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[Poco Pollo]

New to the site. Just thought I'd pop in and say hi from Tahlequah!

You'll find a lot of good advice on this thread. Friendly, too.

NN fans: My NN project eggs arrived in the mail today. Tracking said they were here, but the mailman hadn't come up to the house, so I was worried. DH checked the mail box and found them there. That means we had a sub carrying the mail today. Three of the eggs are nice and dark, and the other four are medium, but still darker than the NN eggs I've had in the past. The white egg is a grocery store Grade A large egg for comparison.

 

[shelbydog]

You'll find a lot of good advice on this thread. Friendly, too. NN fans: My NN project eggs arrived in the mail today. Tracking said they were here, but the mailman hadn't come up to the house, so I was worried. DH checked the mail box and found them there. That means we had a sub carrying the mail today. Three of the eggs are nice and dark, and the other four are medium, but still darker than the NN eggs I've had in the past. The white egg is a grocery store Grade A large egg for comparison.

Wow those are dark

 

[Poco Pollo]

Wow those are dark

You may have to join us on the Dark Side (double entendre) Hehhh hehhhh hehhh.

 

[artsyrobin]

beautiful eggs!!

here is the only egg that showed any development in those shipped eggs, lockdown should have been today- so how far along do you think it went before quitting?




i have posted on a thread on some problems going on with Galahad, anyone have ideas on him?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/861310/constipated-roo-pics

 

[bardies]

Not sure on that egg.... 10 days maybe?


I do not think there is a Newcastle auction tonight - is there? I believe Newcastle was last week - but we had the bonus auction. Then Blanchard was today - but THEY are having their bonus auction. So maybe Newcastle next week? Not sure. I had, for some reason thought that they were going to one a month - but then the had one on a third Saturday - so I am just pretty lost on this!

My feed shop was out of the med pig starter. Luckily, I had sent my dh out to get it before I actually ran out - so I might be able to stretch it until Monday....but meantime on the way back from work - I checked out Lumber 2; Tractor Supply and Atwoods. NONE of them had ANY medicated pig food. Not sure why those were even good ideas to try - I should have had him go further south to another feed shop that we use.

Well, at least I got to look at the chicks. Nothing exciting. Tractor supply had a 'must buy' SIX chicks. The other two did not seem to have a minimum.

@artsyrobin , sorry about those eggs.

Egg hatching is a weird thing we do to ourselves, we purposefully set ourselves up to wait for 3+ weeks for a surprise that may or may not happen, and then even when it does happen - sometimes things are not all cute and fluffy. So then we go buy exciting eggs and count them before they hatch and set ourselves up all over again!

 

[artsyrobin]

yeh, these eggs were from an egg swap, so i'm not out alot, just sad, these were large cochins and when they got here all had detatched air cells, so it was a long shot anyway-

Galahad has bee having some poo issues started about december, noticed it with that warm up we had- so i have them all on wormer, , @NanaKat using your method with the ivomec in case that is what is going on, he isn't thin though-

@TRUE5 look at this pic of hannah and gizmo, their evening chill with mom time...



@greenbeetle did anyone answer on when to worm the babies? if not i'll look it up, unless they have been outside i don't think there would be a need

 

[greenbeetle]

yeh, these eggs were from an egg swap, so i'm not out alot, just sad, these were large cochins and when they got here all had detatched air cells, so it was a long shot anyway-

Galahad has bee having some poo issues started about december, noticed it with that warm up we had- so i have them all on wormer, , @NanaKat using your method with the ivomec in case that is what is going on, he isn't thin though-

@TRUE5 look at this pic of hannah and gizmo, their evening chill with mom time...



@greenbeetle did anyone answer on when to worm the babies? if not i'll look it up, unless they have been outside i don't think there would be a need

No none of them have been outside yet because of the cold weather, the only ones that have are the silkie I got from Betsy, and she wormed them right before i got them, then I am to follow up in 30 days. So I would wait then until this spring/summer when they spend time outside? Thanks Robin

 

[Cjarvis]

No none of them have been outside yet because of the cold weather, the only ones that have are the silkie I got from Betsy, and she wormed them right before i got them, then I am to follow up in 30 days. So I would wait then until this spring/summer when they spend time outside? Thanks Robin

Greenbeetle,
On worming you are best off to form a schedule. As a rule if the birds are outside getting fresh grass or bugs worm regularly and follow up 10 days which is the egg cycle to hatch at 30 day intervals for follow up you will not get rid of the problem if you have one.
I like to use Ivomec pour-on when moving the birds outside, one quick dose to reduce the opportunity for internal or external parasites for quite some time. This will get rid of or eliminate the lice or mites brought in by wild birds before they are exposed to them to keep those young birds healthy. It really helps.

 

[Poco Pollo]

beautiful eggs!!

here is the only egg that showed any development in those shipped eggs, lockdown should have been today- so how far along do you think it went before quitting?




i have posted on a thread on some problems going on with Galahad, anyone have ideas on him?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/861310/constipated-roo-pics

It looks like ten to fifteen days development. The egg is too porous. That may be part of the problem. I candle eggs before setting them to check for cracks and porous shells. I may be wrong in this assumption (I have not read this anywhere), so don't quote me, but I've assumed porous eggs may let bacteria in, which could damage the embryo. If anybody knows the science behind this, please chime in. If I'm wrong, and porous eggs are normal and should be set, please post. I wish I had more time to do research.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

It looks like ten to fifteen days development. The egg is too porous. That may be part of the problem. I candle eggs before setting them to check for cracks and porous shells. I may be wrong in this assumption (I have not read this anywhere), so don't quote me, but I've assumed porous eggs may let bacteria in, which could damage the embryo. If anybody knows the science behind this, please chime in. If I'm wrong, and porous eggs are normal and should be set, please post. I wish I had more time to do research.

Porous eggs also let moisture out too fast in addition to the higher risk of letting bacteria in. I have had some hatch but more often than not they don't. When I get to the point where I can be more selective with the eggs I set, I will not set porous eggs anymore.