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[Jessimom]

Had to go rescue my brother today. He was back in the middle of nowhere...tried crossing a frozen creek didn't make it......I drove 45 minutes down this two track before I finally got to him....

So how did the rescue go? Looks like you pulled him BACK, rather than the rest of the way through?

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

Possible to tell the gender of a chicken before it hatches

Yes. There's a system that's being developed for commercial layer hatcheries to reduce hatching and culling male chicks by using a laser to bore a tiny hole in the shell. A tiny needle is inserted into the egg to extract a small sample for DNA testing, and the hole is sealed off. It's still in the developmental stages, and costs a staggering amount of money to implement. Short answer... yes it is possible to tell the gender of a chicken before it hatches. Is this technology available for the general public? Short answer... no.

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

Had to go rescue my brother today. He was back in the middle of nowhere...tried crossing a frozen creek didn't make it......I drove 45 minutes down this two track before I finally got to him....

Saw that over on the Frog thread... lol!

 

[kwhites634]

Saw that over on the Frog thread... lol!

You had a chance to check out the Southern States feed yet, or see the analysis I sent you on what I feed?

 

[Penny Hen]

Yes. There's a system that's being developed for commercial layer hatcheries to reduce hatching and culling male chicks by using a laser to bore a tiny hole in the shell. A tiny needle is inserted into the egg to extract a small sample for DNA testing, and the hole is sealed off. It's still in the developmental stages, and costs a staggering amount of money to implement. Short answer... yes it is possible to tell the gender of a chicken before it hatches. Is this technology available for the general public? Short answer... no.

I am going to try the pendulum method out. Once large fowl chicks get 2 weeks old I can see their bits well enough to vent sex. Bantams may take another week or two. I haven't had bantam chicks yet. But I want to try the pendulum method and leg band them and then come back in two weeks and vent sex them and see if the information agrees.

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

You had a chance to check out the Southern States feed yet, or see the analysis I sent you on what I feed?

No, and no. When did you send me an analysis?

I am going to try the pendulum method out. Once large fowl chicks get 2 weeks old I can see their bits well enough to vent sex. Bantams may take another week or two. I haven't had bantam chicks yet. But I want to try the pendulum method and leg band them and then come back in two weeks and vent sex them and see if the information agrees.

Good luck, and let us know what the results are!

 

[kwhites634]

No, and no. When did you send me an analysis?

Good luck, and let us know what the results are!

If I recall correctly, I posted it here & also PM'd you.

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

If I recall correctly, I posted it here & also PM'd you.

Just ran through my PM's back until January, and didn't find it. Hmm.........

 

[kwhites634]

Just ran through my PM's back until January, and didn't find it. Hmm.........

That's weird. I'll try to retrieve the bag tag & PM you again; it must've not gone through for some reason.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I had quite a day yesterday. I spent a couple hours in the morning being video interviewed for the Missouri Veteran's History Project. It was a brief rundown of my life pre, post and during military service. It is for veterans of all eras - WWII, Korea, Viet Nam, Desert Storm, et. al.. The videos are going to the MO History Museum and the Library of Congress.
While I was that far south, I decided to go to our largest and oldest farmer's market, Soulard Market established in 1779. I and my chickens made some fabulous deals.
I thought I'd pick up a couple heads of cabbage for the chickens if I could get some cheap. I found a stall with 3 heads for $1. The vendor asked if I wanted to pick them out. I said it didn't matter because they were for my chickens. She asked if I could use more than 3. I got a 50 lb. box (1 1/3 bushels) for $7.50. I need some for more corned beef and some ham anyway.
I got 8 lbs. of strawberries for $5. 2 lbs. of both blueberries and blackberries for $1 ea. At that stall, I also got some red pears and onions. To show his appreciation, the guy gave me a bunch of asparagus to boot.
Picked up a couple pounds of pecans.
I got a pork tenderloin for $4 a pound.
A 10 lb. spoonbill for $20 that I'm going to smoke after I brine it.
A log of natural liverwurst in natural casing. Impressive ingredient list. pork head meat, beef kidneys, beef heart, pork back fat, pork livers, pork hearts, pork kidneys, beef tongues, pork tongues, flour salt, spices and sugar.
Some beef bologna, hot head cheese, natural franks and weiswurst.
The priciest thing was a pound slab of alligator tenderloin from the tail meat for $16. I'll prep it like veal and probably grill it with some vegetables, garlic, cilantro and finish it with some maitake mushrooms that I picked up at the Asian market a couple days ago.
I can't remember what else I got but I made out.
I also met a few people that want to buy some of my Penedesenca hens, hatching and eating eggs.

Breakfast was blackberry, blueberry, strawberry and fig smoothies.

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Hi Everyone, it's been a while since I've posted but I have a question for those of you that hatch shipped eggs. How do you set the eggs for lockdown...laying down or upright in egg cartons? And has it been successful?

It doesn't matter. If upright in egg cartons and they pip at the correct end. It makes for pretty easy clean up and they don't play soccer with the eggs as they're hatching.

Not casportpony but if she were mine I would clean (maybe weak peroxide from Chemist), put on some Betadine if I had any, and allow to air dry.
Also give her access to a heat source/lamp for a day or 2.

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So far I immediately peroxided it and then polysporin. I have fish mox- I'm going to put her on a five day course just to be sure. She is so sweet.

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Wounded chick seems ok this morning. I'll start the fish mox today, looking for my old scale now

I wouldn't worry too much about bacteria. I nursed 3 hens back to health that had been scalped by raccoons. I did a subcutaneous injection of combi-pen for 3 days just to be on the safe side.
Keeping the wound clean is key. You may have to trim some feathers away so they don't stick inside.
Hydrogen Peroxide is ok the first day but after that, switch to betadine since the HP will destroy new cell growth.
I rinse the wound with saline then apply the betadine followed by an eye type polysporin. The eye type melts at body temperature so goes deep into the wound.
I repeat that a couple times a day. They heal very fast.