"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[TerriLaChicks]

Update on the turkey eggs in the incubator................
For those who are new to the thread or who may have forgotten about my little experiment, I have 10 turkey eggs in the incubator. 6 of those 10 were eggs that had been in my refrigerator for about 2 weeks. I decided to take them out of the refrigerator and place them in the incubator along with 4 other fresh turkeys eggs that were picked one day. Yesterday was the scheduled hatch day but the eggs started rocking, pipping, zipping and hatching on Monday (1 day early). The first eggs to hatch were the fresh eggs that were NOT in the refrigerator. However the refrigerated eggs were rocking and zipping. Tuesday morning, 1 more poult (fresh egg batch) had hatched. Tuesday evening, (7PM) the other 2 (fresh eggs - NOT the refrigerated eggs) all hatched. Around 8:00PM the first refrigerated egg was zipping open. I could see the poult's beak and he was trying to break out. At 10:00 PM the refrigerated egg/poult had hatched all the way and was 100% fine. Perfect hatch from the 1st refrigerated egg. So that made a total of 5 eggs that had hatched at that time. I couldn't see every refrigerated egg because the babies were all over the place. But the remaining refrigerated eggs that I could see appeared to be zipping still. I could see their beaks trying to break out.
When I left out for work this morning, there were still only 5 poults that had hatched. So, I still have 5 remaining refrigerated eggs in the incubator. When I get home and if the zipped eggs/poults have not hatched, I will help them out of their eggs. I have to take the hatched poults out and transfer them to their brooder. So either way, something has to be done about the zipped eggs.
So that is the update that I have so far on my experiment with hatching turkey eggs that had sat in my refrigerator for 2 weeks. Refrigerated turkey eggs DO hatch!

So which one of us is going to try this w/peacock eggs first?

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Congrats on all the new hatchlings everyone! Our back yard this morning was a lake also. We let the chickens out for about an hour and the "chicks" (11 weeks) were exploring the deep. The older chickens were trying to go to higher ground. I love my swamp chickens!

Have any of you tried the hen saddles? One of my hens was/ is the favorite and the BEST layer and she is really torn up. I bought two different saddles and neither fits her well. The best one was a bit big and flipped up often. Yesterday something happened and the saddle was ripped off of her (it was found this AM by some thorns in an area they don't usually huddle, but with all the rain it was higher...). She has not tried to fly and I found her in the bottom laying box when she always lays in the second level. Any ideas on what to do for an injured wing? Should I help her onto the highest roost tonight so she doesn't fall any farther in pecking order?

I'd isolate her for a couple of days anyway - wouldn't want to run the risk of them attacking her further. I like Julie's idea of the stocking to hold her wing in place. Never tried chicken saddles; if a roo tears up my girls that bad, he is gator bait.

Hey it can stop raining just any ol' time now....

 

[kuntrygirl]

Update on the turkey eggs in the incubator................

For those who are new to the thread or who may have forgotten about my little experiment, I have 10 turkey eggs in the incubator. 6 of those 10 were eggs that had been in my refrigerator for about 2 weeks. I decided to take them out of the refrigerator and place them in the incubator along with 4 other fresh turkeys eggs that were picked one day. Yesterday was the scheduled hatch day but the eggs started rocking, pipping, zipping and hatching on Monday (1 day early). The first eggs to hatch were the fresh eggs that were NOT in the refrigerator. However the refrigerated eggs were rocking and zipping. Tuesday morning, 1 more poult (fresh egg batch) had hatched. Tuesday evening, (7PM) the other 2 (fresh eggs - NOT the refrigerated eggs) all hatched. Around 8:00PM the first refrigerated egg was zipping open. I could see the poult's beak and he was trying to break out. At 10:00 PM the refrigerated egg/poult had hatched all the way and was 100% fine. Perfect hatch from the 1st refrigerated egg. So that made a total of 5 eggs that had hatched at that time. I couldn't see every refrigerated egg because the babies were all over the place. But the remaining refrigerated eggs that I could see appeared to be zipping still. I could see their beaks trying to break out.

When I left out for work this morning, there were still only 5 poults that had hatched. So, I still have 5 remaining refrigerated eggs in the incubator. When I get home and if the zipped eggs/poults have not hatched, I will help them out of their eggs. I have to take the hatched poults out and transfer them to their brooder. So either way, something has to be done about the zipped eggs.

So that is the update that I have so far on my experiment with hatching turkey eggs that had sat in my refrigerator for 2 weeks. Refrigerated turkey eggs DO hatch!

So which one of us is going to try this w/peacock eggs first?

How about the first one who gets the first eggs?

 

[kuntrygirl]

Headed home to check on the late zippers. I see egg cracking open in my future. :/

Will update tomorrow.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Hey everyone. I hope that everyone and their animals are safe. The rain is non stop. I am flooded in over here. Just called the Sheriff's Office and they confirmed that my area is flooded, so I can't get out to go to work. I'm worried about my animals outside.

 

[sawyerashton]

A small tornado just passed through my neighborhood and took my chicken coop. Found all the chickens. They are in a box in my kitchen now. Someone's shed was ripped to pieces and thrown against my truck. Not a good morning. It seems the house is ok, but will check again in daylight.

 

[kuntrygirl]

A small tornado just passed through my neighborhood and took my chicken coop.  Found all the chickens.  They are in a box in my kitchen now.  Someone's shed was ripped to pieces and thrown against my truck.  Not a good morning.  It seems the house is ok, but will check again in daylight.

OMG!!!! Sorry to hear that. So glad that you found all of your chickens. Poor babies. I know they were in shock and confused. I hope they dry off quickly and get their nerves settled down. Doesn't sound like a good morning for you. Be careful over there.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Just went out to check on the animals. Everyone is ok. The turkeys roost on top of the chicken coops and chicken house, so they were soaking wet. I hope they don't sick.

 

[Garilyn Bardash]

OMG!!!! Sorry to hear that. So glad that you found all of your chickens. Poor babies. I know they were in shock and confused. I hope they dry off quickly and get their nerves settled down. Doesn't sound like a good morning for you. Be careful over there.

So sorry that you lost your coop, but so glad that you got all your babies safe and sound. Poor things, you know that was tramatic for them! Good that you brought them inside for some quieting down time!

 

[Garilyn Bardash]

A small tornado just passed through my neighborhood and took my chicken coop. Found all the chickens. They are in a box in my kitchen now. Someone's shed was ripped to pieces and thrown against my truck. Not a good morning. It seems the house is ok, but will check again in daylight.

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]So sorry that you lost your coop, but so glad that you got all your babies safe and sound. Poor things, you know that was traumatic for them! Good that you brought them inside for some quieting down time![/FONT]