NY chicken lover!!!!

[Beer can]

@Gramma Chick Lol, thought I had a bear in my pumpkin plants last yr, put up my trail cam and caught the culprit! A giant snapper!

 

[Gramma Chick]

@Gramma Chick Lol, thought I had a bear in my pumpkin plants last yr, put up my trail cam and caught the culprit! A giant snapper!

this one wasnt huge ...maybe 12- 16 inches long ...I gave her room though

 

[BakerzDozen]

this one wasnt huge ...maybe 12- 16 inches long ...I gave her room though

It's so wonderful to see nature carrying on in such a human populated world. I know that these turtles can become a problem but they deserve to live too. The areas of refuge are so small and even then dotted with roads that its hard for anything native to survive. Thank you for taping this.

 

[cutipatooti]

Had a NEAT visitor today

This is amazing. Not something one usually get to bare witness to. Very cool.

 

[Sweetpea3829]

Any takers on the question I had regarding a vent prolapse and its tendency to return? I need to decide whether or not to cull this hen, or convince my husband that it's worth it to stick his finger up her rear to push her vent back in and subsequently, save her.



Another question...my broody has one last egg. It's due to hatch tomorrow...thursday-ish. I candled it not long ago and there was a chick, but no movement. I candled it again...still no movement. I don't have high hopes for this egg but...I didn't have high hopes for the cold egg she kicked out, and that one hatched a perfect little chick.

The day before yesterday, she had a nasty broody poop and the egg was pretty covered. I washed it off, candled it again (still no movement) and put it back under her. This morning, I candled it again (I know...too many candlings but...given that I've had my eye on this egg....)

Now...when I candle this egg, the entire thing is dark! No air cell...nothing discernible. If I didn't know better, I'd assume it was one of my ceramic dummy eggs. The flashlight I'm using is definitely strong enough.

What the heck could this be? I don't want to crack this egg and get rid of it, if that chick is perfectly fine....but I don't want to leave a ticking time bomb under the broody.

(And in case anybody was wondering....I did end up bringing the broody and her chicks into the house. She's a good momma, however she was not protecting the chicks from the other hens. One walked right up to the nesting box and pecked a chick hard and she hardly blinked. My husband is not happy that a chicken...a stinky broody chicken, no less...is in our house).

 

[boskelli1571]

Had a NEAT visitor today

That's outstanding! They are actually becoming endangered thanks to turtle soup.

 

[boskelli1571]

Any takers on the question I had regarding a vent prolapse and its tendency to return? I need to decide whether or not to cull this hen, or convince my husband that it's worth it to stick his finger up her rear to push her vent back in and subsequently, save her.



Another question...my broody has one last egg. It's due to hatch tomorrow...thursday-ish. I candled it not long ago and there was a chick, but no movement. I candled it again...still no movement. I don't have high hopes for this egg but...I didn't have high hopes for the cold egg she kicked out, and that one hatched a perfect little chick.

The day before yesterday, she had a nasty broody poop and the egg was pretty covered. I washed it off, candled it again (still no movement) and put it back under her. This morning, I candled it again (I know...too many candlings but...given that I've had my eye on this egg....)

Now...when I candle this egg, the entire thing is dark! No air cell...nothing discernible. If I didn't know better, I'd assume it was one of my ceramic dummy eggs. The flashlight I'm using is definitely strong enough.

What the heck could this be? I don't want to crack this egg and get rid of it, if that chick is perfectly fine....but I don't want to leave a ticking time bomb under the broody.

(And in case anybody was wondering....I did end up bringing the broody and her chicks into the house. She's a good momma, however she was not protecting the chicks from the other hens. One walked right up to the nesting box and pecked a chick hard and she hardly blinked. My husband is not happy that a chicken...a stinky broody chicken, no less...is in our house).

I have read that prolapsed vents do recur - not sure how often tho'. try some preparation H on your finger as you re-insert the vent. Keep her separate for a while. On the broody egg - I would give it another couple of days before tossing it - just my opinion

 

[horsekeeper]

What the heck could this be? I don't want to crack this egg and get rid of it, if that chick is perfectly fine....but I don't want to leave a ticking time bomb under the broody.

I had the same issue last week and thought nothing was going to hatch. I floated the eggs in a bowl of warm water and four of them were twitching, so I knew a chick was trying to hatch. The broody already had some chicks hatched, so I finished them up in the incubator and slipped them under the broody after they dried off.

 

[Sweetpea3829]

I had the same issue last week and thought nothing was going to hatch. I floated the eggs in a bowl of warm water and four of them were twitching, so I knew a chick was trying to hatch. The broody already had some chicks hatched, so I finished them up in the incubator and slipped them under the broody after they dried off.

I did that with the third egg/chick. After she pooped all over the one that's still brooding...I didn't want to take a chance with this egg, so I put it in my incubator. When it started to zip, I slipped it under her to finish hatching.

This last egg...I've never seen it where there was absolutely NO visible space inside the egg! No air cell to see, no chick outline...nothing. It's solid black all the way around. I'll do the float test and see if there's any movement.

 

[horsekeeper]

I did that with the third egg/chick. After she pooped all over the one that's still brooding...I didn't want to take a chance with this egg, so I put it in my incubator. When it started to zip, I slipped it under her to finish hatching.

This last egg...I've never seen it where there was absolutely NO visible space inside the egg! No air cell to see, no chick outline...nothing. It's solid black all the way around. I'll do the float test and see if there's any movement.

Mine were the same way, all dark with no air cell visible. It's been a strange year and I blame it on the weather. It was so humid when the eggs were incubating that the air cell wasn't as big as I like. Out of about 70 turkey eggs I hatched ten that lived and the turkey hens have had no luck at all. I feel sorry for the ducks, they have been setting for a couple of months and not getting anything. I did better with marans and speckled sussex in the incubator, but the hatch rate is not as good as the past couple of years.