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[ChickenCanoe]

Montana is nice.


I am glad our heat isn't like that. It was too cool last summer (I never used AC) but the current temps are good. 95 has been the highest.
I get jealous of you guys when you talk about your awesome property and coops. Then I remember. I don't have a mortgage, and I have plenty of coop space. I may not have the privacy of trees, but I also don't have a predator problem. All in all, I am better off than a lot of people on here.
But I still want your set up.

Good luck getting your work done! Do well at your competition. I am sorry you are hurting.

I don't know how awesome it is now but it used to be BC (before chickens). Now it is just a complex of buildings and garden beds.
Most of the place is 50'-70'+ trees.

you'll have to let us know how that goes for you. My experience has been that the eggs I cooled on day 16 had a poorer hatch rate then those that I didn't.

I'm definitely fearful of it. Do you remember what temp you lowered yours to?
The study I read said that cooling eggs at 24ºC for 6 hrs. at the 16th day of incubation significantly increased hatchability% but it didn't say how much.
Another study was a little more ambitious and cooled for longer periods more frequently and it said chicks in those studies were smaller than in the control group.

I think I'm just going to cool for 2 or 3 hours instead of 6.

 

[BullChick]

Almost. Got to load the barrels up tonight to make the trip

So I should stop doing what my wife asks?

Yes! You make me think that a husband is actually supposed to be nice!

 

[BullChick]

Ron! @ronott1

Good morning!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

...
Yes! You make me think that a husband is actually supposed to be nice!

Unless they're bikers.

 

[BullChick]

Unless they're bikers.

Dang it. I can't find a way to respond to that.

 

[Pensmaster]

Morning Uncle Pen

Morning Chaos.

Guess I'd better get around for work.

 

[Chaos18]

I'm definitely fearful of it. Do you remember what temp you lowered yours to?
The study I read said that cooling eggs at 24ºC for 6 hrs. at the 16th day of incubation significantly increased hatchability% but it didn't say how much.
Another study was a little more ambitious and cooled for longer periods more frequently and it said chicks in those studies were smaller than in the control group.

I think I'm just going to cool for 2 or 3 hours instead of 6.

I cooled them to 75*F for 6 hrs. I cooled two groups. One group that I used ascorbic acid on and one that I didn't. The one I used it on hatched about 12.5% better then the one I didn't use it on. Although both group that I cooled hatched between 12.5-25% worse then my other two groups. The ascorbic acid I used was in a spray form. I can't remember the concentration of it off the top of my head.

CG1 - Control Group 1 (No Spray, No Cool)
CG2 - Control Group 2(No Spray, Cool)
SG1 - Spray Group 1(Spray, No Cool)
SG2 - Spray Group 2(Spray, Cool)

CG1 Hatch Rate - 87.5%
CG2 Hatch Rate - 62.5%
SG1 Hatch Rate - 87.5%
SG2 Hatch Rate - 75.0%

 

[Chaos18]

Yes! You make me think that a husband is actually supposed to be nice!

That's because a husband is actually supposed to be nice.

 

[Chaos18]

Morning Chaos.

Guess I'd better get around for work.

Toodles

 

[BullChick]

That's because a husband is actually supposed to be nice.

Hmm. No comment!