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

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BantyChooks said:
They did it!!
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https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1113554/other-poultry-types-pic-of-the-week-pow#post_17155278



I have been waiting for a long time to see if they would make this a feature. Now there will be DUCKS on BYC's homepage.
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kwhites634 said:
Looks like you & @MotorcycleChick were right about broodies sometimes taking longer breaks in the early stages. I just went out & found her setting on her empty nest again, so I put the two eggs from earlier back in with her. She tried to eat me up again, so I guess she's more committed than I gave her credit for. I'll just mark new ones every day 'til she quits laying & see what happens. I might start candling 10-15 times a day, starting tomorrow; haven't decided yet.

You asked earlier what breed she is. All 5 of the hens are RSL's. They're not known for broodiness, as far as I know, but the single hen I had from my previous flock (also RSL) stayed broody from June-August last year. Unfortunately, I lost her earlier this year @ 3-4 yrs. old; found her dead in the coop one morning. I consider myself lucky to have had two go broody in as many years. I kept straight RIR's for years, and always had at least one rooster with them, but never did have one willing to set for more than a couple days.
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I've seen them off for hours when the temperature was hot. We're trying to achieve an internal egg temperature. A clutch of eggs in a bunch in hot weather can stay warm inside for a long time.
If she seems persistent, don't candle 10-15 times a day or I'll start calling you CH. You can't provide more ideal conditions than under the hen so just ignore her and the eggs. If one or more of the eggs isn't fertile or doesn't make it, it's no big deal. It doesn't necessarily have to be removed. I never do.
Just make sure she can get food and water during the day when she chooses.
I've had hens during the middle of incubation that only came off the nest every other day.
You're right that they're not known for broodiness but neither are leghorns and I had a black Leghorn raise about 5 broods of chicks for me.
When we had 100 white leghorns, there were often 2 or 3 hens in broody jail. We had no roosters in the flock then. They were for commercial egg sales to restaurants.


chicken hawk 33 said:
Hello all anyone own fish tanka
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No but I used to run a lot of tanks.
I had tropical, temperate and aquatic terrariums.
I still have some but the only one running now has fathead minnows in it to put into the rain garden for minnow control.

runt325 said:
yall the chicks that I have when I got them their poop was wartery and then I gave them wormer and probotics the poop went back to normal and it has been that way ever since I gave them that
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Watery diarrhea in baby chicks isn't uncommon. It could be stress or too high heat. They take in more water when they're hot which = watery diarrhea.
If a problem were present, it could be campylobacteriosis or infectious bursal disease, NOT worms.
Campylobacteriosis, from a bacteria has no effective treatment. It is spread by flies, cockroaches or rodents. IMHO, that is most likely what killed your chick.
Infectious Bursal Disease comes from a virus and resembles coccidiosis which is why many people treat for that. Again, no effective treatment. It can be spread by insects, rodents, shoes, dust, etc..
Both are common.
The poop went back to normal because of the probiotics, not the wormer.

I've had chickens a long time. I may have even lost one or more to coccidiosis but I don't think so. I think it is over diagnosed just like ACHD in children.
I used medicated feed once in my life and treated chickens with amprolium twice.
Keeping bedding bone dry and food in feeders is all I've needed to do to control coccidia.
 
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kwhites634 said:
Looks like you & @MotorcycleChick were right about broodies sometimes taking longer breaks in the early stages. I just went out & found her setting on her empty nest again, so I put the two eggs from earlier back in with her. She tried to eat me up again, so I guess she's more committed than I gave her credit for. I'll just mark new ones every day 'til she quits laying & see what happens. I might start candling 10-15 times a day, starting tomorrow; haven't decided yet.

You asked earlier what breed she is. All 5 of the hens are RSL's. They're not known for broodiness, as far as I know, but the single hen I had from my previous flock (also RSL) stayed broody from June-August last year. Unfortunately, I lost her earlier this year @ 3-4 yrs. old; found her dead in the coop one morning. I consider myself lucky to have had two go broody in as many years. I kept straight RIR's for years, and always had at least one rooster with them, but never did have one willing to set for more than a couple days.
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I also wanted to mention that eggs the first few days can vary in temperature apparently without too many problems.

If you read the part about early cooling in the following link you'll see what I mean.
http://www.brinsea.com/Articles/Advice/PowerOff.aspx

There's evidence that pre-storage incubation of eggs can improve hatchability in eggs stored for long periods.
In my mind, that means a hen sitting for a day and taking a day off doesn't hurt.
 
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