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

[kwhites634]

@Sally Sunshine 30 turkey eggs in lockdown now.

Even with the incubator failure the other day, there was still a lot of movement in those eggs. It looks like they may be a day late though but I'm thrilled they're still alive. The hatch will be the true test.

 

[Chaos18]

Okay. I have been having panic attacks since FAF wanted to share Benny. It's a problem I need to deal with, and if I can't handle BYC, I should stay away. Except that it is the only human interaction I have.

Duckling doesn't count?

 

[casportpony]

A nice older gentleman came and bought 13 of my chicks for $2 a peice. I was sad to see them go, but I think they'll have a good home. I always worry about how well they're taken care of after they leave my house, but I try not to think about it too much. He wants to buy more from my hatch that goes into lockdown tomorrow.

I know how you feel... I'm always a little sad to see them go, but have learned that it's easier to sell them young and cheap than to sell them later after I've invested more time and money in them.

-Kathy

 

[BullChick]

Quote:
Not when I can't talk to her.

 

[Chaos18]

Not when I can't talk to her.

Well than I guess you should just stick around here. If you have to share Benny maybe you should find a second man that you don't have to share.

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

It think they do it that way so you get daughters and sons from each hen/rooster combo that you can.

It would be best to use the same hens in each pen until you have enough offspring to select breeders for the next generation. Mixing older hens with their offspring will only cause confusion, as you will lose track of who is who. I intend to breed roo to hen, and the following year breed son to mother and father to daughter. This will create F1 chicks... the first generation of inbreeding. Their offspring can be mated brother to sister, and their offspring can be mated to the grandparents. It's complicated, yet simple. The easy part is keeping track of which chicks came from which pen (and parents), and where they will belong in the next cycle. It gets a little more difficult when you factor in proper selection for removing or improving traits. That's the tricky part. Wrong selection can easily set you back for 1-5 years. There are many good articles on line breeding, and there are different approaches to this type of breeding. A good place to start to get a better understanding of what you're trying to accomplish is by reading "The Call of the Hen". Here's a link to the virtual book that you can flip the pages of just like a real book: https://archive.org/details/callhenscience00hogarich

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

I see a pip! but...it's facing down not up, I'm sure it will be fine, but I worry.

It should be okay. I've had several that pipped down and managed to zip out. If you're overly concerned, perhaps you could use a small rod of some type to reach through a vent hole and roll it over? Just a thought...

 

[Saris]

It would be best to use the same hens in each pen until you have enough offspring to select breeders for the next generation. Mixing older hens with their offspring will only cause confusion, as you will lose track of who is who. I intend to breed roo to hen, and the following year breed son to mother and father to daughter. This will create F1 chicks... the first generation of inbreeding. Their offspring can be mated brother to sister, and their offspring can be mated to the grandparents. It's complicated, yet simple. The easy part is keeping track of which chicks came from which pen (and parents), and where they will belong in the next cycle. It gets a little more difficult when you factor in proper selection for removing or improving traits. That's the tricky part. Wrong selection can easily set you back for 1-5 years. There are many good articles on line breeding, and there are different approaches to this type of breeding. A good place to start to get a better understanding of what you're trying to accomplish is by reading "The Call of the Hen". Here's a link to the virtual book that you can flip the pages of just like a real book: https://archive.org/details/callhenscience00hogarich

Thanks, I'll look into that!

 

[HeatherMarieR]

I know how you feel... I'm always a little sad to see them go, but have learned that it's easier to sell them young and cheap than to sell them later after I've invested more time and money in them.

-Kathy

I bred them to sell. I just always worry that someone else won't love them and care for them as much as I would. It sounded like this man has raised quite a few though so hopefully they'll have a good home. I ended up selling a few that I didn't plan on selling until I could tell for sure what color they were going to be.

 

[attimus]

Is there a maximum dimension for the viewing window relative to the size of the bator?