Adventures in Incubating Shipped Eggs

[Ursuline Chick]

Thank you, this is going to be a really fun thread, I can feel it.


ETA: Nice dark brown Marans eggs in the front of the bator. What kind of Marans?

 

[Morrigan]

You're nuts.

Maybe not quite yet. Working on it.

 

[Jayellebee]

I should be getting some shipped duck eggs on saturday... let me know how you make out!

 

[Morrigan]

Thank you, this is going to be a really fun thread, I can feel it.


ETA: Nice dark brown Marans eggs in the front of the bator. What kind of Marans?

Lavender -- At least that's what I think I got. I'm feeling out of my depth on this whole shipped egg thing.

 

[Morrigan]

I should be getting some shipped duck eggs on saturday... let me know how you make out!

Ditto.

 

[oregonkat]

I have had pretty good success with Papa's eggs in the past. I have wanted to hatch some of his Lavender Maran project eggs and I will get around to it in the future I expect. Anyway, do you have an independent, calibrated hygrometer and thermometer for your incubator. This is important and I would not trust your instruments on the incubator, they are usually quite wrong. Marans like a dryer incubation humidity anyway so keeping it in the 30 - 40% range should do well.
I wouldn't candle again until day 10 myself, I know, I know its soooooo hard to wait. Be prepared to lose the scrambled ones and I would keep the saddles upright through hatch if possible. This is just IMHO but I have had more success with them upright than on their sides but other folks say different. Good luck with the hatch, please keep posting your progress!

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Lavender -- At least that's what I think I got. I'm feeling out of my depth on this whole shipped egg thing.

I hope they hatch out well, the lavenders are so pretty, good winter layers, nice dark eggs and just nice to look at.

 

[WVduckchick]

I had a 100% shipped hatch this year and a 0%!
I probably won't do any more shipped eggs this season, but I'll follow along...

 

[Morrigan]

I had a 100% shipped hatch this year and a 0%!

Whoa. Any words of wisdom to explain the difference?

 

[oregonkat]

I had a 100% shipped hatch this year and a 0%!
I probably won't do any more shipped eggs this season, but I'll follow along...

I'm trying to be done with shipped eggs for the season, but those cuckoo bluebar chickens on ebay keep calling to me..... I hate when they do that!!