➡➡ Kiki Speak

[R2elk]

IF that’s the route I choose... at what age should we cull?

I only do them one at a time and normally wait until they start causing trouble. The removal of one usually calms the others down for a couple of weeks. Rinse and repeat.

 

[FortCluck]

I would not put peroxide on hatching eggs.

I did it and it worked. I forget the guys name but it was something redneck. I tried it and I got 90% hatch rates then I stopped because I was doing my own eggs. My eggs don’t need anything special.

You’d put bleach on eggs though?

 

[RUNuts]

I've been thinking about doing some sort of egg dip before setting. I want to see if it lessens the problems I am having with my Buffs.

Egg dip sounds good. Eat it with chips or veggies?

Just room temperature. I sprayed it on and let it dry. I learned it from someone on YouTube. Something redneck... he raises quail. Says the oxygen in the peroxide helps. I’m not sure if it’s true but I only used it on my friend eggs. I got a good hatch with it last time. This time I didn’t use it 5/40 ducklings hatched... I can’t say it was the solution but I know it wasn’t me or the bator. I have had 5 hatches that have been 90+% the past few months.

Simply Redneck has a bunch of quail vids.

 

[FortCluck]

IF that’s the route I choose... at what age should we cull?

I cull at 18 weeks for my crosses. I do them all in one shot. I did 4 on Saturday morning.

These are 2 of them. We let them rest in the fridge for 5 days.

 

[R2elk]

I did it and it worked. I forget the guys name but it was something redneck. I tried it and I got 90% hatch rates then I stopped because I was doing my own eggs. My eggs don’t need anything special.

You’d put bleach on eggs though?

Bleach is the recommended method if done following the directions. Peroxide can be invasive and can travel through the shell and into the egg.

 

[FortCluck]

Bleach is the recommended method if done following the directions. Peroxide can be invasive and can travel through the shell and into the egg.

I’ll stick with doing nothing. Seems to work except for my friends eggs. Felt like a jerk face telling them only 5/40 hatched. They know I just got 100% on my marans and so far 84% on my quail.

 

[RUNuts]

Had 2 chickens laying cracked or shell-less eggs. Yolk covered eggs had to be washed as did mud covered from the rains. Lots of wood chips in the run has lessened the mud problem. Down to the one laying paper shells. I think I finally caught the culprit. To the soup pot, once confirmed.

I explain that European style is unwashed and American style is washed. Lots of surprise at the differences. Interesting conversations.

 

[R2elk]

Had 2 chickens laying cracked or shell-less eggs. Yolk covered eggs had to be washed as did mud covered from the rains. Lots of wood chips in the run has lessened the mud problem. Down to the one laying paper shells. I think I finally caught the culprit. To the soup pot, once confirmed.

I explain that European style is unwashed and American style is washed. Lots of surprise at the differences. Interesting conversations.

Are you working on the definition of the day for Kiki Speak?

 

[FortCluck]

Had 2 chickens laying cracked or shell-less eggs. Yolk covered eggs had to be washed as did mud covered from the rains. Lots of wood chips in the run has lessened the mud problem. Down to the one laying paper shells. I think I finally caught the culprit. To the soup pot, once confirmed.

I explain that European style is unwashed and American style is washed. Lots of surprise at the differences. Interesting conversations.

I was telling somebody the eggs from the grocery store do not last as long as my eggs because I do not wash them. I had to explain the bloom on the egg that protects it and when you wash the egg the bloom goes away.

It was a pretty interesting conversation and it gained me a customer.

A lot of people who were buying eggs from me would ask why my eggs are not cold and I had to explain to them the eggs that are not washed fresh from the chicken can be left out at room temperature for a certain period of time.

 

[Nabiki]

I was telling somebody the eggs from the grocery store do not last as long as my eggs because I do not wash them. I had to explain the bloom on the egg that protects it and when you wash the egg the bloom goes away.

It was a pretty interesting conversation and it gained me a customer.

A lot of people who were buying eggs from me would ask why my eggs are not cold and I had to explain to them the eggs that are not washed fresh from the chicken can be left out at room temperature for a certain period of time.

At the egg handler's workshop I went to, they told me that the bloom only lasts for 3 days. I do know that eggs can keep for longer at room temp if they're not washed, though.