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

[rIrs roost]

Good morning all.

 

[casportpony]

For those that can't open pdf's I made pictures of this one that Sally posted a few days ago:
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/downloads/download/174/













-Kathy

 

[Cynthia12]

I want one!

I love my Dachshunds. Daisy is turning 5 this month and a few months ago we had to have Lola put down. Daisy is the "daughter and sister" in this family!
Thanks for sharing the pictures. She's a beautiful little dog. How is she doing?

Just seeing this, because I now have my notifications set different..lol...any way, mom is doing great. She had to have the C...but is doing well. She is one tiny Dachshund, and had all of those big babies! You should have seen that poor thing.. she was bigger than any dog I've seen pregnant..and I've seen a lot! I knew she would have to be taken in to have them.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

BUBBLES SUNDAY UPDATE !
@chattery41 you get hung up alot?

My Grand daughters finally went home at supper time, they were asleep before they made it to the higways ( 2 miles)

Gave me a chance to finish framing my cabinet for my new bator after dinner!
Got a bit further than the pics show, I will get more as it progresses.
Gonna call it a night, take care everyone!

sweet CC!! I am starting a link to your updates! please keep up the pictures!! @canadachickens

Quote: yes but you need at least two boards @canadachickens

@Sally Sunshine my roo is way better. I can't hear the mucus when he "talks" but I went to 5 different feed stores and none of them carried fish mox or the sulfa medicine

so I ordered it online. A tractor supply employee told be that nutri-drench would be the next best thing

didn't follow that advice.

Also, one of my serama chicks appears to be sizzled! I will post pics later.

On the lice. Only one roo has it on his neck! Everyone else passed a head to foot check!!

I would quarinte him but the crate is already occupied with my other roo

So everything is going well

GOOD NEWS!!! and pictures of this sizzle!!! please @shahtir101

Hello all!!! I have a question!!! So I have eggs due to hatch and one looks very weird. This is my first time hatching so I did a lot of Google pictures references.
So, this egg in the picture: it is alive and kicking and active. But the clear space looks big! Why? Is it not going to make it? Is it gonna have birth defect? Clearly it is not dead.
Please help me. This is day 19 and i just put them in the lockdown.
Pictures are taken from different angles.




Quote:

sometimes the CAM never reaches the bottom of the egg, mostly from lack of turning and humidity issues, there is quite a decrease in hatchability for eggs in which the CAM failed to line the entire interior of the egg.


At days 11 - 12 of incubation, the chorio-allantoic membrane reaches the sharp end of the egg. If the albumen sac is too large due to insufficient weight loss, this membrane cannot reach the sharp end and will not be closed. Insufficent weight loss is typically caused either by too low a temperature or over high humidity. Observe whether or not the chorio-allantoic membrane is closed by looking inside the bottom part of the empty shells. If there was overheating during the last days in the setter or in the hatcher, excessively thick and clearly visible blood vessels will be observed.
see this post towards the bottom post #22178


@evitachu

These all got ground for jerky. With the Canadians and snows, it is usually ground for jerky or shredded for bbq. And no difference in taste the way we eat them. Specks are a whole nuther game. They get seared med rare on the grill or cast iron and ate like a filet. No other way for them.

sounds like were all pretty much the same

Quote: that would be double sweet saris!





morning @ChickenCanoe good luck on the water project!

 

[Peachickie]

Hi all, good news doesn't look like I'll need that kfc bucket. The boys were trying this morning we'll have to wait and see if I've got studs or duds. Bad news for today I can't seem to keep any food down, gonna hide in bed and try to sleep. Hope y'all have a good day.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Good morning all.

mornin Billy !!!

Hi all, good news doesn't look like I'll need that kfc bucket. The boys were trying this morning we'll have to wait and see if I've got studs or duds. Bad news for today I can't seem to keep any food down, gonna hide in bed and try to sleep. Hope y'all have a good day.

Mornin sweets! I hope you feel better fast!!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Relevance of turning Written by Gerd de Lange see page for full info.....I FOUND the one that I actually understood here:

http://www.pasreform.com/academy/frequently-asked-questions/incubation/26-relevance-of-turning.html



Broody hens provide optimum conditions for embryos developing in the eggs they are sitting on. The brood patch provides heat from one direction only, and the eggs at the side of the patch are cooler than those in the middle of the nest. However, because the broody hen regularly turns and moves the eggs in the nest, uniform egg temperature is achieved.
In commercial incubation, we try to mimic the natural conditions in the nest. From the point of view of uniform egg temperature turning of eggs seems to be of less importance in modern incubators. Are there other reasons for turning eggs?
As summarized by Deeming (2002), egg turning is essential to normal development for several reasons.
Egg turning

• Prevents adhesion of the embryo to the inner shell membrane.
• stimulates the rate of development of the area vasculosa (the membrane which grows around the yolk and is rich in blood vessels). The area vasculosa is important for sub-embryonic fluid formation, as well as for yolk uptake later in incubation.
• allows normal transfer of albumen proteins into the amniotic fluid, promoting optimum use of the albumen.
• supports the growth of the chorio-allantois (the blood vessels right under the shell) to maximise oxygen absorption.
• embryos in unturned eggs grow at a lower rate compared to embryos in eggs turned each hour over 90˚.
• facilitates movements of the embryo into the normal hatching position and reduces the incidence of malpositions in unhatched embryos.

