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

[FridayYet]

Quick and easy.

We actually still use a chalkboard in the shop for notes and breeding cycles.

Love it when anyone in the area can look up and see notes about a project. Used whiteboards at work a lot.

 

[fire370]

Just shot a skunk. Little egg suckers.

 

[BantyChooks]

Just shot a skunk. Little egg suckers.

I almost stepped on a family of 3 when I was coming out of the coop at dusk....... I borrowed neighbor's have a heart, caught and had them shoot 2. Never seen a skunk since.

 

[kwhites634]

I almost stepped on a family of 3 when I was coming out of the coop at dusk....... I borrowed neighbor's have a heart, caught and shot 2. Never seen a skunk since.

So you can hit what you're shooting at, even if it is at point blank range. I'm super impressed, and I'll be careful around you in the future

 

[BantyChooks]

Quote:
Sorry, shoulda clarified. The neighbors shot it for me; I don't own a gun.

I club them on the head with a hoe instead!

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: You dispatch skunks with a hoe? I bet that's interesting! Video next time, please?

 

[Granny Hatchet]

You dispatch skunks with a hoe? I bet that's interesting! Video next time, please?

Thats because one smells just like the other. They never knew what him them.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

dang

I am finally caught up,
I need to add more index points on this good grief!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubating-w-friends-helpful-notes-links-informational-post-links

NOTABLE LINKS, DISCUSSION W/LINKS PICS/INFO:


INCUBATION
NEW TO INCUBATION SEE: Hatching Eggs 101 & reply to post #113
HOW to figure out HATCH RATE post #4601
LINKS TO POST RESULTS ROUND OVAL = FEMALE MALE EGGS post #7595
A great place to find eggs CHEAP! post #7755
GREAT all around DUCK incubation methods https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubating-and-hatching-muscovy-eggs (Muscovy~ yinepu) @yinepu
Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks provides vital information for anyone wanting to keep ducks. HERE
Hatch / Egg Turning Chart http://homesteadapps.com/app/free/hatchchart/hatchturnscheentry.php
What is actually the first day of incubation and how to figure out hatch dates: start post #17502
Figure out your hatch times Hatch / Egg Turning Chart http://homesteadapps.com/app/free/hatchchart/hatchturnscheentry.php
Setting Chicken Eggs by the Moon's Sign farmers Almanac see HERE
Hatchabatch AP Keeping track of your hatch! see here
Embryonic Development, Day by Day IMAGES/info on vitellus internalization click HERE

INCUBATORS
CHOOSING an INCUBATOR post #1901
INCUBATOR IDEAS AND HOW TO: post #657 and CABINET COOLER INCUBATOR ~ CoolerBATOR ~ post #1456 post #3123 post #1062
ozexpat switching out thermostats in styros post #1788 & post #1505 Getting the Flock out of Here
ADDING FANS to BATORS fans are important: start at post #1213 and post #1396
Incuview incubator unit from warehouse.com a thread on use incuveiw post #1120 post #3
Taos genius microwave turner starting post #1516 post #1520 post #2150
RUSH LANE~ MUST SEE B4 making your own! https://www.youtube.com/user/RushLanePoultry Links to 'bator building! post #4423
homemade automatic or manual HORIZONTAL egg turner CLICK HERE
ORDER NEW thermostats or other parts for your incubator HERE

Collection & Storage of Eggs​

Hatching Eggs 101 & post #647
IS IT FERTILE? https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/16008/how-to-tell-a-fertile-vs-infertile-egg-pictures
Fertility in hatching eggs Click here
Managing Fertility click HERE
ALL ABOUT WASHING EGGS! post #10836
MUDDY DUCK egg discussions post #17018
The effects of setting eggs small end up click HERE
The importance of preventing ‘sweating’ eggs Click HERE
Overcoming late mortality when hatching Peking duck eggs post #20952
BIRTH DEFECTS CONVERSATION AND INFO ON WORMERS!! post #25707 post #25706

Purchasing eggs & Shipped eggs info:
REQUEST HOW TO GET SHIPPED EGGS PEOPLE post #1050
SHIPPED EGGS = CHANGE OF PLANS! Hatching Eggs 101 & post #1087
BYC Links for EGGS........
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...egg-auction-and-bin-thread/4280#post_16161710
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/754060/the-new-crazy-24hr-auction-thread/10720#post_16151948
https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/36/chicken-hatching-eggs

Candling:
HOW TO CANDLE EGGS post #12939 BRINSEA HOW TO CANDLE CANDLE PICS Scratch Cradle
Advice Do not candle between 11 and 14 days of incubation, as it interrupts the movement of the embryo to the length axis of the egg.

