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

[LocalYokel]

My update:
- 104 chicks total hatched last weekend. Put 101 eggs into lockdown for this weekend.
- changed out one heating element in the newly built cabinet incubator (trying a PTC heater for improved safety)
- ordered a new Dickey incubator for a hatcher

Wow.
Busy busy

 

[kwhites634]

I have pips!

We know what you'll be doing for a couple days

 

[HeatherMarieR]

Update on Muscovy hatch: One has been internally pipped for 48+ hrs. I made a safety hole right above its bill yesterday afternoon. 3 are for sure DIS. One was trying to pip internally yesterday. I'll have to check on that one when I get back home. Two more are still hanging on with no internal pip. One egg from my Muscovy hen went into lockdown yesterday. Hopefully it will pip soon.

 

[casportpony]

Update on Muscovy hatch: One has been internally pipped for 48+ hrs. I made a safety hole right above its bill yesterday afternoon. 3 are for sure DIS. One was trying to pip internally yesterday. I'll have to check on that one when I get back home. Two more are still hanging on with no internal pip. One egg from my Muscovy hen went into lockdown yesterday. Hopefully it will pip soon.

-Kathy

 

[OneMountainAcres]

AWESOME, Pics or it didn't happen!

Promise to get pics later on. I need to use the good camera and run it through the comp which hubby is using at the moment.

We know what you'll be doing for a couple days  

Spending endless hours staring impatiently into the incubator lol....then watching endless hours of poult tv lol

 

[Chaos18]

@casportpony (Sally suggested I tag you)
@Sally Sunshine
@anybodyelsewhocares

Below is a link to a study I will be performing.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-vitamin-c-and-cooling-eggs-during-incubation

 

[kwhites634]

Promise to get pics later on. I need to use the good camera and run it through the comp which hubby is using at the moment.
Spending endless hours staring impatiently into the incubator lol....then watching endless hours of poult tv lol

Sounds 'bout right! Maybe you can talk DH into taking turns so your eyes don't get all blurry

How many she setting on this time?

 

[caeti21]

yes most times they get a lot worse
@caeti21 Its a vaulted skull common with polish

Cerebral hernia (bone) and skull knob (grease) both make the surface bigger which implicate more place for bigger crests. In Polish (which is a breed for (big) crests) it is recognised, in Silkies (which is a breed wanted for (big) crests) it is not recognised even not wanted in Europe but recognized in US.

Genetic analysis of this family revealed that cerebral hernia is controlled by a single autosomal recessive gene and is closely associated with crest formation. Furthermore, our morphological analysis of brain structures in the progenies suggested that the significant enlargement of brain cavity at later stages of embryos, particularly after 15 days of incubation, may be the main cause of cerebral hernia. J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.) 9999B:613–620, 2012.

2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

http://www.browneggblueegg.com/Article/HoleInHead.html The maintenance of Polands http://www.kuifhoenderclub.nl/page_eng/infodesk.htm http://www.burkesbackyard.com.au/fact-sheets/pets/pet-road-tests/polish-chooks/#.VrNiCtBe1pI
What The Heck Is A Vaulted Skull?

A vaulted skull is a hole or unclosed portion of bone in the top portion of the Silkie’s skull. This genetic trait was introduced into Silkies via crosses with the Crested Polish breed of chickens. The Polish were bred into Silkies to improve and create a larger crest size. Often chickens are bred to another breed to get new colors, traits and types. http://chickenjunkie.com/chicken-breeds/silkie-chicken/vaulted-skulls/vaulted-skulls-in-silkies/

Wow i had no idea , thanks so much for info

 

[caeti21]

You know, of course, if you start earlier you could walk & not have to run to catch up to whatever you're chasing.

Lol true but the ice cream truck is so unpredictable with the drive by times its not fair really lol

 

[caeti21]

I have pips!

Yeah!