Advice

• Check the turning device before the start of each incubation cycle, as turning failures, depending on the moment of occurence, are detrimental to results.
• Check and maintain the turning device regularly, to prevent a breakdown during incubation.
• Make sure that turning does not produce shocks or jolts, as this adversely affects hatchability and chick quality.
• If necessary, check and adjust the turning angle: 45˚ is optimal.
• Not turning for the first 12 hours in the setter is advised, based on our practical experience and especially when eggs are transported to the hatchery on the same day as setting. Eggs need some rest time to restore their ‘internal balance’.
• Turning is not absolutely necessary after 15 days of incubation. Especially in incubators with insufficient cooling capacity, it can be beneficial to leave the eggs in a horizontal position to facilitate increased air flow (cooling over the eggs). In some modern setters, there is also the option of turning to three different positions, e.g. 45 minutes each in right, horizontal and left position).

Sharing some research......

Turning should be done through day 17 of incubation, after which the chick is positioning itself for the hatching process. The most important period is from day 1 through day 12, when the chorion and allantois are developing and eventually fuse, forming the chorioallantois. During this time the most critical period is from day 3 through day 7, when the circulatory system is developing and beginning to function. Researchers have found that turning is not necessary past as early as day 14 of chicken egg incubation, although most systems continue to turn the egg through days 17 to 19.http://extension.missouri.edu/publications/DisplayPub.aspx?P=G8353


need to see this in a clinical study or figure out how to read these references!
Dekalb Hatchery Manual. 1990. Dekalb, Ill.: Dekalb Poultry Research Veterinary and Technical Services.
Improving Hatchability, Taylor, Gib. 1994, Medina, Ohio: Chick Master Incubator Company.

Originally Posted by cochins1088

Ok, here's my goose egg. I'm 100% sure that it's on day 27 so it should hatch within the next 3 days. Temperatuers ran a steady 99.5 degrees checked using 5 different thermometers. Air cell development is perfect and I checked it by weighing the egg weekly. The emrbyo is also very active.

I will do anything to get this egg to hatch, so if you have any advice, please share. This egg doesn't look like it's ready to hatch.

Here's a top view. It looks normal, but there is more space in the small end of the egg.



Here's the clear spot in the small end of the egg that I was talking about. The inner membrane with blood vessels never reached it. The spot is stationary and does not move when I turn the egg.



Here's a better picture. You can see the clear spot, the membrane with the blood vessels, and then the dark area is the embryo.


At days 11 - 12 of incubation, the chorio-allantoic membrane reaches the sharp end of the egg. If the albumen sac is too large due to insufficient weight loss, this membrane cannot reach the sharp end and will not be closed. Insufficent weight loss is typically caused either by too low a temperature or over high humidity. Observe whether or not the chorio-allantoic membrane is closed by looking inside the bottom part of the empty shells. If there was overheating during the last days in the setter or in the hatcher, excessively thick and clearly visible blood vessels will be observed.

Look at how little this chor membrane went down! hardly at all!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

OMG I am up to date and so are our links pages!! I still need to reorganize it and make it easier to find stuff!! getting there!!

HERE THEY ARE FOR NOW, I WILL get them organized, gotta go do more warsh!

NOTABLE LINKS, DISCUSSION W/LINKS PICS/INFO:
CRS disease, (Can't Remember Stuff), is there some way I can bookmark some of this valuable information? post #27591

INCUBATION
NEW TO INCUBATION SEE: Hatching Eggs 101 & reply to post #113
Shipped Eggs = Change Of Plans! post #23032 & Hatching Eggs 101
SEVERELY Shipped and DAMAGED POLISH EGGS! post #30250
What is actually the first day of incubation and how to figure out hatch dates: start post #17502
Figure out your hatch times Hatch / Egg Turning Chart http://homesteadapps.com/app/free/hatchchart/hatchturnscheentry.php
LINKS TO POST RESULTS ROUND OVAL = FEMALE MALE EGGS post #7595
A great place to find eggs CHEAP! post #7755
Julian date is the date they were packaged. It is a 3 digit number eggs sell by dates chart post #27571 post #27580
Hatch / Egg Turning Chart click HERE: Hatch Chart Schedule
Setting Chicken Eggs by the Moon's Sign farmers Almanac see HERE
Hatchabatch AP Keeping track of your hatch! see here
Embryonic Development, Day by Day IMAGES/info on vitellus internalization click HERE
GREAT all around DUCK incubation methods https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubating-and-hatching-muscovy-eggs (Muscovy~ yinepu) @yinepu
Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks provides vital information for anyone wanting to keep ducks. HERE
Printable Month Calendar This app can be used to generate a planning calendar for a selected month and year.
HOW to figure out HATCH RATE post #4601
approach for incubating in the winter post #24433
Fertility CALCULATIONS a clear egg not always infert! post #25419 post #25571 post #25639 post #25652 post #25658 results post #25669
incubation process / Hatching video Hatching of Parrot (Rcom MAX 20) post #25780 another vid post #25793

