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

[sonshine15]

UPDATE: ​

I have pulled extremely helpful NOTES, LINKS & ​

Informational Post Links from this entire thread ​

for EVERYONE'S convenience and will continue to put them HERE:​

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubating-w-friends-helpful-notes-links-informational-post-links


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INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! ​

A place to Hatch, Learn, Chat,
& Meet new Friends!
When I came back to BYC after an illness I wasnt quite sure where to go, I wasnt sure where all my friends were hanging out or even where to look for everyone! It was then I decided to start the Halloween hatchalong. It was a very fun time! I found quite a few of my friends, but certainly not all of them! As the Halloween HAL closed I wanted a place for everyone to go to continue to get the support they need and for the friends to keep gathering. FEEL FREE to Invite anyone you wish, even if they just want to learn about incubation chat and support each other.
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So Welcome to our thread, ​

The thread of FRIENDS!

WE SERIOUSLY INVITE SEASONED HATCHERS
TO HELP OUT NEW HATCHERS, PLEASE PLEASE JOIN US,
whether you are incubating at this time or not. ​

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Hatching 101 ~ Guide to ASSISTED Hatching ~
CABINET COOLER INCUBATOR ~ CoolerBATOR ~
MY BYC INTERVIEW
Mushy Chick Disease ~ Duckling Care ~ HAWKS OH MY! ~ Fermented Feed ROCKS!
Processing Support Group Pallet COOP~ "Nasty CKN Butt"~
EASY 5gal Waterer~ PINTEREST Chickens



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Hatching Eggs 101​

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How To Incubate & Hatch Eggs​

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The "Dry Incubation" Method​

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Incubation Cheat Sheet​

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Homemade Incubators​

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Homemade Brooders​

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How to Make a Homemade Egg Candler​

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Candling Pics​

Diagnosing incubation problems​

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Diagnosing hatch failures - It starts with the egg
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Pictures & Videos of Candling Chicken Eggs​

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Pictures of a Chick Hatching​

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How To Raise Baby Chicks​

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Raising Your Baby Chicks​

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Broody Hens versus Incubators​

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How To Socialize Baby Chickens​

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How To Raise a Chicken As a Family Pet​

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Is My Chicken a Pullet or Cockerel?​

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The All New: How to Train Your Chicken!​

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How To Wrap, Pack, & Ship Eggs​

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Broody Hens​

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Brooding Chicks and Ducklings Together​

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Letting Broody Hens Hatch & Raise Chicks​

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NPIP Certification​

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Encouraging or Discouraging Broodiness​

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Incubation Chart for Different Fowl Species

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Incubating & Hatching Eggs Forum​

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Raising Baby Chicks Forum​

Causes of malpositions & deformities in chicks​

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Your new bator is doing great Sally!!!!! Thank you for sharing all the links. Wow, do I ever have a way of popping back in at the right time!!!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Ty. Krista is taking it hard. She gets attached to them. I try to tell her to not hold them and name them. She is hard headed though.

All my chickens have names
CW11
CB1
CB2
CB6
HW42
HO42
HO45
HB26
HB36
HG4
HY47
and so on

C and H are for Cock and Hen
W, B, O, Y, G are leg band colors for the years they hatched
I use the same color code as for marking queen bees except I substitute orange for red. Orange is easier to read

the number is the order in which they came out of the hatcher


That makes it easier to eat them than if their names were George and Fluffy.

Does anyone have any cool crosses that the roo/hen was either a BCM or a SLW that looks cool and/or lay well? Now that I have figured out how my incubator works, it is time to test it out with some eggs. But i don't know where to start with the cross breeds that i want to try and hatch out. I want something that looks cool and/or lays really well. If anyone has any crosses with any of these breeds, please let me know so that i can try them out. Thanks!

When I get crosses, they are often surprising colors. All my crosses have been with a Black Penedesenca cock over Jaerhon, White Minorca or Splash Ameraucana. All have been striking colors.

 

[chicken hawk 33]

How do i build a cooler bator

 

[SilverHair]

(__)? morning

 

[BantyChooks]

How do i build a cooler bator

Go read sally's coolerbator article, in her signature or on the first page of this thread.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Good night.
I will handle second shift

CULL IT!!!!

Awesome as usual. Except the floods took all my chickens except 7. Its kind of a bummer. But I did have a full propane tank and most of a grill wash up on my porch....so Im cool with it I guess

This thread is locked for the next 8 hours.

I need a nap

Ty. Krista is taking it hard. She gets attached to them. I try to tell her to not hold them and name them. She is hard headed though.

Can I hold a $20

All my chickens have names
CW11
CB1
CB2
CB6
HW42
HO42
HO45
HB26
HB36
HG4
HY47
and so on

C and H are for Cock and Hen
W, B, O, Y, G are leg band colors for the years they hatched
I use the same color code as for marking queen bees except I substitute orange for red. Orange is easier to read

the number is the order in which they came out of the hatcher


That makes it easier to eat them than if their names were George and Fluffy.


When I get crosses, they are often surprising colors. All my crosses have been with a Black Penedesenca cock over Jaerhon, White Minorca or Splash Ameraucana. All have been striking colors.

chicken canoe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

as usual!! and not getting away with

 

[Rod-T]

Morning

 

[Sally Sunshine]

How do i build a cooler bator

CoolerBATOR ~

(__)? morning

morning silverhair!!

mornin ch and bubbles too

 

[BantyChooks]

 CoolerBATOR ~

morning silverhair!!

 


mornin ch and bubbles too

Mornin yall!
EYS!


My lil banty, reynbow, just started laying again!
Finally stopped her very long vacation. Almost thinkin she wuz done for good.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Morning

mornin Rod

how them sexlinks coming along....

just kidding, when do you candle?