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

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chicken hawk 33 said:
purchased ??
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did your hens lay them or did you order hatching eggs

ChickenCanoe said:
The shotgun worked much better than the crappy telescoping lopper. I'll try to post the video. It isn't in my possession yet. My son works 2 jobs.
The problem with the shotgun was that I used 000 buckshot because that's all I had - intended for the neighbor's malamute/husky crosses. A lighter load would have been better at severing the branches.
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I hate dogs sometimes
 
chicken hawk 33 said:
why u qouted
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Can't remember but I'm sure it was something pretty snarky. Don't worry about it - or your eggs.

Sally Sunshine said:
Congrats CH!



HUGE and unique, I always thought it would be cool to have an old huge Victorian in the middle of the mnts somewhere lol
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I have lived in the city off and on during my life. I always thought it would be cool to have an old house like this in the country. I almost got it. Not the country but very rural/urban.

ParrishChicks said:
Chickencanoe, she has been sitting for 3 days now so last night I took 4 of the eggs out of the incubator and put them under her. She has stayed on them all day. this is a picture of her today sitting on the eggs. I haven't seen her get off all day. What I'm hoping to do if she takes to them. I'll take what hatches from the incubator and put them under her.
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IMHO, she'll do great with them and no electricity issues.
 
chickengirl72 said:
I'm trying to incubate runner ducks and am having no luck. i have some eggs that have air sacs that are too small for the age of the eggs and was wondering if any people who are successful at correcting this problem could have a look at my post about the eggs and give me some feedback or advice. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1099126/air-sac-is-way-too-small-need-advice-please i'm pretty sure that i had my humidity too high. it's confusing on lots of the websites and reference books that i was looking at, and i think that i was using wet bulb recommendations instead of %humidity/hygrometer readings.
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Hi @chickengirl72
first let me ask if you have found the notes section to this thread, there is a DUCKS section there.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubating-w-friends-helpful-notes-links-informational-post-links
DUCKS

INCUBATING DUCK EGGS w/images complete post #46755​
And it really helps for us to understand more about what you have going if you can answer some questions! THIS MAY COME IN HANDY If your getting internally pipped chicks but not externally, some people have very HANDS ON duck incubation, meaning they create pip holes and try to time absorption HOWEVER this is extremely difficult to do! I had created these candles to try to save some little ducklings from restless hands..... DUCK ASSISTING VIA CANDLES post #79130


Questions & Answers for you!

where they shipped or your own eggs/local eggs? Shipped Eggs = Change Of Plans! post #53845

How old were the eggs at set?

How old is your flock?

They were stored and turned cool conditions?

Have you misted or washed the eggs?

COLLECTING, WASHING & EGG STORAGE

Washing, Cuticle, Sweating eggs post #63837
Digital Egg Scale - Accurate Humidity Measurement and Egg Sizing HERE
ZONES OF COLD INJURY fro EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT post #36213
PULLET EGGS??? post #41984 UNDER CONSTRUCTION
DOUBLE YOLKERS NOT suggested but they can hatch with assistance post #46649
BIRTH DEFECTS CONVERSATION AND INFO ON WORMERS!! post #25707 post #25706
Abstract DIPPING EGGS IN VITAMIN C post #33828
Pre-Incubation Warming of Chicken Eggs post #65812
Egg Quality: (Click to show)
Egg Quality:

  • Egg defects and CORRECTIVE steps, detailed information Click HERE
  • Optimum Egg Quality from your Flock: click HERE
  • EGG Quality Click HERE
Fertility: (Click to show)
Fertility:

  • IS IT FERTILE? Many images see post #43324
  • Managing Fertility click HERE
  • Several Reasons Why Your Hens May Stop Laying Eggs click HERE
  • Winter Blues w/the Roos, why are my eggs infertile ugh starting post #1986
  • Reproductive Physiology of the Hen post #40628
  • HOW long does a ROO SPERM REMAIN IN HEN post #40628

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Example 57 out of 126 were declared fertile.
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Hatch Rates...

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Example 50 of the 57 fertile eggs hatched the % hatch=
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What bator are you using?

It has been fumigated/cleaned?

Cleaning Incubator and Equipment

FUMIGATION OF HATCHING EGGS AND EQUIPMENT post #48689
CLEAN INCUBATOR BEFORE AND AFTER USE post #48689
Turner or no turner?