INCUBATORS
CHOOSING an INCUBATOR post #1901
INCUBATOR IDEAS AND HOW TO: post #657 and CABINET COOLER INCUBATOR ~ CoolerBATOR ~ post #1456 post #3123 post #1062 post #24900
ozexpat switching out thermostats in styros post #1788 & post #1505 Getting the Flock out of Here
ADDING FANS to BATORS fans are important: start at post #1213 and post #1396 post #24219
http://www.amazon.com/Circulated-Little-Giant-9300-Incubator/dp/B000HHS7XI
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CIRCULATED-...ULTRY-CHICKEN-REPTILE-INCUBATOR-/141288444585
Incuview incubator unit from warehouse.com a thread on use incuveiw post #1120 post #3
Taos genius microwave turner starting post #1516 post #1520 post #2150
RUSH LANE~ MUST SEE B4 making your own! https://www.youtube.com/user/RushLanePoultry Links to 'bator building! post #4423
homemade automatic or manual HORIZONTAL egg turner CLICK HERE
ORDER NEW thermostats or other parts for your incubator HERE
Hot water heater Thermostats, Must get drilled see post #24915 and understand WHY HERE: CoolerBATOR

Building incubator how many vent holes? BEGINS AT post #24731
Mini Advanced Incu w/ auto turner from Brinsea REVIEW from hatchers begins post #24923 post #25325
Celsius to Fahrenheit & user guide post #25800 post #25184
CHEAP PLASTIC BATOR discussion begins post #25429 post #25438 post #25440 post #25451 post #25454
Wrapping a bator for steadier temps post #25454
2 LG's. I thought they were both 9300s, but they are very different. post #25524
R Com 20 MAX Egg Turning Song video of turning post #25776
Hatcher pans examples for cabinets post #27306
Silverhair Mini fridge homemade Incubator post #29128
chicknloves cooler bator build! post #29855 post #30597
Bennys Awesome MANUAL horizonal EGG TURNER post #29955
Bennys BATOR BUILD post #29068
canadachickens Bator Build post #30935

Collection & Storage of Eggs​

Hatching Eggs 101 & post #647
IS IT FERTILE? https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/16008/how-to-tell-a-fertile-vs-infertile-egg-pictures
Fertility in hatching eggs Click here
Managing Fertility click HERE
ALL ABOUT WASHING EGGS! post #10836
The Cuticle removal for those big eggs and Duck eggs? post #25379
MUDDY DUCK egg discussions post #17018
The effects of setting eggs small end up click HERE
The importance of preventing ‘sweating’ eggs Click HERE
Overcoming late mortality when hatching Peking duck eggs post #20952
BIRTH DEFECTS CONVERSATION AND INFO ON WORMERS!! post #25707 post #25706
EGG Quality https://www.alltech.com/sites/default/files/alltech-egg-shell-quality-poster.pdf
Egg defects and CORRECTIVE steps, several pages filled with detailed information
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/1/optimum-egg-quality-a-practical-approach/11/egg-defects
Optimum Egg Quality from your Flock:
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/1/optimum-egg-quality-a-practical-approach
The Cuticle removal in hatching eggs post #25379

Purchasing eggs & Shipped eggs info:
REQUEST HOW TO GET SHIPPED EGGS PEOPLE post #1050
SHIPPED EGGS = CHANGE OF PLANS! Hatching Eggs 101 & post #1087
BYC Links for EGGS........
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...egg-auction-and-bin-thread/4280#post_16161710
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/754060/the-new-crazy-24hr-auction-thread/10720#post_16151948
https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/36/chicken-hatching-eggs
Look for your local site in the “Social section” “Where am I? Where are You!” on BYC.
HATCHING EGGS FOR SALE/TRADE BYC https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/36/chicken-hatching-eggs


TURNING and its relevance!
TRY TO TURN MORE THAN 3 times!! post #22178


Candling:
HOW TO CANDLE EGGS post #12939 BRINSEA HOW TO CANDLE CANDLE PICS Scratch Cradle
Advice Do not candle between 11 and 14 days of incubation, as it interrupts the movement of the embryo to the length axis of the egg.

FLASHLIGHTS TO CANDLE DARK EGGS & Innovations post #1645 post #1646 post #1663 post #27368
Flashlights - try more than one! post #1689 BEGIN post #2702 post #18179

Clears at CANDLE are not always infertile!​

​

post #1825
Candle of a Fresh EGG post #1751
SADDLE" SHAPED AIR CELLS ROLLING AIR CELLS post #1087
Floating bubble not in air cell post #25675
BLOOD RING DEATH CANDLES post #25423
CAM doesnt reach bottom of the egg, egg seems empty at bottom during candle! post #22178
it's possible to candle and see if an egg is viable 12 hours into incubation post #29562
34 hours candle post #28111
Day 2 candle post #18795
Day 4 candle post #160 post #15164 post #25743 post #29590
Day 5 candle post #3285 post #1734 post #12637 post #12762
Day 6 candle post #1867 post #14149 post #23196 Video post #25951
Day 7 candle images post #15730 post #2698 post #2700 post #620 post #4281 post #13694 post #14127
Day 10 Candles post #1261 post #2
DAY 12 silky duck candle VIDEO post #26271
Day 12 DUCK video post #29624
Day 14 candles post #246 post #1086 post #1236 post #6658 post #17688 post #20586
Day 15 candles post #20060
Day 16 candles post #22182
Day 17 Candles post #5307 post #14127

