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

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

Right??

I'm sure they don't want our 2 cents or our grabby hands under them haha...

A lot of them will growl and peck at you if you attempt to mess with their eggs. Can't blame them if they become vicious at that point...

Good night!! Thanks for your advice!!!

Good night, Jm!!!

The 1st & only hen I've ever had to go broody started in June last year. We were going to be in WI for 2 weeks in July, so I kept taking her eggs (with a glove...she took offense at being disturbed). I left eggs under her starting Aug. 1st, but was too dumb to mark them, so couldn't tell what was what as far as age, so I finally tossed them all & replaced them with 6 fresh ones. She quit brooding the same day. Until the day she quit, she was virtually glued to the nest...well over 2 months.

As I said before... they can become vicious when you mess with their eggs. Swapping eggs didn't fool her, did it? As the old saying goes... it's not nice to fool Mother Nature (yet we do it all the time)

Yes, I've learned to listen a bit more lol - I'm typically the more impatient one - he's very laid back and go with the flow..."let nature take its course" - but he was raised on a farm from day 1 - I only spent my summers at my uncles (until now of course) but definitely something to be said for the seasoned livestock and poultry experts...

There are a lot of "seasoned" folks in this forum. I'm not saying what kind of seasoned they are, but some of them know a lot about chickens and such...

I'd have thought you were off your feed if it hadn't

I'm becoming too predictable, I see. Glad you can take it in stride and laugh about it. Sometimes I wish I was old enough to know what Earth was like before dirt...

 

[kwhites634]

I got rid of bodies today. I will keep the next one.

Am I remembering correctly? Did you say earlier that you lost a pullet that wasn't one of the group that started dropping right away? Was she in with them when she died, and how old was she?

 

[flocktastic]

A lot of them will growl and peck at you if you attempt to mess with their eggs. Can't blame them if they become vicious at that point... 

Oh yes - mine get all huffy and ruffled...I just leave them be...lol

Good night, Jm!!!   

As I said before... they can become vicious when you mess with their eggs. Swapping eggs didn't fool her, did it? As the old saying goes... it's not nice to fool Mother Nature (yet we do it all the time) 

There are a lot of "seasoned" folks in this forum. I'm not saying what kind of seasoned they are, but some of them know a lot about chickens and such...   

I'm becoming too predictable, I see. Glad you can take it in stride and laugh about it. Sometimes I wish I was old enough to know what Earth was like before dirt...   

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote:
Then here, for your rooster:

Bubbly Wubbly, puddin' and pie
Kiss the pullets and make them cry
When the cockerels came out to play
Bubbly Wubbly ran away!!!!

which pad?

This one - $10.99. No auto shut off feature, and comes back on on its own if there's a power outage (both are important). Sunbeam model 731-500. There are others, but this is the cheapest and simplest.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00075M1T6?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00

- Ant Farm

 

[BullChick]

Is it weird that the two hens swap nests? One has 6 eggs on day 9 (I THINK) and the other has 2 that are on day 5. It seems like the both like the full nest, they both get up at the same time and whoever is fastest gets to sit on the bigger stack of eggs. Do chickens STAY broody for just enough time for a batch to hatch? Or do they stay as long as there are eggs under them?

Thanks!!!!!

They stay until a few days after the first chick. If they are sitting on air, they will still stay until they have chicks.

Its not weird that they're swapping, but it may cause a problem at hatch time. When the earlier batch starts hatching, they might both get up to take care of the chicks and abandon the later eggs. I always try to give broodies sharing a nest eggs at the same time, so they share a hatch date. If you can separate them and figure out which eggs are which, it might be a good idea to catch it early (or maybe stick a piece of cardboard between them so they can't steal each others eggs?).

Good luck!

I don't dispute that! It can work out regardless, but I see wisdom in what you are saying.

I got rid of bodies today. I will keep the next one.

I used to get rid of the bodies too. Jeffrey Dahmer kept bodies, and got found out.

 

[kwhites634]

Help! First time incubating today is day 7 but exactly 24 hours after set lost power for 10 hours

there is veins visible just not clear in the picture any help appreciated

Let them be...nothing to loose. takes longer for the internal temp of the egg to drop than the temp outside the 'bator.

 

[BullChick]

 

[Jessimom]

Let them be...nothing to loose. takes longer for the internal temp of the egg to drop than the temp outside the 'bator.

Is the interior temp of the egg the same temp as the outside 'bator air?

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

I got rid of bodies today. I will keep the next one.

I think you've gone through enough, and hope there isn't a "next one"!!!

Help! First time incubating today is day 7 but exactly 24 hours after set lost power for 10 hours

there is veins visible just not clear in the picture any help appreciated

Veins are a good sign!

You may run into a slightly late(r) hatch, depending on how long the power was out and how cool the core of the eggs got. Knowing me like I do, I'd probably bump the temp in my bator up .5F to ever-so-slightly accelerate development, but that's strictly up to you.

They stay until a few days after the first chick. If they are sitting on air, they will still stay until they have chicks.

I don't dispute that! It can work out regardless, but I see wisdom in what you are saying.


I used to get rid of the bodies too. Jeffrey Dahmer kept bodies, and got found out.

I sat on air once. Won't ever do that again...

He's chock full of it, isn't he???

Smart. Very smart!

 

[kwhites634]

A lot of them will growl and peck at you if you attempt to mess with their eggs. Can't blame them if they become vicious at that point...

Good night, Jm!!!

As I said before... they can become vicious when you mess with their eggs. Swapping eggs didn't fool her, did it? As the old saying goes... it's not nice to fool Mother Nature (yet we do it all the time)

There are a lot of "seasoned" folks in this forum. I'm not saying what kind of seasoned they are, but some of them know a lot about chickens and such...

I'm becoming too predictable, I see. Glad you can take it in stride and laugh about it. Sometimes I wish I was old enough to know what Earth was like before dirt...

Dirt preceded me a little. So did the 1st rainstorm, but I remember when the puddles dried up