Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[loveourbirds]

be careful on the quail. started with 9 this spring, sold a few, sold and traded some eggs, still have them coming out of my ears. hatch to lay is 6 weeks on those little buggers, ive seen insects that multiply slower.

 

[ozexpat]

be careful on the quail. started with 9 this spring, sold a few, sold and traded some eggs, still have them coming out of my ears. hatch to lay is 6 weeks on those little buggers, ive seen insects that multiply slower.

the Philippines loves their quail eggs. my kids eat 4 each most days as their afternoon snack.

Out of everything I am doing, I will most likely recoup investments from them before anything else.

 

[gracie02]

Was wondering and I think I know the answer out off everyone here how many is this business and how many a simple little hobby gone crazy?hubby thinks its a business but its the beginning of me being that crazy chicken lady who lives up the hill and I'm skipping happily toward that goal lol

Hahaha, I AM that crazy chicken lady who lives up the hill...and I have an itty-bitty egg biz; I sell about 7 doz week and it's a labor or love, not a huge money-maker. Actually not a money making enterprise at all. I was fantasizing I could sell enough eggs to help pay the taxes...but everyone loves my eggs and my birds are so pretty. And they make me laugh.

 

[loveourbirds]

Quote: there is a descent meat market for them here in the US too. i have never eaten the eggs. its sad to say i dont eat many eggs anymore, to busy hatching - yes im an addict.

 

[ozexpat]

there is a descent meat market for them here in the US too. i have never eaten the eggs. its sad to say i dont eat many eggs anymore, to busy hatching - yes im an addict.

you owe it to yourself to try a couple of them hard boiled. they are silky creamy

 

[wescottwomen]

Ok day 14 we have had a few temp spikes 104 in the incubator no idea why but I've candled the eggs can't see into the blue that we'll so those are a total mystery even about the air sacks the brown looks ok so far only a couple look possibly infirtile the 9 jungle fowl 3 look really good to me but I haven't hatched them before so we will see the 3 duck eggs ok 1 looks totally infirtile one looks mabey 1 looks fertile but this is all speculation we will see just keeping you guys informed

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I have a sweet and gentle Buff Orpington named Sally (she was Sally before I was ever on BYC!). She has been broody for about a week and a half but she's not going to hatch anything out of her eggs because they aren't fertile. How so I break her? I put her with the others at night and she sleeps w them. But next morning she can be found in the next box.

give her some of your eggs! LMAO!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

be careful on the quail. started with 9 this spring, sold a few, sold and traded some eggs, still have them coming out of my ears. hatch to lay is 6 weeks on those little buggers, ive seen insects that multiply slower.

They don't travel well for incubating though, the more the merrier for the size of them.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Ok day 14 we have had a few temp spikes 104 in the incubator no idea why but I've candled the eggs can't see into the blue that we'll so those are a total mystery even about the air sacks the brown looks ok so far only a couple look possibly infirtile the 9 jungle fowl 3 look really good to me but I haven't hatched them before so we will see the 3 duck eggs ok 1 looks totally infirtile one looks mabey 1 looks fertile but this is all speculation we will see just keeping you guys informed

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: This is really weird. you see no other breaks in the shell at the bottom for malposition? and you cant see yolk or anything that resembles a "part" of a chick