She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[scflock]

Wow! #1 on my hatch day. And I wasn't at work posting all day lol!!
I agree though, great group of folks and I'm happy to be a part!

I'm going to cry over blobby too. I still have a tingle of hope for him, but not much.... Waaaaah!

I really quit watching the active thread rankings. After fooling around on the other thread a few days, I realized it was pointless. I think what has happened is we are picking up more regulars, and this has become a place where people can debate opposite philosophies without getting into arguments. If the other thread sees that we are number one, they will just start slinging posts to get back to the top. They even watch to see which one among them has the most posts for the day, then congratulate each other

That's not what we do. There is obviously some nonsense, mainly by me

, but when it gets serious we have some really good conversations.
I even laid off the

a lot for the last few days.
That reminds me, remember me saying that Sidewing's roo looked just like mine at that age? Then I told him to be careful posting on the KFC thread? Well, they loved him

Hey, Sidewing..

 

[NTBugtraq]

Bugtraq, please, do me a favor. Don't transfer pre incubated eggs to the Brinsea when it gets here. I want you to see how much more simple it really is than the Hovabator. There's a reason that thing costs $800. Let Amy coach you through a full set in the Hovabator, then put a brand new set in the Brinsea when it arrives. Set your humidity pump at 40% for the first 18 days, then bump it up to 65% at lockdown. Other than that, don't touch it except to double check temps or add water if needed. If you set 40 eggs, I will be shocked if you don't get at least 30 healthy chicks. It would be a waste of the incubator to use it just to hatch eggs that may have already been comprimised by the other incubator

Ok scflock, heard ya loud and clear, only a full set in the brinsea from day 0.

 

[WVduckchick]

Hey SC... congrats!

Shows which members contributed the most posts during the time period.

1. #1.
   
   
   
   TamingMaster
   (114 posts)
2. #2.
   
   
   
   nj2wv
   (88 posts)
3. #3.
   
   
   
   scflock
   (81 posts)

 

[scflock]

Hey SC... congrats!

Shows which members contributed the most posts during the time period.

1. #1.
   
   
   
   TamingMaster
   (114 posts)
2. #2.
   
   
   
   nj2wv
   (88 posts)
3. #3.
   
   
   
   scflock
   (81 posts)

Ok, it's obvious who's pulling the weight around here

It's an honor just to be in the running with a legend like Taming Master (or the artist formerly known as ChickenShan).



















I'm ashamed that I even know that.
















Going to pull a James Brown here
















'scuse me while I smack myself


















Heeeeeyyyyyyyyy

 

[scflock]

Ok scflock, heard ya loud and clear, only a full set in the brinsea from day 0.

I'm going to stake my reputation on this one. 40% for 18 days, 65% at lockdown, minimum 30 healthy chicks. Don't let me down

 

[AmyLynn2374]

If the other thread sees that we are number one, they will just start slinging posts to get back to the top.

Of course they will. I just think it's cool that we hit top at least once with an informative semi serious thread. I think that is a great achievement for us. And even though we won't stay there because the fun and games threads will stamp it out that we should be proud that we contribute what we do to the community and it's nice to see that it ranking every once in a while. Plus it's fun to see an informative thread amongst the fun and games/social threads that make up 90% of the ranking.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I'm going to stake my reputation on this one. 40% for 18 days, 65% at lockdown, minimum 30 healthy chicks. Don't let me down

Now I just need you to have 30 healthy chicks from the styro bator too......so follow my method and ask for help any time you feel you need it....lol

 

[FridayYet]

X2

 

[NTBugtraq]

I can't see doing that. I'm just stumped at people having problems with the chicks eating. It's so natural that they find their food and go at it.

I did suggest that perhaps their brains were fried as part of the heat stress...??

Well, if he uses the Brinsea with the same results then you can pretty mark off incubation error and start looking at eggs/breeder flock and environment.

I started to say that, but didn't, because I know you get sick of hearing me talk about the wonders of Brinsea. If he has the same results in the Brinsea as his last two batches, I would definitely start turning my attention to the breeders

How do you treat infertile eggs when judging hatch rate? In my first hatch, there were definitely 8 infertiles, and in my 2nd hatch there were at least 7 infertiles. Who knows how many of the 12 eggs that did nothing were infertile also. I think I mentioned it already, but I have received 2 x 3 week old purebred BCM (pretty sure) roos from a friend to help get the fertility rate up.

Also, as I was checking in on the 3 Stooges, I was amazed. They were all sitting on the face of my thermometer pecking away at a single piece of wood chip. Larry (the fat one), gets off and heads towards the food dish.

He starts pecking at the dry food outside the dish

Curly then follows him and does some pecking at dry food too

Finally, Moe runs across the wet food dish and jumps to the paper towel and pecks some food and poo. Finally! Within 10 seconds, they all run back and sit on the thermometer again and continue pecking at the wood chip. Alas. I guess, however, if they're popping they're eating something they can process. So perhaps they just don't want me to see them eat that often. Anyway, it would seem that the crisis has been averted.

 

[scflock]

How do you treat infertile eggs when judging hatch rate? In my first hatch, there were definitely 8 infertiles, and in my 2nd hatch there were at least 7 infertiles. Who knows how many of the 12 eggs that did nothing were infertile also. I think I mentioned it already, but I have received 2 x 3 week old purebred BCM (pretty sure) roos from a friend to help get the fertility rate up.

I usually track 2 different hatch rates. Set-hatch for fertility, and lockdown-hatch to judge how well my incubation techniques are working. On the 12 eggs that did nothing, you mean they did absolutely nothing? No development at all? Did you crack them after you incubated to check? I'm not surprised that you have fertility issues with 1 roo over 23 hens, but that still doesn't explain the developed chicks that are dying in the incubator, or after the hatch. Yes, my saying a minimum of 30 chicks is based on at least 90% of them being fertile. I will say that I would bet money on hatching at least 75% of fertile eggs