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

[RoxysAnimals]

Ok I feel like crud and need some advice.... I am at the end of day 22 with no pips on my last two eggs. The Ameraucana eggs have been hard to candle so it is hard to tell how the chick is doing... I gave up pulled the shells and two remaining eggs and put them in a bag as trash. I started washing out the hatcher bator when I heard chirping from the bag...

I grabbed out the two eggs, one clearly complaining, and put them in the incubator with the turner until the other could warm back up. The one egg has been quiet and has a loose air cell, don't have much hope for it but the other definitely has a live chick in it. I tapped on the shell and broke a small hole but the inner membrane looks pinkish and I was afraid it would bleed if I broke the membrane, so I put it back in.

NOW WHAT?? I know I should have left them alone.,,

Any chick yet? That one probably has no hope, but just leave the other one alone for a while and check on him every now and then. Did you poke the hole in the air cell? And was there a beak in the air cell? You shouldn't poke a hole unless the chick is peeping and horribly malpositioned. Because then you have to sit there for a couple hours... Hope he makes it! He probably will, but don't make the hole bigger. If you see his beak, he will make it out.

 

[venymae]

south carolina is the BEST

But Kansas is better Right, @fire370?

Btw how do you store all that meat?!? Those geese alone would fill a freezer or two! And can you eat that cat?!?

 

[BantyChooks]

Hi.
Umm. Four eggs are in my incubator. I think I'm just testing fertility as my new cockerel has been busy. Shhhh. Don't tell anyone.

I won't!

I have a feeling y'all will be sayin the same thing to me when I get my neighbor's bator...
I am purpously leaving it there till spring.

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

Hi.
Umm. Four eggs are in my incubator. I think I'm just testing fertility as my new cockerel has been busy. Shhhh. Don't tell anyone.

Don't tell anyone what? I don't know what you're talking about!

 

[kwhites634]

Hey guys its been fun but I dont do digest and there is NO way I can keep up regular. I will be back when I have some eggsies to cook.

deb

Sure hope that ain't long. Take care of that mare.

 

[RoxysAnimals]

Lol there's an ad for McDonald's Sausage Mcmuffins in SPANISH that keeps popping up on the right side....

 

[Peep-Chicken]

IDK I didnt count them, hang on let me see lol

I think I just cracked one do you cup the flashlight with your palm? I cut a piece of foam for around pipe and used black tape around the end of mine [COLOR=333333]1" foam pipe to LED light[/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]image was posted for helping me from @R2elk here on byc but mine is the exact same now[/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]

[/COLOR] idk you know sometimes disease or sickness can cause it as well.... I would research it on google a bit and see what you come up with if its just one hen. maybe give her some extra in a snack?

I hope that didn't crack, those things are pretty fragile sadly. I hope they hatch for you! What day are you on?

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

I hope that didn't crack, those things are pretty fragile sadly. I hope they hatch for you! What day are you on?

You'll probably have to wait until tomorrow to get a reply. Sally had a headache and mentioned going to bed. Haven't seen anything from her in quite awhile. Just thought you should know so you won't sit up all night waiting for an answer...

 

[fire370]

But Kansas is better Right, @fire370?

Btw how do you store all that meat?!? Those geese alone would fill a freezer or two! And can you eat that cat?!?

We have plenty of freezer space. All of the Canadians and snow geese are ground up and turned into jerky. Specklebellies are filleted and grilled/seared to MedRare. Ducks are grilled/seared to MedRare as well. I have a processing station in the shop with grinders, vacuum sealers, saws, running water, etc. We process and package everything from cows to chickens. Not a business, just doing what I grew up doing. My kids can all process too.

 

[venymae]

Water in the brooder spring a leak, you should have seen them mob it when I finally found it and filled a new one.

In other news Dad went to hospital today, was coughing blood. They are sending him to Topeka. I knew he should have gone yesterday, but he's so stubborn.

He gives me such worry I tell you!