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

[ChickenCanoe]

How many did you have set? You may have said before - please excuse my terrible memory!

I had 5 due today, 3 tomorrow. 12 on the 20th and 21 on the 30th.

I'm collecting eggs for setting by the moon on the 20th.

Update: One of my daughters texted to tell me three eggs have pips. Yeehaw!

And I have another question...in the brooder, should I use pine shavings, newspapers, straw, or something else? I'm hoping you don't say something else because I've got plenty of the three that are mentioned.

I start with paper towels and just sprinkle the feed on the towels. After a few days, they know what feed is and then I switch to pine shavings. Plain newspaper is too slick and can caused slipped tendons. Straw isn't bad. Hay will mold.

WAIT!!!! You actually buy feed there??

I used to. I now buy at Farm & Home across the highway from TSC.
When I'm desperate, I'll buy from the feed store by my house but selection is limited and anything but layer,
often isn't fresh.

We had a feed co-op a couple years ago that I miss. I need to get it started up again but till I get my numbers up I can't do it. We need to buy $500 minimum per order.

Thank you! I also found a knife for slitting throats. The guy said it was the best they had for the job.

I also found the bug zappers in Rural King (they had BBW.

I almost got a few!) and bought two. They take 2D batteries, I only have one. I will have to wait to play with it, I guess.
The hammock doesn't stretch far enough. The two trees I have are maybe ten feet apart. Oh well. I can hang it in the coop (along with the toddler swing) should I ever get my area back.
Lots of toys. Can't play with any of them.

Well... Other than catching the dog with the net.

Pine, straw or SHREDDED newspaper is fine.

Just keep the net where you can find it. You'll get use out of it.

You'll need a good way to sharpen the knife. Feathers dull knives quickly. Is it stainless or high carbon steel?

Oops.

That's what I use after the first few days. I usually use paper towels at first. My chicks did try to eat the shavings initially, so I put multiple feeders in and made sure they knew where the feed was.

Worse yet, I decided to try sand once. It was a disaster. They ate the sand rather than the feed and about 12 died.

They pulled the tag off of my feed bag, and they told me that their house brand scratch was the exact same thing as Purina, then got upset when I returned the bags because they were junk. There's more, but those are the most recent bad experiences.

-Kathy

Nothing is exactly the same thing as anything else. What they're telling you is that Purina and Dumor are made in the same mills. All packagers of scratch grains will change their mix on an almost daily basis. The tag on scratch grains has no guaranteed analysis but just a list of some of the grains contained therein.
Even feed recipes will change from time to time.

I use pine. I watch them, and add paper towels if they are idiots.

good plan

I bought Frontline today. They forgot to put it in the bag. The kid was tossing my stuff around, over charged me, and didn't bag half my stuff.

And he wants to be my latex salesman.

Don't get advice about animals from feed store employees. They do know where the feed is stored though.

One time I bought a bag of Flock Raiser, but failed to look at the date code. They got all ticked off when I returned it because I was nothing but mold and over 6 months old!

-Kathy

Never fail to check mfg. dates.
I bought feed at TSC on 2 occasions and it was wet and molded. Apparently there was a hole in the roof but they kept storing the feed in the same place.
Thankfully I opened a bag when I got home on the first occasion and took it back. Had I waited a few days, I'm sure they would have put the blame on me. 2 trips to TSC is 3 hours of travel time.

The Farm&Home by me (over an hour away) carries the same organic feed I used to get through the co-op. However it is anywhere from 1 to 2 years old. I alerted them about it twice but it is still on the shelf.

Ok I gess?! Everything is wrong? Not even one sentence?

Thanks! Is that what gives the yolks that reddish color?
Is fermenting feed hard to do? I think I'll try that.

Good night, MC!

TSC?

Carotenes give yolks their dark color. Any plant material high in carotenes will darken yolks because chickens don't assimilate them and they end up in the yolk.
Yellow corn in commercial feed is what makes store eggs yellow. In parts of Africa, white corn is used and yolks are very pale.

In a month and a half!

Treasure every moment.

So, I have 3 kinds of feed going at any given time. I have the powdery stuff for babies, crumbly stuff for the "teenagers" and pellets for the laying hens. Do I ferment all 3? Do the tiny day old babies get fermented feed as well?

I've had up to 8 kinds of feed at a time when we had the co-op. But when they started carrying 16% organic grower I switched to just that and fishmeal.
Chicks and molters got grower and fishmeal at a 10:1 ratio and everyone else got 16% grower. That made life so simple.

