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[cutipatooti]

I read on another thread that if the air cells are mobile (d/t shipping) to set them in the bator wide end up & not turn for a few days. The goal is to let some veining start to develop which may help stabilize the air cell. Put in those terms, it made a little sense to me.

This makes sense for me too. Maybe I should give them another day in the bator without turning just to make sure.

 

[cutipatooti]

Rancher hicks, it looks like we will be going to chickenstock this year. At least that's the plan.

 

[rancher hicks]

Not sure if I can go. That's kind of far. If I did it would defiantly be a family event. I have 4 young boys, so not a whole lot of room in the van for much else. I am really interested, I will let you know what I decide. If I do go I can defiantly bring the extra roo. The next shipment of Ameraucana eggs I'm getting is in April and are from signature feathers. her egg color is fantastic IMO

You don't note where you're from with your Avatar. It is helpful to other members who might see that they're close by.

I expect there will be other kids there.

Nutty is hosting so go to the 2015 Chickenstock thread and see what's what. You will need to bring a dish to pass at the very least.

 

[rancher hicks]

Oh and I forgot to mention that TSC had the cutest bantam's and barred rock chicks.... So I bought 6 more lol. This brings my chick total to 20. Plus four ducklings. And 6 goose eggs and 6 lavender orphington eggs. Hope the chicken coop my husband is building will be big enough. haha. I feel like a crazy chicken hoarder or something.

I've noticed that the TSC here has Straight run chicks so if you're buying BR's sex them before you buy. Learn how on another thread here.

Welcome all newbies. Please be aware it's nice to put your location with your Avatar so others get the general idea where you are. There are those who run a chicken relay train across the state.

As far as the Chickenstock is concerned? It may be far but makes a nice getaway. Check the location and those site to see along the way. Come to the Stock, stay at a B&B and then make the journey back stopping at sites you might be interested in.

The kids and I used to make three day fishing trips each year. We leave one day to get there, spend the night, spend time fishing, take the ferry across to Canada see some sites, take the ferry back, maybe go to a used book store, antique shop, museum, spend another night and come home. Leave friday, come to the stock on Saturday, go home Sunday.

Check along the route to Ava, NY . See what's what. Along the thruway is the Outlet malls, Destiny mall here in Syracuse. Just google the NYS tourist site and see what's what.

You don't have to come to the Stock and stay forever, but it will be a good time.

 

[cutipatooti]

You don't note where you're from with your Avatar. It is helpful to other members who might see that they're close by. 

I expect there will be other kids there. 

Nutty is hosting so go to the 2015 Chickenstock thread and see what's what.  You will need to bring a dish to pass at the very least. 

Ok I added my location to my profile.

 

[Lapeerian]

Our hatch has started. Pips galore! Bantam chick is the first one out.

The chickens are beginning to lay more now that it has been warmer outside. My pekins have been laying good the past 2 weeks. Maybe spring has arrived,

Whatcha hatching?
I've had a couple 1 dozen days now!
Waiting to thaw out from Maple Fest, then into brooder building. It's cold, snowing, rainy, low turnout by the time we left at 10:45. But hubby met one of the Southern Tier Bee Club guys.

 

[BusyBearMama]

Oh I'm excited, its chicken season here for sure! We have 8 chicks in the brooder and about 40 eggs comeing from here and there... Some with more promise than others. Some beautiful ameraucana parents though and going to try russian orloffs this year. I really have no clue what I'm doing but it seems so exciting. Our plan is to have them all arrive on one day and set pointy tip down for 2 days. To have the incubator ready for them and then turn off the turner and put them in still for 3 days and then check things out. Then turn on the turner with anything that looks viable and then cross our fingers really hard and monitor things and just see what happens. If we get a quarter hatching I will be happy. I would love 2 from each set to hatch honestly I would feel successful lol. Anything that hatches will be around when my order from meyer shows up. At that point I might be ready to introduce the current chicks to the hens maybe.. And my new coop should be ready to move all of them to and the chicks can brood with the meyer chicks and then I won't have to introduce them later. I'm excited because we are getting some feather leg birds and I don't see them around here so that's exciting, kids are psyched. And hopefully later in the summer I will get a few chicks of a breed I'm hoping to get Into and hopefully a roo will pop up around here in all this and will be nice and I can then have my own eggs to hatch which will be so cool! Has anyone ever had eggs in the incubator and then added more and had different hatch dates in the same one, is that a problem once you 'lock down' for a hatch im trying to figure out how I would do that and I'm
Having issues, I just have a 'cheap' incubator nothing fancy. In feeling like there could be a couple empty spots in there :-( I might want to fill those spots ok so I know you're all more likely to enable me than give me a go count the birds face like my dear husband does. My thought is if I end up with 35+ birds here this year... :--/ um they're... Cute? We have a large property and by the end of spring 3 coops and stuff so its probably not a TON we also have guineas though I sold most last year, I just have a trio now but they're mischevious lol

 

[brahmapapa]

My first chick hatched last night! It is doing good. The second chick hatched this afternoon, but it still had some of it's insides that didn't suck back in. It passed a little bit ago.

Egg#3 has a pip in it. I had to take Chick #1 out so that it would stop running into the others. It is not happy that it is all by itself. I have put in a mirror and also took some of my feathers that I have been collecting and made a little duster type thing for it to hid under if it wants. I go out and check on it when it gets to loud. Earlier it was asleep on my chest while I was reading. Hopefully the next chick hatches soon so little "Teeny Tiny" Can have a buddy. If nothing else hatches I will take the single chick and give it to my broody and take her eggs and toss them in the incubator to finish up.

How long should it usually take from when there is a pip in the egg till the chick is out. It seems like mine are taking a really long time. Chick #1 took over 12 hours before it was out after the first pip. I first saw the pip at 8:30am and it finally was out when I went up to bed last night at 11:30pm. Humidity is steadyish at 70%

Chick #1 "Teeny Tiny" A sizzle of some sort. May possibly be from the birds I got from "Why Do Birds" (Fredo and Chicken Nugget) Not sure, but looks more blue then my black ones did when they first hatched.

if you can get the humidity up much higher, otherwise durring lockdown you may wind up with chicks getting stuck in the shell,

 

[Gramma Chick]

Howdy Stranger ...you still have chickens ?

 

[mswendeu]

I could use some advice on the incubator. I have the port holes open because the humidity level on its hygrometer keeps fluxing. When I have them closed its at 70% and it needs to be down in the 50's for chicks right? What can I do?