May Hatch-a-Long!

[Kelsykin]

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It is bad when my husband suggests I intervene. When he says I think this one needs help, then it is time to step in and help. We are more sink or swim types....

 

[Farmer Viola]

I just watched the cutest video and had to share... this duck named Buttercup is missing his foot, and his owners used a 3D printed to make him a plastic prosthetic foot. he is SO HAPPY!

 

[Mahen100]

It is bad when my husband suggests I intervene. When he says I think this one needs help, then it is time to step in and help. We are more sink or swim types....

I understand the philosophy in that position. If you are breeding for a certain line or a certain characteristic, you wouldn't want to add genetics into that line that included the problem the assisted chick had. I get it.

I am not breeding, I'm enjoying the chickens I hatch. Heck, I can't even own a roo here by code.

 

[Kelsykin]

Quote: This is a duckling. They were purchased off E-bay. We are out in the country and I can have anything I want, just about. We wanted turkeys and I wanted Cayuga Ducks. Found some eggs from several people and won all the auctions.

 

[Mahen100]

<-- is jealous of anyone who can have roos...or drakes, or toms!

 

[Farmer Viola]

This is a duckling. They were purchased off E-bay. We are out in the country and I can have anything I want, just about. We wanted turkeys and I wanted Cayuga Ducks. Found some eggs from several people and won all the auctions.

Oh wow.. I had never heard of cayuga ducks so I googled them.. wow they are so beautiful! the blue-green color is amazing

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Quote: Wow, good luck!

 

[COsteveo]

omgggg it is at this point where I get NOTHING done! cheep cheep!

I think it helps that I can't really see anything. I'll try to leave it alone until at least tomorrow morning. I do my best to set things up properly and then leave them alone... at least, that's what worked best when I was breeding fish.

 

[brandy00]

don't you just love white eggs?! I am incubating some white eggs too, they are SOOO FUN to candle! You can see everything. before this I only incubated light and dark brown eggs. If I could go back in time I would have started with white eggs for learning

on the detached air cell shipped eggs - do you want advice? I have had a lot of shipped eggs and when they have detached air cells it is really rough. I tried not turning them for the 1st 2 days of incubation but now I think that causes malposition. my advice to you would be to keep them in an egg carton with holes cut in the bottom, and only barely lean them side to side for turning the first 3ish days. if they don't get turned, they can get stuck/malpositioned. but if they get turned too far (auto turner) the air cell won't re-heal itself. it is super important to keep the eggs upright throughout incubation or else the air cell can detach again, we want it to re-heal to the egg. even during candling keep it upright. it takes 14 days to re-heal.

Thanks for the input! This is the first time I'll be incubating eggs with detached air cells. I have read tons about it. I'm about to put them in the bator and I have been having a hard time trying to decide weather to turn at all for the first 24 or 48. I think I'll take your advice!

 

[Cynthia12]