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Post subject: Re: Caring for new chicks and parent birds  Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:55 am |
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You were right - We have 7 eggs instead of 6 today! What should I do now? Is it really bad for her to lay the third clutch?
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Post subject: Re: Caring for new chicks and parent birds  Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:11 am |
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Now about my attempt to make nights long for them. It didn't go that smooth yesterday. Normally male is sitting on eggs in the evening until they decide its time to switch for the night (when she goes to eggs). And because they were on kind of a late schedule (caused by handfeeding), they don't have this switch until about 9-ish pm. I don't remember how, but I caused him to leave the nest, thinking I would check eggs when I have a chance in the morning. Hen went in. And normally when the male gets out of the nest, its his share time with chicks. I wrote that chicks need a parents to guide them to eat. So, instead of starting eating, he was sitting on the curtain rod, cleaning himself and preening the chicks, so relaxed. I was trying to show it was time to get into the cage and sleep but they didn't think so. Sure I can pick up all the chicks and take them to the cage (and I did) but then they would be hungry over night (which is really bad for some underweight chicks). We do have a food bowl and water in the cage but the main feeding occurs in the kitchen on a special table. Anyway, I took chicks into the cage, the hen was locked and covered in her cage (with a nest box still in). I waited when the cock eats and took him to the cage as well (which is normally not easy as he is not tame). The cage was covered at 10.05 only.
Why the handfeeding put them on the late schedule? Because I am normally busy in the evening (supper for the family, kid's classes, etc) and handfeeding was taking such a long time. I will try to do my best improving the schedule.
Any way to tell apart old eggs from the new egg?
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Post subject: Re: Caring for new chicks and parent birds  Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 10:08 am |
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it won't be easy to get parents out of the nestbox. Would you force them out?
I understand it would be useful to get rid of old eggs, but what do I do with the new egg (if I am able to tell it apart)?
So I understand I have 2 options. Force them out into the new cage with nestbox removed and hidden, or leave things as they are (with hopefully removing the old eggs)?
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Post subject: Re: Caring for new chicks and parent birds  Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 11:00 am |
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I just candled the eggs. Instruction for dummies should say - shine the light underneath the egg, not just at the egg, like I did in the past  . A good thing I figured this out. They all looked about the same from outside. When candled, the egg that I think is new is having a yolk in the middle and this is it. A small yellow round in the middle, surrounded by nothing. Is it it? I saw no fertile eggs. in all the old eggs I could see like a dividing line between the more yellow and less yellow (air sack?) , and if you move (spin) the egg, the inside is liquid so you can see it moving but the dividing line still remains between them. While I was candling in the bathroom, I could hear the parents mating. I will think what to do with the nestbox.
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Post subject: Re: Caring for new chicks and parent birds  Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 11:18 am |
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What I am concerned about is that it will be impossible to get parents into the cage for the night. last time (with the first clutch) she was sitting inside the poster hissing at me, and it was really really hard to get her out of there. When she laid the first egg, I rushed to get her a nestbox and they gladly accepted it.
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