I think it may have been more getting a rare breed egg cheap. I dont know exactly how he did it, but I was thinking:
Buy/swap cheap eggs
Claim a rare breed/color
Offer up cheap eggs
Sell or hatch rare eggs
People dont expect all thier shipped eggs to hatch, so he was getting away with it at first.
I use a sharpie for writing dates and breeds on eggs I put in the incubator. I actually stopped using a sharpie when collecting eggs(lay date and breed), because I sell eatting eggs, and I had some people not buy eggs because they were "old" (a week). I use a pencil now, so it washes off when I...
chickens hatch normal, and so have geese and quail, I havent touched the thermosat since i first got it about 2 year ago. It was on 3 or 4 different hatches, Id have some hatch 4 days early, then the rest on time ???
Im looking for LF barred birds, almost any breed. Alot of people are asking for black sexlinks this year. Looking to swap at least 12 eggs, I can swap for eggs/stuff on my swap page, no Paypal right now.
(my swap page)
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/eggs-books-and-stuff
It look like it dint absorb its yolk all the way, you need to cover it with something so it doesnt catch on something and break the yolk and/or pull out the intestines. You can use a bandaid, but i find they dont stick good if the chick isnt dry. I usually put a little antbiotic or something on...
They where a pain, 4 pieces for each egg :/ I only used them once.
I have an egg cooker I use, eggs peel easy. I think its called an egghead or something
Any one looking for some blown eggs? I ot one of these things http://www.bestpysanky.com/Blas-Fix-Egg-Blower-p/blwr-2.htm and did a couple of eggs today. Dont have marans, I do have lots of different colors, white, tan, brown, and all different shades of green. Also have seramas, little tan...