I never had Jumbo; kept regular Bobwhites for several years to train dogs on. Tried Coturnix once, 'cause they were cheaper, but they must not smell the same; dogs wouldn't point them.
MISC:
LittleLakePhil Friday...Traverse City bound!!!! Going down to visit the new grand daughter AWESOME, safe trip! @LittleLakePhil sonshine15 how are your chickens? sneezing and wet bearded roo? @sonshine15 Saris~ how is snotty roo and eye on hen? Are these the ones that were just shipped? @Saris Casportspnony Can you possible do a list for us who is clean for MG as far as bigger hatcheries and also these: Ideal Hatchery is mycoplasma positive @casportpony Intothebuff Our pipes froze and broke. I had eggs in both my incubator and hatcher. They are using big commercial dryers and dehumidifiers. Do my eggs have a chance of hatching? It is so dry in the house. They are still reading the right humidity, but no pipping on day 20. @Intothebuff update please!! CliftonFarmer how is your new roo liking yer ladies? @CliftonFarmer shahtir101 roo is all well now, lice is clear, babies are doing good too? When u set again? 2 roos fighting? @shahtir101 BYC910 you gonna set again soon? @BYC910 Mirandaleecon Ameraucana chicks are coming next week, where did you order and when are they coming? do you have eggs in bator? @mirandaleecon
Making Bators~ I need updates to keep adding to our notes sections @fire370 @canadachickens @SilverHair @fresnofarmer @CliftonFarmer @Chickenlove @mrleeroy
canadachickens, fire 4th cabinet, silverhair, fresnofarmer, mrleeroy you need to start one! CliftonFarmer cooler, chickenlove cooler
HATCHING/INCUBATION
PRUrbanFarmer broody momma chicks were due 13th did you add more eggs, and will this be staggered for her? @PRUrbanFarmer Fire BCM couple dozen in there from our laying pen that will be mixed, hatching thurs-fri 1/15. other sets? Making bators too. Just cleared the hatcher of 22-23 dry babies. Lots of wet ones (about same amount) left in there and 7 or 8 more pipped. Looks like it's shaping up to be another 90%+ hatch again. A couple dozen BCM's and about 3 dozen out of our free range layer pen. Sally sara has polish set for HarmonyAnn due 1/21, ccl, mix bantams, serama lockdown Mon 1/18, set more ccl, project eggs Gimmie @gimmie birdies update please! J&TRanch 1/12/16 12 self blue Cochin bantams (shipped) day 3 (going to candle today to see how many are viable).... And 18 eggs arriving in the mail tomorrow @J&Tranch Countrylovin lockdown on Thursday 1 cream legbar and 3 ee. Bought 2 chicks Thelma and Louise! buff Orpingtons Saris 40 eggs in the bator. Though 10 are shipped 2/10 shipped eggs doing good. 29/30 local eggs going strong. TJ update @TJChickens Casportspony Kat Ducks, ice cold pigeon egg Three batches of Muscovy eggs... 11 in the RCOM 8 or so under a chocolate 12 ish under the barred chocolate LocalYokel set quail and TJ eggs Chaos18 16 (14 Dominiques and 2 BCM) at day 10 I pitched 1 clear Dom so I'm down to 15 eggs. Will candle tonight for day 14 and hopefully go into lockdown with 15 eggs on Saturday. Cynthia12 @Cynthia12 update any eggs in bator? Canadachickens @canadachickens update please! Venymae Rooster was shooting blanks. 5/7 clear and the other 2 are very questionable looking. Plus the two that are questionable are the ones that won't turn. I think I'm going to try and return this Brinsea. It's just not worth the $$. It holds temp great, and looks awesome,but it's got to be perfect for how much it costs and it's not doing it for me. @venymae Jessimom 9 I put into lock down....it's day 22. 3 have hatched in the last 5 hours, 1 more is pipped. I have 12 Salmon Faverolle eggs and 11 Cochin eggs that were shipped 3000 miles... I received some shipped eggs. About half have saddled air cells. Half have nice air cells.9 silkies in lock down, 6 have hatched, 3 still holding. I have 18 silkies set to hatch on the 22nd. I added the 23 shipped eggs to the 'bator and turned off the auto turner. I will manually tilt the silkies for the next day or so, then turn the auto turner back on gotro17 Shellee lavender Orpington shipped egg issue,Papa's Poultry. Jeff- you rocked it! Not one crack! Thank you!!! We have Bielefelders, Crested CL, BBs Marans and Mottled Lavender Orpingtons, along with some surprises from the rainbow pen! Can't wait!!!5 Marans eggs were cracked
