California - Northern

[Meg2000000]

wheaten penedesenca eggs came today ... one was broke .. oh well have 9 to try

Good luck!!!

 

[Meg2000000]

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Do you want tips for hatching those?

put betadyne on the crack and seal with wax.

Cnadle the eggs and check for the air cell(Yes I can see into these with my high intensity candler). Leave them in the carton with the air cell (big end) up to rest at room temp without heat for a day by a sink with water to keep humidity up.

When you incubate them, leave them bottom side up in a carton or egg turner for 2 to 7 days without turning them based on the air cell damage.

If you don't have a turner, you can either put them on their side and turn as usual after the setting time period or you can tilt the incubater by propping up one side and then the other and leave the eggs in the carton.

The humidity level is up to you though. I am on the fence on that one, but don't believe low humidity in the first 18 days is better. For this hatch, I am going with 40% for the first 18 days and then 65% for lock down.

Shipped eggs, especially with a cracked one have had serious stress put on the ovum. The resting and leaving them up right helps the ovum to re integrate.

Good luck with the hatch!

Ron you have such a wealth of knowledge! I keep track of the advice you give for future use!

 

[Meg2000000]

First to say... yup!

It is a bobcat. It's tail was flicking, and the camera wasn't fast enough. This one only has spots on it's belly. Last time my father saw it... it had a dead white housecat in it's mouth.

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Ahhhh scary!

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Do you want tips for hatching those?

put betadyne on the crack and seal with wax.

Cnadle the eggs and check for the air cell(Yes I can see into these with my high intensity candler). Leave them in the carton with the air cell (big end) up to rest at room temp without heat for a day by a sink with water to keep humidity up.

When you incubate them, leave them bottom side up in a carton or egg turner for 2 to 7 days without turning them based on the air cell damage.

If you don't have a turner, you can either put them on their side and turn as usual after the setting time period or you can tilt the incubater by propping up one side and then the other and leave the eggs in the carton.

The humidity level is up to you though. I am on the fence on that one, but don't believe low humidity in the first 18 days is better. For this hatch, I am going with 40% for the first 18 days and then 65% for lock down.

Shipped eggs, especially with a cracked one have had serious stress put on the ovum. The resting and leaving them up right helps the ovum to re integrate.

Good luck with the hatch!

Thanks Ron, They had rested about 5-6 hours before I set them...

I put them in before I read this. I unplugged the turner for now will plug it back in , in the next few days. They cracked one was well all over the bottom of the box lol.
she did a good job wraping them but the broken one was the extra one that did not fit in the box right

 

[Buckguy20]

They probably meant no Game Fighting. Where did you hear this?

Fighting is illegal in every state. A chicken friend asked me if I had heard that California was doing this. Probably just a rumor but thought i would check with folks that might know. Thanks.

 

[ronott1]

Quote: I am sorry about the cracked one.

I had two dozen shipped eggs that were delivered smashed. I salvaged what I could and was able to get one to hatch.

Ron

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Yeah thank you USPS

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I've never had Penedesenca's, what do they look like?

Hmmm kinda the same shape as a leghorn maybe. Though mine seem somewhat bigger.
They have a neat comb. call it a king comb

 

[chiqita]

Well, my home grown Marans eggs are growing well. I got some BEAUTIFUL pullets from a lady who had been raiding chickens and showing dogs for years and decided she had to give up 1.
They are not all laying yet, but candy and Catalina and Livia Drusa do on occasion. Patches had been the victim of a feather puller and is still not putting out, think she is using all the protein to grow her fluff back over making eggs. SO hopefully those will all hatch and ill get some girls!

he olive eggers are 100% hatch rate atm , so I have hope.

Glad I'm not alone however in my girless plight! lol.

 

[Miss Molly]

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we will see. I do not have what you would call a state of the art incubator. oh well 

If you need to barrow one let me know or you can through them in my gqf Cabernet incubator..