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[AmyLynn2374]

My silkie managed to hatch eggs in a covered litter pan. The other 2 hens and 1 duck just shoved her over and laid. I marked the eggs so I knew which ones were new.

I marked mine yesterday as soon as I was sure she was broody-ish.

 

[WalnutHill]

Walnut,

Is this correct for the STC 1000?

Sorry for the delay, actually had to WORK today. Yep that is correct. Don't break the bridge on the brass side and you have two receptacles for heat...or break the brass bridge and you can tie in a cooling fan too (using one more lead from the wire nut to pin 7, and pin 8 to brass).

 

[sideWing]

Sorry for the delay, actually had to WORK today. Yep that is correct. Don't break the bridge on the brass side and you have two receptacles for heat...or break the brass bridge and you can tie in a cooling fan too (using one more lead from the wire nut to pin 7, and pin 8 to brass).

Thanks Walnut! I'm going to give it a go tomorrow.

 

[FridayYet]

If I go out in sandles they always go after my skin! lol Worse if I go out barefoot!!!!



Thanks guys!!

OK, as for the internal pips. I don't usually candle mine after lockdown unless the majority have hatched and I still have eggs that haven't pipped yet. Then I candle to see if they are still viable. I don't like sitting at the incubator with unpipped eggs and waiting for something to happen that isn't going to. If they're gone, I want to be able to move on. I'm not one of these that will leave them in for 3 more days just in case. I'm pretty good at hatch at being able to tell if there's still life in there. If there's life I talk to them and tap at them and go red on their shells, of course I put them back in....lol The last three in my last hatch probably got sick of me messing with them cause they waited so long to externally pip after the others. But-they all made it and I noticed something that I wonder if it's a valid notable. Most of my eggs that pipped early took forever to go from pip to zip. The last three that actually pipped on day 21.... only took a few hours to go from pip to zip with no unabsorbed yolk or active veining.
Now, if you really want to see an internal pip, and you have your humidity up...that's totally up to you. I for one will cover my eyes....lol

So...apparently I don't know my flock as well as I thought....the broody situation. Because I'm a spaz and there was no one on the eggs I put the kennel in there and set it up, right? Ran down my Banty Chibi and put her in there and shut the door. She was POed to say the least. (They can be pretty loud.) After a couple hours I went out to check and she's still raising cane. I open the coop door and bend down to get the water bottle that she had dumped over and noticed Sukoshi-the other banty on the original nest brooding a spitz egg and the plastic egg.... I got the wrong banty!!!!!!! No wonder Chibi was ticked. So I let Chibi out and put Sukoshi in. She sat down on the eggs and gave me a nasty look. The minute I shut the door though...she spazzed. Flying into the door yelling... So guess what??? I gave up! Gave her the eggs back on her nest sat her back down and she's been fine...so this is the mindset I'm taking.....dark purple. I'll just collect any extra eggs that are laid in there and let her go back to sitting in between getting moved off from the others and hatever happens happens!

You could just leave the kennel in there with Sukoshi and her eggs with the door open - and see if she claims the spot. That way the "real" nesting area can be for everyone else and maybe she'll brood in peace.

But maybe not.

 

[scflock]

I kinda need the other eggs though....lol My other girls, the ones that have been laying, went on strike and I am only getting 2 maybe three eggs a day from them, (out of 8). My father has eggs almost every day, so.......lol

Oh, then that's an even easier decision. Take the eggs, then break her. She won't lay if she is broody

 

[AmyLynn2374]

You could just leave the kennel in there with Sukoshi and her eggs with the door open - and see if she claims the spot. That way the "real" nesting area can be for everyone else and maybe she'll brood in peace.

But maybe not.

I actually took the door off the kennel and left the nesting box and fake egg in there and left it in the coop hoping the others might decide to use the nesting box in there....lol I did think about doing what you suggested, but as soon as I opened the door she was outta there!!

Oh, then that's an even easier decision. Take the eggs, then break her. She won't lay if she is broody

I don't mind giving up the 7 for her to try with. Just don't want to loose the everyday eggs, and there's no way her little butt could cover many more...I don't think..... I said that if any of them went broody, she was the best one. She's a banty and her eggs are small so if I have to have one stop laying, hers is the most convienent.

 

[scflock]

I actually took the door off the kennel and left the nesting box and fake egg in there and left it in the coop hoping the others might decide to use the nesting box in there....lol I did think about doing what you suggested, but as soon as I opened the door she was outta there!!

I don't mind giving up the 7 for her to try with. Just don't want to loose the everyday eggs, and there's no way her little butt could cover many more...I don't think..... I said that if any of them went broody, she was the best one. She's a banty and her eggs are small so if I have to have one stop laying, hers is the most convienent.

Gotcha

 

[AmyLynn2374]

My Banty....she looks so big in the pic...lol

 

[FridayYet]

I actually took the door off the kennel and left the nesting box and fake egg in there and left it in the coop hoping the others might decide to use the nesting box in there....lol I did think about doing what you suggested, but as soon as I opened the door she was outta there!!

LOL, bet that was a pretty funny sight.

Who knows, she might decide to use it after all or maybe the others will try it as a nest box.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

LOL, bet that was a pretty funny sight.

Who knows, she might decide to use it after all or maybe the others will try it as a nest box.

I'm hoping. If not I plan to build more nest boxes on the wall that the kennel is on now. I previously had a temp roost/ladder on that wall for the littles when I put them out there, but they all roost up with the big uns now, so I took the temp roosts out and have room to build more.