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[centrarchid]

I meant to josh

I think you are trying to pronounce the other name for Freddy Krugger dino. See the link for spelling.

http://kazanlak10.deviantart.com/art/Therizinosaur-165992127

 

[sdm111]

****** u got me again centra I think that's it. Can u imagine one of those broody!

 

[centrarchid]

I would not want to mess with one but what the nest looked like and how eggs were brooded does make me wander. Those bigger T-rex dudes I think just carried the egg or eggs around tucked up against their broody patch on chest but that idea came to me while drinking warm beer around a campfire.

 

[sdm111]

Good times

 

[hildar]

dead in the bator or brooder? What's the temp? Are you dipping they're beaks in the water source when they go to the brooder to show them where they drink at? I find that if that happens they are cold and if you open the bator too much after the first starts hatching they rest will die in the shell from being too cold with no humidity which could explain your losses also I'm only 28 but have been doing this since I was 8 hatching and crop feeding exotic parrots at age 9... I average 98-99 % success on hatch and survival it seems the only time i lose anything is from predators or when I buy chicks from some outside sources my last hatch was 30 for 30 all lived all sold I have staggard hatches between two bators going and pipping as we speak on my moderns, sebright, silver and bb red phoenix and grey hatch x thai my point is years you've been doing it doesn't mean much if you still make amateur mistakes and don't retain from past ones after 20 years 1 % success is not good sorry if i sound rude but you sent me pics of wet chicks in a brooder ( plastic tub with paper I didn't see a heat sorce ) and said they had yolk sacks nobody with 20 years under they're belt hatching chicks does that either ps town and country in sanford has a few sumatra chicks in so if you take that roo up there for store credit you could some

Last year we hatched out over 100 chicks of our own. We get a 98% success rate on our own eggs, or if I buy locally. I however was hatching out shipped eggs. The roo will be culled tonight, and I will be most likely using him for soup. As for heat they were under a heat lamp. the reason why they were moved from the bator is because they banged a few eggs together and put chips in them. No the chicks didn't have yolk sacks the one that never came out of the egg, still had a yolk sack attached. When a chick is not positioned right in the egg, this will cause them to die in there. Which is what we found out with the eggs when we broke them open. Their heads were no wheres near the air sack. A few still had good sized yolk sacks so they gave up real early. I have 3 brooders here and 2 at the big property. If you didn't want the roo then why did you tell me you wanted him???

I was nice enough to help you, when you needed the help. And you treat me like this??? Why because I said I wouldn't trade the game chicks for the Yokohamas that you have??? If we had to put in all of the years I have worked with chickens and other birds then we would be talking over 40 years.

My brooder up to the big farm is full of very rare breed chicks, all but 3 eggs hatched out of 60. The reason why the other 3 didn't hatch is because they were not fertile. Not a single issue. However those were our own eggs. Shipped eggs and our own eggs are a big difference. Only 1 chick has died out of the 57 chicks, and that one was a big time peeper. However I can not place these games in with the others, because the other chicks are 4 times there size. I hatch out Emu eggs all the time and no issues, but when you start doing shipped eggs that is where issues start happening.

All of my incubators are equipped with a mister as well, so every time you open it a mist of water goes out, this way you don't have to worry about shrink wrapping chicks. However i don't have to explain myself at all. But just remember how some folks help you out when you need it.

 

[sonderah]

I am looking for a type of chicken who loves to hatch and raise babies! I was told game hens would be perfect. They would need to lie their job, & get along well with others, as they would be in the same coop/run with my Ameracauna flock.

Opinions??

 

[hildar]

dead in the bator or brooder? What's the temp? Are you dipping they're beaks in the water source when they go to the brooder to show them where they drink at? I find that if that happens they are cold and if you open the bator too much after the first starts hatching they rest will die in the shell from being too cold with no humidity which could explain your losses also I'm only 28 but have been doing this since I was 8 hatching and crop feeding exotic parrots at age 9... I average 98-99 % success on hatch and survival it seems the only time i lose anything is from predators or when I buy chicks from some outside sources my last hatch was 30 for 30 all lived all sold I have staggard hatches between two bators going and pipping as we speak on my moderns, sebright, silver and bb red phoenix and grey hatch x thai my point is years you've been doing it doesn't mean much if you still make amateur mistakes and don't retain from past ones after 20 years 1 % success is not good sorry if i sound rude but you sent me pics of wet chicks in a brooder ( plastic tub with paper I didn't see a heat sorce ) and said they had yolk sacks nobody with 20 years under they're belt hatching chicks does that either ps town and country in sanford has a few sumatra chicks in so if you take that roo up there for store credit you could some

Oh and I was replying to what you said about a few of your chicks died and you didn't know why. Like I said many of the chicks that peep a lot are usually the ones that end up dying. I wasn't talking about mine. Gesh read what you write from now on.

 

[centrarchid]

I am looking for a type of chicken who loves to hatch and raise babies! I was told game hens would be perfect. They would need to lie their job, & get along well with others, as they would be in the same coop/run with my Ameracauna flock.

Opinions??

Under some circumstances I would agree with you but if you do not provide proper containment and husbandry you could easily get into a situation where a gamehen would be abused. I suggest you look into silkies as they have the same attributes desired of a broody and thrive in a confined environment so long as you keep fairly clean.

 

[sdm111]

I am looking for a type of chicken who loves to hatch and raise babies! I was told game hens would be perfect. They would need to lie their job, & get along well with others, as they would be in the same coop/run with my Ameracauna flock.

Opinions??

They do NOT play well with others if you integrate games into a flock you're gonna have big problems. I warned u so if u do don't go bashing games when your layers are dead. They require single pens if they're real games. Learn the breed before u dive in

 

[sdm111]

X2 about the silkies