Consolidated Kansas

[chicken danz]

Darin, Thanks for the info on holding the eggs. I guess I should change my practices as far as game birds go. I do know I hatch better with the chicks if they are put in every day to two days. I pretty much get 100% with them. I'll take your advice and try that. I have never however been able to come up with a 55 degree place to store eggs. I tried a small fridge and put it on the highest setting but it was still about 40 degrees. I have a thermoelectric cooler and it gets even colder. My basement is the coolest place in the house and it runs about 68 or so.
I had two more eggs to put in the hatcher today so I'll see what they do. I never wash eggs either. I've found that increases my hatch rate dramatically. I try to gather a couple times a day so they don't get dirty or covered in poo.

 

[OzawkieBantams]

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Well at 68º germ growth starts 28º eggs freeze. I had gotten some quail eggs from a guy locally, and he had kept them in his refrigerator at I believe he said 40º I gave those eggs to 1iedwillie too try to hatch he got a 50% hatch rate out of those eggs, and they were about ten to fourteen day's old. Game birds seem to with stand a longer wait time then a chicken. So I read granted I have yet to hatch a game bird, I am basing everything off what I read on the Quail, Pheasant, and Chukar site. I wont be able to deny or confirm any of this until later this week or next.

A few great people to listen too are JJMR794, Robo, Tony K T, and Riffecreek.
Great info these guys have on Game bird's

 

[OzawkieBantams]

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Well at 68º germ growth starts 28º eggs freeze. I had gotten some quail eggs from a guy locally, and he had kept them in his refrigerator at I believe he said 40º I gave those eggs to 1iedwillie too try to hatch he got a 50% hatch rate out of those eggs, and they were about ten to fourteen day's old. Game birds seem to with stand a longer wait time then a chicken. So I read granted I have yet to hatch a game bird, I am basing everything off what I read on the Quail, Pheasant, and Chukar site. I wont be able to deny or confirm any of this until later this week or next.

A few great people to listen too are JJMR794, Robo, Tony K T, and Riffecreek.
Great info these guys have on Game bird's

 

[OzawkieBantams]

sorry double post

 

[mikeksfarmer]

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If your getting nearly 100 % do not change a thing dude! Really!!! Sorry Darin it may be true for desert birds like chuckar but your rates are like .000000001% Again I am sorry Daren but I think success rates have a lot to say in practice. (personal) now you can give the skirt comment!!

I had to do it , Daren just untanle here and get on with it!!!!

 

[OzawkieBantams]

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If your getting nearly 100 % do not change a thing dude! Really!!! Sorry Darin it may be true for desert birds like chuckar but your rates are like .000000001% Again I am sorry Daren but I think success rates have a lot to say in practice. (personal) now you can give the skirt comment!!

I had to do it , Daren just untanle here and get on with it!!!!

Mike he is talking about that percentage with chickens have another drink pull your skirt up and go back to the pinky in the air thread. ......Lol.
Danz was talking about chickens and not game birds.
......Lol.... Mike when i hatch all these birds in this bator I will personally drive them too your house so you can see them, as I stop buy three or four swap meets, and maybe a auction or two.

 

[chicken danz]

You guys are halarious. I'll try some both ways and see which works best. But you must know I'm female so I have to be right!

 

[KansasBoy]

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I was just about to comment about the "dude" and "he" comments

 

[chicken danz]

Well my daughter calls be dude so I didn't think much about it. Yeah guys I don't mind getting dirty, building chicken coops, or shoveling poo!

 

[OzawkieBantams]

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Right on ....... I like a dirty girl .......

Sorry