6th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2015 Hatch-A-Long

[hennible]

talk nerdy to me..

That is so disturbing... Lol

 

[FuzzyHens]

I had thought it was caused by the yolk being scrambled (usually from shipping), but I had to cull eleven that were seeping this time and I cracked them all open to examine and the yolks were intact on all but two. So I am at a loss.

Very interesting! I debated opening the egg but 'chickened out'. I didn't want to be grossed out if it stunk.

Were yours shipped eggs?

 

[Book]

Well one thing to be thankful for it will just be number 5. I have a nephew and his wife that are expecting child number 8.

I had my last two babies at home with midwives, this time due to my health it will have to be in a hospital and I really hope I can beg them to take everything out. LOL I love all my children but I am too old for this!

 

[Book]

I'm guessing you just tossed all of #4's stuff?

OF COURSE! LOL We were "done" and #4 is now 4 years old! smh

 

[Book]

Congrats. Shake some of that "baby dust" in a vial and rig a contest so I win it okay? I can hatch and rear chickens like nobodies business, but we can't seem to make a baby. Maybe that's why I have more chickens than I am supposed to (literally our town has an ordinance and I am totally in violation, but not like anyone will ever notice cause I may also have one of the largest lots in town).

I hope you get your baby soon! I was a surrogate mother twice actually as I just don't like having easy what others can't seem to have at all. So this will be birth #7 for me. Life just isn't fair and I have given up trying to understand it all! Truly, I hope you get your + soon! Till then, I hope chicken therapy helps some!

 

[Book]

Very interesting! I debated opening the egg but 'chickened out'. I didn't want to be grossed out if it stunk.

Were yours shipped eggs?

Put the egg in a ziplock! That is how I do eggtopsies.

 

[silly4buttons]

Okay, I love those pictures.  Bama that is a very bright light.
But I do want to be clear and make sure I am not mistaken here.... Did you really just inform the members on this thread that you MARRIED @bamadude?  So
what we have to put up with on this thread, you have to live with day in and day out?  You poor thing !!!!!
Just kidding Bama, You are a lot of fun

I am getting one of those flashlights

 

[Aphrael]

Very interesting! I debated opening the egg but 'chickened out'. I didn't want to be grossed out if it stunk.

Were yours shipped eggs?

Only three were shipped. This is the first time I've had non shipped eggs seep.

 

[Peep_Show]

The egg white is an excellent growing medium for bacteria...it's like protein and water in a semi-liquid form. Remember in science class when you grew stuff on petri dishes? Well, same formula except it's not nutrient agar (seaweed protein) but egg white. Protein grows bacteria, and bacteria love nice warm moist places..like an egg in an incubator. The weeping is due to pressure being built up in the egg by multiplying bacteria (which normally get in via a tear in the sac or from minute cracks or places where the protective bloom is off the egg) and the waste the bacteria produce pushing exudate out the egg pores is the weeping. The egg explodes when pressure builds to an extreme. Often upon candling right before explosion the egg will appear abnormally dark because the bacteria has multiplied to dense amounts... But if your egg is weeping you don't need to candle to figure out it should be chucked.

"If it's weeping, not worth keeping."



corrected for typos

 

[themadchicken]

I tossed 13 Silkie/Sizzle eggs yesterday, not fertile or blood rings. This was my is my foist home made incubator. The heater fan control device was of by 1.2 deg.I think i cooked them! I felt so bad i replaced them with 16 quail eggs.

. NEVER GIVE UP! JUST KEEP HATCHING!