*day 18 see lockdown section
CALL DUCK CANDLING pics by Rayvyn day 5 & 11 & 14 & 18 see posts #1348 post #1354 post #1844 post #2696
SHARPIES on EGGS? Sure! post #10857 & the age old question Can you write on a hatchin egg with sharpie. answer is yes with proof

Relevance of turning & issues with Choloric
post #22178 post #22187 post #22229

Humidity/Temps/Thermos&Hygros:
TAKING SHELL temps post #30771 post #31243
Thermo/hygro suggestions post #13998 post #26999 post #25610 post #12128 post #13975 post #452 post #31058
Incubators with fans and without fans need to run at DIFFERENT TEMPS! post #31175 read temp section here: Hatching Eggs 101
WHY YOU SHOULD CALIBRATE and link to HOW: post #545 also see calibration in Hatching Eggs 101 TEMPS SECTION
EASY Calibration post #19746 bottom of post #20480
AcuRite customer support and thermo manuals post #27294
how to calibrate STICK type FOOD Thermometers post #27294
Thermo/Hygro Try to find one that has high low readings post #10961
ALWAYS run your bator a few days first for temp swings post #9129
Humidity is NOT a set number! Its a tool to get the correct weight loss in the egg! post #8924 see Hatching Eggs 101
TEMPS TEMPS TEMPS see post #9068 post #1201 post #452 post #25379
what is the maximum and minimum range of temp I can go before killing the chicks? post #12473
USING a aquarium pump to humidify incubator Begin post #2028 & Flow control valve post #2054
The influence of high altitude on the hatching of chicken eggs. post #995
HAVE A PLAN IN CASE YOU LOOSE ELECTRIC ITS THE SEASON! see post #522
Emergency Preparations: It's COLD Outside! http://www.greenandhealthy.info/emergencyheat.html
REPEAT REPEAT HAVE A PLAN IN CASE YOU LOOSE ELECTRIC ITS THE SEASON! see post #522
Power losses started for a lot of hatchers with those storms around post #2321
Maintaining high humidity in an incubator during hatch click HERE
ADDING water after lockdown post #210
How to raise humidity in a bator discussion begin post #355
Plastic Easter eggs in the egg slots to easily regulate humidity post #28901
Trick from WV RAISING humidity in BRINSEA post #3823
Trick to raising humidity in egg trays by adding small containers to egg slot! post #1651 and backward reading
KEEPING MOLD and BACTERIAL from growing in water WELLS during incubation post #1644
Overcoming late mortality when hatching Peking duck eggs post #20952 1
10/13 day old embryos begin to produce excess heat in the incubator post #27240
KEEPING MOLD and BACTERIAL from growing in water WELLS during incubation post #1644

LOCKDOWN, DAY 18, CANDLES, PIPS, ZIPS
lock down day 18 candle images:
post #2119 post #2347 post #2350 post #2466 post #2119 post #990 post #991 post #5259
DRAW DOWN / internal pip of chick see: post #975
WHY lay your eggs down horizontal to hatch and how to mark eggs for hatching: BOTTOM OF post #583
Maintaining high humidity in an incubator during hatch click HERE
ADDING water after lockdown post #210
WHAT is a INTERNAL EXTERNAL PIP AND A ZIP? post #975 VIDEO of zip and hatch AT :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyO3YwrsJPg
pic of a zip post #3450 INTERNAL and http://www.waldeneffect.org/blog/Chicken_incubation_questions/
PIP CANDLE IMAGE post #5180
DONT PICK THE PIPS! post #24611
EGGTOPSY REMINDERS IF YOU WANT US TO HELP SEE post #2140
LOWERING TEMPS lockdown IS NOT NECESSARY/SUPPOSED TO AID THE HATCHING PROCESS post #2898

What Went Wrong During Incubation could it be the flock? or Incubation? ​

post #1825
Hatching videos post #3358 VIDEO AT :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyO3YwrsJPg
I HAVE EGGS LEFT UNHATCHED NOW WHAT? post #12001
This is what am EGG from a good chick hatch looks like! your goal post #14673
Empty shells - a valuable source of information click HERE
HOW to figure out HATCH RATE post #4601



9 1 1 - HELP! stuff went wrong!
CHICKS Wet? Sticky? Stuck? post #25379
Umbilical gunk strings see post #24321
NAVELS She HATCHED! But what's with her butt? post #25012 post #24979 post #24979
yolk started coming out!
Swollen abdomen? A WET chick? or infection post #24801
Yolk Sac problems:

• https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1052862/yolk-sac-problems-graphic-pictures#post_16341493
• https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1000154/peachick-necropsy-pictures-graphic

