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

[caeti21]

Sometimes mature hens will crow, and some will mount hens, but it's usually a temporary behavior.

-Kathy

Thats crazy , i guess you learn something new everyday , but im refusing to admit anything to my hubby he will never let it go

 

[hippiestink]

I've got 13 hens, 4 nest boxes, they use the back 3. They will sometimes sit in the 4th, waiting for the more dominant hens to leave, then will move over to the one they want. The bar in front lets them walk from box to box.

I like this idea. I was going to use plastic shoeboxes in my new coop because we're a wet area and had troubles with mites before. Most folk here use fruit crates in their coops

 

[HeatherMarieR]

New update: The Muscovy that was pipped died. Here's the eggtopsy. It was filled with yellow sticky liquid. That means that the humidity was too high doesn't it? I can't remember if that means too high or too low. I'm not a happy camper right now. None of the others show movement.

 

[caeti21]

New update: The Muscovy that was pipped died. Here's the eggtopsy. It was filled with yellow sticky liquid. That means that the humidity was too high doesn't it? I can't remember if that means too high or too low. I'm not a happy camper right now. None of the others show movement.

Awe im so sorry , i hope the others hatch for you maybe they are taking a nap

 

[casportpony]

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New update: The Muscovy that was pipped died. Here's the eggtopsy. It was filled with yellow sticky liquid. That means that the humidity was too high doesn't it? I can't remember if that means too high or too low. I'm not a happy camper right now. None of the others show movement.

So sorry. Did you take pictures? Was the yolk absorbed?

-Kathy

 

[HeatherMarieR]

Egg #2 eggtopsy. @casportpony This is the one that had the bruise. It had pipped low. It was also sticky like the other one.

 

[HeatherMarieR]

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So sorry. Did you take pictures? Was the yolk absorbed?

-Kathy

I just edited the post. I forgot to put the pictures in the original.

 

[kwhites634]

I have a question ........has any one here ever heard of a HEN being able to crow ? I ask this because my hubby is trying to convince that some hens can crow , now idk if he is just having wishful thinking that one if is crowing seramas are really a hen or if he is pulling my leg

I'd think the only way that could happen would be if the hen was predisposed to AC/DC

 

[caeti21]

I'd think the only way that could happen would be if the hen was predisposed to AC/DC 

 

[Jessimom]

I like this idea. I was going to use plastic shoeboxes in my new coop because we're a wet area and had troubles with mites before. Most folk here use fruit crates in their coops

I like these, since they are EASY to pull out and wash when they get dirty. We tilt them back slightly to keep the eggs in the bucket. The wood at the top is normally tilted up to keep them from jumping on top. It pisses off the egg layers when someone is walking on top of them. We take that off to pull out the buckets.