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

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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 donot unless they are really really dirty and then I just use a wet paper towel to wipe them
 
BantyChooks said:
Kristin, I'm guinea free now.
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That is AWESOME!!!!!

I'm about to head out and start dismantling what I think might be a predator den. Pile of brush twice my height. Wish me luck...

- Ant Farm
 
Fire Ant Farm said:
Yay!!!! Keep going, babies!!!

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. :th

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?!:hit 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. :he  

- Ant Farm
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You do have some escape artists there. The bread sounds like a great start to the new year. I gave a tree back to my neighbors today. It smashed a 40 foot section of barbed wire fencing. At least now I can see the damage to the fence. One half of that item on the done.
 
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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If I do wash I only use water that is warmer than the egg. They still hatch. Fortunately I usually get more clean eggs than not, unless it's raining.
 

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