California - Northern

[EZFarms]

E have full sized grocerey stores but non sell the fertile eggs ive looked lol and my neighbors dont have roos

 

[ronott1]

Does anyone know the percentage of weight loss for incubating chicken eggs?
And I got shipped eggs, should i let them sit or just put them in the incubator and not turn for a few days?
@chickee - I thought you said shipped eggs you do at a higher humidity. I've got shipped marans eggs and was curious about using a higher humidity@chickee
Edited-Autocorrect changed Marans to Arabs lol!

This seems like a good sight to understand. There is a total loss, 13% and then a daily loss. You do not have to weigh each egg individually.

http://www.avianaquamiser.com/posts/How_to_weigh_eggs_and_calculate_weight_loss/

 

[casportpony]

Does anyone know the percentage of weight loss for incubating chicken eggs?
And I got shipped eggs, should i let them sit or just put them in the incubator and not turn for a few days?
@chickee - I thought you said shipped eggs you do at a higher humidity. I've got shipped marans eggs and was curious about using a higher humidity@chickee
Edited-Autocorrect changed Marans to Arabs lol!

There might be some info here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101

-Kathy

 

[chickee]

Does anyone know the percentage of weight loss for incubating chicken eggs?
And I got shipped eggs, should i let them sit or just put them in the incubator and not turn for a few days?
@chickee - I thought you said shipped eggs you do at a higher humidity. I've got shipped marans eggs and was curious about using a higher humidity@chickee
Edited-Autocorrect changed Marans to Arabs lol!

I usually incubate my own eggs at 40% humidity, but bump it up to 45% for shipped eggs. I let the eggs sit at least 8 hours, then start them but don't plug in the turner for 2-3 days depending on how messed up the air cells are.

Good luck with your hatch

 

[chrissyr]

This seems like a good sight to understand. There is a total loss, 13% and then a daily loss. You do not have to weigh each egg individually.

http://www.avianaquamiser.com/posts/How_to_weigh_eggs_and_calculate_weight_loss/

There might be some info here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101

-Kathy

I usually incubate my own eggs at 40% humidity, but bump it up to 45% for shipped eggs. I let the eggs sit at least 8 hours, then start them but don't plug in the turner for 2-3 days depending on how messed up the air cells are. 

Good luck with your hatch 

Oh thank you all SOO much!

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Does anyone know the percentage of weight loss for incubating chicken eggs?
And I got shipped eggs, should i let them sit or just put them in the incubator and not turn for a few days?
@chickee - I thought you said shipped eggs you do at a higher humidity. I've got shipped marans eggs and was curious about using a higher humidity@chickee
Edited-Autocorrect changed Marans to Arabs lol!

Dark eggs generally need less humidity I do 35% the first 18 days then 65%

 

[chrissyr]

Dark eggs generally need less humidity I do 35% the first 18 days then 65%

That idea make sense.
What about really large eggs?
Some I had started last Saturday. I didn't weigh them at first , but on day 6 they are 68-72 grams .
They're pretty big eggs. Is there any way I should be treating them special?
I guess for me, I keep thinking because they're bigger that they need more moisture loss

 

[EZFarms]

Hey does anyone live near quincy? Ill be at the fairgrounds tomorroq if anyome has extra hatching eggs.

 

[caychris]

Coop about half way done





So you can kind of see how the arrangement is going to be the small coop will be back against the wall and only about a foot from base of the big one.

The large door on the side will be for cleaning the vent on this side can be closed,
There will be another large door opening on the currently open side. The design does allow for me to move it away from the wall to add and additional nest box if need be.
The run will extend perpendicular to the coops about 12 feet long and 6 wide. That should give me some room to add some forage plants and other "toys inside. Im planning on putting a shielded water tank on the right side behind the large coop for the nipple feeder. Should make it better for keeping the water cool using the coop to shade it too. I really hope to have things done by tomorrow so I can paint the coop and start adding the run and transition the Dels. Then clean up the small coop lock them out and then after a day or two send the Buffs outside.
This should get the brooder ready for new chicks. The fosters will need to be gone at 8 weeks.

 

[Audio51]

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Yes it was, why?

I just saw her posting a question asking for feedback about "Should I get a Marans Roo or an EE Roo?" She is the one I had arranged to pick up 2 English Buff Orphs from for Chic CAN and then texted me that she was sick after the time we had already agreed to meet. And...oh...BTW...one of the 2 pullets had gotten "stepped on" by another chicken and she didn't want to sell it. She said it was OK for me to come and get the other one but she would leave it in a box on the front porch and I could leave the money under the mat. I did that and brought it home until Chic CAN and I could meet up. Since it was going to be a couple of weeks I didn't want her to be lonely so I put her in with my meat birds. Within a few days she was starting to sound congested....and then one-by-one the meat birds started to sound congested. I asked her how the other pullet was doing and she said it died. It made me wonder if that one had really been stepped on or had gotten sick first.