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

[perchie.girl]

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Yep Id pressure wash it with some bleach before putting it togeter at all. Then treat it for mites just for good measure before assembling it.

deb

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

after i lost all my poultry to predators I kind of retreated to the Old Folks Home and Dixie Chicks. Life took a twist and So now I wait and plan....

deb

Sorry to hear that, Deb. Life sure can be unfair at times, but we have to pick ourselves up, dust off, and get back in the saddle. I wish you the best in whatever path you choose...

it's pipped externally

It doesn't have to make noise to do that, either...

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

Okie dokie, folks... I'm outta here! I hope everyone has a GOOD NIGHT, and a great Easter!!!

Until next time...

 

[Phage]

Quote: They may have cost less than $600 but they were so amazingly designed and put together. That is really why they look awesome.

 

[Saris]

I ordered a single Ayam Cemani for this hatch. It started zipping earlier today, but while I was watching it I got a bad feeling about it so I pulled the egg out to look at it and saw the chick inside, like gasping? Open mouth/tongue out and gaping/gasping? (Has anyone seen a hatching chick do this?)

Anyway, I popped the aircell off, and held the egg and chick upside down ( I made sure the chick stayed in the egg ) The chick was very moist and I used a pipette to suction it's nostrils and airway, and I did get a tiny bit of liquid out of it's mouth. Finally it's gasping stopped and I put it back in the bator where it weakly pushed out of the egg and chirped a bit.

It's still not very thrifty seeming, but I'm hopeful it will be okay.

 

[Hawk12]

I ordered a single Ayam Cemani for this hatch. It started zipping earlier today, but while I was watching it I got a bad feeling about it so I pulled the egg out to look at it and saw the chick inside, like gasping? Open mouth/tongue out and gaping/gasping? (Has anyone seen a hatching chick do this?)

Anyway, I popped the aircell off, and held the egg and chick upside down ( I made sure the chick stayed in the egg ) The chick was very moist and I used a pipette to suction it's nostrils and airway, and I did get a tiny bit of liquid out of it's mouth. Finally it's gasping stopped and I put it back in the bator where it weakly pushed out of the egg and chirped a bit.

It's still not very thrifty seeming, but I'm hopeful it will be okay.

Do you have any nutri-drench? Maybe a drop of that would help.

 

[Saris]

Do you have any nutri-drench? Maybe a drop of that would help.

I don't, I have the sav-a-chick electrolytes that I will use if he makes it until morning. I have 3 tiny Phoenixes out and I got them out of the bator so they won't pick on him.

 

[Phage]

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lets hope he makes it.

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE

 

[Akrnaf2]

 
Thanks; quite insightful. Too bad you're so far out there in the hinterlands; I wouldn't mind taking one of your classes.
Yes, I'm happy, overall, with my girls' production. Even in cold weather, they do pretty well. They came to a screeching halt during this past hard molt, but from what I read here, they certainly weren't all alone.

As far as being verbose, have you read some of my "novels", 'specially when I get wound up on something I'm passionate about or know something about?

Have you ever seen some of Ridgerunner's posts? They are very good but he takes about 200 lines to answer what I did in 3. His are much more helpful though because they're so comprehensive. I have a buddy that's a poultry judge in northern MO that writes a book every time he comments.

Hinterlands?  I'm in the heart of America in a big Metro area that spans 2 states. i.e. regular air service.

Cold has very little impact on egg production unless it is in the -20 F range or lower.
Egg production is a function of increasing vs. decreasing day length. The same happens all over the world whether it is a warm or cold climate.
I always try to have birds coming into production by August so I don't have to buy eggs.
A brief rundown of the science that affects reproduction in most animals.
[COLOR=333333]Light exposure to the retina is first relayed to the nucleus of the hypothalamus, which is an area of the brain that coordinates biological clock signals. Fibers from there descend to the spinal cord and then project to the superior cervical ganglia, from which neurons ascend back to the pineal gland. The pineal gland translates signals from the nervous system into a hormonal signal.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=333333]The pineal gland[/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]produces serotonin and subsequently, melatonin. That's the hormone that affects the gonads for sperm production and ovulation in females. An increase in melatonin causes the gonads to become inactive. As photoperiod in relation to day vs. night is the most important clue for animals to determine season. As light lengthens, the gonads are rejuvenated. The duration of melatonin secretion each day is directly proportional to the length of the night because of the pineal gland's ability to measure daylength. Besides reproduction, it also affects sleep timing and blood pressure[/COLOR]
So as the light period increases in relation to the dark period, it stimulates reproduction and - voila, EGGS.
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I wanna take [@=/u/72519/ChickenCanoe]@ChickenCanoe[/@] class..



Guess I gotta settle for what we get here on BYC from you

I have 2 classes coming up in April and another at Gateway Greening in May. More college classes in summer.
I'll probably be presenting again on the subject of Starting Right in Heritage Poultry or some similar topic at the Midwest Heritage Poultry Conference this summer.
I also have classes on winterizing and trapping predators.
My April classes are on the second page of the Master Naturalist program under the heading Ecology.
http://www.stlcc.edu/Document_Library/Cont_Ed/CE-Spring-2014-Master-Naturalist.pdf

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One comment if I may, the pinial gland is responsible to the circadian ritmus, the day light signal that after some processing arive to the Hypotalmus is responsible to the producing of 2 hormons ( Gonadotropin's) FSH-GnRh and LH-GnRH that arive through a portal system to the Adenohypopisis that in turn produce FSH - follicle Stimulating Hormone that is responsible for the follicle maturation, and LH - leuctogenic Hormon that is the main reason of Ovulation, that in mammals, I think - (don't Know! )if it is the same in birds!

 

[Akrnaf2]

It's been a busy Saturday, and I got a couple of things accomplished. One was this project. Can anyone guess what it is and what it's used for?

Plucking chickens?