TURNING ITS IMPORTANT

HOW and Why To TURN Eggs TURN MORE THAN 3 times a day!! post #22178
Turning until day 18 post #51410
UNDERSTANDING the CAM ~chorio-allantoic membrane post #22177
Incubated Air cell Upright or horizontal?

How do you have your thermos leveled in the bator?

Fan or no Fan? You know temps should be different for Fan vs still air models?

INCUBATION TEMPERATURES

READ TEMPS SECTION HERE: post #9068 Hatching Eggs 101
Incubators with fans and without fans need to run at DIFFERENT TEMPS! post #9068
ADD a LEGO to your dial of cheap styro bator to make minor adjustments! GENIUS post #38133
What is the maximum and minimum range of temp I can go before killing the chicks? post #12473
ZONES OF COLD INJURY fro EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT post #36213
HAVE A PLAN IN CASE YOU LOOSE ELECTRIC ITS THE SEASON! see post #522
What to do when you find a HIGH TEMPS in Bator post #7061
10/13 day old embryos begin to produce excess heat in the incubator post #27240
You calibrated thermo hygros and know not to rely on the one that came with the bator?

AGAIN...You have more than one thermo hygro and they had been calibrated?

You know that you should not use the vent holes to adjust humidity?

THERMOMETERS, HYGROMETERS & CALIBRATION

Celsius to Fahrenheit (ºC to ºF) conversion calculator click HERE
Thermo/hygro suggestions post #13998
Brinsea Incubator Thermometers click HERE
Strombergs Thermometers click HERE Hygrometers click HERE Digital Thermo/Hygros click Here
Hova-Bator GQF Incubator Thermometer / Hygrometer (Wet Bulb) 3018 post #32892
HEAT SINKS/ Stones/Pebbles ADD THEM TO STYRO! post #43903
Calibration is a MUST: HOW TO CALIBRATE post #9068
VENTILATION (OXYGEN)

Hatching at High Altitudes post #37908
O2 deprivation to day 10 of incubation followed by regular oxygen concentrations leads to stronger chicks post #33815
NEVER USE VENT holes as a means to Control HUMIDITY especially during HATCH DAYS!

You realize humidity is NOT a set number just a tool to get the correct weight loss in the egg?


You understand the majority of people for standard hatching eggs run the first 7 days 25-30% humidity (possibly 35%for shipped eggs) and adjusted from there for weight loss?

You understand that you can in fact candle every two days after day 7 to just keep a closer eye on weight loss so you dont need to make major changes later on?

Try to add water above in containers and not in the troughs until lockdown?

HUMIDITY Humidity is NOT a set number!

Its a tool to get the correct weight loss in the egg! post #7068 see Hatching Eggs 101

WHY do we need less humidity to get the best weight loss for colored hatching eggs during incubation? post #36320
KEEPING MOLD and BACTERIAL from growing in water WELLS during incubation post #1644
Humidity pumps DIY ETC post #79960
TIPS n TRICKS to raising humidity in incubators post #42512 Humidity pumps DIY ETC post #79960

AGAIN....You understand humidity is NOT a set number, most of us begin incubation 25-35% the first week and then adjust as needed per air cell growth/weight loss.

LOCKDOWN, DAY 18, CANDLES, PIPS, ZIPS

*IMPORTANT INFO= TIMELINES PIPS ZIPS!!! & MARKING AIR CELLS DAY 18, DRAW DOWN, INTERNAL PIP, EXTERNAL PIP, and ZIPPING post #35770

DAY 18 CANDLE IMAGES/VIDEOS: post #41176
FIVE VIDEOS show Draw Down and Internals post #44701
DAY 18 DIS CANDLES post #43401
Incubation CHICK FIRST AID KIT Supplies post #71640
911- INCUBATION & CHICK EMERGENCIES!

Step by Step Guide to ASSISTED Hatching - Click HERE
DUCK ASSISTING VIA CANDLES post #79130
NOPE she is not ready for you to assist yet! post #24835 now is she? post #24850
MALPOSITIONS /PIPS WRONG END are the first to pip and the last DIS after hatch post #19606
Malposition (pipped wrong end) chick most times will hatch! VIDEO post #22241
A WRONG END PIP IS BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL Pip! post #518454 VIDEO HATCHING post #54642
Casportspony Scovy malpositions assists post #43908
STUFF OOZING from pip begin post #19606
Images normal chick pip position post #19606
STUCK ZIPPING WHAT DO I DO? bottom of post #35770
YES a chick can chirp when its not pipped internally! post #20506
Heathers Call DUCK assist post #43902
It has a bump on its head! What The Heck Is A Vaulted Skull? post #46616