How can you tell if they are dead post #25224 & see: Float Testing, Checking Egg Viability For Late Or Overdue Hatching
Step by Step Guide to ASSISTED Hatching -
NOPE she is not ready for you to assist yet! post #24835 now is she? post #24850
CHICKS Wet? Sticky? Stuck? post #25379
malposition (pipped wrong end) VIDEO post #22241
Images normal chick pip position post #19606
MY EGGS ARE COOKING TEMP TOO HIGH HELP post #14649
MY CHICK has yolk hanging and is dragging in the bator HELP! begin post #15672
Mushy Chick Disease YOLK SACK INFECTION: Mushy Chick Disease
HOW do I know when my chick as turned the corner? post #15777
HOW Sally Sunshine Euthanize chicks only for the strong at heart post #15697
Signs of Deficiency in the Embryo & Poultry Vits Oz/Sal Diary Thread post #13719
TEMP SPIKE DID I KILL THEM! read bottom post #8814
UPSIDE DOWN PIP! malposition begin post #8802 STUFF OOZING from pip begin post #3369
IT PIPPED THE WRONG END!!!! post #4742 & Step by Step Guide to ASSISTED Hatching - BackYard Chickens Community
FLOAT TEST DONE and discussion begin post #3556 post #3573
How to Spot Problems of Newly Hatched Chicks http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-spot-problems-of-newly-hatched-chicks.html
Homemade Electrolyte Recipe for weak/ill chicks post #3876 USING SPONGE WEDGES post #4473
SPRADDLE Leg WEAK CHICKS Legs see post #3879 post #3876 post #4174 post #4382 post #4690 post #4693
ORTHOPEDIC links:
Poultry Podiatry Treatments for Leg Problems in Chickens & other Poultry
https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/879233/slipped-tendon-in-chick-anyone-ever-try-to-fix-this-experiences
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/978353/rooster-chick-with-weird-leg
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1790586/
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/1051/leg-health-in-large-broilers/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/941270/slipped-tendon-that-turned-to-twisted-tibia-my-treatment
Chick has deformed foot and straight leg post #27696
DUCKS can have Spraddle leg too! post #15184 post #15355
CURLY TOES post #4642 post #4646 post #4690
THIS IS NOT PASTY BUTT its Umbilical post #4077
CHEAP styro incubator GRATE and chick leg talk start at post #4396
Look ok or not fully absorbed yolk?? Begin post #4578
CHICK has a red dot sticking out of its back about the tail area and flips on back Begin post #4651
BONES STICKING OUT CHICKS legs FROM getting stuck in BATOR WIRES PUT something over WIRE at lockdown post #4310 post #4382

What Went Wrong During Incubation could it be the flock? or Incubation? ​

post #1825
RED HOCKS, HIGH HUMIDITY post #464
Help I have a BLEEDER! NAVEL looks like a Vagina? begin (this is gonna be a long one) post #5159
STUCK ZIPPING WHAT DO I DO?post #4927 post #5065
"yawning" thing like a silent crow. Any ideas or should I not be so concerned? NOPE normal post #7522
Rens Duck HATCH post #12845 post #13270 post #13288 post #13334 post #14708 post #15180 post #15355
Duckling navel wry neck? NOPE yolk infection! post #16089
Some causes of EARLY CHICK MORTALITY post #17586 ~ http://www.poultry.uga.edu/extension/documents/French-Livability.pdf
Effects of nutrition on infertility, embryo mortality and hatchability. click Here
Hens dont always kick out bad eggs BUT GOOD ones too! post #18059
Normal hatching position and the six recognized malpositions Images: click here and post #20507 post #20515 post #20528 post #20533
Routine Quality Control in the Hatchery and the Recording and Analysis of Results - 1
Routine Quality Control in the Hatchery and the Recording and Analysis of Results - 2
Interpretation of Results NOTE THE INTERPRETATIONS HERE!
Effects of Nutrition on Infertility, Embryo Mortality and Hatchability
POOR INCUBATION RESULTS post #20480
YES a chick can chirp when its not pipped internally! post #20506
Carbon dioxide (CO2) post #20553
CHICK TEMPERATURE Measurement vs. observation: recognizing the comfort status of day old chicks post #20918
quick lesson on pasty butt post #4657 post #21457
Injured Chick stuck to momma hen sore broken wing post #24212 post #24748 post #24751
chick that has a larger than normal head and it's feet are not under it right post #24680 post #24687
How can I tell if its dead in shell DIS? post #25224
Funky nodule on nostril on a chick Saris post #28995 post #31237
Chick Chair example sick ill chicks post #30669



