Stella's Social Club

[ronott1]

and the verdict is: of the five remaining isbars, one was perfectly clear, and the other 4 had small black spots, i.e. started developing but quit partway through. harder to see what's going on in the dark marans eggs, but several appear to have completely detached air cells -- and so sign of anything more to hatch.

so four it is!

hope the doctor's visit was helpful, Deb!!

Anything more then one is a good hatch too

Enjoy them.

 

[debs_flock]

hope the doctor's visit was helpful, Deb!!

Thanks Laura. He sent me to the lab for blood work to show if I had an infection brewing anywhere. He also scheduled an ultrasound to look for any evidence of a pocket of fluid developing.

The blood results will be back in the morning (my sample had already missed the courier to the hospital), but the radiologist came in and talked to me for quite a while. My results were negative, so he was discussing what he thinks is the problem, brachial neuritis. He said it's rare enough that everyone runs to look when it's the diagnosis (yay, me), but he also said the diagnosis could only be confirmed with an MRI. He also said they don't really do anything for it, it just resolves eventually on it's own, weeks to months.

The main thing is I'm fairly certain at this point it's not an abscess from the injection.

I've already reported the problem to the Health Dept (it was their clinic) and to the national vaccine reporting system.

When my doctor's office called to schedule the ultrasound, the scheduler at the hospital commented she had her flu shot four days earlier and was still suffering extreme pain also.

 

[gryeyes]

Great pictures, Rinda! Looks like a wonderful place to raise children!

Let me ditto what Kathy said! Oh, how I wish I was raised in the country! Coming to it late is a blessing, but to have lovely property to roam safely.... I am envious. Priceless for your family - certainly worth all the effort.

 

[speckledhen]

Growing up, one of my greatest joys was playing in my grandfather's big old barn and other outbuildings, finding the kittens who were always being spawned around there (lotsa barn cats). I want so badly to have a barn of my own on my property. Naturally, it won't be of that glorious old weathered wood from old growth forests like on the farm, but still, I miss that barn. It was always an adventure. Enjoy your new home, Rinda.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

well, i had 7 isbar eggs and 11 marans eggs, and two hatched of each within 24 hours or so of each other -- no sign of pips at this point, but i'l try candling & given any that look promising a bit more time, just in case!

I generally only hatch the brown eggs together and the blue or green together now. as it seems the ameraucana hatch a day early and penedesenca a day late. it messes the penedesenca hatch by opening the bator to much.
4 out of 18 doesn't sound that great unless they where shipped. is the new bator running soon? maybe try a test hatch with light eggs from someone local like Deann.

 

[lawatt]

I generally only hatch the brown eggs together and the blue or green together now. as it seems the ameraucana hatch a day early and penedesenca a day late. it messes the penedesenca hatch by opening the bator to much.
4 out of 18 doesn't sound that great unless they where shipped. is the new bator running soon? maybe try a test hatch with light eggs from someone local like Deann.

these were all shipped eggs, and the Rcom seems to be working fine (i didn't open it much during the incubation, just once to candle around day 10) -- the ones that hatched, all hatched within a day of each other.

and i don't want to hatch just random eggs, i only want to hatch the breeds i'm trying to get established -- in the spring i should have some marans eggs and silver campine eggs of my own to try, and hopefully they'll have better success. in the meantime, between my first hatch and this one i have three splash isbar chicks, one of whom is definitely female, the other two too young to tell (and they are from two different sources of eggs, so should have some measure of diversity) -- and i already have a teenaged blue isbar cockerel (from yet a third source), so once they all grow up i can start hatching my own isbar eggs.

 

[ronott1]

these were all shipped eggs, and the Rcom seems to be working fine (i didn't open it much during the incubation, just once to candle around day 10) -- the ones that hatched, all hatched within a day of each other.

and i don't want to hatch just random eggs, i only want to hatch the breeds i'm trying to get established -- in the spring i should have some marans eggs and silver campine eggs of my own to try, and hopefully they'll have better success. in the meantime, between my first hatch and this one i have three splash isbar chicks, one of whom is definitely female, the other two too young to tell (and they are from two different sources of eggs, so should have some measure of diversity) -- and i already have a teenaged blue isbar cockerel (from yet a third source), so once they all grow up i can start hatching my own isbar eggs.

Make sure any air vents are completely open, especially after the first week.

You were hatching tough breeds too so Good Job!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Laura - how was your humidity during the hatch? I ask because I saw condensation on the glass in your pictures, which in my bator, means the humidity is too high.

 

[lawatt]

Make sure any air vents are completely open, especially after the first week.

You were hatching tough breeds too so Good Job!

the Rcom doesn't have any vents that can be opened or shut...

Laura - how was your humidity during the hatch? I ask because I saw condensation on the glass in your pictures, which in my bator, means the humidity is too high.

according to the machine's settings, it was at 60% -- the condensation only appeared after one chick had already hatched. I don't have a separate hydrometer to check the machine's accuracy, but the four that pipped all came out fine -- when i candled the remaining ones, many had never developed past a rather small embryo, and i'd already removed a bunch of clears with detached air cells. i think the shipping process is just too rough on them.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Laura - how was your humidity during the hatch? I ask because I saw condensation on the glass in your pictures, which in my bator, means the humidity is too high.

that is normal. The top is 2 plastic pieces together it gets that way after about day 17. humidity in the bator is correct.