FLASHLIGHTS TO CANDLE DARK EGGS & Innovations post #1645 post #1646 post #1663
Flashlights - try more than one! post #1689 BEGIN post #2702 post #18179

Clears at CANDLE are not always infertile!​

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post #1825
Candle of a Fresh EGG post #1751
SADDLE" SHAPED AIR CELLS ROLLING AIR CELLS post #1087
Day 2 candle post #18795
Day 4 candle post #160 post #15164
Day 5 candle post #3285 post #1734 post #12637 post #12762
Day 6 candle post #1867 post #14149
Day 7 candle images post #15730 post #2698 post #2700 post #620 post #4281 post #13694 post #14127
Day 10 Candles post #1261 post #2
Day 14 candles post #246 post #1086 post #1236 post #6658 post #17688 post #20586
Day 15 candles post #20060
Day 17 Candles post #5307 post #14127
*day 18 see lockdown section
CALL DUCK CANDLING pics by Rayvyn day 5 & 11 & 14 & 18 see posts #1348 post #1354 post #1844 post #2696
SHARPIES on EGGS? Sure! post #10857 & the age old question Can you write on a hatchin egg with sharpie. answer is yes with proof

Humidity/Temps/Thermos&Hygros:
Thermo/hygro suggestions post #13998 post #12128 post #13975 post #452
Incubators with fans and without fans need to run at DIFFERENT TEMPS! read temp section here: Hatching Eggs 101
WHY YOU SHOULD CALIBRATE and link to HOW: post #545 also see calibration in Hatching Eggs 101 TEMPS SECTION
EASY Calibration post #19746 bottom of post #20480
Thermo/Hygro Try to find one that has high low readings post #10961
ALWAYS run your bator a few days first for temp swings post #9129
Humidity is NOT a set number! Its a tool to get the correct weight loss in the egg! post #8924 see Hatching Eggs 101
TEMPS TEMPS TEMPS see post #9068 post #1201 post #452
what is the maximum and minimum range of temp I can go before killing the chicks? post #12473
USING a aquarium pump to humidify incubator Begin post #2028 & Flow control valve post #2054
The influence of high altitude on the hatching of chicken eggs. post #995
HAVE A PLAN IN CASE YOU LOOSE ELECTRIC ITS THE SEASON! see post #522
REPEAT REPEAT HAVE A PLAN IN CASE YOU LOOSE ELECTRIC ITS THE SEASON! see post #522
Power losses started for a lot of hatchers with those storms around post #2321
How to raise humidity in a bator discussion begin post #355
Trick from WV RAISING humidity in BRINSEA post #3823
Trick to raising humidity in egg trays by adding small containers to egg slot! post #1651 and backward reading
KEEPING MOLD and BACTERIAL from growing in water WELLS during incubation post #1644
Overcoming late mortality when hatching Peking duck eggs post #20952


LOCKDOWN, DAY 18, CANDLES, PIPS, ZIPS
lock down day 18 candle images:
post #2119 post #2347 post #2350 post #2466 post #2119 post #990 post #991 post #5259
DRAW DOWN / internal pip of chick see: post #975
WHY lay your eggs down horizontal to hatch and how to mark eggs for hatching: BOTTOM OF post #583
WHAT is a INTERNAL EXTERNAL PIP AND A ZIP? post #975 VIDEO of zip and hatch AT :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyO3YwrsJPg
pic of a zip post #3450 INTERNAL PIP CANDLE IMAGE post #5180
A ZIP should ONLY last how long SEE post #3910
TIMELINE OF A SILKIE CHICK HATCHING in images/VIDEO post #1961
Guide to ASSISTED Hatching & discussion on is it really dried out membrane? post #1954
EGGTOPSY REMINDERS IF YOU WANT US TO HELP SEE post #2140
LOWERING TEMPS lockdown IS NOT NECESSARY/SUPPOSED TO AID THE HATCHING PROCESS post #2898

