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9 of them were my fault. Just a stupid oversight. One was a chick that had gotten wet the day before and was acting puny that night, so maybe not the heat but at least weather related. And one was in the lift of the tractor, but the pop door was open and all the waterers filled. I tried to range the teactor babies as much as possible so they could find their own shade and dip their feet in the puddles, when we had them.
 
Cody A said:
I didn't know you lost some to the heat also. :(  It's been awfully hot this summer. Apparently it's the new norm, extreme weather that is. I read that it could be a cold winter with lots of precipitation with the El Nino the climatologists are predicting. One of the reasons I'm giving the Barbezieux a try is for heat tolerance. My Bieles made it through the worst of it. I did put a fan on them during the night a few times when the heat index was into the 100's. We'll see how the do next year when they're older.
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I double checked my Biefelders no growth on there combs.Why did you cull yours so early?Pam
 
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The main reason I culled them was that I needed the space since I moved the Barbs out of the brooder and also if I wanted to selective breed for a hatch this fall. I was keeping them in the coop and run to take pressure off the rest of the flock.
 
Cody A said:
The main reason I culled them was that I needed the space since I moved the Barbs out of the brooder and also if I wanted to selective breed for a hatch this fall. I was keeping them in the coop and run to take pressure off the rest of the flock.
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Ok I was just curious sence they were on the small side.
Pam
 
Well dang it, whatever dug around my coop the other night came back & got my prized RIR roo and 1 of my older hens. Inglewood harvested their corn so I guess it was run out of the cornfield. Either a coyote or a fox is my guess. I had them out late yesterday evening & then it started raining & was getting dark so I ran outside & shut the coop, but didn't realize those 2 were still outside. Hindsight! - I'll be doing a head count from now on & NO more free ranging until the soybeans are harvested.

So, I'll be gathering every egg from my remaining 4 hens for the next week & firing up my incubator in hopes of hatching another RIR roo. He was so big & pretty & gentle. I am so sorry to lose him. I do still have my 3 RIR hens so I should be OK. I hadn't really planned to hatch anything until later in the year but am now out of choices there.
 
Ron Skekel said:
Ok I was just curious sence they were on the small side.
Pam
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Pam have you seen or read any studies on adverse long term physiological effects of low humidity during incubation. When humidity is low enough to shrink wrap and the chick pips the membrane but is unable to pip the shell. Reason I'm asking is the cockerels I just culled all seemed to be small for 5 months old compared to the others I have that came from the same stock. It was my second hatch and all of them were shrink wrapped due to low humidity during the whole incubation time rather than becoming dried out during lockdown. I'm wondering if the low humidity can affect size/growth. I've searched but can't find any info on this. I may not be looking in the right place. I started a thread in the incubation and hatching section today.
 
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Cody A said:
Pam have you seen or read any studies on adverse long term physiological effects of low humidity during incubation. When humidity is low enough to shrink wrap and the chick pips the membrane but is unable to pip the shell. Reason I'm asking is the cockerels I just culled all seemed to be small for 5 months old compared to the others I have that came from the same stock. It was my second hatch and all of them were shrink wrapped due to low humidity during the whole incubation time rather than becoming dried out during lockdown. I'm wondering if the low humidity can affect size/growth. I've searched but can't find any info on this. I may not be looking in the right place. I started a thread in the incubation and hatching section today.
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I haven't read or heard of any studies on humidity levels. Did you mate father to daughter? I have heard that the first imports were smaller than the 2nd ones.Even when I dry hatch my humidty never went under 30% it mostly stayed around 35 to 40 %. I haven't had a shrink wraped egg or chick. I'll be intrested in what you find out. I'm going to post new pics of mine I'm waiting for the rain to stop everyone is muddy and wet. the new one's I got were shipped to me the last week in april so they are 4 months old next week.I would think smaller birds could be form using poulet eggs or from to much inbreeding. Pam
 
TerriLaChicks said:
Well dang it, whatever dug around my coop the other night came back & got my prized RIR roo and 1 of my older hens. Inglewood harvested their corn so I guess it was run out of the cornfield. Either a coyote or a fox is my guess. I had them out late yesterday evening & then it started raining & was getting dark so I ran outside & shut the coop, but didn't realize those 2 were still outside. Hindsight! - I'll be doing a head count from now on & NO more free ranging until the soybeans are harvested.

So, I'll be gathering every egg from my remaining 4 hens for the next week & firing up my incubator in hopes of hatching another RIR roo. He was so big & pretty & gentle. I am so sorry to lose him. I do still have my 3 RIR hens so I should be OK. I hadn't really planned to hatch anything until later in the year but am now out of choices there.
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Sorry you lost your roo Terri. Hope you get a good one in your new hatch. :jumpy Pam
 

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