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

[mlm Mike]

Quote: Something called "Devil's Dust" kind of scares me

You know you love chickens when....
You bring your lonely injured guy into the living room so that he can hear voices. I'm cheeping to him too. His wound has scabbed up good and he's eating a drinking. Still scratching a bit but now that it's scabbed up it looks okay, hopefully he won't scratch the scab off.

Awww, how sweet of you.

Spring is finally here, ducklings getting some sunshine and escaped pullets hunting for bugs.

That looks lovely.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I saw one in the woods while deer hunting many,many years later, but have never seen another.

They are very difficult to see. Tiny and quick.

I don't think ours are escapees. I believe they're wild type. They're typical of the wild color.

I left my broody be in the cage and she pooped all over the eggs.

What do I do??

@ChickenCanoe

How long have the eggs been incubating?
If a short period, I'd clean them. If close to hatching, leave them alone.
My thinking is that the feces on the eggs long term could be a problem.
I had a broody fill the nest with feces the last couple days before hatching. I guess she never got up. She apparently thought the hatch was imminent or the hatch was protracted.
All the chicks were fine.

 

[Harborotter]

Awwww she looks sweet! What happened?

Rooster ripped her up really bad and took a chunk out of her neck when she was still pretty young. I had to keep my other goose in the tub too as they were already close.

 

[LocalYokel]

They are very difficult to see. Tiny and quick.

I don't think ours are escapees. I believe they're wild type. They're typical of the wild color.



How long have the eggs been incubating?
If a short period, I'd clean them. If close to hatching, leave them alone.
My thinking is that the feces on the eggs long term could be a problem.
I had a broody fill the nest with feces the last couple days before hatching. I guess she never got up. She apparently thought the hatch was imminent or the hatch was protracted.
All the chicks were fine.

maybe two weeks

 

[HenHoneyGirl]

Rooster ripped her up really bad and took a chunk out of her neck when she was still pretty young.  I had to keep my other goose in the tub too as they were already close.

Aww, glad she was okay!!

 

[LocalYokel]

She seems to hatch em out on day 20

I seen her more hovering over the eggs than fully sitting on them

 

[Harborotter]

They are very difficult to see. Tiny and quick.

I don't think ours are escapees. I believe they're wild type. They're typical of the wild color.

 

[Harborotter]

Aww, glad she was okay!!

Me too. I thought there was no way she would make it but she pulled through!

 

[LocalYokel]

The reason shipped eggs are a problem.......

 

[LocalYokel]

Especially number 24


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