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

[BullChick]

Thank you!!

I will put them upright in egg cartons, and won't turn until Monday. At that point, should I keep them upright in egg cartons and tip them left to right manually? If so, how often should I do this? Or, can I take advantage of the auto turner (with the down side being that they have to be on their side for this to work)?

Also, is it necessary to cut the bottom out of the egg cartons?

I believe you are supposed to keep upright throughout. As for the holes, yes. You need there to be airflow to the bottom of the eggs.

 

[Leave a LightOn]

She's my special girl.... She will come over when she sees me, jumping on my lap, sometimes sharing a treat with me. The stresses of the day just melt away into nothing, and I leave completely happy..... I price that at about a million.

If nothing else, she is incredibly good for my mental and therefore physical health. Other chickens may come running when I have food, but she doesn't want snacks.... I have yet to come across another chicken like her. She was sitting in the hammock with me the other day.... I just love her.....

Awwww! Is this you? j/k



@daxigait this is the real Jace in a BYC picture of Banti's:

I think it was BYC pic of the week when first posted!

 

[Lynn Manes]

Me o ve your

K, thanks. I've been meaning to cover my fence, but I haven't gotten around to it. I should get busy! bbl

I love your coop and the way you built your run. So, is that how your chickens range? I'm just curious,bc when time comes that we can leave CA & buy more land,I know we'll be dealing with predators, which we dont have now. I've wondered how to keep the hens safe and still let them range. This looks like a perfect setup.Around here,when marketing eggs for sale, everyone goes nuts when they hear the words free range & cage free, which we put on our cartons.I'm not exactly sure what constitutes free ranging other than letting them go where they may outside a closed in coop area.Ours are out in the yard all day wandering around and doing their thing.If they were in a run like yours, would that still be considered free ranging? I sure wish my grandmother and great aunt were still alive. They both raised huge flocks of chickens on big farms. I was just a little kid, but I never once heard either of them speak about losing birds to predators, and they were both in southern IL, so I'm sure there were predators around back there.I know I could have learned alot from both ladies

 

[Akrnaf2]

Me o ve your

K, thanks. I've been meaning to cover my fence, but I haven't gotten around to it. I should get busy! bbl

I love your coop and the way you built your run. So, is that how your chickens range? I'm just curious,bc when time comes that we can leave CA & buy more land,I know we'll be dealing with predators, which we dont have now. I've wondered how to keep the hens safe and still let them range. This looks like a perfect setup.Around here,when marketing eggs for sale, everyone goes nuts when they hear the words free range & cage free, which we put on our cartons.I'm not exactly sure what constitutes free ranging other than letting them go where they may outside a closed in coop area.Ours are out in the yard all day wandering around and doing their thing.If they were in a run like yours, would that still be considered free ranging? I sure wish my grandmother and great aunt were still alive. They both raised huge flocks of chickens on big farms. I was just a little kid, but I never once heard either of them speak about losing birds to predators, and they were both in southern IL, so I'm sure there were predators around back there.I know I could have learned alot from both ladies

I am very sorry ! I didn't say that it isn't mine! I should have say it! This pic is a pic I have found in the Internet, as an example for netting!

 

[Lynn Manes]

Hey all. Incubating another batch of eggs. These were shipped and some have jiggly or saddle shaped air cells. I have let them rest for 24 hrs. I plan to hatch upright this time, BUT my problem is that my turner is horizontal and I will be away from the incubator for the first 3 days. Turning upright by hand is not an option. Help me clarify a few things from what I have read…. Do I leave the eggs upright and do not turn the first 3 days? Then lay them down horizontally and let the turner do the work? Or do I flip a coin and lay them down from the get-go, letting the turner do the work and then put them upright in cartons at Lockdown? Thanks!!

Keep them upright. Not turning the first three days isn't as bad (actually, it could be good depending on if there are detached air cells) as laying them down.

He may not get it, but I do.It has been four years this month, but I miss my pretty boy (Corsario) every day. What I wouldn't give to here him greet me the minute I open a car or house door again. Forever my pretty boy. I miss you sooooo.

so cute

Am I that bad with names, or are you new to this thread? Hi either way!

I'm not new here.I got married in June, so I changed my name here.You might remember me as Lynn Hill.I've been awol from BYC for quite a while, too, trying to reorganize my life & plan my wedding basically. And thanks for asking, bc I was afraid everyone wouldn't know me now

 

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