What Went Wrong During Incubation could it be the flock? or Incubation? ​

post #1825
ADDING water after lockdown post #210
Hatching videos post #3358 VIDEO AT :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyO3YwrsJPg
I HAVE EGGS LEFT UNHATCHED NOW WHAT? post #12001
This is what am EGG from a good chick hatch looks like! your goal post #14673
Empty shells - a valuable source of information click HERE


9 1 1 - HELP! stuff went wrong!
Images normal chick pip position post #19606
MY EGGS ARE COOKING TEMP TOO HIGH HELP post #14649
MY CHICK has yolk hanging and is dragging in the bator HELP! begin post #15672
Mushy Chick Disease YOLK SACK INFECTION: Mushy Chick Disease
HOW do I know when my chick as turned the corner? post #15777
HOW Sally Sunshine Euthanize chicks only for the strong at heart post #15697
Signs of Deficiency in the Embryo & Poultry Vits Oz/Sal Diary Thread post #13719
TEMP SPIKE DID I KILL THEM! read bottom post #8814
UPSIDE DOWN PIP! malposition begin post #8802 STUFF OOZING from pip begin post #3369
IT PIPPED THE WRONG END!!!! post #4742 & Step by Step Guide to ASSISTED Hatching - BackYard Chickens Community
FLOAT TEST DONE and discussion begin post #3556 post #3573
How to Spot Problems of Newly Hatched Chicks http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-spot-problems-of-newly-hatched-chicks.html
Homemade Electrolyte Recipe for weak/ill chicks post #3876 USING SPONGE WEDGES post #4473
SPRADDLE Leg WEAK CHICKS Legs see post #3879 post #3876 post #4174 post #4382 post #4690 post #4693
DUCKS can have Spraddle leg too! post #15184 post #15355
CURLY TOES post #4642 post #4646 post #4690
THIS IS NOT PASTY BUTT its Umbilical post #4077
CHEAP styro incubator GRATE and chick leg talk start at post #4396
Look ok or not fully absorbed yolk?? Begin post #4578
CHICK has a red dot sticking out of its back about the tail area and flips on back Begin post #4651
BONES STICKING OUT CHICKS legs FROM getting stuck in BATOR WIRES PUT something over WIRE at lockdown post #4310 post #4382

What Went Wrong During Incubation could it be the flock? or Incubation? ​

post #1825
RED HOCKS, HIGH HUMIDITY post #464
Help I have a BLEEDER! NAVEL looks like a Vagina? begin (this is gonna be a long one) post #5159
STUCK ZIPPING WHAT DO I DO?post #4927 post #5065
"yawning" thing like a silent crow. Any ideas or should I not be so concerned? NOPE normal post #7522
Rens Duck HATCH post #12845 post #13270 post #13288 post #13334 post #14708 post #15180 post #15355
Duckling navel wry neck? NOPE yolk infection! post #16089
Some causes of EARLY CHICK MORTALITY post #17586 ~ http://www.poultry.uga.edu/extension/documents/French-Livability.pdf
Effects of nutrition on infertility, embryo mortality and hatchability. click Here
Hens dont always kick out bad eggs BUT GOOD ones too! post #18059
Normal hatching position and the six recognized malpositions Images: click here and post #20507 post #20515 post #20528 post #20533
Routine Quality Control in the Hatchery and the Recording and Analysis of Results - 1
Routine Quality Control in the Hatchery and the Recording and Analysis of Results - 2
Interpretation of Results NOTE THE INTERPRETATIONS HERE!
Effects of Nutrition on Infertility, Embryo Mortality and Hatchability
POOR INCUBATION RESULTS post #20480
YES a chick can chirp when its not pipped internally! post #20506
Carbon dioxide (CO2) post #20553
CHICK TEMPERATURE Measurement vs. observation: recognizing the comfort status of day old chicks post #20918

