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

[mlm Mike]

Good morning everone!

Hi Kathy!

 

[Akrnaf2]

 

 


sure  oops here is that website  ma bad@! http://www.leggspeafowl.com/



yes and the blood drains this is good but to put in the bag first would be much cleaner than blood flopping! 

That's true. Do you want some 50lb Purina bags?

read post to banty, thank you though!

 

 
I wonder if simply using a trash bag and duct tape around the lower neck to hold it and a strip tight around middle would work for the broom method?    as in keeping the flopping in the bag and the bird from getting bloody mess

Sounds like a lot of work. Usually I don't pull the head off so the head/neck is still under the broom and I'm holding the feet while it flops.

gotcha

 

I wonder if simply using a trash bag and duct tape around the lower neck to hold it and a strip tight around middle would work for the broom method?    as in keeping the flopping in the bag and the bird from getting bloody mess

Way you are doing from it a big issue?

You hold the bird with your left hand and with your right you slit the throat! No problem there! I could put some clip, but I understand it kind of problem .

lol we know how to kill them, its the flopping control of the jerking that is the bother

Sally see in this clip from 46:20 to 49:00

It is ouer way to the cosher killing!

 

[chicken hawk 33]

So is anyone going to remind a certain someone about candling and why it shouldn't be done every five minutes?

haha

 

[BullChick]

KELLY FLEW! e
(Dove)

 

[Chaos18]

Sally see in this clip from 48:25 to 49:00

It is ouer way to the cosher killing!

I think it's the wrong clip.

 

[mlm Mike]

KELLY FLEW!

(Dove)

 

[Chaos18]

KELLY FLEW!

(Dove)

 

[BantyChooks]

KELLY FLEW! e
(Dove)

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[Akrnaf2]

Sally see in this clip from 48:25 to 49:00

It is ouer way to the cosher killing!

I think it's the wrong clip.

No no it is the wrong minutes! Try
46:00 - 48:00

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Is it bad that i'm too tired to take my new incubator out of the box, even though it's here and staring at me?

yes lol

No URL copy options?

nope, if i switch screens it reloads and all is lost

Well... it's officialy, I have 2, beautiful developed silkie eggs out of the 8 (with 2 being infertile when I got them.) today, the blood ring in the 3rd was confirmed and the kids are going to perform an eggtopsy on it when dad has time to crack it open to see what day it died. I think around day 6-7, but we'll see. The silkie eggs that are remaining, are getting filled up and getting harder to see through, but the blood veins are obvious along with the development every few days, so i'm excited for lock down in a week.

Not that it matters, but I gave up on teaching my great pyr's "to come" instead, their recall command is "hot dogs." works like a charm.

ROFL!!! i love it!!!

I have a bear of a time finding gluten free vodka for vanilla extract....

vodka is made from taters though??

I need you to convince me that geese are awesome, since my husband has given up on telling me "only chickens" now. I need to convince my 12 year old that geese are okay.

ask sally about gooserz

More foot over head pictures (sized small, so shouldn't take too long to load:
Lots of pictures (Click to show)


-Kathy

seems like the white ones have more trouble getting out that the other colors??

Chick #1



Chick #2 (foot over head)


-Kathy

X2,i absolutely adore my turkeys! My first group i handled all the time but my second group not quite as much. Most of them are very affectionate. I have 2 hens that love to be held and cuddled (one comes in for a hug every time you squat down and open your arms). And two toms who want snuggled or held constantly lol. But almost all of them want attention all the time.

Cuddles on my lap

There tends to be lap jeolousy. Cuddles hiding her head from Eve


Romeo and Dinner taking over my lap. It's seriously hard to get pictures with two toms on you!


They love any attention they can get and the kids love giving it


Before they were too big to do it anymore, they preferred the shoulders


Eve, my origional lap turkey. She feels that I belong to her and will defend me if necessary lol

to cute!!

