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

[Sally Sunshine]

Good afternoon all. Hundreds of pages behind, no hope. I thought as I ate my lunch I'd go back a few pages. Well, I am now ready to give my lunch away. Thanks!


I somehow killed 25 of my 33 babies I moved out to the coop, on their first night outside. They didn't figure out how to go under the heat plate, got wet and died. I can't think of anything else that would have killed them. They were in a cage, in a cage in a coop. So nothing got into their area. They were as far from the heat plate as possible, some were all together in a big pile, like they were trying to get warm, but most were spread out near the water dish that had leaked.

oh sweetie I am so sorry, I had a leak to day too but thankfully they are fine. so sorry

I have been corrected (LOL) the guy i works with HATES balut, and his philipino wife hates it,
and they do NOT spit out the crunchies, they eat it ALL

I dont think I could get beyond those crunchies, therein lies the issue

I think the count is 0-8 so far against balut consumption.
Sounds like a lopsided baseball game. Cards vs. Braves.
We need more Asians in this thread. A strong pinch hitter so to speak.

ADD ME AS NO unless I am starving

Quote: But you need to feed them with it for several days to clean their intestine!
What about dog? Would you eat one?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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Quote: deveggs? @h2oratt I am being very cautious after this conversation I am reading LOL

Sally Sunshine has a friend (Chad) who eats balut.

CHA CHA eats them!!!! ohhhhh good Lord, whodathunk that one LMAO!!!

 

[kwhites634]

is that new?

I guess that means you are in fact sane?


I will take the pig, keep the duckegg

Although there are those who would argue the point..........

 

[kwhites634]

No not really

But today was extra out of the ordinary.

We had a fantastic source of inspiration from which to draw for the majority of it, unfortunately

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Ok so here is a list of foods that we have been talking about if you had no choice what would you not eat?
Balut
Snail
Cricket
Grasshopper
Locust
Earthworms
Mealworms
Oyster?

WORMS I would try Balut before them

Quote: oopsies

 

[BantyChooks]

WORMS  I would try Balut before them




oopsies

Wermsies sound tasty!



Anyway, can't stay... Getting the house clean for company!
-Banti

 

[jwlpoultry]

No not really But today was extra out of the ordinary.

We had a fantastic source of inspiration from which to draw for the majority of it, unfortunately

Very true Whites!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Wanted to share in hopes that this may help someone!

During the last hatch, I had two sets of eggs from different breeders. One set a day behind the others. On day 21, one of the chicks had hatched and somehow gotten tangled in the incubator fan wires. I cracked the incubator open to retrieve the chick, and in doing so, I accidentally cracked the top open on one of the Day 20 eggs!!!!! Luckily, it had pipped internally, but the membrane quickly started to dry out! I followed @Sally Sunshine assisted hatching 101 found here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/step-by-step-guide-to-assisted-hatching

The little chick was doing well, but even after peeling back the membrane and uncountable hours, it wasn't coming out of the shell. It finally unfolded it's head but still did not emerge. As suggested by Sally, I placed the egg, wrapped in a warm wet paper towel, inside a small cup in the incubator. I went to dinner, and when I came back, there was the chick! Out of the cup!

Next issue: curled toes and umbilical cord still attached! Unfortunately, the chick struggled to move around between the curled toes and the umbilical cord. Once it was somewhat dry, I removed it long enough to give it Nutri Drench ( a live saver btw if you don't have it). I then left it in the incubator until the cord and matter attached to it had dried and fallen off. I put a little bit of Betadine on the piece of cord still attached.

By the next day, one foot straightened out, but the other one still wasn't quite right, so I fashioned a little boot for the chick, placed it in the brooder and gave it Sav A Chick Electrolytes (another chick must have). I also provided it with small bits on scrambled egg yolk.

It's been a week now since this whole uhh adventure? started, but the chicks feet are completely corrected and it seems to be doing great! This was my first ever assisted hatch, and I couldn't be more pleased. Thank you Sally for your help and advice!!! Here is a little collage of the whole process. I hope this will help someone else!!!!!

awwwww She looks great!! I hope she keeps on going strong!! @Ur-ur-ur-urrr not quite as bad as your chick but they can make it.

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Quote: No not really

But today was extra out of the ordinary.

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[Sally Sunshine]

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I think there is a reason most chickens wont eat them lol

 

[BantyChooks]

I think there is a reason most chickens wont eat them lol 

Mine love them, above rice even!! There have been many fights over them!
-Banti