April Hatch Thread--Come Join Us!

[TheCrazyChick]

Uh Oh. Just walked into the room where the incubating eggs are and I SMELL something BAD. Do I simply pick up every egg and do the sniff test? That's ALOTTA eggs to sniff!

 

[pogmobum]

Uh Oh. Just walked into the room where the incubating eggs are and I SMELL something BAD. Do I simply pick up every egg and do the sniff test? That's ALOTTA eggs to sniff!

The bad egg might also be sort of oozing and sticky or shiney if that helps

 

[LBKS]

I feel like I need an Egg Candlers Anonymous group - it should not be this hard to resist doing it. How does anyone go until day 10 or so without candling at all?

 

[pogmobum]

They don't most break at day 7 unless they have hatched a million times

 

[TheCrazyChick]

The bad egg might also be sort of oozing and sticky or shiney if that helps

Good idea. Thx!

 

[mmeyette]

Thanks guys! They are cute little flueffers

Does anyone know if I can feather sex these breeds?

- RIR hen X BR roo (not sex linked, can I feather sex?)
- Cochin
- Orpington

I am just curious I did look at wing tips and none are the same length so far, they all have two different length feathers. So now i'm wondering if that even matters with these breeds at this age! (between 24-30hrs old)

 

[crazyfarmer]

got 2 Coturnix quail to come out one week form today 6 mallards and 1 goose in 10 days! im so anxious

 

[annabell254]

is it possible for a chick to be so big that it is not able to pip???

 

[KuroKitsune]

6 days leaft for half my eggs and 1 week for the other half...so excited! also cant wait to be able to turn off the bator and put it away as its driving me insane with its whole not able to keep the them temp where it should be if the temperature in the house changes.


a question to those more experienced day 14 for half the eggs is 12:30am of the 11th and day 14 for the other half is the 12th at 9:30pm....i hatch button quail so on the 14th day i turn of the egg turner but i was wondering when i should do it? do i ununplug and remove the eggs from the turner when its time for the first half? or the second half of eggs time? or maybe somewhere in the middle?

can anyone help with the question?

 

[annabell254]

can anyone help with the question?

I have heard that you can stop turning early with no problems with chickens and some say that stoping earlyer is better anyways, I have also heard that it is the 2nd week that turning is most important...