I am new here and I don't know if I am posting in the right place. I have a question. I am hatching today and he one out. I have 2 incubators and was going to put chicks in one once they hatch so not to disturb the ones still inside shell. When putting a chick in the incubator I noticed a smell of pinesol. Not strong but I can smell it. Is this safe or should I put the chick back with the other eggs that are not hatched?

did you get it cleaned up now? update?

My eggs are developing..... can you all see it???

I am on instagram www.instagram.com/zades_australorps

awesome! great picture!

Oh ****. I woke up to it DOWN pouring this morning. I'm going to have to check on the baby chicks and maybe bring them back inside?

Hubby checked on them last night and had to rescue them at like 1am. The thunderstorm freaked them out and they were running around inside their pen panicking... he moved them back inside their shelter, to show them where to go... but he said "these are the dumbest group of chickens I've ever seen."

lol, chickens are notoriously dumb

First time for this batch 7 eggs from 7 pullets

pretty eggs too!!

Don't know about the time off factor. I do know at $5 a pack one pack a day could get me to Hawaii if I choose to go. Might not get me home but I could sure get thee.

who cares about coming back LOL

-Kathy

Day 19-1st BCM egg pipped. too bad I am gonna miss all the excitement as I play secretary.

And tomorrow the students get to go to cadaver lab tomorrow and I cant go because my brace is "an infection control risk"...It's a cadaver lad-who am i going to infect!!!! I just like to watch and learn

Oh well-I will be reviewing policy and procedure and doing the teaching paperwork the actual preceptors should be completing

let us know how they think you will infect a cadaver, i'm rather intrigued

Cute!! What breed??

Hey All

My 3 day olds are doing well, some are breaking their caps n everything!

cute!

Very funny

Although.... In order to do the eggs, I have to figure out how to get my new incubator up and running. My hubby built it, tested it to make sure it turned on and then hid it in the back of my closet.

I have to find a place to put it. He said it was too big for our bathroom, that someone would break it on accident.

what a great hiding spot for it LOL

ichthamal?

no, i have this one

it smells minty, and is not black

So I made PDF's of some nutrional stuff from a book:

nutrient_poultry.pdf 1,332k .pdf file
nutrient_chicken.pdf 1,197k .pdf file
nutrient_duck.pdf 206k .pdf file
nutrient_goose.pdf 213k .pdf file
nutrient_turkey.pdf 439k .pdf file
nutrient_misc_game.pdf 238k .pdf file
nutrient_deficiency.pdf 993k .pdf file
nutreint_toxicity.pdf 244k .pdf file

Above from this book:
Nutrient Requirements of Poultry:
Ninth Revised Edition, 1994 (1994)

-Kathy

Hubby said turkey/ducks fine. I got the incubator setup in my daughters room, I'm trying to figure out how to get the temp/right. I don't have ANYTHING in there for humidity, and it's reading around 60% I think I may use small egg cartons and keep the shipped eggs upright, and just turn by hand, then lay them down for lock down. Hopefully that helps their success rate on the next batch, providing I can get the humidity/temp right.

I've never worked with a hooverbator before, and it's a lot more complicating then just turning it on. LOL

Hubby approved the big metal tub for the turkeys, and I'll get another big brooder box for the ducks and he said I could buy some sex linked babies.... I really, really love my husband.

are you trying to lower the humidity??

Morning all. I was so busy this weekend I didn't even have a chance to get on here. I'm 100 pages behind, not gonna try to catch up. Did I miss anything exciting?

i was over 1000 behind too!!

@DwayneNLiz
@granny hatchet

What do you see here....

Lots of pretty birdies WITH A ROOSTER!!!!

yes tolbunt polish one is frizzled yes, she is a freak, actually they all are fairly freakish

lol, so pretty!

Very pretty yard art. I hear they are supposed to be dual purpose as well?

