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

[Jessimom]

So adorable!!!


Morning all!!

 

[LocalYokel]

@TJChickens
@pensmaster
In house made cherry vanilla I Scream.
Made the same way since 1950

 

[LocalYokel]

I don't like artificial nothins in my foods.

Neither does this place!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

neighborhoods! Does he raise chickens?

No but one of his son's does just northwest of Sarcoxie. They also have some cattle on the place.

Why is this "Actually they're better off completely cut off from ambient air."?

Because they're not growing, they don't need a transpiration of oxygen and carbon dioxide and wrapping them will limit moisture loss.

Where I live, if we see 2 cars on the state route that our road spurs off from, we call that a traffic jam. If we see 3 or more, that's grid lock.

...

Or an invasion.
At our old farm, it was rare to see one or 2 cars in an entire day.
I miss that place.

I don't like artificial nothins in my foods.

Neither does this place!

Same here.
You just reminded me of a saying my dad had. (he was an ice cream fanatic)
"I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream."

 

[horselover02]

Love this thread.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: sure if you really want to

Sally careful of that freezing rain.
I just got snow and blowing snow to worry about.
I'm so wiped out today might go back home after this appointment and sleep.
I'm not sure why I'm so tired. But seriously wiped out.

hope you feel better get some rest!

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Hey, ms @Sally Sunshine guess what.

I dont like to guess, assumptions can get one in trouble

Quote: No I did not so you still loose hero status sorry

Quote: she very well was off doing chores, and had a long telephone call as well. Thank you Chaos

Good morning everyone. I have been up four hours and working for almost three.
@Sally Sunshine actually it is much worse today. I think chores were totrure. Driving definitely is. I will be going to OccuMed as soon as I get unloaded here and drive the hour and a half back to Joplin.
@kwhites634 . I feel sorry for the chick I match since hers does not look like it will get better.

I am sorry, I hope you didnt break anything report back when you are resting

Okay so ,all three of my thermometers stayed all night and all day at 100.2 to 100.8never went to high or low.and humidity was at 30%.I just scooted the lid barely back and added some water.

your on target well done

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You hit the nail on the head with that one.

Foam is very reusable, so it might be cost effective in some cases. Where is the best place to get foam shippers?
I was thinking of buying some to send to people I want to get eggs from, so they just put the eggs in and send it back to me.

I've traded eggs before and send mine to the other person so they can use my shippers to return them.

yes it is, but I wont re-use it used anyways, its too porous to sterilize, remember I am CPT and a bit "anil" I learned a bit too much about disease me thinks. Its even hard for me to order hatching eggs from someone, yet alone chicks. I need the full testing credentials

I think they can be sterilized.
Chlorine, isopropanol and formaldehyde come to mind. Fumigating. They have to be clean first. You can't disinfect a turd.
My eggs are always clean when I ship them.

Well grumpy old man, I pray you some sunshine soon

and thank you for all of your help and knowledge

Hey everyone

I'm currently collecting eggs for a test run in preparation for the EHAL and was wondering how dirty of an egg is too dirty? I had a hen decide to lay an egg near a puddle of muddy water and of course the egg rolled in. I dabbed at it with a dry cloth. I heard water can push bacteria into the egg... So should I skip or is it ok to set?

please refer to cleaning section here

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Good morning to all. Been a hectic few days. My 84+ year old neighbor ( who served in WWII & Korean wars) fell. Have been helping him & his wife. Missed a couple of doctorings on chicks and I can tell. Lost another toddler and most of others have stopped improving. Back on hospital duty full time again.

Candled 41 eggs....not good. Wasn't expecting much since eggs were old and new incubator. Still trying to get new incubator temp & humidity right. So maybe will have figured out by Feb 1st. Want to start a good batch with new bator and new knowledge from site.

Hoping all have a good day.

I hope things get better and less hectic. good luck with the hatch!

I have two questions... The first got buried yesterday in the frenzy... Here is a shot of the remaining 31 after 8 days. How do the AC look to you all? All but the 5 silkie eggs were shipped, so there are some gnarly ones in there.



I cleared about 8 from the bator last night and was so relieved to discover I was 8/8 in my diagnosing "clears"...

Phew!
@Sally Sunshine

The second is- I sprinkle this on my tortoises food everyday...wouldn't it be a good supplement for the layers?

Agree on the calcium eggs are doing good your running 35%

Well crap. I thought you were supposed to wash it in water colder than the egg. Oops, but glad I found this out!

please refer to cleaning section here @Mims

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The Mrs just got confirmation, we have another female pup inbound from Germany. I'll post up a pic in a bit.

congrats!

 

[Chaos18]

Because they're not growing, they don't need a transference of oxygen and carbon dioxide and wrapping them will limit moisture loss.

Okay thanks

 

[Akrnaf2]

Peachick with swollen head. From too high humidity maybe? Or is it a disease? -Kathy

Check hydrocephalus in google, basically it is a situation in the equilibrium of the CSF making and absorbing in the CNS of the bird!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Okay thanks

There was a study I'll try to find that said excluding oxygen will make the eggs viable for hatching with longer storage durations. If memory serves, it was encasing the eggs in nitrogen.

 

[gotro17]

@Sally Sunshine- I am running between 30-33% now. That blue one reads high on temp and humidity...but it's highs are consistent with the two calibrated ones. Prior to this weekend, basically days 1-6, I was running higher at 38-45...then we went away and had the mini crisis, when Lord knows what things got down to. I've stabilized things around the lower 30's per your advice.