➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Kiki]

Maybe I will link the days album under the "my coop" thing on my profile box thing.

Yeah...that is what I am going to do for now.

 

[Glitterchicks]

Eggtopsy
I think there was only blood in the air cell.
Well maybe not only but that is where most of it seem to be, I think.

I'm thinking what ever happened happened on Friday maybe.
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Did this one ever start to pip?

 

[Morrigan]

I still can't think of what I am going to put down in it to collect poop.
I am changing paper towels hourly right now.

What about just laying down something absorbent like wood chips or wood pellets (non-cedar based) on top of the plywood, and then sprinkling fresh ones on at the end of each day? Yes, they will be walking around their poop a teeny bit, but I think that is ok. It dries up pretty fast, and I honestly don't think they care. The wood pellets are highly, highly absorbent in particular.

 

[jwyles]

10 stripey stripe regual quail.
1 all yellow...maybe some gray
1 yellow with a stripey stripe
1 yellow with a more solid stripe

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More solid stripe left
Stripey stripe yellow on right.

I live the ones with yellow!

 

[jwyles]

Instead of the hassle of trying to blow out such fragile eggs you can hard boil them and coat them in shellac. That's what I did back when I made pysanky (Ukrainian Easter eggs).
That's a really cool idea though. Even in their original colour they're beautiful eggs.

That may be how these were done. I honestly just assume d they were blown out.

 

[jwyles]

@Pugsabi what kind of eggs? Chicken I know, but will they hatch a certain breed?

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

Hey @Pugsabi did it flood down where you are as badly as it did here? We easily have gotten 3-4 inches within a couple hours.

 

[Pugsabi]

The first incubator I got from a company on Amazon. It smelled a bit like plastic when I first turned it on, but I knew that could be normal. I had it set up in the bathroom and about 20 minutes later not only did it smell stronger but it started to smell like smoke. So I mailed it back.
A person on Craigslist was selling two incubators with auto turners for cheap so I got them. They seem to work fine for now but I'll have to double check when I get home afterwork. Even if they don't work, I can use the auto turner on an LG from tractor supply and still come out on top price wise.

 

[Pugsabi]

@Pugsabi what kind of eggs? Chicken I know, but will they hatch a certain breed?

8 Japanese Bantam Buff with Black Tail and 6 Serama hatching eggs.
I know the Serama can be hard to hatch, but I want to try it out anyway. I'm hoping to get at least three, enough for a mini flock.

Hey @Pugsabi did it flood down where you are as badly as it did here? We easily have gotten 3-4 inches within a couple hours.

Yes! It's been raining hard for a while, although it looks like it's stopped for now. The backyard has some big puddles but it's not that bad.

 

[jwyles]

8 Japanese Bantam Buff with Black Tail and 6 Serama hatching eggs.
I know the Serama can be hard to hatch, but I want to try it out anyway. I'm hoping to get at least three, enough for a mini flock.


Yes! It's been raining hard for a while, although it looks like it's stopped for now. The backyard has some big puddles but it's not that bad.

Cool! Maybe those tiny ones would work with quail? I have no idea really.