - that's a lot of hardware cloth...)

Yeah, so sorry, but if you hatch, you have to think about what to do with the boys. And if you don't want to do it yourself, and decide to rehome them, be aware that sometimes they COULD go to be "bait" to train fighting cocks (at least around here), or someone's dinner and they just didn't tell you.

Trust me - my first time I let it go a little too long before culling the boys. They were all drawing blood from each other, and attacking the poor girls who were completely terrorized. It was so horrible. It is not a kindness to try to keep all boys. Best to plan ahead.

Not sure how old your children are, but it is always a good thing to know where your food comes from. This may be an opportunity. Meanwhile, I NEVER name a male chick unless I know I will keep him. And sometimes you have to cull anyway if they are mean or sickly.

Final comment - related to your original question. Depending on where you were reading the discussion. technically, when discussing breeding, "culling" just means removing from the gene pool. Some breeders use the term "cull" meaning they have decided a given bird will not be used to breed for some reason. It does not mandate that the bird be killed. For instance, some breeders "cull" a pullet/hen form a breeding program, and move her into a layer pen to produce eggs - just no babies.

For what it's worth...

- Ant Farm

I will qualify on my dollar store basket hack, these worked in the Brinsea, but would not have worked in my incuview. I would need to also cap the ends of each basket in an open type setting.

I've also seen people say the put the baskets inside the laundry wash bags they sell at the dollar store. The bags you use to wash your delicates.

Great comment about culling.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

On that note, tonight is a first for me - first egg to table. First bird that I've hatched that I have cooked. (One of the Aloha Naked Necks - culled at 14 weeks.) He never had a name, and this was always in the cards for the boys in this hatch.



He had a happy life, much better than what he would have had if he were a "grocery store" chicken. And he had just one "bad day" handled with respect by me personally. He was delicious.

- Ant Farm

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I will qualify on my dollar store basket hack, these worked in the Brinsea, but would not have worked in my incuview. I would need to also cap the ends of each basket in an open type setting.

I've also seen people say the put the baskets inside the laundry wash bags they sell at the dollar store. The bags you use to wash your delicates.

Great comment about culling.

That's a great idea about the lingerie bags and the baskets being used together - I have a few of these, and will try that next time I hatch... Thanks!

- Ant Farm

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

OK, so now *I've* killed the thread... Oh well.

Just as well - I need to head to bed now. Ciao!

- Ant Farm