The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Definitely smarter to try the dozen first. You can always order again. We are expecting colder temperatures too by Monday. Definitely couldn't ship any eggs around here currently.

 

[speckledhen]

It's not bad here now, but we'll have another round. it was like spring last week, sigh.

Oh, don't you love when someone gives you dumb/wrong advice about a chicken problem? I had a post about the mystery of Bodie before we had decided that it might be a bad case of West Nile. This was one of the replies today:

Do you give them oystershell? I had Rhode Island Reds roosters that did this during the depths of fall and winter. Oystershell would bring them out of it in a day or two. Unable to stay up long at a time.

Say what? I had to educate him a bit on that one. Good grief. What on earth would oyster shell have to do with a rooster showing these symptoms? Nothing, of course.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Roosters needing calcium in winter? That's a new one. I guess at least they are trying?

 

[1muttsfan]

Yippee!

My sister says that is the best way to ship - the bubble wrap protects the eggs from knocking against each other, and the packing peanuts absorb the shaking better.

 

[speckledhen]

Roosters needing calcium in winter? That's a new one. I guess at least they are trying?

yep. I think he may have attributed the roosters recovering from whatever he felt was wrong to the wrong thing. There is a difference between association and causation. Maybe they got better after he put out oyster shell (association) so he attributed the difference to that, erroneously, as if it was the cause, not just happened at the same time, if you know what I mean.

Yippee!

My sister says that is the best way to ship - the bubble wrap protects the eggs from knocking against each other, and the packing peanuts absorb the shaking better.

Yes, I think they'll have the best chance of getting here intact and hopefully, not too shaken up. I used so much bubblewrap back when I was shipping BBS Orp eggs everywhere. I don't think any ever broke.

 

[speckledhen]

Jamie and I have conferred and I think that next week is better for shipping. Tomorrow is a postal holiday anyway so they'd be coming at the worst time. Temps will be better next Monday 50s day/30's night, instead of low teens night and 30's daytime. The bator is running, though to see if it is still reliable and to test my thermometers.

 

[1muttsfan]

Good idea

 

[speckledhen]

Yes, much of a hurry as I am in to get started, I'm sure it will be a better situation next Monday over this Tuesday. Seems like ages since I hatched in the incubator, back to Hector and Bash's groups.

 

[speckledhen]

Hey, friends, can you recommend at really accurate incubator thermometer? I've had two Brinsea Spot Checks and they were excellent, but both mine have bitten the dust over the past 19 years or so. I bought one with a probe, but it reads 2* lower than the preset Hovabator Genesis does so I'm nervous about that. Never actually used it before to incubate. Had no brand name on it, though it had decent verfied purchase reviews.
i was thinking about this one or the one with the fake egg that goes in the turner (I remember making one of those). Seems a lot to pay however if my Rocks are not very broody and I have to incubate again, I need a reliable thermo/hygro
https://incubatorwarehouse.com/products/incubator-remote-\thermometer-hygrometer?variant=45799365574959

I found this video from 8 years back of someone with the Jamie Duckworth line of BRs:

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I've only hatched with my broody hens. I have no real experience with using an incubator. Those rocks are so gorgeous.