Yes so long as they are the LF not the bantams, they were bred to be dual purpose

funny thats what I had for lunch leftover bantam cornish pot pie, Mom made for me Sat, I was afraid the broth would go bad, I was pretty sick this weekend so she fed the gang several meals, Thank God for Mom, she came today did my laundry and dishes lol, I said she can come do work anytime she wishes

Love moms

It's lizard season. The cat is stalking one through the living room.

hilarious

Oh, one last post, I was able to go to the local feed store, that had been closed on sundays and they had a 30% protien poultry "chow" of some non descript brand i'd never heard of... but the contents looked right, and it was for poultry/turkeys.

AND it wasn't expired.

So, I'll use that until the turkeys are about 10 weeks and can eat an all flock feed.

Great news!!

Well that took all morning off and on. Caught up from the weekend. Other than the addition of some new names based on the weekend chatter doesn't seem as though much has changed around these parts. Never know when you leave for a few months what you will find when you get back.

not too many changes

MC
i have a very nice boy cat for you, very very nice. drive you insane want attention cat

mail him, males are more snuggly too

woot, my 24+ silkie eggs are shipped. Should be here in a couple of days. hoping to put them in the incubator on friday. That should give them enough chance to settle air cells and I think I may leave them in the cartons to see if it improves hatch rates.

I love Jack!!! But straight up-no ice-no mix-just a shot now and then......

I love jack, on the rocks

Thank you Sally, I just read through that

I don't think I have any probiotics but I could put ACV in their water if that is okay? Or only if they have a hen?

It is the one that had that unabsorbed yolk. It still has a tiny little bubble on it from that so I'm hoping it falls off but I am making sure to put iodine. It's a happy chick and active so I think it will do well, it just seems to need help. Hopefully its bottom doesn't get messy again. I will raise my brooder element tomorrow because they are getting taller and I won't want it to burn them!

if her butt get dirty again soak her in an epsom salt bath

Okay cool, I'll do it when I do my daily water change for them in the morning, They kick so much crap into the water in such a short time!! Cute little scratching!

Not intensionally! If you put your hand in there they all come rushing out from under the brooder plate to either peck at my rings or jump into my hand and use it as a step to jump on top of the brooder plate!

Didn't really want them to be too tame because they're for eggs and meat, but it's nice that they don't seem to mind us big humans!

Thank you! I've had chicks before but never from eggs to day olds! Been a great xp

Cannot wait to do it again

Hook, line and sinker

I love the intro. It got my attention and I was ready to soak up the knowledge.
Those seasons are comparable to what I was used to growing up. NC is a bit different. Also not used to initial limit of 6 deer with the possibility of buying 2 tags at a time after those 6 are taken. I aim to fill my freezer.
Mine is clean and mean. Plain jane wood stock and iron sigths. Love shooting it but its a pain to clean.
Morning CH, and those that popped in while I was away.

6!! holy poop!! we can only get 2 around here

Yea I aim to fill my freezer every year as well. I think most we can take is 6 doe and a buck.

and ours have to be bucks, no does unless you get a special tag, and only for like 2 days

Mornin beautiful!! how them lizards and ditch ducks?

I want one!!!

LIZ WHERE ARE YOU?

right here

Turkey's and ducks should be shipped today. I'm pretty excited.... Our great Pyr loves being inside during the daytime to hang out, but man, she refuses to be inside at night, rain or shine, she has to be outside sitting by the other animals while they sleep. In some ways, I find that really comforting that she's out there, and then part of me worries something might happen to her while i'm sleeping.

Sigh!

she knows her job, and if anything happens i am sure she will make PLENTY of noise

I have a question,


I have one remaining Barred Rock Hen that lays the godzilla eggs, she is in with the BCM rooster as she is "Pepper" the last of the friendly kids chickens.

If I hatch chicks they will be black sex links? meaning the boys will have the head spots?

