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[SharkmanDan]

The eggs will be suitable for incubation until about 10 days. Be sure you are rotating the eggs...place them in a carton and set one end of the carton on a piece of wood (2 x 4). Then 12 hours later elevate the other end. This keeps the embryo from attaching to the side of the shell. House temperature is fine for keeping the eggs until incubation. Eggs can be simply cleaned with a light brushing. Most home incubators will hold 36 to 42 eggs so you could be selective about what you hatch.

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!
That makes me much more at ease.
I Should know, if this guy is going to back out, late today, or at the latest, by mid-day tomorrow. I have a local breeder, willing to incubate them for me, in exchange for some of the chicks. Now, I'm kind of half hoping he DOES back out.

 

[NanaKat]

I recently added a post on using a shock collar to deter chicken chasing in "predators and pests".  I would appreciate any Okie wisdom on the subject.  Thanks! 

I have and have responded to your thread.

 

[Sooner Magnolia]

I have and have responded to your thread.

I appreciate it. Good luck with your eggs. I hope they make it!

 

[NanaKat]

Thank you. Sooner Magnolia Hope that helped.

SharkmanDan...looks like you will soon be a victim of chicken math.

I'm sure my neighbor will save me some more Cochin eggs and my hens have picked up their laying so I'm not going to be short...just hate to lose the pure breds.
Hatching season is hitting quick, the birds have been selected for the other breeding pens. Will soon begin setting a full incubator each week....
I'm working on recalibrating the one that peaked or will replace it. I like running three incubators and another for a hatcher....hubby suggested getting a Sportsman...may look into that.

 

[Sagetown]

I recently added a post on using a shock collar to deter chicken chasing in "predators and pests". I would appreciate any Okie wisdom on the subject. Thanks!

If you can put a shock collar on a bobcat, more power to ya.

 

[Sooner Magnolia]

If you can put a shock collar on a bobcat, more power to ya.

It might be worth it if she convinces herself and her offspring that chickens hurt! For now, I'll stick to making my new dog think they aren't worth messing with.

 

[Loriemarler]

Ugh!!!! My son had a friend over for the weekend and this afternoon I found out he has head lice. I ran to the store and bought lice spray and Lice shampoo. All the bedding and coats have been washed in hot water and the beds have been sprayed. Do I need to do anything with my chickens? I do know they looked at the chicks and maybe touched a few. Will head lice jump from human to chicken? What about my dogs and rabbits?

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Ugh!!!! My son had a friend over for the weekend and this afternoon I found out he has head lice. I ran to the store and bought lice spray and Lice shampoo. All the bedding and coats have been washed in hot water and the beds have been sprayed. Do I need to do anything with my chickens? I do know they looked at the chicks and maybe touched a few. Will head lice jump from human to chicken? What about my dogs and rabbits?

Lice is species specific. Poultry lice cannot use humans as a host and vice versa for human lice. Human lice need hair- poultry lice need feathers. I do not know about the dogs though. Maybe someone else does.

Bedding, sheets, couch cushions, etc you've got covered- hot water wash. Boil hair brushes/combs/hair bands (plastic ones may melt if you do this too long). Anything not washable (stuffed animals, couch pillows, etc) need to either go in a large deep freeze for 3 days or in a plastic bag in the garage for 2-3 weeks. Vaccuum meticulously daily until you're sure the lice are gone.

Lice is a pain- but it's not the end of the world. Good luck!

 

[Loriemarler]

Lice is species specific.  Poultry lice cannot use humans as a host and vice versa for human lice.  Human lice need hair- poultry lice need feathers.  I do not know about the dogs though.  Maybe someone else does.

Bedding, sheets, couch cushions, etc you've got covered- hot water wash.  Boil hair brushes/combs/hair bands (plastic ones may melt if you do this too long).  Anything not washable (stuffed animals, couch pillows, etc) need to either go in a large deep freeze for 3 days or in a plastic bag in the garage for 2-3 weeks.  Vaccuum meticulously daily until you're sure the lice are gone.

Lice is a pain- but it's not the end of the world.  Good luck!

Thanks Rinda. I've never had this before but glad to know we can get through it

 

[ftpagain]

hello all!!!

after being gone for ever and ever i am back. at lest for a while.
as some of you know i was pregnant and sick with what they thought was a fibroid but it turned out to be not a fibroid. they still don't know what it is exactly so i have been seeing several specialists including and a doc from OU that specializes in tumors. hopefully its nothing life threatening at this point. i ended up delivering my baby 5 weeks and 1 day early but he is doing pretty well (gassy and cranky but healthy over all).

unfortunately with everything that happened, crazy medical bills and on top of it all due to low gas prices my husband got a huge pay cut at work, we have to sell everything we have and move back to colorado.


so i am selling my birds

X 1000000

if you guys are interested i am simply selling them to get rid of them and make sure that they go to a good home.
all of them are young and just started to lay in november/december.

i have:

hens: - $10
1 dark cornish
1 light brahma
1 Partridge plymouth rock
3 gold laced polish
1 silver laced polish

roosters - $5
1 rhode island red
1 silky
2 silky/polish mix
1 silver laced polish

2 royal palm turkeys - $15
2 sweet grass turkeys - $15

8 ducks (4 boys and 4 girls) they are paired up so they have to go together. - $15 per pair

and 1 goose (she is my baby and will absolutely break my heart to give her up) - priceless. i honestly don't know how much to charge for her. i just need her to go to a really good loving home. she has been thru a lot :'(


please let me know if you are interested. if you are interested but live too far away i can meet you half way (if buying several and within the state ) \. if need pictures i can post them for individual birds

thank you guys