Incubators Anonymous

[ROCKIN R FARM]

those are some great tips on knowing what breed is what. Love the velcro and pipe cleaner Idea.
i am going to try the basket idea next. This is what i have been doing....

 

[Arielle]

those are some great tips on knowing what breed is what. Love the velcro and pipe cleaner Idea.
i am going to try the basket idea next. This is what i have been doing....

Loooove all the egg colors!! Chicks are pretty able when they are fluffed up to get up and over dividers. Mine liked climbing on the unhatched eggs for extra height jumping ability!

Baskets generally need a top.

 

[flitter]

what breed(s)?

Redcaps and Appenzeller Spitzhaubens.

Thanks for sharing all the neat ideas for marking younguns.

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: She is right.... mine to all have tops. They are cooling racks like you would use on cookies..... they are REALLY cheap type and fit the basket perfect. I got those for 2 for a $1 at the same store and use zip ties to attach them to the basket.

 

[ki4got]

Redcaps and Appenzeller Spitzhaubens.

Thanks for sharing all the neat ideas for marking younguns.

i still prefer zip ties... with some practice you can see how loose it can go and stay on. with the dorkings, because of that extra toe, i'm able to put their adult sized bands on by about 5 weeks old. only a few lose them here and there but i can usually tell by then who the lost band came off of. then once they're about 3 months old i can usually gauge who's staying and who's going to the swap. then i'll band the stay-ers with their permanent numbered bands (aluminum crimp-on).

so i zip tie at hatch, change it out around 3 weeks old for a larger one, and then snip that off for the permanent one at 5-6 weeks... gives me an extra excuse for handling them more, so they get used to it.

eta: different breeds will likely have different schedules for growth/banding/etc. so don't go by my schedule. this is just what i've found for the 5-toed low riders i raise.

 

[flitter]

I use zips for my older chicks and full grown chickens. I just haven't found a good way to mark young chicks when I want to put a couple of different "bloodlines" together to grow up a bit. I'm going to give these new ideas a shot. One of them will be what I'm looking for.

 

[farmgirljd09]

Mine are Wednesday too. I'm hoping for a Sand Hill Preservation order Tuesday... got my excitements confused!

Dumb...

not need to feel dumb, be happy!!

GOOD LUCK HUN!!

 

[klj491]

Absolutely brilliant!!!

However, I must say that since I have not a clue as to what I'm doing in the whole hatching process anyway.......I'm gonna play the "namethatbreedandsexofthischickifyouplease" gameshow on other threads if I get anything to pop out of eggs this year!!  Hee hee 

Bahaha. That is my plan as well.

 

[ROCKIN R FARM]

Loooove all the egg colors!! Chicks are pretty able when they are fluffed up to get up and over dividers. Mine liked climbing on the unhatched eggs for extra height jumping ability!

Baskets generally need a top.

Thank You.
the really little ones are from what I thought was a banty Australorp and found out she is a Sumatra (sp)
the darker of the green eggs is from my EE pen, small white ones are from my Silkies, there are some really like tan I guess you can say now those are either my buff or Lavender Orps, and the really dark brown one comes from my Australorp pen as well.
I date the eggs as i pick them up, name of breed or pen and will start doing what I used to do is write the date down they are to hatch.
I am hoping these hatch. My thermometer was off alot when I brought the one that I use in the big bator to check this one.
was at 120 no wonder they felt alot warmer that time when I went to turn them LOL
so its down where it needs to be and has water.
deana

 

[ki4got]

Thank You.
the really little ones are from what I thought was a banty Australorp and found out she is a Sumatra (sp)
the darker of the green eggs is from my EE pen, small white ones are from my Silkies, there are some really like tan I guess you can say now those are either my buff or Lavender Orps, and the really dark brown one comes from my Australorp pen as well.
I date the eggs as i pick them up, name of breed or pen and will start doing what I used to do is write the date down they are to hatch.
I am hoping these hatch. My thermometer was off alot when I brought the one that I use in the big bator to check this one.
was at 120 no wonder they felt alot warmer that time when I went to turn them LOL
so its down where it needs to be and has water.
deana

yikes. 120 for any amount of time is likely to cook them... hope it was just a momentary spike and didn't do much damage. good luck on them.