so my young roos that get along were put in a run aside the big roos, (young above) Wellllllp seems the young boy in the back and his Daddy dont like each other much, they ripped each others combs to shreds through the wire. now I am not sure what to do with this young roo, I may end up processing because he is the most dominant roo I have had and he is young yet. He never came at me, but he is mean to even the hens. so I think I already know what to do : (
Moved some chicks to the brooder, ALL are BS FAVS so far and one CCL male it
They were filling up the coolerbator and I think we have about 15 more or so to go!
so they can breath now ha ha ha
all eggs have pipped or hatch except three, one brahma and two CCL are not pipped : (
I cannot complain, thats alot of chicks!
and of course pit stop at the counter top! Photo shoot!
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I didn't know that about the membrane, do you happen to have a source? I know it's difficult to keep them organized, so don't worry about it. I'm just curious.
If so, I agree that a small hole later in incubation may be your best option. Perhaps I'll try it out with some mixed eggs just to see what happens.
a duck pull.... the shells are normal, but they are not chalky pourous by any means, they are very very smooth on surface.
Egg is size of a large egg is my guess. I could weigh one now. note the dark spot in the top of the egg? thats the air cell!!!! it is that small!
One thing that may work for eggs like this is not incubating until they are at least 7 days old, as studies have shown, young flocks egg composition is dif as is shell so its been shown that holding them will in fact give a better hatch rate, I think it has to do with PH as well, its a combo of things.... these eggs may have been 5 days old max, I should have thought before hand, but in my excitement I didnt do my homework.
Other than the small air cell, the shell looks just like my call duck eggs. It's about the same thickness and it looks like it breaks in the same way.
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I didn't know that about the membrane, do you happen to have a source? I know it's difficult to keep them organized, so don't worry about it. I'm just curious.
If so, I agree that a small hole later in incubation may be your best option. Perhaps I'll try it out with some mixed eggs just to see what happens.
a duck pull.... the shells are normal, but they are not chalky pourous by any means, they are very very smooth on surface.
Egg is size of a large egg is my guess. I could weigh one now. note the dark spot in the top of the egg? thats the air cell!!!! it is that small!
One thing that may work for eggs like this is not incubating until they are at least 7 days old, as studies have shown, young flocks egg composition is dif as is shell so its been shown that holding them will in fact give a better hatch rate, I think it has to do with PH as well, its a combo of things.... these eggs may have been 5 days old max, I should have thought before hand, but in my excitement I didnt do my homework.
Other than the small air cell, the shell looks just like my call duck eggs. It's about the same thickness and it looks like it breaks in the same way.
ok I will draw lines on them this time at candles and I will candle them often and write dates on the lines. take pics so you can follow along... Remind me about that hole link, but after this fun and mini stuff tomorrow I will have to start figureing this all out, right now I need to focus on all those games we have planned and match prizes and ughhh its so confusing my brain is washed up!
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