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  1. dancingbear

    I dyed my eggs tonight! - UPDATED!! They're Hatching!! *GRAPHIC PIC*

    So sorry your duckies didn't make it. My Buckeyes and Salmon Favs didn't, either, not a single one. On a chart I was looking at yesterday, it said 99.5F in forced air 'bators, for chickens, turkeys and guineas. I didn't look at what it said for ducks, just what I'm hatching now. I have seen...
  2. dancingbear

    I dyed my eggs tonight! - UPDATED!! They're Hatching!! *GRAPHIC PIC*

    You may have ducklings yet, with any luck. If you're seeing movement, let 'em ride! I had a small clutch of guinea eggs, (5 eggs) that first, I thought were no good when the hen started brooding them, but they showed development when I candled them, and second, I thought they were way overdue...
  3. dancingbear

    I dyed my eggs tonight! - UPDATED!! They're Hatching!! *GRAPHIC PIC*

    I, too, will be doing breeding experiments by this time next year. I may very well use dyeing in the shell to identify chicks from different breedings. This could help me learn right away which pairings produce the healthiest, most vigorous chicks, and later learn which ones develop the desired...
  4. dancingbear

    I dyed my eggs tonight! - UPDATED!! They're Hatching!! *GRAPHIC PIC*

    Poor hatches happen for all kinds of reasons. There's no way anybody reading this thread can know just what factors affected the hatch rate, other than the dye. She could have had temp spikes, or temps too low, humidity problems, or other things we are unaware of. The dye is just the one thing...
  5. dancingbear

    I dyed my eggs tonight! - UPDATED!! They're Hatching!! *GRAPHIC PIC*

    I want to see more pics! Comment about dying chicks for I.D. purposes vs. marking the shell: After the chick hatched out can't tell which shell it came from, so that only tell you which ones hatched, it doesn't help follow them later. Example: I have Roo X, and want to see what his chicks...
  6. dancingbear

    I dyed my eggs tonight! - UPDATED!! They're Hatching!! *GRAPHIC PIC*

    How cute! More, when he's dry and fluffy? Good job!
  7. dancingbear

    I dyed my eggs tonight! - UPDATED!! They're Hatching!! *GRAPHIC PIC*

    You gotta post bigger pics! I can't see those very well, just blobs! I want to see these babies!
  8. dancingbear

    I dyed my eggs tonight! - UPDATED!! They're Hatching!! *GRAPHIC PIC*

    I think it's only illegal to dye chicks for sale. Because people buy them without regard to the welfare of the bird, or knowing anything about taking care of them. Then some idiots hand colored chicks to their children to play with, like a toy. It would seem to me it would be better to make it...
  9. dancingbear

    I dyed my eggs tonight! - UPDATED!! They're Hatching!! *GRAPHIC PIC*

    Maybe the chicken eggs (since they're usually smaller than duck eggs) have a higher concentration of color, that would make them darker inside. Did you use more than one color? I'll be happy to see pics of the outcome. I've seen dyed ducklings before, too. From what I read in one of my...
  10. dancingbear

    I dyed my eggs tonight! - UPDATED!! They're Hatching!! *GRAPHIC PIC*

    In my state, you can get new needles and syringes at any farm and livestock supply store, such as TSC. If you candle for the clear, fluid filled lower portion of the egg, the risk of hitting a vein is small, and the risk of piercing one even smaller. I was a phlebotomist for many years, a vein...
  11. dancingbear

    I dyed my eggs tonight! - UPDATED!! They're Hatching!! *GRAPHIC PIC*

    What did you use for pigment? I've read how to do this, but I don't remember what they said to use for color. Is this for group identification purposes?
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