BROODERS, CHICK STUFF, COCCI, Misc:
SEXING CHICKS! post #15172
SIMPLE CHICK BROODER post #869 SWEETER HEATER post #3572 brooder talk post #4358 Ur's Brooder post #5222
NOTE OF CAUTION ON those momma heater brooder things: post #8192
Pic of my Brooder and talk, wax paper between papertowel layers for simple roll up see begin pic post #3543
How to Prevent Chicks from Getting Coccidiosis post #4779
Chicken Hawks image of embryo poop in the egg post #2376
Fun THINGS WE DO WHILE WAITING FOR OUR EGGS TO PIP post #2975 post #2934 post #2955 post #2950 post #2953
Momma Hen Booted egg out of nest, SAVE The chick Video Assist A THANK you video from Maxine post #1864
TALK OF ANTS IN THE BATOR start post #1884 post #2031
Quail incubating see this thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/732651/first-time-incubating
The Genius of Birds - Embryonic development

READ ABOUT Little Crocket who spent her first 36 hours in a padded country crock dish post #1993 post #2062

Duckling Care links ​

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Duckling Care
KEEPIN DUCK BROODER CLEAN​

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/duckling-care-brooder-ideas post #1221
What To do with those chicks hatched? post #2201
Chicken Clucking playlist for incubation by Venymae link is Here Chicken Clucking Playlist
Discussion of chicks that just dont grow begin post #3626 & https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...not-grow-update-hes-found-a-forever-home/0_30
Video See Through eggshell to watch embro development

Discussion of what everyone uses for FEED AND WATER dishes begins here post #7510
FEATHER SEXING LINKS http://cdn.backyardchickens.com/d/d0/d075bb42_13371_sexfaether.jpeg
FEATHER SEXING LINKS http://animalsciences.missouri.edu/reprod/ReproTech/Feathersex/sld006.htm
FEATHER SEXING LINKS post #7608
Heated water suggestion coop post #15802
DEALING with bully chickens and chicks click here and see post #2 post #22
Flock Integration Series http://blog.mcmurrayhatchery.com/tags/flock-integration-series/


GREAT CHICKEN/FOWL INFORMATION
bargain vitamins and electrolytes from Jeffers post #18098
How to Provide Emergency and Supportive Care https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1048620/how-to-provide-emergency-and-supportive-care
Turkeys, what's the best yard turkey for eating?post #4768
My pallet coops / Shed conversion post #15959 and PALLET DUCK HOUSES post #16063
Link to HERBS From hippiestink for nest boxes http://fresheggsdaily.com/2012/07/benefits-of-herbs.html
INFO on What colors to Distract Chicks from Pecking and help laying in nest boxes SEE post #932
Acorns as Chicken Feed, Revisited http://livingthefrugallife.blogspot.com/2010/10/acorns-as-chicken-feed-revisited.html
ROOSTING issues talk of nest boxes need to be lower! see starting post #939
Gimmies Special egg start at post #1785 post #2509
WEIRD discussion about good diviners, or water witches starts about post #1253
COCCI post and links TREATMENT CHICKS its all over! see post #1408 post #4890
Chick Pro and Pre Biotic vit cheap! I swear by them! 1st & 2 wks then ACV see post #1409
POOP ALL About CHICKEN POOP sometimes it is runny clear a must read! post #1462
KEEPING MOLD and BACTERIAL from growing in water WELLS during incubation post #1644
Several Reasons Why Your Hens May Stop Laying Eggs click HERE
HOMEMADE MOLT LOAF post #1894
Feather Loss in Chickens CLICK HERE and HERE
ADDING other pet foods to feed start at post #2032
Winter Blues w/the Roos, why are my eggs infertile ugh starting post #1986
IN-BREEDING TALK AND OTHER TALK begin post #2290
Perchie and GreenRunner are our Writers on the thread! GETTINGUM PUBLISHED! starting post #1977
Fermenting Peppers http://thehotpepper.com/topic/23146-fermenting-peppers-101/
Chi Chi's fried ice cream recipe straight from the former manager post #17394
Injara - an Ethiopian bred made from Teff flour post #17418 video recipe post #17433
Santa Bread post #19056
Discussion on feeding Alfalfa and Hay see post #2114 post #2130
Chicapees Awesome Homemade plucker Hal post #438
Talk of 14 hour lighting over winter begin post #6726
About - Jerry's Seramas LLC
HOW TO BLOW OUT EGGS http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2011/10/egg-blowing-101-and-how-to-decorate.html
What's a safe way to get rid of bees congregating around my tube feeder post #11767
Ratite Production: Ostrich, Emu and Rhea http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/228/ratite-production-ostrich-emu-and-rhea/

