Red Laced Cornish X and project talk (pics p. 8)

[SteveH]

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I hope I don't start making milk.

 

[bt2000]

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This what my wife's reaction was to me when I did that..

I was like..

And she was still..

Needless to say, I didn't get any

for a while.

 

[SteveH]

Hey Cari, my freak beats your freak

I was just taking a last look in the bator before going to bed, and thought I saw a big eyeball stareing back at me. A chick was just hatched and sitting in the half shell right below the viewing window. It's got a mass on its head that resembles an eye at first, but also looks like an embryo. I hope it fixes its self, but will probably have to be culled.

 

[al6517]

Steve : Never saw such a thing, do you think it will make it, I don't see how it could. Wow kinda cool to look at in a sick kinda way LOL.

 

[SteveH]

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It was fine for a couple of hours, but then fell over on its back and was unable to regain its feet. When I had to open the bator to help a stuck chick, I sat it back in the egg carton so it could be upright and see if that mass would shrink. It rested, climbed out, and soon fell over again. I culled it the next time I had to open the bator. It was quite a bit smaller than the others, but as large as those I have hatched from my own birds.

Without putting water in the reservoirs, the humidity in the bator ran about 5 points over the 30% I've found gives me the best results, yet some of the air pockets were huge. After the first 4 hatched easily, the rest had problems...................... one died after successfully zipping?????????? Two more died without pipping before I intervened. I currently have 3 whites [whoops, edit to 2 whites and a splash laced red] and 3 blue laced reds out, and 4 more eggs I opened and put back to allow them plenty of time to absorb the yolk. [The one I opened by mistake is out and seems to be OK, though had not absorbed all of the yolk.] The hatcher went over the 60% I try to maintain; its hard to get it lower with all the rain we have had once a few chicks hatch, because the room is at 50 to 55% even with the air conditioner running. Any time I've ever had the hatcher get to 70%, alot of chicks have gotten stuck and had to be helped out...................... it seems odd to me that they get stuck because of high humidity.

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

ok this post has nothing to do with meat birds at all, but my online friends are all on here and I don't want to offend anyone else by going off topic so please put up with me while I brag

My daughter just completed and gave me this painting of our lake for my Bday. I love it! is it good or what??? Chicken Lake

 

[knjinnm]

Wonderful, It's great to have an artist in the family.

 

[OSUman]

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that is impressive

 

[SteveH]

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Beautiful.
[My avatar is a charcoal sketch of me and one of my bulldog pups that my son drew and gave to me one Christmas.]

 

[vebyrd36]

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That is pretty.