Marsha eggs!!!!!! Oh I'm excited!She wasn't laying yet, although sort of acting like that. Yesterday, she laid a shell-less egg so here we go! She's so sweet, just a ditz I guess. Silkies are smart said no one ever.
I put Marsha the splash hen, Cocoa Puffs the other choco hen, and Piper the mauve roo with her. In a couple of weeks should be incubating!
Me too! I saw Marsha lay an egg a couple of weeks ago, on the ramp, not in a nest of course lol, so at least I know she's laying.
Silly Marsha! She let's her true self shine through.
I perhaps will. I'll see how many are going on around then, but surely it's going to be a hugely smaller scale than yours! Like a 4th!Silly Marsha! She let's her true self shine through.
We will of course need a Hatch-a-long...
Hey, we needed some more data on this Odoban so I'm taking one for the team and doing a scaled up experiment.I perhaps will. I'll see how many are going on around then, but surely it's going to be a hugely smaller scale than yours! Like a 4th!
I was assuming I could just update that article every few months or something, but that's also a great idea!!Hey, we needed some more data on this Odoban so I'm taking one for the team and doing a scaled up experiment.
We could always do a "stories of your flock" thread and follow the hatch there
We'll have a cool update in 17 days for the article! Since I'm seeing development already, it seems to align with what you saw, Odoban doesn't destroy the viability of the embryo!I was assuming I could just update that article every few months or something, but that's also a great idea!!
It'll be great to have more validation of this as it's really going to be the answer for those fearful of basically ANY virus or disease on their hatching eggs!
I've read articles thay say Mareks doesn't survive the incubation process well, but this doesn't make sense to me when they also state that Mareks can stay viable on surfaces for months, and the ground for years... and "doesn't survive incubation well" isn't the same as incubation kills 100% of the virus. I can imagine other viruses and bacteria would love the warm moist incubation environment. It seems Odoban is definitely an option for any of us concerned about what is on the outside of the egg!
I'm on page one but.. hiding nests and bringing home a brood of chicks.. is not new.
