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[BellaFarfalla]

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I am in the Poulsbo-Silverdale area. Yay for someone being close!

You know what. At first my husband said no more than 6. Last week he said no more than 20, now I have 24+ egg being shipped to me, and 17 varying ages of chicks, along with my 4 adults! lol Do the math. Now THATS chicken math! Chickens multiply even when you dont have a mature roo!!!

Oh and what types do you have? Or are you just starting out?

I just had the talk with my husband tonight. I asked if we could add some more. He said maybe 3 tops. I asked for 4 that I want.

He said maybe. I am sure I can get him to change his mind and let me have the 4.

 

[Chickielady]

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Sorry honey. On my last egg left. I waited 24 hours. When I disected it, the poor chick looked to have quit about a week before hatch date... But I dont have much more experience than you do. So I would wait and see what everyone else thinks. Dont beat yourself up over it though, remember that you are still in the learning process.

eta, the egg was also very large, and the chick looked like it was two combining into one...

Was icky to look at but very interesting as well. Maby a double yolker?

I count the following day as day 1.
I waite a whole day afterwards and then remove the dry healthy babies, then I get each lifeless egg, with draw it from the incubator, and hold it to my ear, and tap it.
If silent, it is a dead egg.
If it peeps, wet it and put it back.
If by the next day (day 23) there is still nothing, no pip, no crack...then I repeat the tap process and usually crack the aircell, and either I help them or if dead, discard.
Sometimes they were not meant to hatch, too weak or have physical defects you do not want to try to deal with and the baby would more than likely not survive anyways.
You have to be tough, and realize, a chick that late is going to be sticky, and have anomalies.
Sorry

 

[Chickielady]

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Quoting myself because I'm just that cool: OH, there it is! I only started about 90 minutes ago?

So a new avatar already ?

You are whopping me here!
I have no time to change mine but I want to~~
OK later guys, I have been gone all day & have to collect eggs.
BYE!!! and I miss you!!!

 

[cheryl98117]

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You know what. At first my husband said no more than 6. Last week he said no more than 20, now I have 24+ egg being shipped to me, and 17 varying ages of chicks, along with my 4 adults! lol Do the math. Now THATS chicken math! Chickens multiply even when you dont have a mature roo!!!

Oh and what types do you have? Or are you just starting out?

I just had the talk with my husband tonight. I asked if we could add some more. He said maybe 3 tops. I asked for 4 that I want.

He said maybe. I am sure I can get him to change his mind and let me have the 4.

Oh your husband sounds much easier than mine is. lol

 

[newtochick]

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LOL It would be a bit difficult to quit my day job! It is taking care of my hubby and 4 kids, the meeting today was for him and moving his office, he wanted me there to negotiate..

he knows after being with me for nearly 15 years that it is one of my strengths! He brought me to the first meeting and at the end of it we had cut the cost of our lease in half and had raised all sorts of free bonus benefits, now he wont even speak to these guys without me there. (I used to be in sales and do contracts and negotiations) Sometimes it is inconvenient, but it is nice to help out and feel needed again also. Anyways, I was wrong in the few hours I was gone you only managed 5 new pages of posts!!! Someone is slacking out there!

How many chickens can you keep in Portland??

I think they can keep 3, without special permits, but I am actually in Vancouver, WA...just outside city limits, but on a city size plot. I have about 1/4 acre...a tiny bit more. Since I am outside city limit, I don't have a limit, just no roo's (noise ordinance). I have 9 chickens and building another coop for the babies I have, then I have 6 Seramas (currently) and about 30 babies, and 100 eggs in the bator.

 

[snapkrackelpop19]

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Welcome! What kind of chickies do you have?

We have two rhode island reds (Little Red Riding Hood and Big Red), 1 silver wyandotte (Humpty Dumpty), 1 americauna (Mary), 1 deleware (Little Bo Peep), 1 new hampshire (Ginger), and 1 new jersey black (Midnight).

Awwh! I love their names! Little bow peep, how cute

 

[cheryl98117]

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Sorry honey. On my last egg left. I waited 24 hours. When I disected it, the poor chick looked to have quit about a week before hatch date... But I dont have much more experience than you do. So I would wait and see what everyone else thinks. Dont beat yourself up over it though, remember that you are still in the learning process.

eta, the egg was also very large, and the chick looked like it was two combining into one...

Was icky to look at but very interesting as well. Maby a double yolker?

I count the following day as day 1.
I waite a whole day afterwards and then remove the dry healthy babies, then I get each lifeless egg, with draw it from the incubator, and hold it to my ear, and tap it.
If silent, it is a dead egg.
If it peeps, wet it and put it back.
If by the next day (day 23) there is still nothing, no pip, no crack...then I repeat the tap process and usually crack the aircell, and either I help them or if dead, discard.
Sometimes they were not meant to hatch, too weak or have physical defects you do not want to try to deal with and the baby would more than likely not survive anyways.
You have to be tough, and realize, a chick that late is going to be sticky, and have anomalies.
Sorry

Oh Chickielady! The one Olive egger that I had to help hatch, is doing great! Though I'm fairly sure that its a cockeral. lol Definately has an attitude! Always the 1st one out the gate, and breaking free... Little escape artist! I have the bottom half of a large dog crate wrapped in 1/4" hardware cloth, and the little booger is always out! Cracks me up, and drives me nutts at the same time!

 

[snapkrackelpop19]

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Awwh don't blame yourself for it. For reasons beyond my chick-hatching knowledge sometimes they just never seem to wake up even though they're fully formed or sometimes they aren't strong enough to get out. For chickens I wait till about day 23, if no movement then I do a float test, keep the viables and give them another day. Sometimes I'm hopeful and give them 25 days but haven't ever had them take that long to hatch

 

[pettec63]

I love watching this forum! Cause I totally see me in a lot of conversations, ( you can only have 6) ok maybe 10! ok.......maybe 15 LOL just wait till I get my incubator!!!
I know I'm going to be in BIG TROUBLE with the BF when it comes in hehehe!!

 

[cheryl98117]

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Oh but its so fun to watch them hatch! When the Blue Ameraucanas and Olive eggers were hatching. At one point in time, I had 5 adults and one 2 year old all crouded arounf the eco 20!

Cant wait until the next bigger batch of eggs arives!