BROODERS, CHICK STUFF, COCCI, Misc:
WHEN to start feeding CHICK after HATCH! post #4657
All about chicks care links post #22550
SEXING CHICKS! post #15172
SIMPLE CHICK BROODER post #869 SWEETER HEATER post #3572 brooder talk post #4358 Ur's Brooder post #5222
smaller wattage ceramic heat emitters if brooding indoors. They come in 50-300 watt sizes. Click HERE
heating pad cave By Joey Ur! post #23974 post #24341 post #25309
Heating pads http://www.premier1supplies.com/detail.php?prod_id=135875 https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/956958/mama-heating-pad-in-the-brooder-picture-heavy-update
http://www.farmandfleet.com/product...feedsource=1&gclid=CKacxYbgjsoCFdgGgQodvBMOOw
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produ...mpid=04csegb&gclid=CM_5iMngjsoCFYYjgQodQQ8Dcg
https://www.enasco.com/product/C31504N
Heat PLATE post #27809
For cold weather and lots of chicks, Ohio brooders. https://web.extension.illinois.edu/hkmw/downloads/46524.pdf in action post #26965
NOTE OF CAUTION ON those momma heater brooder things: post #8192
Pic of my Brooder and talk, wax paper between papertowel layers for simple roll up see begin pic post #3543
chickencanoes chick/chicken Identification practices post #25833
How to Prevent Chicks from Getting Coccidiosis post #4779
horizontal nipple waterers WARNING post #27152
Flock Integration Series http://blog.mcmurrayhatchery.com/tags/flock-integration-series/
Integrating Pullets into the Chicken Flock http://www.betterhensandgardens.com/integrating-young-pullets/
Chicken Hawks image of embryo poop in the egg post #2376
Fun THINGS WE DO WHILE WAITING FOR OUR EGGS TO PIP post #2975 post #2934 post #2955 post #2950 post #2953
Momma Hen Booted egg out of nest, SAVE The chick Video Assist A THANK you video from Maxine post #1864
TALK OF ANTS IN THE BATOR start post #1884 post #2031
Quail incubating see this thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/732651/first-time-incubating
The Genius of Birds - Embryonic development

READ ABOUT Little Crocket who spent her first 36 hours in a padded country crock dish post #1993 post #2062

Duckling Care links ​

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Duckling Care
KEEPIN DUCK BROODER CLEAN​

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/duckling-care-brooder-ideas post #1221
What To do with those chicks hatched? post #2201
Chicken Clucking playlist for incubation by Venymae link is Here Chicken Clucking Playlist
Discussion of chicks that just dont grow begin post #3626 & https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...not-grow-update-hes-found-a-forever-home/0_30
Video See Through eggshell to watch embro development

Discussion of what everyone uses for FEED AND WATER dishes begins here post #7510
FEATHER SEXING LINKS http://cdn.backyardchickens.com/d/d0/d075bb42_13371_sexfaether.jpeg
FEATHER SEXING LINKS http://animalsciences.missouri.edu/reprod/ReproTech/Feathersex/sld006.htm
FEATHER SEXING LINKS post #7608
Heated water suggestion coop post #15802
DEALING with bully chickens and chicks click here and see post #2 post #22
Flock Integration Series http://blog.mcmurrayhatchery.com/tags/flock-integration-series/
Slipped tendon (perosis) post #21884


GREAT CHICKEN/FOWL INFORMATION
Breed Identification Links

Henderson's Chicken Breed Chart - Chart listing characteristics of many breeds, with illustrations of some breed color varieties.
Woodlot Farms Chicken Breed Chart - Chart of photos & breed characteristics, tied into more detailed info in BackyardChickens.com Chicken Breeds searchable database designed for choosing chickens to raise.
ALBC Conservation Priority Breeds - List and images of comparatively rare chicken & waterfowl breeds needing conservation.
American Poultry Association Recognized Breeds & Varieties - Plain list of most recent APA update.
bargain vitamins and electrolytes from Jeffers post #18098
HANDBOOK OF POULTRY DISEASES http://www.slideshare.net/mahmoudghonim/handbook-of-poultry-diseases-2
Chicken Diseases and Prevention Tips http://www.hobbyfarms.com/livestock-and-pets/chicken-disease-prevention-basics.aspx
How to Provide Emergency and Supportive Care* https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1048620/how-to-provide-emergency-and-supportive-care
*UPDATES https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1048620/how-to-provide-emergency-and-supportive-care-updated-1-3-2016
Step-by-Step Tube Feeding https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ube-feeding-guide-pictures-updated-12-28-2015
Dehydration https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1069598/dehydration
First Aid https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1069413/first-aid-kit-updated-12-28-2015
Turkeys, what's the best yard turkey for eating?post #4768
My pallet coops / Shed conversion post #15959 and PALLET DUCK HOUSES post #16063
Link to HERBS From hippiestink for nest boxes http://fresheggsdaily.com/2012/07/benefits-of-herbs.html
INFO on What colors to Distract Chicks from Pecking and help laying in nest boxes SEE post #932
Acorns as Chicken Feed, Revisited http://livingthefrugallife.blogspot.com/2010/10/acorns-as-chicken-feed-revisited.html
ROOSTING issues talk of nest boxes need to be lower! see starting post #939
Gimmies Special egg start at post #1785 post #2509
WEIRD discussion about good diviners, or water witches starts about post #1253
COCCI post and links TREATMENT CHICKS its all over! see post #1408 post #4890
Chick Pro and Pre Biotic vit cheap! I swear by them! 1st & 2 wks then ACV see post #1409
POOP ALL About CHICKEN POOP sometimes it is runny clear a must read! post #1462
HEATED WATERER DISCUSSIONS Winter weather! post #28163
Duck heated water by Phil post #28277
Several Reasons Why Your Hens May Stop Laying Eggs click HERE
Urs Deicer post #30689
HOMEMADE MOLT LOAF post #1894
Feather Loss in Chickens CLICK HERE and HERE
ADDING other pet foods to feed start at post #2032
Winter Blues w/the Roos, why are my eggs infertile ugh starting post #1986
IN-BREEDING TALK AND OTHER TALK begin post #2290
Amazing Coops = TREEHOUSES for Chickens! post #28914
Perchie and GreenRunner are our Writers on the thread! GETTINGUM PUBLISHED! starting post #1977
Fermenting Peppers http://thehotpepper.com/topic/23146-fermenting-peppers-101/
Chi Chi's fried ice cream recipe straight from the former manager post #17394
Injara - an Ethiopian bred made from Teff flour post #17418 video recipe post #17433
Santa Bread post #19056
Bennys Recipes for Ox tail soup: tongue with mushroom sauce post #30071 images post #30021
Discussion on feeding Alfalfa and Hay see post #2114 post #2130
Chicapees Awesome Homemade plucker Hal post #438
Talk of 14 hour lighting over winter begin post #6726
About - Jerry's Seramas LLC
HOW TO BLOW OUT EGGS http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2011/10/egg-blowing-101-and-how-to-decorate.html
What's a safe way to get rid of bees congregating around my tube feeder post #11767
Ratite Production: Ostrich, Emu and Rhea http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/228/ratite-production-ostrich-emu-and-rhea/