. However, all frizzles and lavender Orpingtons were intact. Vital Farms eggs I got at Target, along with some silkies from our new friend from down the road, @Jessimom ... We are setting tomorrow for a Feb. 6th hatch day. ChickaLong Hatch day 1 February Black sex links mostly RIR rooster over BPR hens. update @ChickaLong Howfunkyisurchicken Nichole! hatching Silkies and Sizzles (2 under broodies and 2 in the incubator). how many eggs are set and when due? @howfunkyisurchicken JennyBchickadee found 1 egg that i figured mudt have been la8d on top of the broody about a week or so after she started sitting? Well, its hatching right now!! I have an incubator from the 50s that is not very even tempered so i figured it wouldnt hatch but its halfway zipped....looks like I may end up with ONE pet chick....oh man, here we go again. The last one ended up incredibly spoiled! PICTURES? @JennyBchickadee SHE HATCHED waiting for images! Hawk12 another batch of blue/partridge brahmas last night. Hatch day should be Feb. 4 or 5th. how many eggs in? @Hawk12 Bejammie19 bcm eggs should hatch tomorrow or Sunday, dolfi 6 on lock down. Running a test run before my eggs arrive in two weeks. Looks like I might have 100% hatch.
If you need proof/ want to have a foggy clue whut this means on any of these things, ask me and I can find the post for you.
The most expensive coffee in the world is made out of kitty poop, good things only come to those who wait if they work like crazy while they are waiting, no big lottery winners here, CH caught a 60 lb blue cat all by himself behind his house and kwhites says to sell it to a resturant, country lovin's feed store has CHICKS, (she only got two...) fire370 has a pip, k is locking his doors against a turken invasion, sally has unleashed a whole pile of happy painter pics, JT's average day includes chicks in the bathtub, 2 year old running around shedding clothing, boys slinging insults at one another, and a 4 year old princess barking orders at everyone, CH lives right next door to the "Duck Dynasty" crew, Sally is googling everything for us, kwhites likes Old Bay on cats (preferably 60 pound blue ones!) but he would not recommend it on vanilla ice cream, (probably only tasted good with chocolate...) Chaos is not commenting on salad, and will only smile and nod whenever dearest sally the sleeping elephant awakes and speaks, chaos needs mommom sally's boot camp, fried baloney is only good if you are starving, there is a bowl full of helpful monkeys somwhere in here, kwhites has been laughing for 3 days straight now, and Ur can relate to a scared goldfish!
Jessimom 9 I put into lock down....it's day 22. 3 have hatched in the last 5 hours, 1 more is pipped. I have 12 Salmon Faverolle eggs and 11 Cochin eggs that were shipped 3000 miles... I received some shipped eggs. About half have saddled air cells. Half have nice air cells.
Ok, of the 9 silkies in lock down, 6 have hatched, 3 still holding. I have 18 silkies set to hatch on the 22nd. I added the 23 shipped eggs to the 'bator and turned off the auto turner. I will manually tilt the silkies for the next day or so, then turn the auto turner back on. (I didn't have any room in the 'bator to add silkie eggs along with the shipped eggs....)
I will need to wipe the roo's nostrils clear again, the pullet's maybe. I will inspect more closely later today. I have them electrolytes and if there is no change they will go to a get next week. There still isn't any other symptoms, no visible swelling or noise mad when they breathe. Both are up And drinking And eating, and yeah these are the two I just got from Eden Camp.