~*Third Annual Cinco de Mayo Turkey Hatch-Athon*~ all poultry welcome!

[HEChicken]

Mine are lucky to get turned once per day half the time. No worries, they will be fine even if you miss some turnings completely.

x2. Plus, 106 for an extended period is bad but if it was only at 106 for a short time, they're probably fine.

 

[HEChicken]

Oh - I meant to add. On my last turkey hatch (hatched Tuesday), they were on an automatic turner for the first couple of weeks but then I added a second layer of eggs so I turned off the turner and hand-turned twice a day. Once I forgot for a whole day, woke up next morning and realized it had been 36 hours since they'd been touched. Did it then and didn't forget again. 100% hatch on their due date.

 

[winteree]

MY GOODNESS! im so darn mad!

I came down to the coop this morning to find the lid lifted up. thankfully all 9 chickens were still in the coop.....but STILL. that meant there was SOMEONE WE DONT KNOW ON OUR PROPERTY MESSING WITH MY BIRDS! my mom claimed they were just looking at them, but that's what a coop is for right? keep the chickens in and the people out! they should've been messing with MY birds in the first place....I don't care who they are!

along with this, the open flap of the coop lured in the hawk. he was sitting on a nearby branch. I had let my 3 older birds along with 7 of the young'uns to free range and forage a bit since they cant in their coop. (we don't free range because of the birds we lost to the hawk) ANYWAYS my mom was helping me clean out the big coop when she suddenly heard Cadbury, my head rooster, make the weirdest noise ever....then she saw a large bird swoop down into a low tree. she suddenly cried "HAWK! HAWK" and my lead went cold. I instantly jumped out of the coop, grabbing my older birds and the young roos and hens my sister @chickED told me to grab the hens before the roos....I grabbed as many birds as I could, and picked one up by her tail....she was screaming and I knew that could make the hawk just swoop down and grab her from my arms. I threw all the birds into one coop. THANKFULLY no birds were harmed and all are safe.

that was how my morning went. took roughly 2 hours to clean both coops.

this just ruffled my feathers!

your nice

i would have just shot that hawk

i would suggest that you get a gate lock or two for your coops. we had that problem once but they weren't JUST looking they outright took our birds.

 

[SilkieSensation]

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I've had chicks survive spikes to 116F for short periods (a few hours), but this last batch a lot were done in by a spike to 106F that lasted a couple days. Someone else was turning eggs & didn't bother to tell me the temps were too high.

 

[winteree]

I've had chicks survive spikes to 116F for short periods (a few hours), but this last batch a lot were done in by a spike to 106F that lasted a couple days. Someone else was turning eggs & didn't bother to tell me the temps were too high.

i guess but most other people hatch out a few dozen at a time i'm only trying to hatching out 6

 

[yinepu]

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I'm way ahead of y'all.. I've had them for years until this year.. now I have to switch between two pair of glasses... or use readers when I'm wearing contacts (which makes using the computer harder and harder)

 

[SilkieSensation]

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I literally had to padlock my gates & nest box doors on all of my coops when I was in town. Neighbor kids were constantly letting my birds out when I wasn't home because their Momma was to busy getting high to keep track of the little monsters.

 

[SilkieSensation]

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If you want 6...set 30. Only way to make sure to get some...LOL

 

[yinepu]

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yup...

I hate the PO! Good thing I sent a bunch of extras to help make up for their negligence.

How many did you pull?

Since getting buckeyes and advised by the breeder to use 27% protein feed, I finally found a source. My 3 primary sources of feed only had 22% as the maxx-- not nearly close enough, so I had been supplementing with extra eggs. Hard to judge the added protein but all I could do-- no fishmeal to be had at all either.

What was the reasoning of giving such high protein to Buckeye chicks? I have a few Buckeye pullets in my mix right now & they are actually growing quite quickly on 20%, but I also ferment.

Dang, I'm terrible at seeing dancing babies in an egg-- if I do I dance with joy, so exciting to see the wiggleing and pulsing. Granted I don't have the best flashlight but enough to get the job done. Some one wrote recently that the difference betweent he eggs incubagted upright vs on the sides makes a huge difference in visibility. I'm still testing this theory.

The difference is in the location of the embryo as it begins to develop. In eggs incubated on their sides, the embryo & spider of veins is located on the side of the egg & is very visible when candled. In eggs incubated upright, the embryo begins to develop under the air cell so it takes several extra days to be able to see the beginning of the veining & for the embryo to get big enough to be seen beyond the edges of the air cell. (I discovered this when I tried a few test hatches with eggs upright in cartons. Just another reason I prefer putting them on their sides.)

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Oh the joys of getting old...er.

I pulled 11 clears... grr


from what I have experienced.. the heritage bloodlines tend to do better on a higher protein feed... so I'm guessing it's why she wanted higher protein with her buckeyes.. could be wrong... but that would be my best guess (I think I remember her telling me her's were heritage lines...)


lol.. I figured it had to be something along those lines.. since the only way I know of to remove extra calcium from a shell is to soak it in vinegar.. and even though that would make them easier to see through.. it would destroy any attempt at incubation for successful hatch!

and y'all are a bunch of kids compared to me!...

 

[JennaLynn122]

I know when crossing slate & palm that when the babies are bred together or back to palm you get the blue & lavender palms. I was just wondering if the red worked the same way.

I hate the PO! Good thing I sent a bunch of extras to help make up for their negligence.

How many did you pull?

What was the reasoning of giving such high protein to Buckeye chicks? I have a few Buckeye pullets in my mix right now & they are actually growing quite quickly on 20%, but I also ferment.

Is that all??? Mine are layered 2 deep in 3 bators.

The difference is in the location of the embryo as it begins to develop. In eggs incubated on their sides, the embryo & spider of veins is located on the side of the egg & is very visible when candled. In eggs incubated upright, the embryo begins to develop under the air cell so it takes several extra days to be able to see the beginning of the veining & for the embryo to get big enough to be seen beyond the edges of the air cell. (I discovered this when I tried a few test hatches with eggs upright in cartons. Just another reason I prefer putting them on their sides.)


Oh the joys of getting old...er.

Yeah thats all but only my 2nd hatch so I think its pretty good