For all the Tinamou lovers! post #13663
NO CROW COLLARS

hatching eggs exported from the US to Israel for Benny https://www.aphis.usda.gov/regulations/vs/iregs/animals/downloads/is_pr_po_hc.pdf​

Kathy necropsies https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1069296/lame-chicken-exam-necropsy-pictures-added
PVS homemade feeders! post #18066 post #18081
CHICKEN MEDICINE CABINET/ FIRST AID KITS post #20968 begin post #18094 post #29 and CLICK HERE post #20998
NATURAL CHICKEN REMEDIES http://hensingtonpalace.blogspot.com/p/chicken-medicine-cabinet.html
Poultry Lice Mites ID and treatments http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/search?q=Lice
DEALING with bully chickens and chicks click here and see post #2 post #22
Flock Integration Series http://blog.mcmurrayhatchery.com/tags/flock-integration-series/
PARASITES be on a preventative schedule/treatment see post #18165
Sight Sexing Barred Plymouth Rock Chicks at Hatch click here
Sex-Linked info https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/261208/sex-linked-information
Raising and incubating Japanese Quail click here
PREVENTION OF FLOOR EGGS commercial but good examples of getting them in nests click HERE
Backyard Quail online book access~ incubation and keeping of COTS scroll up through book HERE
Force Feeding / Gavage / Tube Feeding http://beautyofbirds.com/tubefeeding.html
Hand-feeding Methods & Tools http://beautyofbirds.com/handfeedingmethods.html
PROTEIN / FEED Calculator ~feed to mix together to obtain a specific protein percentage.CLICK HERE: Pearson's Square
FREE Homesteading, Farm & Animal Recording Keeping Forms https://homesteadapps.com/app/free/forms/
Monthly Poultry Record Sheet Form record daily feed rations, bedding, eggs, and other information for poultry
Slipped tendon (perosis) post #21884
Processing Support GROUP THREAD filled with HOW TO Click HERE
Swollen CHICKEN BUTT watery balloon it could be a phenomena called Ascites post #25235 post #24807 size draining syringes post #29631
Farm Innovators deicer... post #23901
How to dye a baby chicken http://www.wikihow.com/Dye-a-Baby-Chicken
EGG Quality https://www.alltech.com/sites/default/files/alltech-egg-shell-quality-poster.pdf
Whites PVC feeder post #25370
Joeys PVC feeder post #27808
Processing Support Group
Common Lice and Mites of Poultry:post #27130
Scaly leg mite discussion begins... and for some time post #25649 post #26110
To worm or not to worm post #29066 begins here post #26093 post #26098
Anyone Here Good at Math? - Math and Medications CLICK HERE FOR HOW TO FIGURE THEM OUT!
LONG discussion of IVERMECTIN DOSAGE! post #26228 post #26002 post #25671 post #25998 post #26001 post #26007 post #26010 post #26015 post #26018 post #26024
post #26025 TO post #26027 post #26236 PASTE IVERMECTIN post #26168 post #26181 post #26189 post #26228
VERMOX Mebendazole , which is a wide dewormer post #26033 post #26038
Corid .post #26102
DE diatomaceous earth discussion starts here post #26058 post #26094
heart guard for dogs is Ivermectin & Pyrantel pamoate READ BEFORE USE post #26278
My chickens gonna die HE HAS A COLD! bottom of post #27573 post #27581 post #28282
HELP My chicken has been scalped! post #28229 post #28239 post #28248 post #28253 post #28260 post #30106
SHOULD I move my BROODY mamma? discussion begins post #28264 post #28269
Tips and tricks for keeping them off the feeders and ways of saving feed! post #28281
slipped tendon (perosis) post #30274
Medicine Chart for Chickens & other Poultry
https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/medicine-chart
fishmox for chickens? you betcha post #30338

