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

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

Good morning Friends

I apologize for the quick ditch, If anyone needs anything let me know.



After sitting way too long through the story of how DH got 4 points on his drivers license last night and asking him to to make restitution by way of his pocket change jars, (ALL of them for the past 15 YEARS) I made the pup collars and decided to start with Thanksgiving prep. So I did some baking. And then passed out after some writing at least that's what I remember.

No puppies yet, I am watching her temps she is down to 99.4 but I only just started taking her temps,

its day 61 for her, when I first started taking temps for whelps it was day 55 and drove myself insane! Its alot like incubation

the more you do it the less stressful it becomes, but I know the signs, I know the look and the feel of the belly and so forth. Anyways, once drops below 99 degrees typically closer to 98 they whelp in 4-6 hours, I have read longer, but for all of mine as its dropped low and as temp climbs back up they start popping out with the aid of some oralcal.

whelping is pretty cool and puppies are.... well they are cute!



this was a temp chart from another litter




I know Some of you seen some of my babies already so ignore

This is Mommy English Springer Spaniel <3 and daddy ESS is below

she is tired



this was a year ago maybe more idk my new phone sucks



my spoiled brat on my bed

Good morning, M'Lady! Sounds like she's getting close to providing you with balls joy to cuddle!!!

Looks like they might be just a little spoiled... lol! I know how it is....

 

[Peep-Chicken]

Does enyone know the breeds

EE or Americauna cross, a gold/buff OEGB, and the two black ones are brown red OEGBs.



Trying to catch up!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I have 6 of them, spoiled are the lot! They drive DH nuts.... I LIVE FOR THAT

 

[Brat Flock]

UPDATE from the Bratcher Ranch.

Out of 30 SHIPPED EGGS I have 28 moving, growing Black Copper Marans, 1 questionable, and 1 blood ring. They go into lockdown next Monday.

I have 12 Ameraucana and 4 Black Copped Marans following a week after them.

I am picking up my LAST shipment of Black Copper Marans today at the post office. They will be set on Thanksgiving evening.

Yesterday I got my first Pullet egg from one of my Cream Legbars! YAY

 

[Sally Sunshine]

UPDATE from the Bratcher Ranch.

Out of 30 SHIPPED EGGS I have 28 moving, growing Black Copper Marans, 1 questionable, and 1 blood ring. They go into lockdown next Monday.

I have 12 Ameraucana and 4 Black Copped Marans following a week after them.

I am picking up my LAST shipment of Black Copper Marans today at the post office. They will be set on Thanksgiving evening.

Yesterday I got my first Pullet egg from one of my Cream Legbars! YAY

This is GREAT NEWS!!!!! and congrats on the legbar!!!

 

[lazy gardener]

How do u know when a chick has leg problems or is just learning to walk and is clumsy?

Try to figure out if it's just one leg. Unless you know for sure you've got a real problem, you can observe for 24 hours. It often corrects it'self in that time. I've even had curled toes (on the one and only baby to ever have the issue (was an assist) self correct in 24 hours.

Ok my last post never posted so I'm typing it again. The Banty that I've been waiting for to lay an egg has been living with me for 22 days the one that as soon as she lays I was going to start incubating eggs from. I went out tonight to do my coop check and there laying an egg a message from god to fire up the incubator ( atleast that's how I see it). I'm going to wait a few more days and pray for more eggs. I would hate to set just one egg but we will see.

You might want to wait until her eggs are a bit bigger and she is laying more frequently. Have you checked fertility in that egg? Definitely don't set a single egg, as single chicks are often socially mal-adapted and don't blend into the flock later.

 

[Hawk12]

Mine too. My araucana only 1 made it to lockdown. The other one DIS after day 14  

But the Marans are go getters! Of the 16 I placed, at day 14 (today) 9 are still alive!

Go eggies! I think I'm going to order another batch aND do a staggered hatch. I have 2 incubators now so I think I can make it work.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

ok here's an update all 7 of my babies hatched all of them look good except 1 has curled toes not sure what to do with it seems healthy otherwise.

@goinginblind how is the chick falling backwards? did you give it electrolytes and vits?

Uhm... carbon date the shell fragments?

Seriously, when was the last time you looked at the egg before now?

why have not I thought of this before now, this was good

Sally if you don't post pictures of the pups when they come we will be mad, at least I will be!

Dont worry I will!!!

her temp dropped so its gonna be soon @prizepete

310 Posts. In 23 hours.

How do you know this stuff??? @Frindizzle

You're baaaaccccccccckkkkkk. How are the puppies coming along?

It's okay... chicken hawk and I covered for you while you were away.

WAIT WHAT????????????????

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My colored eggs where not very exciting to candle. The pink one looked just like a normal egg in the pics I took, and all i could see was air cells in the red and black eggs. Oh, and the sniff test didn't work either. They just smelled like Sharpie.
I will just have to wait and see if they hatch.

 

[WalnutHill]

My two assisted died overnight. They never got fluffy and I think they got too cold, being separated from the others. I'm sad but it happens.

Other eggs are dead silent, and 16 happy chick's in the brooder

16 happy chicks is a success story!

 

[Peep-Chicken]

UPDATE from the Bratcher Ranch.

Out of 30 SHIPPED EGGS I have 28 moving, growing Black Copper Marans, 1 questionable, and 1 blood ring. They go into lockdown next Monday.

I have 12 Ameraucana and 4 Black Copped Marans following a week after them.

I am picking up my LAST shipment of Black Copper Marans today at the post office. They will be set on Thanksgiving evening.

Yesterday I got my first Pullet egg from one of my Cream Legbars! YAY

congrats!