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

[Sally Sunshine]

They're pretty dirty, lol. Plan is to use my RCOM 20 at about 35-40% humidity. I won't spray them, not because I feel strongly about spraying... I'm just too lazy! I'll post some pictures of the eggs and then maybe you could tell me what you would do.

-Kathy

I didn't notice any wisecracks about Kathy having "pony" in her screen name. What... you only have issues with flying ponies??????

I was gonna tell you about Kathy but she took care of it for me!

Hello @casportpony AKA Kathy

I have 34 eggs for the NYD HAL.

Here are a few of the little buggers.



















The air cells seem to be doing great, what do you all think? The last pic is a very large egg, so the air cell matches the egg size.

was this your day 7 ? looks good to me sweets! all eggs arent going to be exact loss most cases, so you have to run with the majority anyways, but that last egg looks just like the others if its a good big fat egg!

-Kathy

see ovate winks

Don't worry about me, I'm not going anywhere, lol.

-Kathy

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Just watching my son's graduation on internet...

your sons graduation?

OK SALLY AND OTHERS:

The chick with the attached unabsorbed yolk sack is in the brooder, is alert and seems normal so far. He drank some gatorade and has food access. Has been iodined. Anything else I can or should do?

Since he is drinking and eating, will he maybe make it? Or does that not matter?

that is a good sign and all the others said well of it BJ!! just get that thing hangin dried out and dont touch it, it should fall off on its own in several days. just dont want infection or other chicks pickin at him.

Yesterday she helped me corral the ducks 1 million times. She's not bad at it! I fixed the fence after each time, but couldn't figure out how they were escaping. Meanwhile, she did her thing. It was pretty cute.

She left late last night. I was with her again today to run errands, but it was short.
And it's true! Not killing myself is an accomplishment! I just moved 300# of feed with a little plastic thing. It about plowed me over on the hill.
Moved six beds around, and one mattress bowed as I passed the steps and almost threw me down the steps with it!

MC why do I see that first post of you with those mattresses as myself.... lol cept I WOULD have gone down them!
I am glad the sleepin situation works for her. Now figure out how to get me to sleep!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

You say that like its a bad thing???

 

[Bejammie]

His yolk sack was torn before I got there, I think....i saw what looked like yolk in the bator.

How do I know if he has taken a turn for the worse? Will he just kill over and die?

He seems tired, but fine so far. His yolk sack is almost completely gone, he is on paper towels and not moving very much since he is by himself and has nowhere to go, lol.


A cute little bugger, he is my only game egg to hatch...i was wanting a game hen as a broody.

Ok so far, out of 24 eggs viable at day 14, I have 4 hatched (3 in good shape, 1 egg yolk attached too early a hatch), 4 external pips, two of which are actual holes now and two of which are barely busted eggs that have been that way since about 11 this a.m.

My incubator temp randomly dropped to 90, only for a few mins and its climbing again...I thought it was strange. Maybe some of the water cooled it off that i'm adding through my hose system.

I was wanting a HIGHER hatch rate than last time, obviously this will not be the case. If the external pips make it, I will have 7 healthy and 1 maybe-ok chicks. Bleh.

You think any hope for the non pips yet?

 

[kwhites634]

Don't worry about me, I'm not going anywhere, lol.

-Kathy

Glad to hear that, and Welcome to the zoo

@Ur-ur-ur-urrr You see that? I guess the gloves can come off now

 

[Bejammie]

If he makes it, I'll name him Gator for the gatorade lol

 

[Sally Sunshine]

His yolk sack was torn before I got there, I think....i saw what looked like yolk in the bator.

How do I know if he has taken a turn for the worse? Will he just kill over and die? he wont move too much and labor breathing

He seems tired, but fine so far. His yolk sack is almost completely gone, he is on paper towels and not moving very much since he is by himself and has nowhere to go, lol.
yolk sack is almost gone? got pics? see if you can scramble some egg yolk and give him bits to eat. or that of hardboiled

A cute little bugger, he is my only game egg to hatch...i was wanting a game hen as a broody.
dont loose hope yet! she just may be your little Broody Hope!

Ok so far, out of 24 eggs viable at day 14, I have 4 hatched (3 in good shape, 1 egg yolk attached too early a hatch), 4 external pips, two of which are actual holes now and two of which are barely busted eggs that have been that way since about 11 this a.m.

My incubator temp randomly dropped to 90, only for a few mins and its climbing again...I thought it was strange. Maybe some of the water cooled it off that i'm adding through my hose system.
your fine.

I was wanting a HIGHER hatch rate than last time, obviously this will not be the case. If the external pips make it, I will have 7 healthy and 1 maybe-ok chicks. Bleh.

You think any hope for the non pips yet? give them time I am not sure whats going on in there

 

[Bejammie]

sorry for the stream of conciousness posting, lol

My mom in law said if I need to cull him, she will do it for me. She's the best. I currently have two rooms in her 3 room house occupied by chickens and horse tack and antiques lol...sometimes i love her more than I love Chase lol

 

[Sally Sunshine]

sorry for the stream of conciousness posting, lol

My mom in law said if I need to cull him, she will do it for me. She's the best. I currently have two rooms in her 3 room house occupied by chickens and horse tack and antiques lol...sometimes i love her more than I love Chase lol

why apologize I never do

need some entertainment

awww thats cool you have such a good relationship, makes me miss my Aunt even more reading your post.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

@Rod-T I see you there

you know I was thinking about you and your pup. You have been busy I take it?

 

[FridayYet]

Hi Sally & Co.