EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

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BantyChooks said:
EEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Mister air-cell-from-Hades just PIPPED!!!!
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@campingshaws

Nice strong pip too.
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Yay!!!! Keep going, babies!!!

Akrnaf2 said:
I have a question
Does (do?) Anyone wash and sterilize his/her incubation eggs before setting them? And if the answer is positive I would glad to know, what is the product they are using, and how they use it. I thank you in advance.
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I only did once when I received the shipped eggs covered with broken egg yolk, etc., I used the instructions linked at the front of the thread (well, the previous thread) about washing eggs), using a weak bleach solution and very carefully controlling the temperature of the solution (between 95 & 110F). I don't think it adversely affected them, as I got a reasonable hatch given how horrible all the air cells were.

I know Sally sets poopy eggs sometimes...

Well, I'm bushed. I couldn't sleep well (my sleep cycle is all out of whack), didn't get to sleep until 4-5AM, and then I had to get up multiple times early this AM because I have yet MORE pullets trying to win a Darwin award. I was out there after chasing Puppy down, and WATCHED her carne her neck up, like she was a mountain climber gauging the route. Then right in front of me she SCALED a sagging bit of the 5 ft fence with her feet flapping her wings for balance.
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I fixed the sag, but really, what am I supposed to do about that?! It's not like she's flying out, so clipping her wings will just impair her if she tangles with a predator. At this point I just hope she starts laying again soon, so I can get some of her babies.

You know, she did this from the age of about 1-2 weeks old, and was always trying to get out of the brooder, multiple escapes. I wonder if she learned it that way? Regardless, I'm beat, and have napped a lot of the day away (in between chicken wrangling). My favorite black copper marans girl was out of the paddock this morning as well. What happens when I'm at work and can't put them back up?!
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I think I may need to put some of that aviary netting over the paddocks to keep them in...

Baking bread now, and then I need to start on my to do list. Not the best start to the new year.
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- Ant Farm
 
Akrnaf2 said:
Quote: My freind I am sure that you never noticed a hen measuring the humidity but you stil do it!
It is a precaution from entering some nasty pathogens to your house.
You're right, but then I don't set dirty eggs, either. I'm sure there have been nastier things in this house in the last 43 years. My initial thought when reading your question, though, was that washing would remove the natural protection from the exterior of the shell, which may allow your sanitation agent to get inside. That brings to mind the practice of a horse breeder I once knew. He owned a valuable stallion that he stood at stud. Before he allowed the stud to breed a mare, he washed the mare with soap & water. I'm told that soap is a spermicide! All I know for sure is that my mare never carried a foal from that stallion.
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BESTIE BESTIE BESTIEEEEEE!! LOOK!!! @campingshaws
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AND... Mister air-cell-from-Hades is enlarging the pip!!! :weee
 
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