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

[campingshaws]

Sally, as long as they're quiet and not in my bed I don't care where they sleep. And if it's bubba I don't care if he's in my bed. Sweet little snuggler.

 

[BantyChooks]

 

[BantyChooks]

yes shelf / shelves, depending on length, for stability you may need two or put a rod through the middle and zip tie to prevent sagging. I had a piece of plastic laying around I used in one. make it TIGHT! so their are not any gaps for little feet to get stuck in

congrats!!! morning Michael

Danke!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: Hi chaos, im fine how about you

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Mornin Whites!

Good morning all! 7 BCMs and 2 Serama eggs pipped!!!! Looks like a nice day here at work too. All the rest of the chicks and chickens and ducks are doing good. Hope everyone has a great day!!!

sweet!!!! come on babies!!

Supposedly them springs go for good money on ebay. Had a guy I work with that would grab box springs for free off craigslist. Pull the springs and sell them.

really?

 

[Akrnaf2]

So out of the 10 turkey's I ordered, only 5 out of 17 eggs hatched.... and none of his duck eggs made it. One hatched, took a breathe, and then died on him before he could help it. So, he's got some ducks hatching next week and he's going to try to send me the difference in turkey's, in ducks. I suppose if all 5 turkey's survive their trip, 5 isn't a bad start. lol

5 should be good for a first attempt at raising them. That's a drop in the Tyson bucket. Perhaps a couple weeks' production from one of their processing facilities. Some modern facilities produce nearly 20,000 tons of poultry meat a year. Cargill is building a facility in Russia that will supply all the McDonald's restaurants in Russia. It will produce 18,000 metric tons a year.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEEEEEEEEEE hands off those eggs. Serama can in NO WAY take any assistance, they will die! any yolk or blood loss they are done! even a few drops of blood and yer gonna kill them, they just dont have much to them. Humidity up to 75 or higher and DO NOT OPEN THAT BATOR!! They only hatch with yolk if temp is too high and that is a very very high temp, and yours are hatching on time, so the only other way they hatch is assisted in some way! DONT assist them please! they are strong little boogers getting out of the shell just like quail. if they pip even mal they typically can get out. I sooooo want you to get babies, I am not yelling or mad, just scared for the babies, sit on yer hands, I too been in your spot, I been there done it, dont learn the hard way and the cost to the chicks. I gave them to you and the fans and thermostat etc so you would have the best chance you could. Make me proud and hatch them well!

That's the way I feel about all eggs. You know this already. I remember when I was a kid, I was told that a chicken had to fight its way out of the shell on its own or it wouldn't survive. The effort makes it strong.

Yep still hot. 96* 5 chicks so far.

It was 94 a couple days less than a week ago. Today it won't make it to 70. What a relief.

My incubator is running now getting it steady and o I can't wait hope I get a great hatch again

Good luck. How many eggs will you be putting in?

I was trying to upload a pick of the new fish I got but it won't let me.if u wanna search it to see it's a black tiger Oscar.i use to have a pair of albino ones until we have them to my papa and he killed them.they where huge about 7-9 inches long

Nice fish. How did he kill them?

I might pick up some threaded rod of a smaller diameter tomorrow. I tried aluminium rod I had and it couldn't take a small radius bend.

Some mild steel square or round rod would probably be better than threaded unless you need the threads for nuts or something.

Incubator has been holding steady so far at 99.7.does anyone else use a little giant

That's great. A LG is all I've used since the first of May. I now have about 70 chicks and adolescents as a result of hatching constantly. It wasn't always easy. Lots of temp spikes that I know killed plenty of embryos.

how many troughs at the bottom do u usually fill for incubation than hatching

If the AC is running in the house (dry air), I usually fill them all and then don't add water again till lockdown when I fill them all again. If AC isn't running, I only fill 1 or 2 till the end. I always fill them all on day 19. However, I weigh the eggs and keep track of weight loss. If it is on track, I don't worry about humidity again.

O I forgot to tell everyone I got two new hens today

What kind?

In my world marriage is based on love, corporation and respect not on dominance and control, sorry.

In a perfect world that is so true. My condolences to your country and the world at large on the loss of Shimon Peres. I heard it a couple hours ago.

What happens when all goes quiet in the brooder box, so cute

Usually it means they're content.

Thank you, indeed a grate lose to us and I if I may say also to the world. Grate leader and A man of vision. His experience and wisdom will be missed. And the world is perfect, we just need to do some more effort!

 

[Chaos18]

Hi chaos, im fine how about you

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Just peachy.

 

[casportpony]

I'm getting that deja vu feeling again.

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Google it.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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yes a tie down tightened between two trees

I used a shovel to kill one of them this time, to see if luke could do it himself. I ripped its head right off, ummm too hard of a pull but I never did it so I wanted to be quick and thorough, ummmmm I guess it was right? Luke couldnt do it, he too weak yet, Harmony said she didnt want to do it that way and did the knife to throat. she did good, but I worry about her cutting herself as its very easy if your not careful and your head is already filled with worry over doing it right the first time. so she wont be doing that again, but she did a complete chicken kill to pot all by herself, she wouldnt let anyone help skin or anything, she is typically not so strong willed so I was glad to see it come out for once.

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I'm as gone as the wild geese in Winter.
Time to get crackin'
BBL

 

[casportpony]

Good morning everone!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: oh cool!!! thanks!
I will look at the site as well, @BantyChooks you want to add the link to the peafowl section at the bottom?

Quote: yes there is a processing section

Sally, as long as they're quiet and not in my bed I don't care where they sleep. And if it's bubba I don't care if he's in my bed. Sweet little snuggler.

ditto that except they are getting too big,harmony wakes up punching in the middle of the night, and luke is all in circles cant stand that crap I cant sleep to begin with