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

[first chicken]

thanks Kathy I hoping i think I see them moving when I check on them but I don't know if they are or if it's just me thinking they are cause I want them to lol

 

[ronott1]

nervous day for me I started with 10 eggs at lock down I was down to 4 then on the night of day 19 power outage caused my bator to drop to 73 degrees I'm scared it killed the last 4 I had

It's great to have you here!


Post pictures please!



On making it to lockdown!



Welcome again!



I hope you have a bunch of them hatch!



We love new members on BYC!

@first chicken

 

[DwayneNLiz]

super size heavy duty black trash bags

lol nope just regular kitchen ones, I use grain bags in the barn

anyone know if there is anything shade loving that would grow in grazing frame?

Ferns? Though I know some are bad for sheep don't know about goats

@BunnynChicks, at least just pop your head in and say hi to all us here at enablers inc.........

Lol

Need one I can get on as well. My butt wouldn't like a tire anymore owww.

Get a tractor tire

Yes, she woke shortly after six this morning (instead of 8:30-10:30 as usual) and had another bad nap. The nap was the final straw. When she was done fussing, she "helped" me put the crib back together. I swear I heard her sing, "Hallelujah!" I know I did! She was a happier child the moment we went to her room tonight, and she saw the crib together. Last week (after the crib was down) she began crying whenever it was time to go to sleep. She saw the crib together, and stopped her tears. We read her stories in peace and harmony. She laid down, went to sleep and hasn't woken.
I expect her to sleep well into the morning!

Yayyyyy

Learning experience doesn't even begin to cover it... :/

But yeah, it's part of the process...

- Ant Farm 

Good morning everyone. A new birth for a new morning!

Awwww

Looking for tips on handling with a flashlight. How do you know if the egg is starting to dry up.

I think sally posted the link

I forgot about your broody.
Morning!
Yup!

And whites has one too

When you candle with a flashlight.I do not know how long to wait before giving up. Found some eggs out of the best box. Cannot tell if there is movement. There is just a small air pocket. Been in incubator for 2 weeks.

good luck!! Post some pics and we can try to help

Good morning everyone! Anyone heard from runt325?

-Kathy

not since yesterday mining after Sally yelled at him

very nervous day for me first hatch I've ever done started with 10 eggs got down to 4 at lockdown then day 19 that night poweroutage temp dropped to 73 degrees in the bayor I candled on day 14 and all 4 were strong and moving allought just nervous that power outage killed the 4 I had left

I hope they make it good luck

And welcome to BYC!!!!

That's the first place I ever went to in Mexico while visiting a friend in San Diego. Wild stories that won't be repeated.

I mean't no offense oh ye with 18,000 posts.

You're the life of the party.

It's true.

Herradura Anejo - the best you can get for the price.

I offended you too? I'm on a roll.

lol I've never been to Mexico maybe someday

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Hi everyone!! Going out haying this afternoon and all day tomorrow so I'll be scarce

See you later!!

 

[BantyChooks]

The EE buff silkie cross is gettin some cool feathering! Sorta reminds me of a buff brahma.

 

[BusyBearMama]

Ok so I love a good mystery but also they annoy me... I've got this little chick I just found in the hatcher that is brown and has a rose comb I think... The options for parents being silver penciled rock dad and Sussex, rock, orp or dom,,, I am having a hard time figuring how a dom has a brown chick! I'll have to find it later and grab a picture of it but what on earth lol.

 

[mlm Mike]

Hi everyone!! Going out haying this afternoon and all day tomorrow so I'll be scarce

See you later!!

Hi Liz!

Bye Liz!

The EE buff silkie cross is gettin some cool feathering! Sorta reminds me of a buff brahma.

That is cool.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

anyone know if there is anything shade loving that would grow in grazing frame?

Can't come up with anything that is shade LOVING. Shade TOLERANT would be any type of clover, ladino, perhaps some lettuces, radish, 7-top turnip.
http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/jrnl/2007/nrs_2007_vansambeek_002.pdf

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what is it with all of the kids turning two in the next 2 weeks?

Must have been a busy October

My stomach is revolting against coffee.

That's another reason I switched to green tea and herbal teas.

I was just being a sarcastic jerk in my head (full disclosure. I am very mean) and decided that I was going to possibly make a loaf of French toast today.

Then I thought about all the other stuff that needs done.

I need more energy, and less stuff to do.
It amazes me that in one night I tore up a carpet, disposed of it, swept twice, vacuumed a few more times, mopped four times (the floor was bad after forty years or so) moved in two recliners, added throws and end tables, and still cleaned and rearranged two other rooms.
I am an odd person, aren't I?

No comment.

I never minded cleaning coops, until asthma got the best of me. I just throw a tarp down use a big plastic shovel and throw everything on it and drag to the compost pile in the woods.

Never do so without a dust mask.

Yeah, I have not even gotten to mark the eggs. I am going to be ready with an incubator in a few weeks. I may not want the extra chicks, but I don't have the heart to let them die in the shell.
How the heck does that boy candle all the time?!

Too much time on his hands.

I have watched a few videos, and it is not crystal clear to me. Is the cutting and gutting easy or not? I can kill and pluck. I mean the cutting the stuff out.

Fairly easy if you have very sharp knives. A pain in the neck with dull knives. Practice makes perfect.
Watch more videos. Most people withhold feed the day before so the crop is empty. However, if it's full You can easily see where to carefully cut it away from the breast meat.

its just yanking it out, its the lungs that you have to dig in the ribs with nails a bit to get out

A blast of water helps loosen them.

My broody sucked, she killed all the brahma eggs I gave her a week before hatching, so I gave her chicks, 7 pullet chicks, so far she is a good momma at least, this pic was when I pushed her back off to grab the eggs out and give her the babies. She had one job = sitting there and letting 8 chicks hatch out of their shells!!!! ughhhh

Maybe she didn't like all the artwork on the eggs.

nervous day for me I started with 10 eggs at lock down I was down to 4 then on the night of day 19 power outage caused my bator to drop to 73 degrees I'm scared it killed the last 4 I had

LOL! Do I really have that many posts?!
I am not sure that "life of the party " is said in a nice way!

You know that I really am not offended, right?
However, I will be quiet if you think I really do talk too much.

You do whatever you want to do.

Hey! I only have 12,000, you're the one with 18! Whew!

Oh yeah, that's right.

Yup, I'm afraid so. I need to cull any birds that may be excreting virus in the millions and billions throughout their entire lives - bad idea to keep birds like that around.

Oh yes, I plan to keep raising chickens, this is just one subgroup of them. I'm going to focus on Naked Necks and German New Hampshires (crossing them as well). I have pullets coming up that will give me some colorful eggs as well (marans, an olive egger, and some leg bars that I am hoping are ok), and they will have Goodwin the Lavender Ameraucana as their rooster/protector.

Mystique is beautiful, but already a little standoffish (compared to all the other NNs).


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Yes and no - it's not hard but you have to get the hang of it. I suggest culling one bird and taking your time with it to figure it out. The one thing is that you don't want to rupture the gallbladder as it will taint the meat.

I agree with this.

I don't want to do my chores!!!!!

- Ant Farm

good point

You lack some protein! With your goats and cows I see a lot of this!

I want some.

 

[BantyChooks]

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: He ain't the only forgotten one !