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

[chicken hawk 33]

All you gotta do is put it in the bator, close the lid, and walk away for a few days.
Think you can do that?

I,have to hand turn it.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: GEESE

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• Goose Incubation & Hatching Guide - Completed!!!! Pete knows all about goose hatching! see HERE​
• GOOSE THREAD - for breeding, incubating, hatching and rearing. see HERE​
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• Feeding Geese​
• Angel Wing in Waterfowl​
• Waterfowl Housing – Coop & Run Designs & Plans For Ducks, Geese, Etc.​
• Goose Productive System http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/y4359e/y4359e00.htm#Contents​

 

[fire370]

Does she go by the name Sybil?

Only on Thursdays.......

 

[fire370]

I,have a.Goose egg.

Lucky you don't have 2 after quoting that long $-& post of Sally's.

Good luck and remember what you've learnt.

 

[daxigait]

@Sally Sunshinewe love hearing about your project. Ignore the boob

 

[Chaos18]

I,have a.Goose egg.

Oh I hadn't heard. Do tell.

 

[Chaos18]

@Sally Sunshinewe love hearing about your project. Ignore the boob

hey now who you calling a boob?

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I haven't caught up yet, but I have an update. Paula my sweet Cream Legbar girl died today while I was at work. She was my very first chick, and was like a pet (unlike most of the rest). I took care of the chicken chores while working up the nerve to do the necropsy, and then I opened her up on my processing table (in the fading light, but with a lantern). I've processed my excess cockerels before, so I know what things are supposed to look like in there. No worms, normal GI tract. ENORMOUS liver, with some tumors in it, spleen with tumors, and chains of huge tumors all along her back/spine. Looked like lymphoma (and in the same distribution you would find lymphomas). (I'm a pathologist, so I have an idea of what lymphoma looks like.)

As I already have a pullet with very classic ocular Mareks, I assumed that was it (and it fits the presentation). She was vaccinated, but so was the one with ocular Mareks, and I know it's not fully protective. But at least her chicks would be ok, since Marek's is not passed to the egg - I got 5 girls and one boy from her. However, posting elsewhere, someone pointed out that it could also be consistent with avian lymphoid leukosis.... which from my initial reading in the Merck's Vet Manual, IS passed to the egg, resulting in the chicks having tolerance, high levels of viremia, and ultimately dying of tumors. I retrieved pieces of liver and tumor and put some on alcohol and some in the freezer, and will call the lab tomorrow.

If it's avian lymphoid leukosis, I believe that that would mean I would need to cull them - and as I can't easily identify the mother of most of the chicks because of all the tumbling around in the incubator, I would have to cull all but a couple of the malpositoned ones that I marked (if I can still tell them apart). Which is horrifying. I'm sort of stunned at the idea of putting down all of those little one week olds in the brooder right now. I hope the lab can help me.

So, in celebration of life, I just put the shipped aloha Naked Neck eggs in lockdown. I candled quickly - air cells still look like the same size (so no more growth), and all appear viable. One was kicking like crazy. Here's hoping I get some live chicks from this hatch.

- Ant Farm

 

[casportpony]

All you gotta do is put it in the bator, close the lid, and walk away for a few days.
Think you can do that?

I,have to hand turn it.

Did you clean your incubator?

-Kathy

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Lucky you don't have 2 after quoting that long $-& post of Sally's.

Good luck and remember what you've learnt.

well,I'm gonna wait to set tommorow and see if my neighbor gets another