I totally forgot about that option when I got rid of the rest of the flock! They would be awesome layers and meat birds as both birds are huge as well as the hens eggs! also will that make the eggs darker? or spotted? I need to read I guess... dang headache!! I am thrilled this hen is still producing these huge eggs, or any eggs at all she is six years old. I almost cry when I crack those big eggs open and should this big egg laying ability carry through to some of the hens?

my neighbor does this cross, and they come out sex links

x10000000000000000000000000000000000000000

hope she is ok chaos what you do to her!!!

oh yes exciting!!!!

Hi!! I am here

No clue but the roo is purdy

Yea she's fine. It was her weekend and now she HAS to read the 6 million posts she missed.

That's terrible. I feel bad for you

I'm good. No plans really. Gotta finish up a project and if I have time clean out the duck coop.

saxony

purdy

You don't want any of those curly sebastapol gooses?

I do!!

I would love a flock of the blue and white curly ones lol

or just the white curly ones

lol, i can find you some closer to you

ugh LIZ hurry up!!!!! read one skip fiver!!!


Im going to get some warsh done!

She won't skip cause she's weird.
Have fun doing the warsh.

reminds me.... can these tapered foot things in this image be a DIY? suggestions I would love three of them!

Definitely

not sure what that says lol

its plated steel, should work very well, just use a torch to heat it as you bend, much easier

im a midget remember at 5 3 and besides its a story n half up

i'm shorter

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

lol, and if you get males n females on the poults you can incubate next year and have more

@Sally Sunshine @DwayneNLiz

my daughter wanted to show you something "cool" she found.

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It's living in a homemade habitat in her room now. *ugh*


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With that said, I also made her cry, because her rooster saw her catch a bug, he waited patiently for her to give it to him and when she didn't, he finally kicked her boots to make her let go... which she didn't... so I forced her to feed her rooster the bug. Told her it wasn't nice to wave a bug above his head when he was expecting a treat.

She was... mad at me about forcing her to feed him the bug she caught... but I told her if you don't want him ****** off at you, you can't tease him with tempting morsels and not fork them over.

Neat!
I agree feed the bug to the roo LOL

I'm jealous, I want one.

-Kathy

really?

Good morning one and all!

Incubator upgrade time

My last few hatches have been extremely wet and icky, and upon looking at the shell leftovers I notice there is an off-colour spot where the egg was touching the ground, which looks like absorbed moisture. There has also been a high rate of slightly open navels, which was a sign of too high humidity if I recall right?
I've had water slosh from the bowls and drip from the papertowels on the sides to the floor, which then makes there be quite a bit of water that some eggs were sitting on- Of course, I had papertowel underneath the shelf liner, but that got waterlogged quickly.
I am wondering if this might be a part of my low lockdown-to-hatch rates, as I lose most of the embryos in that period of time.
This high loss at lockdown (up to 50%) has occurred with eggs from multiple sources- None of them shipped. I know that is "normal" for shipped.

So I've been thinking about an upgrade... A grated platform that would let spilled water fall to the bottom instead of becoming squishy, icky, and possibly harming the eggs to some extent.

I was also thinking about running tubing thru the sides to where I put the bowls of water, which would reduce the # of times I had to open the incubator, which in turn might help hatch rates.

I might be completely wrong; which wouldn't be unusual, but I thought I'd give it a try. It can't hurt and might help....

@Sally Sunshine

@DwayneNLiz I know you had a shelf in yours....

Yes! great ideas!!

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!!!

WOOHOOO!!!!

I'm looking into ordering chicks online, I know some of you have done it already, what was your best site to check

I've ordered from Ideal out of TX, in late Nov all made it alive, many extra packing peanuts too
and they dont have a minimum but for price $25

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.

thats great that she did that!! Great job Harmony Ann!!

I wonder if simply using a trash bag and duct tape around the lower neck to hold it and a strip tight around middle would work for the broom method? as in keeping the flopping in the bag and the bird from getting bloody mess

i think a trash bag would be too flimsy, they would rip it to shreds