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[BullChick]

It was more of a he's younger than you kinda thing.

Gee, thank you for clearing that up. Heaven forbid you tell me that I'm not old!

Wow. That would be scary. He just opened his door between my truck and trailer when I moved, and his door got a new bend and a shattered window. The corner of my trailer was dented and has a small scrape. My company is not holding me in anyway responsible since he was way over his line and since it is clear it was opened between the two.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: No just Cuckoo Marans Olive Egg layers

Quote: they are laying but not great

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Quote: I am BEWARED!!

Quote: thanks!

 

[daxigait]

Yep! 

How is she doing with the chicks?

 

[shahtir101]

CRAZY, hey shahtir 101

Hi! Do ou have more eggs in the incubator?

 

[Chaos18]

Gee, thank you for clearing that up. Heaven forbid you tell me that I'm not old!

You're welcome

It would be kinda like Monkey telling her brother that she's younger than him. Doesn't make him old, it just means she's younger is all.

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: Hi Whites!

My computer doesn't seem to want to stay connected to the router today.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

In lock down! It's only day 19 and I have 3 pips!

Originally Posted by PerfectPlumage

Okay thanks. One of the chicks is the fastest hatching chick EVER. It has zipped 1/3 of the egg in like 30 minutes. It's like "I'M COMING! THERE IS NO STOPPIN' ME!"

Congratulations!
Are they bantams or otherwise extremely small eggs?
If it were me, I'd say my humidity was low or my thermometers were wrong. 2 days early is how one would determine actual temperature was high regardless of readings.
Page 3 in the following link.
http://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/pdf/8127.pdf
"If they hatch up to a day early then you know the actual temperature was up to one half a degree higher than what the thermometer was reading." from the following.
http://incubatorwarehouse.com/incubator-warehouse-blog/how-to-calibrate-a-thermometer/
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/166/care-and-incubation-of-hatching-eggs/
https://poultrykeeper.com/incubating-and-hatching-eggs/setting-up-incubator-for-hatch/

I'm worried about one of the two Silkie eggs I have in the bator on day 15

there is two separate spots one isn't moving and one is.and there a big clear area

Ugh, so the one that treats a large variety and the tape worms is the vetafarm worm out gel but I can't get it on amazon and I don't know if I can get it at tractor supply or petsmart. I'll look there but couldn't you use like a liquid goat wormer or something? I thought there were more options than just that. I tried a horse wormer on one hen that I thought had worms.

Another messy and tapeworm pooie found.

Gonna have to do something about this next week. I'm going away for the weekend.hopefully the ACV and DE will prevent anyone else from getting an overload.

No, DE won't cure a heavy load of worms and ACV will have no effect even if you feed the chickens pure vinegar.
As far as I know, there are no over the counter anthelmintics approved for treating tapeworms in poultry. A vet may be able to help if they can determine what kind they have. Each type of tapeworm has a specific secondary host.
The way to control tapeworms is to control is to control the secondary host. You need to know which of the 8 types of tapeworms you have so you know what secondary host is carrying them. It could be ants, slugs, snails, termites, earthworms, dung beetles, darkling beetles, ground beetles.

oh no!!! dont tapes need special meds? I thought fishtapes can be used? are you sure they are tapes and not roundworms? @casportpony

Exactly why I don't treat without knowing what I'm treating for.

We did very well. Didn't clean a single fish... All are still swimming for the next lucky person to catch.

That's the one thing I love about goats is the multiple babies and their personalities as well.

It was just some much needed alone time away from the hustle. We don't get it very often.

That sounds like fun. Catch and release has really made for bigger, albeit smarter fish.

I don't know what that means. Sorry I am newer at this than you. I wouldn't worry about it. There isn't anything you can do. If it's moving something is alive in there

X2

I'll set the coop on a platform, which will serve as the floor, and support the whole thing on 4x4's, like I did the 1st one; seems to have worked out well. High enough to keep nasty critters out.

I'm a big fan of deck blocks for coops.







They make construction quick with no post holes

I wanted the candler because it was old and looked cool. I tried it and it doesn't seem to work very well. The leather gasket the egg sits on is dry and hard so it doesn't properly seal to the egg. It has a standard bulb that seems to be to dim and gets to hot. What can I put on the gasket to soften it up and still be "egg safe"?. Should I invest in a really bright LED bulb for it?

I don't think anything you use would be a problem for the egg. Yes you should invest in a brighter bulb.

You should see some of my creations! They look like something out of the rhyme "There was a crooked man"

Form follows function.

@siryani
How to Tell the Age of a Chicken...

Your chickens shanks may help you determine their ages. A younger chicken will have smooth shanks, an older bird will have rougher and larger shanks. Another words young chickes have smooth feet and legs with shorter toenails and older they get the more aged and rougher. A young cockerel around months, will have spurs that are -1/3" long and as they age the spurs get longer. They can be 1" or more by 2 years old unless they had been clipped. Hens 1-2 years will sometimes lay an egg a day and take a day or two break between clutches, but after 2 years egg production declines. When they are 4-5 years you will only get eggs occasionally. Sometimes you can tell by the vent size and the size eggs layed. jumbo eggs are typically from a 3-4 year old hen. When she stops producing her pelvic bones will get closer together almost like she was as a pullet. You wont be able to tell exact ages, but a laying hen will loose a bit of color in beak, wattles and legs, to simplify, its do to putting her energy into laying the eggs. As a rooster ages his mating lessons, his fertility decreses, and he also may have that fading color on legs and wattles when he is 5-6.




any other input welcome! Thanks!

Good list.
Most of my hens have spurs - as do many Mediterranean breeds.

@Sally Sunshine I really wasn't kidding about the nervous breakdown thing. So many things are going through my head today. When I woke, and remembered what today was... Bottom line, I decided being forgotten was more painful than being reminded of what today means. He just happened to be the one I told.

Today means nothing - it's just another day in the life.
Have a happy birthday.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: x2 sucks

Life beckons...BBL

later whites!

CONGRATS SHAH!!!!!

 

[BantyChooks]

How is she doing with the chicks?

Wonderful.


She is always calling them to some little yummy bit of food, and they run under her when they get cold.
-Banti

 

[Chaos18]

Hi Whites!

My computer doesn't seem to want to stay connected to the router today.

It's cause it saw what you did with the coffee.