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

[fishnet1971]

The first hatch are doing so well you all!!!!!

 

[WVduckchick]

Thank you folks. It's becoming a real chore, to keep the two-year-old out of the brooder

But yes, they love watching the baby chicks

I bet! I have enough trouble with 3-year-old Dudley!

Chuckle chuckle giggle snort snort..,,,., um, well yeeeaaaaaahhhh

Nice! What breed(s) are they? And what's that huge one in the corner?

The first hatch are doing so well you all!!!!!

Beeee-U-tum-ful!

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Chica good luck with your hen

Starting date 21 of my hatch. So far we have had 34 out of 39 hatch.

Lots of cheeping in the house

That's great!

The first hatch are doing so well you all!!!!!

Awe. Adorable.

 

[Tumbling K]

Thanks. So who wants to buy some chicks? Lol

 

[WalnutHill]

After hearing several people say how great Easter chick sales were, I set a bunch of my own eggs to sell (basically to offset the cost of running the incubator for the eggs I wanted to hatch). So far no takers.

 

[Tumbling K]

After hearing several people say how great Easter chick sales were, I set a bunch of my own eggs to sell (basically to offset the cost of running the incubator for the eggs I wanted to hatch).  So far no takers.

Yep. We are about to have almost 40 chicken dinners

 

[IvanTsary]

Lol if I had my 20 acre homestead I'd take all yall up ok chicks

 

[mixedUPturk]

After hearing several people say how great Easter chick sales were, I set a bunch of my own eggs to sell (basically to offset the cost of running the incubator for the eggs I wanted to hatch).  So far no takers.

What are your venues? Those are EE and OE? Whatr u askn?

Yep. We are about to have almost 40 chicken dinners

What are your venues? I have 4 boys ready to go over here.

 

[WalnutHill]

What are your venues? Those are EE and OE? Whatr u askn?
What are your venues? I have 4 boys ready to go over here.

Most of the birds around here sell on local Facebook groups. I will probably end up listing on Craigslist, though. I'll sell for $3 straight run, $5 if they want me to guess on pullets.

 

[RubyNala97]

I use surgical butterfly bandages.  Normally they work great.  But this little one was literally overfull, she was still alive and active this morning, happy and hopping, but knowing that it would be fatal sooner rather than later I euthanized her this morning.

Aww, sorry to hear that. But you gave her a chance! I read a thread where you posted about doing that awhile ago. It was very interesting. I'd be a wreck!

My eggs arrived today.  They were not treated very kindly by USPS.  I have 9 intact eggs to set, 4 were scrambled and oozing.  3 significantly cracked, with dents, but intact membranes.  Given this information, would readers try waxing and setting cracked eggs, or toss them?  I attempted candling air cells, but flash light not up to the task.  So, my plan is to let them rest.  The oldest one was laid 3/17.  Should I rest them till this evening, or should I give them till morning?  A theory has been bumped around regarding shipped eggs:  Keep the humidity up for the first several days to keep as much moisture in the egg as possible, to perhaps help the air cell heal back onto the shell.  Then compensate for air cell size later in the hatch.  Thoughts???  My intent is to hatch upright in carton.  Not sure when I should start turning. 

I've had good luck using packing tape. I cut the tape so that it's just big enough to cover the cracks. But both times I did it and the chicks hatched, the egg had been cracked after day 7. When I've tried it on eggs that were cracked pre-incubation they started to develop but then quit. It can't hurt to try. Just make sure you keep an eye on them. I've played around with humidity/shipped eggs and I do think it may help to keep it a little higher in early incubation while the air cell is trying to heal but I have not been able to find any studies or evidence to back this up. Just a gut feeling.

@RavynFallen
   I hope your lil Call makes a complete recovery

X2. How's she doing, Ravyn?

I have, didn't care for it.

X2. Not a fan of the candle wax either.

Good news on my shipped eggs!

All the rolling air cells are nailed down solid by blood vessels!

That's great!! What day is it? And these you started turning right away, right? Probably aided in the CAM developing.

My legbar girl is egg bound. Going to give her a dose of nutridrench and a warm bubble bath in a minute. Just waiting for her towels to warm up in the dryer. Poor little thing.

Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that. Was going to say tums but Ravyn beat me to it. Did she pass it? Can you feel the egg inside?

Chica good luck with your hen

Starting date 21 of my hatch. So far we have had 34 out of 39 hatch.

Lots of cheeping in the house

Yay!!