Who is with me?

[countrybum]

Well with all the critters we have our home could just be a zoo, because the kids would not be able to pet many of them.

As for hatching, I am still waiting for the ones that are pipped. They always seem to take forever.

My neighbor had some of my peafowl eggs and last night he hatched out his first peachick. He is ecstatic, kind of the way I was when I finally hatched one. Now I am waiting for the peachick due on the 18th, just hoping one is a white, or a pied.

WWD as for your bator. Charlie would threaten to do the same thing, on top of asking me where I am planning on putting it. As for the 600 eggs to put inside, that would never happen and it would end up being a big waste of empty space on my end.

I would love to see a picture of it that I can drool over.

By the way, I was reading the bottom of my post and I think I have to take a head count and make corrections. (meaning add)

 

[walkswithdog]

Since only three of the trays have the turners in them, I'll probably max out around 300 - bwahahahaaha to avoid hand turning the other 300. And I'll set the other three up with the racks out as hatching trays.

I did finally find out it is a Brower, of the wooden incubator company that was sold to the current Brower metal incubator company. So I have confirmation for that. I'll take pics later today.

This morning I'm leaving to pick up some free 100year old barn wood - yay. Free wood is good wood. And I like old things.

Of course these are supposed to start hatching tonight or tomorrow but I'm busy with four new goats, wood gathering, working on refinishing my bator and building the goat/turkey enclosure. Perhaps I wont' watch these like a watched pot... yeah right.

I don't hold out a lot of hope after that temp spike but you never know.

Hugs to you all, pics later...

 

[chickie_mama]

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I have the turkeys still going... due the 16th. I ordered some Monday. Have no idea what I ordered.

I really really really really want more guinea eggs, but can't find any. I think everyone's guineas have stopped laying. Of course I want more pea eggs. And I'd love to get hold of some silkies too. I'll keep looking!

 

[Kismet]

Last night I noticed that one of my eggs due to hatch on the 13th had buff colored ooze oozing out of it!

I took it out of the bator immediately envisioning exploding guck all over the place!

This morning I opened it. The shell broken neatly in half, leaving the contents in the membrane. I opened the membrane and inside (beside the ooze) was a black gelatinous mass. I unwound the black mass - it was like soft tar. I am guessing it was a chick, but there was no body to speak of. It was about 1" by 2" in size.

Has this happened to anyone before? It is a first for me. What I was wondering is what might be the cause (I'm dreading some awful disease.).
I looked up cause of death in eggs, but did not find any similar descriptions.

 

[riqui1]

That sounds very similar to what I found in my one "gooey egg" from the ones that didn't hatch. I was too much of a "chicken" to investigate the contents of the goo, though, and just had my son get rid of it. I can't help any other way, but am interested in finding out if you learn anything.

 

[riqui1]

Would any of you guys be able to help me with the whole idea of raising "meat birds"? I have a whole ton of stupid questions and the threads that I am reading are either confusing me more or just not answering my questions! lol

 

[countrybum]

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Well, every time you walk in the door (as I would do) you will be going to check on them. In the morning I am right in there, way before my coffee. I had 2 ducks and a white chick this morning. I will check them after I get everyone fed and when I come in to pee and before I eat lunch, or throw in some laundry. Oh, no, I need an away from home job.

 

[countrybum]

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There is not much to raising meat birds, it is just best to have them process around 3 months of age. If you are talking about raising them permanently as having eggs, you would have to get the right birds to cross. I had 4 Cornish Cross and was wanting eggs from them, but come the heat their hearts gave out one by one due to their size.

So for me to help you, you would have to let me know what intentions you are actually referring to.

 

[countrybum]

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Good thing you pulled the egg, it would have exploded in your incubator and that is a mess. The mass was a chick that started forming and then deceased. I have had that happen a number of times and it is not from disease, it just happens. I have found it more in shipped and in my own eggs. I have had chicks die within a week of hatching. Don't fret your other babies have nothing to fear.

 

[countrybum]

Good luck with everyones hatchlings.

Hatching vibes being sent out.

I love you guys.