California - Northern

[Papa Brooder]

For Christmas, My kids got me this silly bag to collect eggs.. It works pretty good..


My husband got me these boots. With all this rain, they sure come in handy. Love them !

Nice! looks like I may be down wed/thurs of next week... so... that means a present!

 

[Miss Molly]

Nice! looks like I may be down wed/thurs of next week... so... that means a present!

I love presents

How is the new baby doing ?

 

[Papa Brooder]

Quote: super great. starting to sleep so much better at night so we are all quite happy! I also got all the runs cleaned out today and fixed all the leak problems on my big coop roof and everyone with fresh straw.... now we have a week or so to DRY OUT! yay! still no fertile eggs from the orps... waiting... not so patiently. my big orp girl lays just about every day since she started except one so little boy needs to get his groove on. I watched him today and he seemed content to just eat and drink.... sigh

 

[Miss Molly]

super great.  starting to sleep so much better at night so we are all quite happy!     I also got all the runs cleaned out today and fixed all the leak problems on my big coop roof and everyone with fresh straw.... now we have a week or so to DRY OUT!  yay!  still no fertile eggs from the orps... waiting... not so patiently.  my big orp girl lays just about every day since she started except one so little boy needs to get his groove on.  I watched him today and he seemed content to just eat and drink.... sigh  

I'm getting eggs from my orp pen daily. They are fertile but, so far no pure jubilee chicks. My rooster is doing his job but, I have BBS Orpington hens in the same coop. I will know when it comes from my jubilee hen because the chick will be yellow. So far they are dark chicks. I have been putting them all in the incubator so I'm hoping anytime now

I have lots of eggs in lock down for the New Year's Day hatch ... 4 of the silkie eggs you sent me made it onto lock down.

I'll let you know how it goes.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Has anyone ever heard of sanding hatching eggs?
The Empordanesa eggs Deb was hatching did not hatch either. Someone from another thread emailed me saying her
shipped Marans eggs never hatched well until she learned about the sanding process. I have to try and find the Hatchathon thread. She said it was on page one.

 

[debs_flock]

Has anyone ever heard of sanding hatching eggs?
The Empordanesa eggs Deb was hatching did not hatch either. Someone from another thread emailed me saying her
shipped Marans eggs never hatched well until she learned about the sanding process. I have to try and find the Hatchathon thread. She said it was on page one.

Jason, let me find it for you

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Jason, let me find it for you

Thanks I also just emailed Mahonri. I think it was there post.

 

[juststruttin]

Bet it was fun opening those.... Love the boots

 

[JerseyGiantfolk]

My mom got me a pair of Muck boots too! I love em'! Much more comfy than regular rain boots.

For Christmas, My kids got me this silly bag to collect eggs.. It works pretty good..


My husband got me these boots. With all this rain, they sure come in handy. Love them !

 

[ronott1]

Has anyone ever heard of sanding hatching eggs?
The Empordanesa eggs Deb was hatching did not hatch either. Someone from another thread emailed me saying her
shipped Marans eggs never hatched well until she learned about the sanding process. I have to try and find the Hatchathon thread. She said it was on page one.

My suggestion would be to use the weighing method. I just did some googling on hatching Marans eggs and there were people that thought the dry method leads to shrink wrapping. If you weigh the eggs and then follow the weight loss guide, you will have the correct air cell development. It is more work, but with the amount spent on these eggs if may be worth it. After you used this method for a hatch or two, you would have a better idea of what humidity you need to use for those eggs and your incubator.

The ones that I incubated from My Pet Chicken were all duds, rotten and not fertile. There were no chicks to get sticky. They should have refunded your money or given you a credit to buy chicks in the spring from.

Before I sanded the eggs, I would try the spray method--You spray them with water once a day. I would also not incubate them at less than 35% humidity. That is a cause of them not absorbing the yolk, which is what make them sticky--yellow yolk all around them.

One tip I found said you just sand over the air cell. The guide I saw last year had stripes going down the egg in rows. I still think the problem with the eggs is fertility and shipping damage.