Do you not have Southern States over there? Only time I've ever bought chicken or goat feed elsewhere is when S/S was out...twice, maybe, in 20+ years?

We don't have Southern States. We have TSC, Farm&Home, Orscheln's and lots of individually owned feed stores.

yes that they will eat it and because they havent had grit they wont be able to process it, i use hay when they get bigger because i have an overabundance of it

I use straw in pens but hay will mold pretty quickly.

Thanks! Now I just need to find ACV with mother.... I'm thinking whole foods. Do you put the fermented feed in the same kinds of containers as the regular feed? I have a couple of metal feeders, I'm guessing I can't use those?

Thanks!!!!

Every grocery store around me carries Braggs.
However it doesn't have to be organic, it just needs to be raw, unpasteurized. Local apple orchards should carry it.

 

[chickadoodles]

Take care Sally and we will keep you in our thoughts and prayers.

 

[Bejammie]

Howdy! Work has been crazy wild. Sorry it's been so long.

Due to work being so crazy, I left eggs outside in 96 degree weather for three days (just never collected). Can I still eat them? They are fertile, so are there babies in them now?

If so, how do I separate the 3 day old eggs from the ones laid today? I always donate some to the soup kitchen every week and I would hate to not be able to take any

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Howdy! Work has been crazy wild. Sorry it's been so long.

Due to work being so crazy, I left eggs outside in 96 degree weather for three days (just never collected). Can I still eat them? They are fertile, so are there babies in them now?

If so, how do I separate the 3 day old eggs from the ones laid today? I always donate some to the soup kitchen every week and I would hate to not be able to take any

You can still eat them. There aren't babies. There may be a blood vessel or two beginning but it is still edible.
You don't. You could incubate them.

 

[Bejammie]

Thanks so much! Going in the fridge now! I have 11 Roos to sell and 11 mixed breed chicks to sell before I can hatch any more per the hubs lol

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I'm afraid it didn't make it. I think it was just too weak, probably why it was late hatching.

I'm sorry!!!

I had 5 due today, 3 tomorrow. 12 on the 20th and 21 on the 30th.

I'm collecting eggs for setting by the moon on the 20th.

I start with paper towels and just sprinkle the feed on the towels. After a few days, they know what feed is and then I switch to pine shavings. Plain newspaper is too slick and can caused slipped tendons. Straw isn't bad.  Hay will mold.

I used to. I now buy at Farm & Home across the highway from TSC.
When I'm desperate, I'll buy from the feed store by my house but selection is limited and anything but layer,
often isn't fresh.

We had a feed co-op a couple years ago that I miss. I need to get it started up again but till I get my numbers up I can't do it. We need to buy $500 minimum per order.

Just keep the net where you can find it. You'll get use out of it.

You'll need a good way to sharpen the knife. Feathers dull knives quickly. Is it stainless or high carbon steel?

Worse yet, I decided to try sand once. It was a disaster. They ate the sand rather than the feed and about 12 died.

Nothing is exactly the same thing as anything else. What they're telling you is that Purina and Dumor are made in the same mills. All packagers of scratch grains will change their mix on an almost daily basis. The tag on scratch grains has no guaranteed analysis but just a list of some of the grains contained therein.
Even feed recipes will change from time to time.

good plan

And he wants to be my latex salesman.

Don't get advice about animals from feed store employees. They do know where the feed is stored though.

Never fail to check mfg. dates.
I bought feed at TSC on 2 occasions and it was wet and molded. Apparently there was a hole in the roof but they kept storing the feed in the same place.
Thankfully I opened a bag when I got home on the first occasion and took it back. Had I waited a few days, I'm sure they would have put the blame on me. 2 trips to TSC is 3 hours of travel time.

The Farm&Home by me (over an hour away) carries the same organic feed I used to get through the co-op. However it is anywhere from 1 to 2 years old. I alerted them about it twice but it is still on the shelf.



Carotenes give yolks their dark color. Any plant material high in carotenes will darken yolks because chickens don't assimilate them and they end up in the yolk.
Yellow corn in commercial feed is what makes store eggs yellow. In parts of Africa, white corn is used and yolks are very pale.

Treasure every moment.


I've had up to 8 kinds of feed at a time when we had the co-op. But when they started carrying 16% organic grower I switched to just that and fishmeal.
Chicks and molters got grower and fishmeal at a 10:1 ratio and everyone else got 16% grower. That made life so simple.

We don't have Southern States. We have TSC, Farm&Home, Orscheln's and lots of individually owned feed stores.

I use straw in pens but hay will mold pretty quickly.


