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

[NestingHillsSC]

I had read awhile back that you had gotten some from Matt. Just checked your posts and found where you said they were offspring from the pair you got from him. I commented on them in that post, but I'll say it again... really good type on those two, loving the "bricks", and very nice looking birds! Are these the most current pics???

Yes. Just took them yesterday. Hatched them in July i think. I have 2 cockerels, well had 3, eat one, hahaha, and 4 pullets. Plus the main rooster and hen.

 

[Chaos18]

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I've got a seperate coop setup for quarantine.

 

[NestingHillsSC]

Here is my lovely surprise! Two blue And from Eden Camp. The girl is plot to silkied and the boy is split to chocolate 2nd probably split to silkied as well. We'll find out in about 5 months when the girl starts laying.

Nice. a friend of mine gave me a dozen of true Americana eggs to hatch for myself. Hope they are fertile.

 

[Ravynscroft]

You cant see always in naked eye! You should use microscope, as i do, you should do fecal tests as I do, believe me your chickens have worms! And they also have Coccidia, and they have parasite called Flagellate, and I am taking a risk here they also have the MDV that causes Marek disease, and they do have worms!
The issue is, was and always will be equilibrium! If you have happy, well fed, well provide chicken, that dont have a lot of stress causing reason you chicken will do fine! But if the stress load is high, like in winter time, the stress hormones, like Cortisol start to kick in, and the first thing the do is to suppress the immune system and in a blink of an eye you will fined yourself with a big problem! Problem that you could avoid by making some preventive steps, like worming your chickens!
And I don't see any connection between a dewormer that kills wormes that are Eukaryotes and the microflora of the chicken that is Prokaryotes!

Well said, Benny!

You're biology students are lucky to have a teacher like you...

 

[Saris]

Nice. a friend of mine gave me a dozen of true Americana eggs to hatch for myself. Hope they are fertile. 

Me too!

 

[NestingHillsSC]

Me too!

I usually don't candle until day 18 when I put them in the hatcher, but I will Sunday on day 7. He wants to know if there fertile or not. if there not he wants to switch cockerels.

 

[Akrnaf2]

You cant see always in naked eye! You should use microscope, as i do, you should do fecal tests as I do, believe me your chickens have worms! And they also have Coccidia, and they have parasite called Flagellate, and I am taking a risk here they also have the MDV that causes Marek disease, and they do have worms!
The issue is, was and always will be equilibrium! If you have happy, well fed, well provide chicken, that dont have a lot of stress causing reason you chicken will do fine! But if the stress load is high, like in winter time, the stress hormones, like Cortisol start to kick in, and the first thing the do is to suppress the immune system and in a blink of an eye you will fined yourself with a big problem! Problem that you could avoid by making some preventive steps, like worming your chickens!
And I don't see any connection between a dewormer that kills wormes that are Eukaryotes and the microflora of the chicken that is Prokaryotes!

Well said, Benny!

You're biology students are lucky to have a teacher like you...

Thank you Ravy.!

 

[shahtir101]

I was thinking maybe next week to set some eggs from my hens...

what do you all think?

 

[Chaos18]

DO IT!!!!!

 

[kwhites634]

On a different note... Duckling made chocolate chip cookies today. I cracked an egg my way on my forehead. She couldn't do that, so she dropped it on the floor! It got it open anyway!

What happens if you hit your forehead too hard?...Princess Egg-in-the-face