September Hatch-A-Long!

[sweetappleacres]

isn't that the sweetest? I sit and have my coffee and watch all my babies...the mamas with the chicks is overwhelmingly sweet

It really is. Nothing quite like it. Btw, do you know of anywhere I can get lav and/or paint silkies locally? there's a lady i know but her silkies are $20 each.

 

[dutchbunny83]

It really is. Nothing quite like it. Btw, do you know of anywhere I can get lav and/or paint silkies locally? there's a lady i know but her silkies are $20 each.

I don't know if you're looking for like breeder show stock, but Ideal Poultry has lavender silkie chicks for about $3 a piece. Shipping charges are next to nothing and you only need a $25 minimum order. They're sold out until Spring, but you could get on a waitlist, they usually start shipping in February.
I don't show or anything, but I LOVE my silkies I've gotten from them-- beautiful coloring, healthy & great personalities.

 

[celonecoop]

Ok I know this may sound like an odd question but I have my incubator down at my mom's (I work there fulltime during the week) and next week we are closed for vacation and she will not be home to you think it will hurt if I unplug the bator and turner and take it home for the week its about a 25 min drive if not I would have to drive down every day to check it :0( If you think its alright what would be the best way of going about this?

 

[Angie Poo]

That's good that they accepted the babies. My two hens that went broody didn't quite fit in themselves and when they hatched out babies my older hens were not gonna let that happen in their coop. I went ahead and moved both mamas and babies to a different pen that way they weren't so overwhelmed with keeping track of 19 chicks between the 2 of them (the hens seemed to be running in circle frantically when their babies got to far). I think it's because they were afraid of what the other hens would do to their chicks. As soon as I moved them they calmed down a lot and were able to enjoy their new babies. I now have a bunch of three month old roosters from this hatch that sleep in my big tree with all of are peafowl (I swear they think they are peacocks and will be getting their big feathers soon ). Raised by a hen but apparently spent to much time with the peafowl.

Mine have all seemed to acknowledge and accept the chicks. there is one hen that I think is just curious bc she's only 6 months old but she gets pecked at by the mommas. she's not allowed to get too close. I'll have to help them get back in the coop bc of the pieces of wood they'd have to cross to get back in. They're so cute though. I love seeing the moms teach their babies the ways of chicken life.

 

[MargaretAnneHK]

Got three of the four batches of eggs I hope to start Saturday if not tomorrow evening. Easter Eggers (along with a couple mixed eggs, I think Black sexlink and Buttercup/Leghorn cross?), Banty cochins and Olandsk Dwarfs. The incubator has been completely disinfected and warming up. Just waiting on the last group, let them settle and the incubating will begin,lol.

 

[ShayBaby]

Ok I know this may sound like an odd question but I have my incubator down at my mom's (I work there fulltime during the week) and next week we are closed for vacation and she will not be home to you think it will hurt if I unplug the bator and turner and take it home for the week its about a 25 min drive if not I would have to drive down every day to check it :0( If you think its alright what would be the best way of going about this?

I wouldn't risk it, especially if the eggs are young. If you must, though, search BYC for threads like "what to do if the power goes out" (ie, hot water bottles, etc). Insert those things before you unplug so you don't have to open the lid anymore until it's plugged back in. Wrap it in blankets, the heavier and more thermal the better. And drive quickly lol.

 

[maske]

im hoping someone can give me some advice I have a chick that pipped wrong end a big piece fell off and I can see its beak behind the membrane opening and closing will it drown so worried

 

[celonecoop]

I wouldn't risk it, especially if the eggs are young. If you must, though, search BYC for threads like "what to do if the power goes out" (ie, hot water bottles, etc). Insert those things before you unplug so you don't have to open the lid anymore until it's plugged back in. Wrap it in blankets, the heavier and more thermal the better. And drive quickly lol.

I wouldn't risk it, especially if the eggs are young. If you must, though, search BYC for threads like "what to do if the power goes out" (ie, hot water bottles, etc). Insert those things before you unplug so you don't have to open the lid anymore until it's plugged back in. Wrap it in blankets, the heavier and more thermal the better. And drive quickly lol.

I don't want to risk it but I'm trying dry incubation this time and that means very little to no water in the bator and if their not checked everyday the water and the humidity goes down below safe levels and I will be down here to check her chickens but not every day so I'm torn because it will only be day 3 tomorrow and I don't want to mess with them maybe I will have her check the humidity before they leave sat morning and if need be add a little water and that should get me through till sun I don't know what to do I don't want to be worried about them all week especially if I can't get down here so I may just have to drive very fast

 

[celonecoop]

I got it!!!!

I was looking through old post on here and saw a jump starter for the car aka battery pack and we have one of those you can plug stuff into so I will charge that up and plug the bator and turner in the car right away now I just have to worry about hitting bumps or dropping the bator

. yeah but I'm excited that they wont lose heat or humidity if it takes me a little longer to get home on a Friday night. Yeah!!!!!

 

[sweetappleacres]

2 of my 3 week old silkies keep charging eachother. Does that mean their establishing the pecking order? Is it a sign that they are roosters establishing dominance?