Every grocery store around me carries Braggs.
However it doesn't have to be organic, it just needs to be raw, unpasteurized. Local apple orchards should carry it.

I change my hay very often like every2-3 days, I have a lot of it and it was free, they live to pick out the seeds n stuff

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I'm sorry!!!

I change my hay very often like every2-3 days, I have a lot of it and it was free, they live to pick out the seeds n stuff

Well that is perfect, isn't it.
We can't even get straw around here now. Everyone is sold out and hay is waaaay more expensive than it was a few years ago.

 

[BullChick]

I had 5 due today, 3 tomorrow. 12 on the 20th and 21 on the 30th.

I'm collecting eggs for setting by the moon on the 20th.

I start with paper towels and just sprinkle the feed on the towels. After a few days, they know what feed is and then I switch to pine shavings. Plain newspaper is too slick and can caused slipped tendons. Straw isn't bad.  Hay will mold.

I used to. I now buy at Farm & Home across the highway from TSC.
When I'm desperate, I'll buy from the feed store by my house but selection is limited and anything but layer,
often isn't fresh.

We had a feed co-op a couple years ago that I miss. I need to get it started up again but till I get my numbers up I can't do it. We need to buy $500 minimum per order.

Just keep the net where you can find it. You'll get use out of it.

You'll need a good way to sharpen the knife. Feathers dull knives quickly. Is it stainless or high carbon steel?

Worse yet, I decided to try sand once. It was a disaster. They ate the sand rather than the feed and about 12 died.

Nothing is exactly the same thing as anything else. What they're telling you is that Purina and Dumor are made in the same mills. All packagers of scratch grains will change their mix on an almost daily basis. The tag on scratch grains has no guaranteed analysis but just a list of some of the grains contained therein.
Even feed recipes will change from time to time.

good plan

And he wants to be my latex salesman.

Don't get advice about animals from feed store employees. They do know where the feed is stored though.

Never fail to check mfg. dates.
I bought feed at TSC on 2 occasions and it was wet and molded. Apparently there was a hole in the roof but they kept storing the feed in the same place.
Thankfully I opened a bag when I got home on the first occasion and took it back. Had I waited a few days, I'm sure they would have put the blame on me. 2 trips to TSC is 3 hours of travel time.

The Farm&Home by me (over an hour away) carries the same organic feed I used to get through the co-op. However it is anywhere from 1 to 2 years old. I alerted them about it twice but it is still on the shelf.



Carotenes give yolks their dark color. Any plant material high in carotenes will darken yolks because chickens don't assimilate them and they end up in the yolk.
Yellow corn in commercial feed is what makes store eggs yellow. In parts of Africa, white corn is used and yolks are very pale.

Treasure every moment.


I've had up to 8 kinds of feed at a time when we had the co-op. But when they started carrying 16% organic grower I switched to just that and fishmeal.
Chicks and molters got grower and fishmeal at a 10:1 ratio and everyone else got 16% grower. That made life so simple.

We don't have Southern States. We have TSC, Farm&Home, Orscheln's and lots of individually owned feed stores.

I use straw in pens but hay will mold pretty quickly.


Every grocery store around me carries Braggs.
However it doesn't have to be organic, it just needs to be raw, unpasteurized. Local apple orchards should carry it.

The blade has a black oxide coating. It may be going back. I had hoped that being an actual department with ... Doesn't matter. I wasn't thinking. I trusted the guy in this case, and I am now realizing it was a mistake. I will keep the knife in the package until I find a more suitable tool. I will then return this knife. Until then, I want to keep it around in case I need it before finding a replacement.
With my last flock, I kept the net in the coop. Too often I wished that it was in the house. I think this time around, I will keep it in the house. I might need it to round up at a certain Duckling!
I know better than to trust anyone about the animals they sell.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

The blade has a black oxide coating. It may be going back. I had hoped that being an actual department with ... Doesn't matter. I wasn't thinking. I trusted the guy in this case, and I am now realizing it was a mistake. I will keep the knife in the package until I find a more suitable tool. I will then return this knife. Until then, I want to keep it ...

I went to the high end, high priced Cutco Cutlery store in a ritzy part of town thinking I would get the tool I needed.
The knife I bought wouldn't slice butter. I bought another and it was bad.
I brought both back and raised hell. They sent the knives back to the headquarters to be sharpened. When I got them back, they were as sharp as razors. Those on the store shelf were worthless as chicken processing tools.
They are stainless which are extremely difficult to sharpen.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Hi guys......long day today. Hope you all had a good one.