For all the Tinamou lovers! post #13663
NO CROW COLLARS

Kathy necropsies https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1069296/lame-chicken-exam-necropsy-pictures-added
PVS homemade feeders! post #18066 post #18081
CHICKEN MEDICINE CABINET/ FIRST AID KITS post #20968 begin post #18094 post #29 and CLICK HERE post #20998
NATURAL CHICKEN REMEDIES http://hensingtonpalace.blogspot.com/p/chicken-medicine-cabinet.html
Poultry Lice Mites ID and treatments http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/search?q=Lice
DEALING with bully chickens and chicks click here and see post #2 post #22
Flock Integration Series http://blog.mcmurrayhatchery.com/tags/flock-integration-series/
PARASITES be on a preventative schedule/treatment see post #18165
Sight Sexing Barred Plymouth Rock Chicks at Hatch click here
Sex-Linked info https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/261208/sex-linked-information
Raising and incubating Japanese Quail click here
PREVENTION OF FLOOR EGGS commercial but good examples of getting them in nests click HERE
Backyard Quail online book access~ incubation and keeping of COTS scroll up through book HERE

GENETICS EGG COLOR FEATHERING ETC
Blue Genes? Lavender? Chicken Genetics Made (almost) Simple post #1804 post #1806
Chicken Quest Gene Info
Genetics of Chicken Color
Poultry Genetics for Exhibition Breeders ​

EARS AND EARLOBES http://www.aviculture-europe.nl/nummers/09E03A06.pdf

Pink, Plum, Purple, and Gray Eggs http://www.communitychickens.com/all-about-egg-color/​

INHERITANCE OF EGG COLOUR IN MARANS http://www.maransofamericaclub.com/uploads/4/0/1/8/40183925/14e05a14.pdf
Scratch Cradle links of https://scratchcradle.wordpress.com/2012/07/01/gms1-genetics-of-egg-color/

GMS1: Genetics of Egg Color
GMS2: Breeding for Blue Eggs
GMS3: Breeding for Other Egg Colors
GMS4: Incomplete Dominance of Blue Feathering
GMS5: Chicken Chromosomes
GMS6: Sex-Linkage
GMS7: Plumage Pigments
GMS8: Breeding for Two Traits
GMS9: Autosexing Recipe
GMS10: Skin and Shank Color
GMS11: Breeding for Type
GMS12: Inbreeding Coefficient
GMS Supplement #1: Recessive White
GMS Supplement #2: Skin Color Punnett Squares and Test Crossing​

GMS Supplement #3: Selecting for Head Shape

Technical HELP ON BYC AP's & Threads
HOW to POST PICs from a CELL PHONE / AP or browser see starting at post #1208
HOW TO QUOTE AND MULTI QUOTE: post #528
HOW to keep typing after you @ someone! see: post #1088
Ovation Overview SEE : Ovation points by clicking on the “thumbs up” https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/699980/announcing-the-new-byc-reputation-system-ovations
BYC Recognition Awards - Educator, Friend, Spirit, & Greeter https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/812597/byc-recognition-awards-educator-friend-spirit-greeter
BackYardChickens.com Membership Upgrades https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/byc-memberships-help-support-backyardchickens

Special Thread Links on BYC!
* New Thread! - How to Provide Emergency and Supportive Care *
NEW HOLIDAY FUN THREAD! I AM ANGEL ha ha https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1051667/the-official-byc-holiday-thread
VIP BYC member interviews https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/905602/introducing-vip-member-interviews
7th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2016 Hatch-A-Long https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1051235/7th-annual-byc-new-years-day-2016-hatch-a-long/300
Sallys weird photo editor not a download http://funny.pho.to/christmas-frames-effects/
Warning, "fowl" language ahead:

WATCH THE FUNKY CHICKEN!
Snip of USER preferences from a plat BYC membership post #6724
breeding/buying/selling, please check out his incredible story https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/990599/destruction-and-disposal-orders-help
BYC list of Abbreviations https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/byc-index-of-abbreviations
The Chicken Mission Improving lives through sustainable agriculture SEE @ozexpat at thread post #13442

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Thats because one smells just like the other. They never knew what him them.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

heading to grannys house