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

[LocalYokel]

Okay, I was off the computer from Thursday night until this morning....and thar's jest no way to catch up on that much. You are FAST! I wish we had a head-spinning smiley! Anyway, have a bit of a problem....or maybe it isn't a problem, I don't know. I was gifted by a sweet guy named @LocalYokel a dozen hatching eggs. I had ordered 9 hatching eggs previous to that. I did ask if they could be shipped on the same date so I didn't end up with eggs that I couldn't put in the incubator without having a seriously staggered hatch, and the shipper agreed. Well, I got the dozen today, but the 9 are still sitting in Denver so they won't be here until Monday. I know these need to sit for a time to let the air cells settle. Many of them look like round, colored spirit level bubbles in there. But the others will also need their turn to sit and wait. So Blooie's dumb question of the day is how long can I wait with the first shipment before they start to lose viability? My gut tells me that putting all the eggs in one time is critical. And if someone could point me to a definitive answer about cleaning poopy eggs, I'd be grateful. I spent 45 minutes doing searches and came away more confused than when I first signed in today! Seems to me that if I need to do that, it'd be better to do that before I give the eggs time for their air cells to reattach or I risk knocking them loose again. My last question is why did I think I was smart enough to do this in the first place?

I wouldn't worry about waiting until the others come in, they should be fine. Usually less than 14 or 10 days is prime for hatching eggs. Some folks clean thier eggs, I dont. I wouldn't clean them unless they are overly poopy. To be scientific Seriously though if they have smidgen of poop on em they will be fine. It won't create a problem at lockdown, it won't get moist again. What I know is that the eggs should be washed with water warmer than the egg. I would wash room temp eggs with hot water, if I did wash em. So far as solutions to clean eggs etc. Tectrol is industry standard I believe. May be able to just use bleach water, hope someone else chimes in

 

[kwhites634]

But why not, Mom?

 

[rIrs roost]

I'll have to agree with that; they sure were

y'all gonna make me go a gazillion pages back to find out what's going on lol.?

Okay, I was off the computer from Thursday night until this morning....and thar's jest no way to catch up on that much. You are FAST! I wish we had a head-spinning smiley! Anyway, have a bit of a problem....or maybe it isn't a problem, I don't know. I was gifted by a sweet guy named @LocalYokel a dozen hatching eggs. I had ordered 9 hatching eggs previous to that. I did ask if they could be shipped on the same date so I didn't end up with eggs that I couldn't put in the incubator without having a seriously staggered hatch, and the shipper agreed. Well, I got the dozen today, but the 9 are still sitting in Denver so they won't be here until Monday. I know these need to sit for a time to let the air cells settle. Many of them look like round, colored spirit level bubbles in there. But the others will also need their turn to sit and wait. So Blooie's dumb question of the day is how long can I wait with the first shipment before they start to lose viability? My gut tells me that putting all the eggs in one time is critical. And if someone could point me to a definitive answer about cleaning poopy eggs, I'd be grateful. I spent 45 minutes doing searches and came away more confused than when I first signed in today! Seems to me that if I need to do that, it'd be better to do that before I give the eggs time for their air cells to reattach or I risk knocking them loose again. My last question is why did I think I was smart enough to do this in the first place?

blooie the last question is one I'm asking myself right now. My friend gave me a bator yesterday and I've been reading manuals ever since. I know you can do it though. Wish we were closer so we could learn together.

 

[kwhites634]

y'all gonna make me go a gazillion pages back to find out what's going on lol.?

Just go back to night before last & look for a gazillon pics of baby ducks

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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This is a cool baord https://www.pinterest.com/kevinkenndy/trapping/

RATS MICE How to Build a “Stairway to Heaven” click HERE

your gonna laugh but my older sons kept leaving their hampster cage open so we had to mini size this build just to catch him back http://www.trap-anything.com/live-trap-plans.html AND IT WORKS we just made it widdle!!!

One-Way Exclusion Door: Even better than the repeater, in my opinion. This may be the best method for removing squirrels from attics. The one-way squirrel door is like the repeater trap, but it is simply open on the end. The squirrels are able to leave the attic, and push their way through the spring loaded one-way door, but then they can’t get back in. They are all blocked outside, and the problem is solved! The only drawback is if the home has much wood or is in a bad state of disrepair. In such a case, the squirrels will simply chew their way back in elsewhere, or do a lot of damage chewing all over the place. If this is a concern, or if you don’t want the animals acclimated to your attic on your property any more, then cage trapping and relocation is the better option. The below photo is of a similar device, a one-way funnel. Squirrels slip out through them like butter, but they have to be the correct size to work properly.
Do you want to make your own one-way door like seen below? Here are steps to make your own one-way door.

 

[BantyChooks]

EEEEEEEEE. IT IS A DUCK. A VERY CUTE ONE, TO BE EXACT. SEE THE DUCKILING??? SEE IT??? SEE THE OVERWHELMING CUTENESS AND ABSOLUTE DUCK ESSENCE? IS THIS NOT THE EPITOME OF CUTENESS!???!? SQUEEEEEE!!!!!!!!



Did I mention? It is a DUCK!!!!!!
And looking at me it is! See? Is it not!??? Scoop and kiss this burd I must!


A very cute duckiling with the questioning, wibbly shiny wet eyes. A duck I must have. QU-ACK!!!

 

[kwhites634]

Weatherman lied. Was supposed to be sunny today, not snowing. WTH???

 

[rIrs roost]

But why not, Mom?

Ok the look of that ducks bill looks like several different things to me. Its cute though.

 

[BantyChooks]

y'all gonna make me go a gazillion pages back to find out what's going on lol.?
blooie the last question is one I'm asking myself right now. My friend gave me a bator yesterday and I've been reading manuals ever since. I know you can do it though. Wish we were closer so we could learn together.

Go billy!

As in the bator manual? Most of those things are junk.
-Banti

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Banti they look small, what humidity you running?

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Originally Posted by Saris

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Originally Posted by casportpony

Did the vet sell you Albon? Curiously, for my dosing records, how much does he weigh?

-Kathy

The vet didn't sell it to me. I'm gonna hunt it down or order it online. I plan on weighing Gordon and Blue and calling the vet to confirm the dose. He was going off of memory from the weight of the bird in Feb. I will let you know what he says.

@Saris

Albon Albon 5% Oral Suspension is Each tsp (5 ml) contains 250 mg Sulfadimethoxine.

go to TSC get a generic dont wait!
I think TSC only sells the powder and huge pills, both for cattle, and both are *really* expensive. All the 5% (50 mg per 1 ml) Albon I have seen is prescription only.

Fifty 5000 mg tablets - $130
http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/albon-boluses-sulfadimethoxine-5-g-50-count

Albon Powder - $290
http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/albon-boluses-sulfadimethoxine-15-g-50-count?cm_vc=IOPDP1



-Kathy




called SMZ-Med 454 this on hand or di-methox they are cheap




Soluble powder containing 100% sodium sulfamethazine per packet.
Add 2 Tbsp to each gallon of drinking water of chickens for the control and treatment of infectious coryza, coccidiosis, acute fowl cholera, and Pullorum disease and turkeys for coccidiosis.
Treats bacterial pneumonia, bacterial scours and E. Coli in swine.
Treats cattle for bacterial pneumonia (BRD), shipping fever, foot rot, calf diphtheria, and acute mastitis.