INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[SilverHair]

pics of three newbies I picked up this morning and the new bator

I'll send pics of the new ones later when then camera is charged I hope

 

[Jessimom]

Cause I spent quite a bit of time on it and that would wreck it!
-Banti

I love the soccer ball, although I never did see it as that, I saw a fluffy chicken!!!!

I'm not sure I can ever get this LG truly clean.... It had 6 month old quail shells and yolk all over it from a failed hatch, spiderwebs, dirt, a thick layer of dust...... Even the bleach soak I did when I first got it didn't get it all out!

-Banti

I take mine out back and wash it with a high pressure nozzle. I put a tarp down, two heavy buckets on either side, so that it stays in place. It gets most of the gunk off. What's left, I scrub it. So far, I only have one discoloration stain that I can't get rid of. I'll have to try peroxide.

For those that use peroxide - do you dilute it? Or use the same strength that we use on our cuts?

All six of six hatched.Sox new baby Silkie.I can't believe I got a white from my pair of blacks

Congratulations!! Someone told me that if my black silkie that mated with my white hens, and I got a black chick from them, that roo would carry the white gene. If that roo mates with my white hens (possibly it's mother), there is a chance it will be white. So your black roo must have had a white ancestor.

Hey guys if I put my 2 seperate orders of shipped eggs together ( they are a day apart) together in my new incubator how would I do lockdown?
Edit- guess I should add I've already got them in 2 seperate incubators. They are cheap ones that keep have drastic temp highs and lows. I just bought a new incubator to move them to before they get fried. Just not sure how to do lockdown if the eggs are a day apart.. hope that helps a bit.

I do staggered hatches all the time. Mine are usually at least 3 or more days apart. At 3 days or less, I have locked them all down at the same time. I just have to be really careful with the humidity when I take out the dry babies from the earlier hatch.

I try to keep at least 5 days between, that gives me a day or two to clean the incubator and set it up again. Congrats on the new Brinsea. I have 2 of them. One the temps are SPOT ON, the other is off by 1 degree. So make sure you calibrate it!! Good luck!!!



@MotorcycleChick - I'm so sorry about your knee!! I have landed on my knee cap before and that is WAY MORE painful that just hitting your leg. I hope it starts to feel better soon!!!

@daxigait - Again, congrats on the piggy sale! I'm so glad that it wasn't as bad as you expected!!!

I have been taking my daughter to equestrian therapy since she was 3. Horses are AMAZING creatures, and I'm sure they are why she is walking as well as she is.

@Sally Sunshine - Hi!! I'm glad that you seem to be feeling better!! How are the puppies doing?



Well, last night started day 19, and I needed to lock down my latest batch. I was tired, and stayed at a friends house, so my father was kind enough to move the eggs into the lock down bator I had set up the other day. When I candled on day 17, I marked the low points, where I thought they would pip, so he just had to lay them down, with the marks facing up! Only problem is, there were 6 seramas that were only on day 14, in the same bator. He didn't want to move them. I told him where those were situated, but he moved eggs based on the markings on the eggs. He left 8 eggs behind. So, I might have 2 eggs hatch in the turner. It's happened before.....

Happy Hatching everyone!

 

[h2oratt]

That's good cause I already have a question lol

 

[BantyChooks]

I love the soccer ball, although I never did see it as that, I saw a fluffy chicken!!!!

I take mine out back and wash it with a high pressure nozzle. I put a tarp down, two heavy buckets on either side, so that it stays in place. It gets most of the gunk off. What's left, I scrub it. So far, I only have one discoloration stain that I can't get rid of. I'll have to try peroxide.

For those that use peroxide - do you dilute it? Or use the same strength that we use on our cuts?

LOL

Good idea!! Man, I need to save all this stuff!
-Banti

 

[h2oratt]

All six of six hatched.Sox new baby Silkie.I can't believe I got a white from my pair of blacks

In canines it is a recessive gene. Both parents had the white gene as a recessive. When they combined you got a white chick.

 

[prizepete]

@Sally Sunshine

I must have missed it... what breed are your little goats?



This is my little oberhasli Doeling!

 

[5Sons Coop]

Hey guys if I put my 2 seperate orders of shipped eggs together ( they are a day apart) together in my new incubator how would I do lockdown?
Edit- guess I should add I've already got them in 2 seperate incubators. They are cheap ones that keep have drastic temp highs and lows. I just bought a new incubator to move them to before they get fried. Just not sure how to do lockdown if the eggs are a day apart.. hope that helps a bit.

Please keep in mind I am a novice but always let shipped eggs acclimate before setting. The mail comes at 2:00p.m. I set the next morning. I would let the first order acclimate a little longer and the second a little less and set late at night.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: dang I am bleach queen

Quote:

Quote: To much carb. Not inofgh vitamins and minerals!
Add some almonds and nuts and some dry cranberries and you are good!

Hi everyone, I'm new and my name is jennifer. I've been lurking a bit but was waiting a little while to introduce myself. I'm about a week in to my first experience incubating and hatching eggs. I have a mix of shipped Ameracaunas, easter egger, olive eggers and black copper marans. I'll probably be in and out. Thanks.

Welcome Jennifer!

I was doing good staying away from the coffee this morning, but that is one thing you guys and gals are no help with

you cant have java? oh man that sucks!

Hey guys if I put my 2 seperate orders of shipped eggs together ( they are a day apart) together in my new incubator how would I do lockdown?
Edit- guess I should add I've already got them in 2 seperate incubators. They are cheap ones that keep have drastic temp highs and lows. I just bought a new incubator to move them to before they get fried. Just not sure how to do lockdown if the eggs are a day apart.. hope that helps a bit.

only a day apart, candle both sets day 18 of the first and see what you got going on in both sets, if they are starting to draw down big time or you have internals you need to lock down, if not you can candle every six to eight hours a few and see whats going on and then lock down when you see it happening. Glad to have you with us!

I took some pictures since i couldn't add a vid

you

dawwwwww

 

[5Sons Coop]

I took some pictures since i couldn't add a vid

How is the cough? Have you tried a few sips of ice cold drinking water followed by warm....worked on a sneezing chick once that must of had something plugged or caught in somewhere.

 

[daxigait]

To much carb. Not inofgh vitamins and minerals!
Add some almonds and nuts and some dry cranberries and you are good!

Do you have a general weekly suggested menu? I wonder if I could try for half as healthy?