2015 HALLOWEEN Hatch-a-Long, Join us IF YOU DARE!

[tracyjg]

no milk creates where a gift from God. The grocery store manager gave me a bunch of them I just came out of the hospital

 

[tracyjg]

we our grateful for what we have on site

 

[tracyjg]

God is love

 

[tracyjg]

blessing feeding time ones in middle

 

[Peep-Chicken]

tracyjg, you sure do post a lot haha. But any chicken picture is a cool picture in my book.

 

[RavenBlue]

I've got some chicks due to hatch Oct 5th so hopefully I can set another clutch in time to join you on the 10th. I'm in Canada and can donate Buff Orpington hatching eggs as a prize if that's any good?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

9 hens adult 1 rooster adult oldest hen March 5 2015 same on rooster.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101
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Collection & Storage of Eggs​

Choose eggs that are of good size, not abnormally big or small. Do NOT set dirty, cracked, or porous eggs.
Clinical studies at the University of Arkansas have shown that if your going to set a dirty egg, set the dirty egg, DO NOT SAND, WASH OR WIPE dirty eggs as hatchability decreases with these practices!
Cuticula is the thin membrane that covers the whole eggshell that is made from the sticky fluid when laid which covers it and quickly dissolves due to carbondioxyde activity.
This membrane can be penetrated by gasses but functions as a kind defensive mechanism to prevent the entry of bacteria.

The washing and rubbing action also serves to force disease organisms through the pores of the shell. Place the eggs upright in an egg carton with the FAT, air cell end of the egg UP! Allow eggs to sit in a moderately cool, somewhat humid place for storage. Basements are great. Moderately cool means 55-65 degrees. Rotate your eggs a 3 times a day to keep the embryo from sticking. An easy way to turn all of the eggs at once is to place a thick book under one end of the carton, and later remove the book and put it under the other end of the carton, 3 times a day. Before adding eggs to the incubator always WARM eggs UP slowly to room temperature. IF THE EGGS ARE COLD Condensation can cause bacterial growth on the eggs! You can collect eggs up until 10 days or so, but after the 7th day lower hatch rates may result.
Stored eggs take longer to hatch (about one hour per day of storage).

It is important to ALWAYS wash your hands before handling your hatching eggs!

Omphalitis, yolk sack infection is caused by a bacterium that enters through the porous egg shell and easily kills embryo's and newly hatched chicks. Unfortunately, incubation conditions are ideal for breeding bacteria as well as incubating eggs. For more information on storing eggs refer to Recommendations for hatching egg handling and storage


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Now if you MUST store longer please see this info HERE: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ll-detatched-shipped-eggs/26100#post_13329240 ( pasted below from diary thread)

Wow, you trained your hens to lay in cartons?

tracyjg, you sure do post a lot haha. But any chicken picture is a cool picture in my book.

OMG this cracked me up!! I ha to look at it for several minutes ha ha ha

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I've got some chicks due to hatch Oct 5th so hopefully I can set another clutch in time to join you on the 10th. I'm in Canada and can donate Buff Orpington hatching eggs as a prize if that's any good?

Awesome and welcome to the Hatchalong and BYC!!! whatcha hatching?

 

[RavenBlue]

I'm hatching more of my fluffy butt buff orps

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I'm hatching more of my fluffy butt buff orps

yaya we have two pullets growing out for the kids layer pen, they are so cute!!