Early Christmas present

[Garden Peas]

How in the world are they so mixed up? maybe I should start incubating to see what I can get

If you do, make sure you let them warm up when you bring them in the house. I put one in the incubator while it was still kinda cold, and the humidity sweated all over the cold egg

 

[mandyok]

How old is the hen that layed this egg? are you running lights at night?

Red heat lamps, hen is 7 years old.

 

[mandyok]

If you do, make sure you let them warm up when you bring them in the house.  I put one in the incubator while it was still kinda cold, and the humidity sweated all over the cold egg

Good to know, if I get anymore I will try for a winter baby, but I may adopt him out, my niece really wants one. So.....merry late Christmas january

 

[Garden Peas]

Red heat lamps, hen is 7 years old.

Me too, red heat lamps.

 

[Garden Peas]

Get an egg tonight?

No egg last night, actually a relief! I'll check again this evening.... I don't think she's totally done yet. But if she goes to every other day, it will be easier on her body. Pumping out an egg a day is an awful lot for a young peahen.

 

[Garden Peas]

Red heat lamps, hen is 7 years old.

Hey, have you used red heat lamps in other years, and has this ever happened before?

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

I got 5 eggs two weeks ago, but didn't try to hatch them, i already have emu eggs in the bator so its different temp and humidity, if i cracked an egg would you be able to tell if it fertile?

 

[mandyok]

Hey, have you used red heat lamps in other years, and has this ever happened before?

I use heat lamps every year. I have had a hen lay in the winter before. But she is the only one out of 6 hens. I think she has winter mama blues, or empty nest syndrome lol

 

[MinxFox]

if i cracked an egg would you be able to tell if it fertile?

Yes. If the egg is fertile, it should be a white dot with a white circle around it, sort of like a mini target/bullseye. If it is not fertile, the egg will just have a faint white dot.

This is a good example of a fertile egg from the previous page. If you google fertile eggs, this photo matches all of the fertile egg photos. I just learned this myself by googling it, because I thought if the egg had a white dot that meant it was fertile. I didn't realize even an infertile egg has a white dot!

Looks fertile to me

Same egg photo with a quick fix

 

[casportpony]

Here is the best example of a fetilized egg I could find.



-Kathy