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

[LittleLakePhil]

Good night Sally..... Oh crap....-10 now...

 

[kwhites634]

Getting horizontal sounds like a bodaciously good idea.
Believe I'll crawl betwixt the flannel sheets for the duration my own self.
Y'all enjoy your visit, but be sure to kill the lights whenever that you leave.
Me gone

 

[ambe0487]

dang I just got a really cold chill in me bones!!!  time to go down to the coal stove and pass out on the floor infront of it tonight  brrrrrrrr  house is getting cold fast!! wtheck!!

NIGHT ALL!!

Good night cinder-sally!

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Bye.....good night all

 

[Jessimom]

I must have done something wrong in this hatch - 6 quitters, only 12 went into lock down....plus my air cells are too small on several of them. Worst hatch yet....

Good night everyone!!!

 

[gotro17]

Seeing as how I burst into this morning with a panic- I will exit with a tiny... I SAW VEINING!!! But- with half the hatch being BCM, I am boasting of a mere 6 or 7... I swear I'll leave them alone until Day 5 now...Thursday.

Buenos noches!

 

[gotro17]

Quote: Ok- Thank you, Sally...It still begs the question- what is the AVERAGE humidity you all chicken crazies think I should aim for. Starting Day 4 tomorrow afternoon.

 

[gotro17]

Oh NO!!! What happened?

 

[Akrnaf2]

This is a translation of a post that I have written in a forum in Israel that I am one of its admins. I hope it will help thous that cano't see the development of the air cell in a very dark shell eggs:
Anyone who incubate eggs know that one of the most important parameters except the incubation temperature, is the humidity.
The accepted convention says that incubation eggs (in the first 19 days) should have humidity of 50% and during the hatching (days 19-21) humidity should move around the 75%.
I would like to say that such determinations are not absolute!
We must remember that moisture is the only means of bringing the egg weight loss necessary for the development of air cell. Chicken eggs have to lose 11-13 percent of their weight from day 1 to day 19 of incubation. This is the percentage that allows the creation of proper air cell and normal development! If the egg does not lose weight at the appropriate rate that the an air sack will develop properly, mean that the incubator humidity is too high and we need to reduce it! And if it losses weight that is higher than 11-13 percent and the air cell is greater than that needed, means that the humidity in an incubator is lower that what is needed, and we should raise it! The correct way to determine the correct incubation humidity present is to calculate the future weight loss of of the egg.
And the way to calculate this is:
You should weight the egg before entering it to the incubation. After the first 4 days ,in the first candling you weight it again. The gap weight (starting weight less weight on the fourth day), you divide the initial weight of the egg, the result should be multiplied by 100, that is the percentage of weight lost, percentage, for four days. Daily weight loss percentages can be known by dividing the result by 4.
To know the expected rate of weight loss of the entire incubation period you should multiplied the percentage of daily weight loss by 19. and this is the expected weight loss over the incubation. If it is between 11-13 percent humidity you are good, If it do not, you should correct the humidity levels!


for example:
If the initial egg weight is 56 grams
And after 4 days is 54.8 grams.

So: the ratio of weight lost in 4 days is:
0.0214 = (56 - 54.8):56
Multiple the result by 100
And This Is considered the weight loss percentages for 4 days:
0.0214 * 100 = 2.14%

2.14% are weight loss in 4 days. So to know the daily weight loss percentages is:
2.14% : 4 = 0.54%

Calculate the percentage of weight loss per incubation period (first 19 days):
0.54% * 19 = 10.3%

This humidity Value of 10.3% is lower than the minimum of 11% percent required, it means that probably that humidity in the incubator was higher than necessary and you have to reduce it!
Good luck

 

[chickendreams24]

Lol wow on this thread we don't half way do anything lol

Been busy today despite all of our precautions some of our birds did indeed get some frost bite but with temps below zero and wind chills down to -20 to -30 I'm thinking it may now be because of us? Correct me if I'm wrong. The "cooler" coop has good air flow but isn't draughty and humidity doesn't seem to be a problem but of course this is our first winter and I admit to being a panicky Mommy. I also admit that some of our birds are more prone to frost bite than others and that some of them are also a bit more special to me.

So to recap and ask questions... One of our two favorite silkies crop was not full at bed check she's a small blue splash and she is sweet but flighty we're hoping to remedy this with a little bit of trimming tomorrow. I have seen her eat and drink today so her lack of crop worries me she has always been a bit thinner than our other silkies but like I said is also the second smallest. I think she may be toying with the idea of going broody but I'm not sure since she doesn't seem real dedicated. Two or three times we have found her laying on the run floor six inches away from an egg with her wings out just a bit and slightly flattened out. She then complains slightly when moved from this position. Does this sound normal? If broody why is she missing the egg? Like I said I'm a worried Mommy but I have been making sure each day despite the cold that I see all the "littles" eating and drinking. She hasn't missed a day of either. Any help would be appreciated I'm quite attached to her and she's stunning I don't want to risk losing her.

Next we have our two oegb roos who are dealing with what seems to be bad frost bite to me. Nugget has dark tips on his comb and Mickey has some that have turned white and some dark tips his also looks swollen and squishy under where he was injured in pecking order disputes after introduction to the flock last week. We have been applying Vaseline and or neosporin without pain killer once or twice a day but both boys have a lady friend who helpfully cleans the goop off. I wish I could explain that it is necessary of course I can't but I'm not sure what else I can do. I would love to bring them in the house but they hate each other and Mickey's sister would be lost without him. Plus we have five indoor cats. Will they lose their combs? Is Mickey's worse BC of the previous injuries? Is there anything else I can do? Do I need to worry about infection?


...sorry I know its a lot I just really trust and value your opinions and I'm afraid for my birds and afraid that my newbie screw-uos could seriously hurt or kill one of them BC of inexperience. Thanks guys I know you'll be patient and help me.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...mergency-and-supportive-care-updated-1-3-2016

Watch that "broody" , does she feel lighter than before?
This link is a good read

@LocalYokel
Thanks for all of your help I have bookmarked the info on emergency and supportive care and will continue to use the information therein. I take your "broody" comment to mean that you think Lovey is just going broody? She may be a bit thinner but I don't understand since she ate like a horse today. I don't feel and hard mass present with palpating her crop and there isn't a smell so I don't think her crop could be impacted. I will keep you up to date on her.

Any further advice in regards to any of my previous questions/worries would be greatly appreciated thank you all.