Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[bikerchicky]

Cats ALWAYS pick their people, NEVER the other way around.
I put my orphan LF chick in with the silkie chicks when his momma was killed by a hawk, they were the same age, but he was twice their size. He didn't pick on them, in fact he ended up in the middle of the chick order under 2 silkies. You could do it like people do with adult birds. Turn off the lights for a while, put the new chicks in and then turn the lights back on. Just don't let the lights off too long as to cause them to get cold(I would say 30 min of no light would be long enough)

I will talk to my GF that is brooding them and see how she would feel about adding the Dom. Last time I mentioned it she was wanting to quarentine for a week. Make sure none get sick. Maybe I will get the Dom with her new flock this week.

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

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As long as you chick has not been outside or exposed to other fowl(including second hand handling) then it should not need quarantined.

 

[robj]

I'm soooo confused- is the thermometer in that incubator reading 109 degrees and 59% humidity?
BTW- darling little chick!
28 days incubation- good grief, you got the sloooooowwwww-baked chicks over there Rob!

That's what it says but both are way off the thermometer I calibrated said it's right at 100 degrees. So I under cook all my other eggs but didn't know that if I left them they would hatch. Piece of junk Therm. is going to get stomped on when lock down is over!

 

[walady944]

Your Dominique chick is in 75 degrees at this time and doing fine.

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

That's what it says but both are way off the thermometer I calibrated said it's right at 100 degrees. So I under cook all my other eggs but didn't know that if I left them they would hatch. Piece of junk Therm. is going to get stomped on when lock down is over!

I would PM Mumsy and ask the brand of reptile therm/hygrom she uses. It is very accurate.

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

Haha, I just discovered I got sunburned today.

 

[RainMom]

Haha, I just discovered I got sunburned today.

I should have- but spent much of the day running in and out with food, drinks, etc. LONG, but wonderful day here- it was the first party we've ever had at our new place, and it was so nice to have folks come "break it in".

We had a 18 kids here, many with special needs, plus parents........and we still have our sanity

I could, however, use a glass of wine! ...and we're out!!!

Somebody make a wine run for me, I'll trade you a pair of chicks- we've got 3 or 4 flavors here

 

[Stumpfarmer]

Haha, I just discovered I got sunburned today.

You and me both: going to use sunblock tomorrow.

Well, Bjorn has gone to his happy new home, so the next step is to get Ian gone: anybody need a dog-food bird? He's agressive, and his comb alone is bad enough to kick him out of a responsible breeding program. I've kept him this long as a reminder of how steep the chicken-aquisition learning curve is, but I'm not learning anything new from him right now. Otherwise I'll probably have somebody shoot him and then use him to fuel a new apple tree, since I've got to replant a couple of pollenizer varieties.

Of course, if anyone knew how to tan bird skins, he'd make a pretty hat.

(Babbling: got shorted on sleep and have been pretty much going flat our since I got out of bed).

 

[Stumpfarmer]

So check this out we built a couple of cooler-bators and borrowed an LG for DD's science fair project, bought some eBay eggs and some local eggs (Birchen Marans).Went through all the BYC info forums followed ALMOST all the directions. No luck! We did see two peeping on day 28 helped them out. one got out then passed the other never made it out. What the Heck! So in go more eBay eggs in one cooler-bator in what I think is my best thermometer (the owl) and a combo thermometer/hygrometer from Lowes. Then I calibrated all the thermometers I had laying around and my Incubator Warehouse combo which I thought was way off due to the owl and lowes therms. WRONG!!! yes they were off but not but more then a degree or two. This is day 28 of that batch and look what popped out with one more pipping! Wahooo SUCCESS!!e But take a look at the thermometers REALLY I put the Incubator warehouse combo with the probe in to set the thermostat and left these in. I was almost 10 degrees to cool the whole time with all the other eggs! . Oh well we got it figured out the cooler-bators work as long as I follow ALL the directions and we have Chickie's. The owl is good for something the peep this it's a mommy bird it snuggles and eve pecks at it!!

Rob, I forgot to mention, but I could trade hatching eggs, too, EEs and Hamburgs (or BLRWs later when your rooster is the father?)

 

[bikerchicky]

As long as you chick has not been outside or exposed to other fowl(including second hand handling) then it should not need quarantined.

Walady944 has 3 brooders going, and there are a mix in each brooder. Would you recommend quarentine in this case?