CHICKS Wet? Sticky? Stuck? Yellow Gel? What did I do Wrong? post #25379

Swollen abdomen? A WET chick? or infection post #24810
Eggtopsy possible Sticky chick post #35087
Eggs UNHATCHED at end of Incubation

Step by Step Guide to ASSISTED Hatching - Click HERE
I HAVE EGGS LEFT UNHATCHED NOW WHAT? post #25223
EGGTOPSYS & REMINDERS IF YOU WANT US TO HELP SEE post #2140 post #42654 post #44923 post #45013 post #54834
Pipped but dead post #47432
Normal hatching position and the six recognized malpositions Images: click here
Trouble Shooting Failures with Egg Incubation
http://msucares.com/poultry/reproductions/trouble.html
Hatchability Problem Analysis http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00008570/00001
Troubleshootting Incubation http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8127.pdf
This is also a great pdf with pics: paste link in browser search: CLICK HERE
Eggtopsy: What happened to my egg? https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/363717/eggtopsy-what-happened-to-my-egg-graphic-pictures
Effects of Nutrition on Infertility, Embryo Mortality and Hatchability
POOR INCUBATION RESULTS post #20480
What Went Wrong During Incubation could it be the flock? or Incubation? ​
post #1825
Signs of Deficiency in the Embryo & Poultry Vits Oz/Sal Diary Thread post #13719
Effects of nutrition on infertility, embryo mortality and hatchability. click Here
Some causes of EARLY CHICK MORTALITY post #17586 ~ http://www.poultry.uga.edu/extension/documents/French-Livability.pdf
Possible causes of deaths after day 18 post #57322
Can you get pics uploaded on BYC and understand that pics help us to help you?

Technical HELP ON BYC AP's/Threads

BYC Under age RULES reminder FOR ALL AGES! READ post #53361
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Posting pictures onto the BYC Forum from laptop/desktop HERE
Posting pictures from Cell/mobile HERE
TAG HOW to keep typing after you @ someone! see:post #2469 post #1088

chickengirl72 said:
Hi Sally

That was an amazing post, i bookmarked it and it will probably take me a while to get thru everything!! There's a lot more information in your post than i had in the books about incubating duck eggs that i've been reading. :) I can already see a few things that i need to work on. I'm calibrating one of the hygrometers right now and will do the other one tomorrow, but judging by the size of the air sacs, i'm pretty sure i was wayy too humid. interesting that most people start with low humidity and then go from there, i will definitely try that for future hatches. I'm just starting out with all of this, brand new hovabator with fan and turner for the incubator and a 2nd still air for the hatcher. i'm using my own duck eggs from runner ducks that are a year old now. and a batch of local chicken eggs that i just put in on tues. i'm not confident enough yet with all of this to even think about trying shipped eggs, although there is a breed of chickens that i don't think i can get locally that i'd like to get shipped in once i can figure out how to get a successful hatch. with all of the duck eggs that i've set, they've all been fertile with really great veining.

I tried quoting your post with my reply but it said that i didn't have permission to post outside links and ate part of what i had typed. OOPs!!

Right now the humidity in the incubator seems to be 35%. Interesting about using a small container of water, instead of the troughs. right now the incubator is full and there's a turner going, only one empty slot, closest to the motor, so i'm not sure how a container of water would fit? I wonder what you think about using a dish of rice to get the humidity lower? i live in the pnw, and the weathernetwork website says the ambient humidity is 70% today.

I'll probably have more questions as i work thru some of the information that you posted. :)
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For anyone interested there is a east of the Mississippi all in swap they have hatching eggs and lots of others items there. You may find those eggs that you have been looking for that are on the expensive side or maybe something else you need.
 
ChickenCanoe said:
There's no way to get an appraisal. There are no comparables in the area. The only homes of the same era around here are log cabins. The only similar homes are 30 miles away in the city and a completely different demographic.
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I'm in the same situation. I'm on 2 acres, with 2 houses. One built around 1903, and the second who knows. It's kind of a Dr. Seuss house, with intentionally crooked walls. This used to be the main house for acres and acres of Orchards. The surrounding property was sold off to various developments over the years, starting in the 50's.

Plus, both houses have been completely renovated - new plumbing, wiring, kitchens, bathrooms etc.

There is NOTHING similar. Both houses have the same address. So, we are trying to figure out how to appraise it.
 
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