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

[BullChick]

Good evening Chaos.
I see you have been keeping MC on the straight and narrow,
Keep up the good work, mrleeroy needs the assist and the rest.

Hey! What did I do wrong?!

It's a hard job but somebodies gotta do it.

Hey! What did I do now?

 

[Pensmaster]

Hey! What did I do wrong?!
Hey! What did I do now?

Your back

 

[jwlpoultry]

Thanks to everyone for the congratulations. And to MC they are in my camera roll

They do no good there!

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I know but my internet is really bad so it's hard to upload pics especially from mobile.

 

[flocktastic]

Hi!!!!    How's it goin'? 

Hey Kristin!! A package will be headed your way soon!

@Fire Ant Farm

 

[h2oratt]

It means you have handled them too much.

Who would have thought that it is high in vitamin C? I wouldn't have. I usually equate that with fruits and vegetables.

I hate to tell you this because you obviously are an animal lover and passionate about poultry, but you may likely have killed them by handling them too much.
Take the advice of people that have been doing this longer than you have been alive. Artificial incubation SOMETIMES requires candling and intervention - but mostly not.
Natural incubation almost NEVER requires any contact by humans.

I've probably told you this about 50 times and it has fallen on deaf ears, but animals have been birthing their offspring for millions of years without your help. They still aren't extinct even though you weren't there.

Incubating eggs when you have a setter isn't your gig. It's hers. Let it be.

Usually about a week or two after weaning the chicks she may start laying. (not desiring to care for them any more)
That's why it is crazy for people not hatching chicks to not break the broody immediately.

It is always best to let the hen raise the chicks. You wouldn't believe how much the hen becomes attached to them.
I had a hen go broody in November when it was warm. By the time the chicks hatched it was cold and getting colder. When lhighs dropped into the 20s, I took the chicks away to brood artificially. 2 weeks later when it warmed up a bit and the chicks were bigger I brought them out in a cage. You should have seen her run up to the cage to greet them. I'm sure she thought they were gone forever.
I've been doing this farmer stuff a long time and it was touching to even me. 

First, if she's healthy, they'll get good probiotics from her feces. You don't need electricity and they'll have fresh air.

If weather is warm, they'll spend much more time off the nest.

You can probably graft the incubator chicks onto her. I once gave a broody hen 42 chicks.

How did she keep them all warm? What a touching story. When my pups come back to visit my mother dogs seem to care less.

 

[chicken hawk 33]

I think the chick that hatched from the fun and funky might be a frizzle

 

[Chickenluver106]

Our newest addition born today.

Congrats is it a boy or girl how exciting

 

[karenerwin]

So far nothing is happening with my 15 eggs. Day 21 started about an hour ago. I usually have eggs hatching on day 20, so I am hopping everything is going to be ok. I really want to open the bator & "check" but I am resisting.

On another note,I am taking the day off work on Friday to go see my Mom. She's 79 ( 80 in July) and has been really sick since the end of March. She's been in & out of the hospital (UTI) then allergic to the meds they put her on. She hasn't been eating or drinking much and is doing much worse. Prayers are appreciated!

 

[LittleLakePhil]

So far nothing is happening with my 15 eggs. Day 21 started about an hour ago.  I usually have eggs hatching on day 20, so I am hopping everything is going to be ok.  I really want to open the bator & "check" but I am resisting.

On another note,I am taking the day off work on Friday to go see my Mom.  She's 79 ( 80 in July) and has been really sick since the end of March.  She's been in & out of the hospital (UTI) then allergic to the meds they put her on.  She hasn't been eating or drinking much and is doing much worse.  Prayers are appreciated!

I got you.... She's in my prayers....

 

[canadachickens]

Good Friday morning everyone!

MC.....
You haven't done anything, just MC being MC! Don't stop because I was teasing you a bit!

Dax, Phil sorry to have missed you both last night, eyelids got very heavy, very quickly, after I caught up again.

@karenerwin. Prayers. dealing with similar situation here. Mom is in her late 80's and not well.

Hope everyone enjoys their Friday
I know I will, one more day of work before a relaxing weekend of building more chicken shelters, cleaning the barn, washing windows, servicing the lawn mower, doing all the other things on the ' honey do' list the DW has all set up.