The Moonshiner's Leghorn Thread Peanut Gallery

[Miami Leghorn]

I never did get a picture of Bessie in her sling, I was always too stressed rigging her up and fighting the old tractor. And now, fingers crossed, I won't. She's standing on her own a couple of times a day, weak as a kitten and still 3-legged lame on that sprained hock. But my big girl is game as a banty cock and still has an appetite like an elephant!

Everyone please cross your fingers for me - I'm going after some major funding and if I get it, among other things, Bessie will be able to get hock surgery at Cornell if she needs it (and I think she might)
This isn't an option for most cows, but Bessie is a MAJOR draw for the education center I'm hoping to officiate and expand, she gets hashtagged by pretty much every visitor to the farm. I'm so nervous about this funding thing I could puke, but Bessie makes me want to cheer every time she wobbles her way to her feet. She's such a trooper!

 

[Miami Leghorn]

I just watched a vid from Greenfire Farms.
They explained their methodnof storing hatching eggs. They would collect and store their hatching eggs in a temp controlled unit at 55 degrees F to control development.When they had enough of one variety,they would then transfer them to the incubators for hatching.
I know they deal in volume,but does anyone here do that or has done that as for storing your hatching eggs until ready?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Well, I just set mine on the counter for a week or until I have enough. I know they have decent sized flocks so it can't possibly take too long to get enough for their order especially since they do straight run for everything.


Anyone notice they no longer have Ayam Cemani?

 

[Amer]

Well, I just set mine on the counter for a week or until I have enough. I know they have decent sized flocks so it can't possibly take too long to get enough for their order especially since they do straight run for everything.


Anyone notice they no longer have Ayam Cemani?

I put my eggs in the basement.
I didn’t notice that.

 

[Amer]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ws...extinct-species-back-from-the-dead-1539093600
Wish I knew where this went. Some scientists want to use Crisper to take passenger pigeon specific genes from passenger pigeon cells and put then in domestic pigeon zygotes.

 

[Miami Leghorn]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ws...extinct-species-back-from-the-dead-1539093600
Wish I knew where this went. Some scientists want to use Crisper to take passenger pigeon specific genes from passenger pigeon cells and put then in domestic pigeon zygotes.

It would be nice if they did that with the Cuban Macaw

 

[Miami Leghorn]

I just watched a vid from Greenfire Farms.
They explained their methodnof storing hatching eggs. They would collect and store their hatching eggs in a temp controlled unit at 55 degrees F to control development.When they had enough of one variety,they would then transfer them to the incubators for hatching.
I know they deal in volume,but does anyone here do that or has done that as for storing your hatching eggs until ready?

@The Moonshiner ?

 

[Miami Leghorn]

Also it's been pretty cool around here and I've gotten a few the eggs that I picked up from the coops and put them straight into the incubator.
I noticed within hours the eggs were sweating. I would imagine it's heat transfer/condensation occurring. Should I consider those eggs a wash?Will that affect the hatch should they be fertile?

 

[RiverOtter]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ws...extinct-species-back-from-the-dead-1539093600
Wish I knew where this went. Some scientists want to use Crisper to take passenger pigeon specific genes from passenger pigeon cells and put then in domestic pigeon zygotes.

Ask him, here's his twitter; https://twitter.com/benjnovak1?lang=en
There are links to his work here, too; https://theinterval.org/salon-talks...assenger-pigeon-engineering-natures-engineers

You may all praise my Google-fu...

 

[RiverOtter]

Also it's been pretty cool around here and I've gotten a few the eggs that I picked up from the coops and put them straight into the incubator.
I noticed within hours the eggs were sweating. I would imagine it's heat transfer/condensation occurring. Should I consider those eggs a wash?Will that affect the hatch should they be fertile?

I would guess it's condensation from the temperature difference. Give them a chance and see what happens.

I once had a predator disaster take out some very wanted genes, so I took every egg out of my fridge - about 54 or so, some of which were a solid 3 weeks old (I had set a bunch aside for boiling for deviled eggs) and in desperation threw them all in an incubator. I ended up with 38 chicks.