The Moonshiner's Leghorns

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Nice!
Are you going to mark them when they hatch?

Yes we toe punch and wing band all of our birds.

 

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@Chookwagn I use different colored zip ties when the chicks are first born right out of the incubator. I separate eggs in mesh bags so they dont get mixed up, and I have 3 different hatchers I use when I have big hatches. Using the zip ties gives their toe webs time to toughen up a little and once they are a couple days old we toe punch them. They seem to bleed less at a couple days to a week old than when you toe punch them right out of the incubator. Then we wing band them at 2 weeks old and cut their zip ties off. I can wing band them when they are smaller but I dont prefer to. Its a lot easier once their wing webs are just a bit bigger.

 

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Resting the Brown Leghorn eggs, and got them ready to go in the incubator.

Also setting some dinosaur eggs (j/k they are goose eggs) for my friend. They are too big for any turner or egg rack I have so hand turning it is. Her solo goose egg that developed is in lockdown now. I have treated it like any other egg so God speed I guess.

Also I have more Red x Brown Leghorn eggs going into lockdown today. Apparently I set them one week apart instead of two weeks.

 

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Oh I forgot to mention, I found some deep cracks from shipping damage in one of the BL eggs so I threw it out, and 3 have detached air cells. I have never had luck getting eggs with detached air cells to hatch, but I will give it a shot. The others had wobbly air cells and some were fine. Hopefully some hatch!