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

[kwhites634]

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. The question is for my freind that have suffered from Marek's that is decimating his flock, so he decided to re- start his flock and vaccinate his new flock, he decided, that although the convention is that MDV doesn't pass IN eggs and ON eggs shells he prefer to be on the safe side.
I don't know, Benny. I've never read anything about the possible adverse effects of a sanitation agent on embryonic development (which doesn't mean such studies don't exist). Lacking such information, I wouldn't do it myself, but everyone should do what they believe is right. It would be interesting to see what, if anything, happens if your friend tries it.
Maybe @ChickenCanoe could shed some light on it.

 

[Pensmaster]

Guess I should prob'ly go find a brooder, eh?

Now would be a good time to get it started.

 

[Akrnaf2]

Ok I need to ask a stupid incubator question.... I use a hovabator Genesis incubator (3 actually  ) and 1 small magicfly incubator. Has anybody seen a huge increase in their electric bill from the use of their incubators. My electric bill has skyrocketed and our heat and dryer is propane. I do run 1 heat lamp and 1 electric oil filled radiator but thats about it. I would think it should be way higher in the summer when the air is running.... 

Do you have it electric power in Watts, of them? You can calculate its energy requirements and it's price .

 

[meltel]

Do you have it electric power in Watts, of them? You can calculate its energy requirements and it's price .

I can find the box and look it up. I just couldn't imagine them costing that much!

 

[BantyChooks]

Guess I'll be resurrecting the duck tape brooder- was hoping to get a new one, but forgot.
(Duck tape brooder is a fish tank held together with duck tape)

 

[Akrnaf2]

 

The question is for my freind that have suffered from Marek's that is decimating his flock, so he decided to re- start his flock and vaccinate his new flock, he decided, that although the convention is that MDV doesn't pass IN eggs and ON eggs shells he prefer to be on the safe side.

I don't know, Benny. I've never read anything about the possible adverse effects of a sanitation agent on embryonic development (which doesn't mean such studies don't exist). Lacking such information, I wouldn't do it myself, but everyone should do what they believe is right. It would be interesting to see what, if anything, happens if your friend tries it.
Maybe @ChickenCanoe
 could shed some light on it.

I will, he his going to do a little experiment with it.
Yes CC is a good option!
I know that it isn't very rare to do it!

 

[Akrnaf2]

Do you have it electric power in Watts, of them? You can calculate its energy requirements and it's price .

I can find the box and look it up. I just couldn't imagine them costing that much!

They are going 21 days in a row!
You should see their -kilowatts /hour

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: I don't know, Benny. I've never read anything about the possible adverse effects of a sanitation agent on embryonic development (which doesn't mean such studies don't exist). Lacking such information, I wouldn't do it myself, but everyone should do what they believe is right. It would be interesting to see what, if anything, happens if your friend tries it.
Maybe @ChickenCanoe
could shed some light on it.
I will, he his going to do a little experiment with it.
Yes CC is a good option!
I know that it isn't very rare to do it!
Maybe wash & sanitize half the eggs & not the others.

 

[Akrnaf2]

 

 

 

 

The question is for my freind that have suffered from Marek's that is decimating his flock, so he decided to re- start his flock and vaccinate his new flock, he decided, that although the convention is that MDV doesn't pass IN eggs and ON eggs shells he prefer to be on the safe side.

I don't know, Benny. I've never read anything about the possible adverse effects of a sanitation agent on embryonic development (which doesn't mean such studies don't exist). Lacking such information, I wouldn't do it myself, but everyone should do what they believe is right. It would be interesting to see what, if anything, happens if your friend tries it.

Maybe @ChickenCanoe


 could shed some light on it.

I will, he his going to do a little experiment with it.

Yes CC is a good option!

I know that it isn't very rare to do it!

Maybe wash & sanitize half the eggs & not the others.

Exactly!
Randomly divide the egg batch to 2 groups, sanitize one and the other just dipping in clean warm water , and incubate them together and see the % .

 

[Akrnaf2]

Guess I'll be resurrecting the duck tape brooder- was hoping to get a new one, but forgot.
(Duck tape brooder is a fish tank held together with duck tape)

BUBBLES! IT IS CRUEL TO USE YOUR DUCK FOR MAKING TAPES! lau)