NOT HATCHING

[bonbean01]

LOL Southern...glad you record it all...I am doing well to file important papers before our dogs shred them

I read about caponizing after you mentioned it before...yikes...decided it was not for me...is there a pain killer you can give them before you do it???? I'm a bit too squeamish to try it myself, but hope you'll keep us updated when you try it!!!! Sounds like people do well with it...and you'd mentioned you'd practice on dead roosters first. Let us know!

 

[CochinBrahmaLover=)]

p.s.... just wondering...why would incubating vs hen hatching make a difference in the sex of the chicks? Am I missing something?

OK I'm not 100% sure on it, however I've heard from a lot of longtail breeders hens brooding have more hens, but its kinda like why chicks with a mom grow faster... We can give them the same type of home, same food, same breeds, but the chick with the hen tends to grow faster. Kinda biological thing I think

 

[Southern by choice]

Bon bean- There are cinnamon queens, red sex links, golden comets and production reds, as I'm sure you already know. Some people do use the names interchangeably, although there are certain specific matings for each one. We breed a RIR roo over a Delaware Hen for "red- sex links" some people call them comets, I guess it depends on what site you look at or what book you read. RIR roo over Barred rock for black sex link. Some people do a RIR over White rocks but you need the silver gene to produce the actual color difference at hatch. I've seen many different combos. I've not heard of incubated vs. brooded birds having any bearing on sex.

These things would be so fun to study! Maybe I will do a more in depth log of daily temps, ages, breeding schedules, and incubated vs brooded. I will just have to be very organized.

 

[CochinBrahmaLover=)]

Bon bean- There are cinnamon queens, red sex links, golden comets and production reds, as I'm sure you already know. Some people do use the names interchangeably, although there are certain specific matings for each one. We breed a RIR roo over a Delaware Hen for "red- sex links" some people call them comets, I guess it depends on what site you look at or what book you read. RIR roo over Barred rock for black sex link. Some people do a RIR over White rocks but you need the silver gene to produce the actual color difference at hatch. I've seen many different combos. I've not heard of incubated vs. brooded birds having any bearing on sex.

These things would be so fun to study! Maybe I will do a more in depth log of daily temps, ages, breeding schedules, and incubated vs brooded. I will just have to be very organized.

I agree with ya on that. Next year I need to get 2-3 broodies then fire up the bator, it'll be a perfect project

 

[Southern by choice]

Bedste- The other day 2 of our LGD pups killed one of our EE's. That EE had been piling up eggs in a nest, she obviously had not gone to sitting on them yet, just laying. After some thought we decided to go ahead and put them in the incubator. I know there's no way they will all hatch. I absolutely do not need another chick around here, mutts at that, but this could be interesting based on all the discussions on your thread.

There are 19 pretty green eggs! We literally pulled the bator out of the closet,turned it on, put some water in it and put the eggs on the racks. We do have the auto-turner. I have not adjusted temps or anything, it is not in a temp stable location. Night 1, no vessels. Candled them yesterday(day3 i think) and vessels are forming. It is very hard to see through the green shells!

I thought it would be interesting to see how this goes, seeing how all summer and even now the birds are producing so much and sitting/brooding like crazy. I've noticed on some of the outdoor broodies the first 1-2 eggs they lay don't hatch. I don't necessarily think it is because they are older because some may only lay a total of 5-6. I am wondering if ageing the eggs for about 5 days might help.

These eggs were in temps as high as 80 day and 40 night. You have me thinking about next years hatching...

 

[bonbean01]

Southern...you just mentioned something I had not thought of...I candle eggs...but those were white bantam eggs...this year it is RIR brown eggs...nuts...bet I won't be able to candle them

I'm setting up my little cheapie incubator today and eggs go in tonight. I do it in our garage/converted to office and doggie home and helps keep the temp consistent. I do the X and O pencil marks on them and turn by hand. Will only set a small number of them for first go around with the RIR eggs...also because winter is coming and I'll be keeping them in here until they are fully feathered in my inside brooder before moving them to the shed larger brooder. Amazing how much poop they manage at that size, so didn't want too much of that for too long in here.

 

[Southern by choice]

I had some penedasenca eggs and you couldn't see anything. I had to pick each one up and smell them to make sure they weren't bad and rotting. Maybe someone has an idea of how to better candle dark eggs.

Honestly if all19 are growing I will then then

I'm already growing up future breeders... 48 in my nursery buiding, all <1month old.

 

[Bedste]

I hope they all hatch! I do not have any broody hens.... not sure why. I used to have three or four . Thanks for all the comments. So glad that some of you are still able to hatch.

 

[Southern by choice]

Bedste- I sent you a pm

 

[Bedste]

My chickens were diagnosed with Mereks disease and all were culled yesterday.... Very sad day..... but now onward and upward and looking forward to clean fresh start...

Texas A&M said it came from chicks purchased at the local feed stores or the chicken show. He said ONLY buy chicks from an authorized hatchery. He also said even walking through a chicken show at your local fair you should change clothes and dispose of your shoes before going home to your birds. Auuuggghh!


God Bless Southern by choice for all the moral support and prayers! :/