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Egg cleanliness
Mine came from the nest so will be interesting to see how this hatch goes. Funny thing is after I pulled 14 of her 17 eggs, she layed another yesterday and is now sitting. To be nice, I took a few from the ones that weren't in the incubator yet to slip under her. She was not a happy camper... -
Egg cleanliness
Yeah, wished I had dated them but was planning on her hatching them. I know the last egg I took from her on the first batch was dated 4/2 so all of these were since then. She either layed every or every other day since that time. Be interesting to see what rate I get since the first seven... -
Egg cleanliness
Thanks for the reply Steve. I'll give them a warm wash before I put them in the incubator. Another question I have is how will much would you think my hatch rate will be off due tp some of the eggs being older. I'm guessing her eggs are as old as 4/3 up to the present. Guess I'll just stick... -
Egg cleanliness
Just finished hatching 7 of 7 eggs I took from our RP hen. Was going to let her incubate the rest but now she has 17 eggs and still not acting broody other than rolling the eggs daily. I decided since the incubator is free again I'd take those 17 and stick them in. My question is, where she... -
Hen laying eggs??
Thanks for all the suggestions. Sounds like everybody has different methods and I'm open to any more. -
Hen laying eggs??
Our royal palm hen that we hatched last year layed her first egg. My question is that we want to incubate some of hers and let her try to sit on some. If we gather up the first dozen how should they be held and for how long? I was thinking about just putting them in an egg carton, small end... -
Turkey's are hatching - Help
Forgot to add, temp is at 100.2 and humidity at 65%. Should we turn the temp down a little once they hatch? -
Turkey's are hatching - Help
This is my first post and first time hatching turkeys. We've got 6 royal palm eggs in the incubator and today is day 28. Last night we had one pip and this morning one more. By this evening all had but none are out yet including the one from last night. At what point should we consider...