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

[BantyChooks]

 

[Hawk12]

Update: My total for the HAL is 79.

19 blue partridge and gold partridge brahmas
4 red orpingtons
4 red cuckoo orpingtons
3 silver partridge orpingtons
7 laced orpingtons
3 white orpingtons
25 choc/choc cuckoo orpingtons
2 jubliee orpingtons
12 black/blue copper marans

I had issues getting my temp to stabilize after I put the eggs in but things look good now. My first candle will be tomorrow night. I set some last Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I'm praying I have a good hatch after I lost most of my birds to my neighbors dogs, just a few seramas left. Have a good day everyone!

@Sally Sunshine I meant to tag you in the above post but forgot by the time I got it all typed up

 

[chicken hawk 33]

CH what temp are you running at for incubation?

99.5_100.0

 

[BantyChooks]

99.5_100.0

OK, that should fit in with what I posted. Good luck!

 

[Jessimom]

http://www.nylearns.org/module/content/pyb/resources/14079/view.ashx

Other Resources and Links

Poultry hatching

Jamesway's Embrology Posters
Jamesway Incubator company as a very nice poster showing the hens ovaries, fertile and non-fertile germinal spots and daily embryonic development.

Animation of developing chick embyro
Great animation of the developing chick embryo. Recommended
Virtual egg development
The Virtual Chicken project was funded by a USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant. Virtual chicken provides teaching and learning resources that include a video showing the formation of an egg in a hen, slide presentations and hands on experiments for educators.
The Chickens Anatomy
Very well done interactive look at the chickens anatomy.
"Beginning of Life" Leaders Manual for Avian Embryology
PDF, 6.3 MB
A PDF copy of the leaders manual Phillip Clauer developed while at Virginia Tech. Contains a good bit of useful content material for the teacher.
4-H Virginia Virtual Farm
Brings the farm to the classroom. Visit a commercial breeding farm and Hatchery and let the youth enjoy this interactive learning tool.
Incubation and Embryology
Designed by University of Illinois Extension to provide elementary and high school teachers with knowledge of the chicken's egg, its importance to man, and its role in reproduction of the species. Suggestions on how to use classroom incubation and embryonic development projects to enhance programs in science, language arts, mathematics, social studies, and art will be offered. Very good information, nicely presented.
Chickscope
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign has some good material on embryology in the classroom and building your own incubators. Well put together site with good information.
Anatomy Images from Purdue University
Egg structure, Embryo Anatomy, and Oviduct Anatomy
Morphing Embryos
Time-lapse sequences of the growing embryos by PBS
Egg Candling and Break Out Analysis for Hatchery Quality Assurance and Analysis of Poor Hatches
Well done fact sheet with plenty of graphics and help troubleshooting a hatching problem. University of California, Davis.
4-H Embryology
University of Nebraska-Lincoln extension in Lancaster County. Nice site with a Web Cam for each hatching season.


http://www.spartanpride.org/activities.cfm?subpage=304105

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com...Day-to-Day-Development-PowerPoint-FREE-142523

http://www.slideshare.net/becker/duck-hatching-in-the-classroom

http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/hatching-chickens/

http://msue.anr.msu.edu/uploads/234/60606/Emb_Help_Guide_Beginner.pdf

http://www2.powayusd.com/teachers/hmarks/The Life Cycle of a Chicken Webquest.htm

Extensions

In addition to the resources cited as "Background Reading" at the start of this lesson, here are some other resources that can be used to help guide an in-class hatching project:

• Embryology in the Classroom
• Lancaster County 4-H Embryology: Parent and Teacher Resources
• Chickscope
• Classroom Embryology Projects: Health Risk Myths and Facts
• Hatching Quail Eggs in the Classroom

@Jessimom
THANK YOU!!!!!!

 

[chicken hawk 33]

OK, that should fit in with what I posted. Good luck!

the,reason I had said I was worried yesterday is because I did have temp spikes.one of 104 four like three hours or so.and some at 102.and the gosling is already taking up the whole egg.

 

[lazy gardener]

Confessions of a crazy chicken lady:
A coworker has raised chickens for over 30 years and has hundreds of chickens, all free range birds. She commutes to work and is away from home 4 days a week, so the eggs sit for days at a time when her husband is also away from home. She sells eggs for $5 a flat. They were selling quickly until a few people boiled developing eggs. We deal with a lot of unusual situations and sights in our line of nursing, but most couldn't handle the thought of cracking open a fertile egg. Needless to say, the eggs aren't selling now. So, I thought about it... Fertile eggs $5 a flat- big, small, white, tan, brown, green, blue. I bought a flat, brought them home and let them sit next to the nearly empty incubator for 2 hours. And then... Yes, I did it, I have an incubator full of "opportunity eggs" as of 8 PM Monday.
I'm not sure if I should be celebrating my good deal, or maybe I should be blushing with embarrassment.
How about I pinch my cheeks and cheer?

I think you have made a true crazy chicken lady decision! The only possible negative I can see from that might be any risk of disease, but IMO, you run no greater risk with these eggs than any eggs from any other flock! You might want to quarantine the chicks from your flock for a few weeks.

I scrapped plans for my fridgeabator due to mouse damage on the gasket, and some rust issues. Bought a 48 qt cooler, and plan to use that instead.

Passed a trio of Muscovies on my way to work this morning. Hoping to stop and meet the owners and buy some hatching eggs!

 

[daxigait]

That is what I love about BYC!  I have to have a lot of information to feel comfortable doing things, and BYC has it. 

I am hoping to find some Ameraucanas, some EEs, OE, and/or Marans locally. 


Carrie

I have heard the Marans are hard to hatch and the dark eggs are hard to candle which you might consider if the kids want to see anything.

 

[daxigait]

...

not how you like them?

I like my goats handled enough that you can catch and pet them, but not like a spoiled lacking boundaries bottle baby.
@Sally Sunshine I am not sure how my answer got in there, but there it is. Have fun outside.

 

[Chaos18]

it is sort of a brick red purple mix

So kinda like purple than?