**~~>>Second Annual Cinco de Mayo Turkey Hatchathon<<~~**all poultry welcome!

[Gardengirl73]

Well if I can set a couple days early, I'm in. If there's a count, I'll have to wait a few days to know for sure.

 

[yinepu]

Maybe I should try the face smashing, lol.

Yeah, the surprise snap while chewing or yawning. OUCH!

oh trust me.. it wasn't planned or very pleasant at the time.. I saw stars for a bit...

but after I picked my brain cells up off the ground and managed to go sit down.. I noticed where it stopped with the popping and clicking..

 

[thebirdguy]

I have 12 (mixed bunch of golden palm, blue slate and black spanish... not really sure what I'll get but we'll see) and I'm supposed to pick up another 12 on tuesday from a nearby source. I'm debating whether to go get that second dozen. I know you all will say "of course you should, the more the merrier" but I'm not sure how DH will take that. lol. I think he's already annoyed that I'm setting more chicken eggs as tutors.

"What do you mean you're going to hatch more chicks? Do I get to eat any of these eggs!?"

Sounds like the perfect excuse reason to hatch more chicks for the LAYER pen so he always has eggs to eat!!

 

[wolftracks]

being in the fridge won't hurt them at all so long as the air cells haven't gotten too big while in storage and they have been turned a bit.. (if the air cells are too big just bump up the humidity a bit and see if it helps)

As a note:
Here's my method (I experimented for quite a while with this one before I got it to where I was happy with the results):

when I store hatching eggs I put them in a carton (styro preferred) with the pointy end down.. and put the carton of eggs in a zip loc bag (usually gallon size)

I then take a paper towel and fold it several times and soak it in oxine (listerine and water mix will also work) and add that to the bag under or next to the carton (not on top)

then I zip the bag closed and put them in the fridge.. turning the carton side to side a bit every day until I pull them from the fridge to hatch. (allowing them to come to room temp before placing in the incubator)


i can keep them viable for a minimum of 21 days that way.. but, as a note.. hatchability does start to drop if you leave them for too long.
With my own "farm fresh" eggs I can still get a good solid 90 to 100% hatch rate on eggs I store this way

I just checked my email.. got this:

my friends are as weird as I am... yeah.. that's her way of saying "happy easter"

I have bantam blue langshans and wheaten ameraucanas coming, is the 8th or 9th to early to be a part of the hatchathon?

WOW! Sounds like great eggs!!

BTW we have had 2 storms hit yesterday and today and very few birds laid. What else do you want if there aren't enough Langshuns in time? If you want bantams I have one an AM pen with one lav hen and 2 chocolates with a black roo. I don't sell those yet, but I could be persuaded. I think you know what I have as far as LF, so let me know. I'm sure I'll have enough, but pick something as your extras.

 

[chicken pickin]

So this little guy was born last week and I just noticed he has cross beak. I'm not sure how bad it will be eventually but he's eating good right now. The hubby wants to cull him but I just don't have the heart too, just incase its not to bad. What's your guy's take?

I just very recently had a cross beak chick. I noticed her cross at about a week old and every day it got worse and worse until the lower beak was pointing all the way to the side. She slowly starved because she couldnt eat. I feed her watered down chick mash a few times a day away from the other chicks. But by the age of 5 weeks her tiny weak body couldnt take it any more and she died. It was awful to watch it happen and every day I knew it was happening but like you I couldnt bring myself to cull her. I wont make that mistake again. DH and I already decided any crossbeaks or defects in general will get culled as day olds no more lets wait and see what happens because it was a hard heartache on me and my 3 DDs. But that is just my opinion on the subject, not all defects are as bad as others.

 

[mlm Mike]

I have 12 (mixed bunch of golden palm, blue slate and black spanish... not really sure what I'll get but we'll see) and I'm supposed to pick up another 12 on tuesday from a nearby source. I'm debating whether to go get that second dozen. I know you all will say "of course you should, the more the merrier" but I'm not sure how DH will take that. lol. I think he's already annoyed that I'm setting more chicken eggs as tutors.

"What do you mean you're going to hatch more chicks? Do I get to eat any of these eggs!?"

Wait, You can EAT eggs?

 

[LFchixranch]

Wait, You can EAT eggs?

Only May thru Feb

 

[yinepu]

Quote: I thought it only months with an R in them... you know.. like for oyster fishing...

 

[Wisher1000]

That is what I was thinking!

 

[mlm Mike]

I thought it only months with an R in them... you know.. like for oyster fishing...

That actually works for me.