🍃August Hatch-a-Long🍃

[kelseyk]

Both polish chicks died. One never internally pipped. The other still had huge veins and was internally pipped. Guess it wasn’t meant to be.

 

[kelseyk]

Yes yes it does... basicly whatever you expect to pay for something in the US, you double the price for over here. I was not expecting it to be that much (particulary because person talking about it showed very deceased eggs on candling) but I guess the price explains why more people don't have it... and another too good to be true product...

I did an experiment on the ring/nail test - it proved to be very inaccurate for predicting gender....but it seemed very accurate on telling if an egg was viable or not (as early as 5 days). A heck of a lot less expensive than that machine and just as accurate if not more so on determining if the egg was viable.

 

[Trisseh]

I just placed my preorder for the pastel quail eggs. have to put that coupon code to good use, right? Haha. Not sure when those will ship but that makes 4 dozen quail eggs altogether coming my way. xD and 2 Norwegian jaerhon because why not, really? My first batch of quail eggs should be here tomorrow.

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

Okay next question, if you see a bluey green tingerin your egg on candling, but still plenty of viens and movements would you cull the egg? I currently hve 2 in hatcher that I first noticed the green in, and didn't think anything of it because I have cayuga ducks, so thiught wow! This lights awesome! (both are alive and pipped, one has abit of green goo coming out, and what I can see of that duckling, is its yellow) until last night when I checked my eggs due to hatch 4th August, one had green tinge but was moving, and another had same green but clearly dead. (Sorry I'd take a photo but I use my phone light to candle, so I am in the midst of finding a camera)

 

[CindyinSD]

I did an experiment on the ring/nail test - it proved to be very inaccurate for predicting gender....but it seemed very accurate on telling if an egg was viable or not (as early as 5 days). A heck of a lot less expensive than that machine and just as accurate if not more so on determining if the egg was viable.

I can usually tell at 3 days or less with my $20 flashlight, in a dark room. But that's on ordinary eggs; the super dark ones, I haven't tried.

 

[CindyinSD]

Okay next question, if you see a bluey green tingerin your egg on candling, but still plenty of viens and movements would you cull the egg? I currently hve 2 in hatcher that I first noticed the green in, and didn't think anything of it because I have cayuga ducks, so thiught wow! This lights awesome! (both are alive and pipped, one has abit of green goo coming out, and what I can see of that duckling, is its yellow) until last night when I checked my eggs due to hatch 4th August, one had green tinge but was moving, and another had same green but clearly dead. (Sorry I'd take a photo but I use my phone light to candle, so I am in the midst of finding a camera)

Green goo "coming out" sounds very bad to me, but I've only hatched ducklings twice and geese twice. The only thing vaguely green I've seen is possibly the egg waste left over after the hatch. Do the eggs smell bad? I would get rid of the leaky one immediately, regardless. You're gonna need to thoroughly disinfect that incubator and let it sit exposed to the sun for several hours, turning it to make sure all surfaces get plenty of exposure.

 

[FortCluck]

Not getting the quail eggs tonight. I will be getting them next week. The timing wasn’t right for us. I didn’t want anything hatching when I’m gone. I don’t want anyone else watching the incubator and worrying about chicks. I’ll set them to hatch when I get back and they’ll be in the egg while I’m gone.

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

Green goo "coming out" sounds very bad to me, but I've only hatched ducklings twice and geese twice. The only thing vaguely green I've seen is possibly the egg waste left over after the hatch. Do the eggs smell bad? I would get rid of the leaky one immediately, regardless. You're gonna need to thoroughly disinfect that incubator and let it sit exposed to the sun for several hours, turning it to make sure all surfaces get plenty of exposure.

The one that had stuff come out, is in hatcher with only one other egg, and is very alive and pipped(due tomorrow). No smell on any of them. This is the dead one I pulled last night, and that green I saw in another egg that still had strong veining and movement. But I've decided to pull it this morning to not risk anything. Its so odd to me

and this is the one currently hatching, (which when candled before lockdown is when I noticed a green tinge) but the photos not really showing green stuff

 

[WGregge]

My 2nd attempt is coming along. Seramas are developing well and so are the ameraucanas which are a few days behind the seramas. So hoping I can get some chicks to hatch this time

 

[FortCluck]

My 2nd attempt is coming along. Seramas are developing well and so are the ameraucanas which are a few days behind the seramas. So hoping I can get some chicks to hatch this time

That’s a bitty egg! Looks almost like a quail egg