Amoxicillin/Ampicillin is Birds post #30344
Baytril for Birds discussions: kathys example treatment post #30409 Enrofloxacin generic and dosages begin post #30424 post #30493

Baytril is a powerful antibiotic that is effective for a large number of bacterial & mycoplasmal infections, including pasteurellosis, mycoplasmosis, coli-bacillosis, coli-septicaemia and salmonellosis. Baytril is the brand name for Enrofloxacin, which is a powerful bactericidal medicine in the Fluoroquinolone class.
Treating Chronic Respiratory Disease (CRD) https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/medicine-chart/baytril-for-birds

Tylan CRD indications and dosage post #30412 http://www.elanco.us/products-services/poultry/water-soluble-crd-control.aspx

Poultry Body Weights average body weights of various exhibition poultry. https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-body-weights
Or visit Henderson's Chicken Breed Chart for weights of more breeds.
Fungal Infections in Poultry https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/chicken-fungal-infections

Kathys Parasite book, treatments post #30361 http://www.amazon.com/Veterinary-Parasitology-Reference-William-Foreyt/dp/0813824192

various drugs will only treat bacteria that are sensitive to that drug post #30389
Drugs that can be used in Ducks - no prescription needed https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1022278/drugs-that-can-be-used-in-ducks-no-prescription-neede
How to get a truck out of the mud or wait till it freezes some LOL post #30928

GENETICS EGG COLOR FEATHERING ETC
Blue Genes? Lavender? Chicken Genetics Made (almost) Simple post #1804 post #1806
Chicken Quest Gene Info
Genetics of Chicken Color
Poultry Genetics for Exhibition Breeders ​

EARS AND EARLOBES http://www.aviculture-europe.nl/nummers/09E03A06.pdf

Pink, Plum, Purple, and Gray Eggs http://www.communitychickens.com/all-about-egg-color/​

INHERITANCE OF EGG COLOUR IN MARANS http://www.maransofamericaclub.com/uploads/4/0/1/8/40183925/14e05a14.pdf
Chicken Genetics Made (almost) Simple - Overview of genetics and their effect on coloring.
Genetics Basics and Chicken Colors - More in-depth explanations of basic genetics and how color patterns are connected.
Chicken Genes - Lists of genes that affect many characteristics in chickens, with allelic genes grouped together.
Scratch Cradle links of https://scratchcradle.wordpress.com/2012/07/01/gms1-genetics-of-egg-color/

GMS1: Genetics of Egg Color
GMS2: Breeding for Blue Eggs
GMS3: Breeding for Other Egg Colors
GMS4: Incomplete Dominance of Blue Feathering
GMS5: Chicken Chromosomes
GMS6: Sex-Linkage
GMS7: Plumage Pigments
GMS8: Breeding for Two Traits
GMS9: Autosexing Recipe
GMS10: Skin and Shank Color
GMS11: Breeding for Type
GMS12: Inbreeding Coefficient
GMS Supplement #1: Recessive White
GMS Supplement #2: Skin Color Punnett Squares and Test Crossing​

GMS Supplement #3: Selecting for Head Shape

Technical HELP ON BYC AP's & Threads
HOW to POST PICs from a CELL PHONE / AP or browser see starting at post #1208
HOW TO QUOTE AND MULTI QUOTE: post #528
HOW to keep typing after you @ someone! see: post #1088
Ovation Overview SEE : Ovation points by clicking on the “thumbs up” https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/699980/announcing-the-new-byc-reputation-system-ovations
BYC Recognition Awards - Educator, Friend, Spirit, & Greeter https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/812597/byc-recognition-awards-educator-friend-spirit-greeter
BackYardChickens.com Membership Upgrades https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/byc-memberships-help-support-backyardchickens
EMOJI CODES FOR BYC https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/734386/chick-emoticons#post_11984800
how to view post counts stats HOME page Post counts: https://www.backyardchickens.com/pages/stats/top/range/1day/#members
I forgot my BYC password! post #27693

Special Thread Links on BYC!
* New Thread! - How to Provide Emergency and Supportive Care *
NEW HOLIDAY FUN THREAD! I AM ANGEL ha ha https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1051667/the-official-byc-holiday-thread
VIP BYC member interviews https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/905602/introducing-vip-member-interviews
7th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2016 Hatch-A-Long https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1051235/7th-annual-byc-new-years-day-2016-hatch-a-long/300
Sallys weird photo editor not a download http://funny.pho.to/christmas-frames-effects/
Warning, "fowl" language ahead:

WATCH THE FUNKY CHICKEN!
Snip of USER preferences from a plat BYC membership post #6724
breeding/buying/selling, please check out his incredible story https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/990599/destruction-and-disposal-orders-help
BYC list of Abbreviations https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/byc-index-of-abbreviations
The Chicken Mission Improving lives through sustainable agriculture SEE @ozexpat at thread post #13442

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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