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

[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote: Aaaaand... I woke up to 5 more pips this morning! All but one of the OE eggs, and Switch's egg. Apparently they were nervous about being in those net bags and want out or something.

IT'S FRIDAY!!!!

NOW THAT THE ADULTS ARE THINKING, "SO? NOW I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE WHOLE FAMILY WITHOUT A BREAK. NOW I HAVE TO BUILD A COOP, FIX THE ROOF...."
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE!!!

Thanks, MC! Where did you get my to do list - did I leave it lying around again?

Quote: OMG, how is it that you don't know this movie?!?!?! It's not Apocalypto, and not subtitled.

Quote: Nope - Magua was Huron.

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Nice egg colors! I have a green tint to my most saturated eggs - I do have more blue ones, but they are a little less saturated (more washed out looking), and they are from the hen with ocular Mareks. I have a total of five laying legbar hens/pullets, and that'll do for now for me - but I want Ameraucanas in the future - I'd like to cross them with NNs to get green eggs and a pea comb. (I was going to with Goodwin, but alas, he's gone...)

Here's my egg skelter in my kitchen this AM (forgive the mess - that's on the to do list as well). You can see the lighter blue eggs (Jenny) and the deeply saturated blue green eggs (Lissa and the Three Witches). The color of blue eggs is always really hard to get on camera - direct sunlight is best for accuracy in the hue, I find...


- Ant Farm

 

[NaJoBeLe]

Here is one of my roosters last fall before the winter trimming. Middle is legbar outside are EE, you can tell by shape too. Below is a carton it looks like 3 or 4 Legbar eggs. The blue is never as bright in real bright light I took this last summer just to show all the variations in color. Here is a little White legbar pullet. I think she knows @Fire Ant Farm look at that scowl. These are three eggs they laid under the nest box in the bedding, but with low lights the blue really pops..

Beautiful Birds and eggs.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

That looks just like Jenny's eggs.

 

[dan26552]

I can definitely see something in 12 of the guinea eggs! e

 

[NaJoBeLe]

What thermometer hygrometer do I get I'm going crazy

It's going to be extremely hard to recommend one from a big box store based on the fact that you don't really know what is available until you get there. There were a few recommendations that @ChickenCanoe gave you.

Brinsea Spot Check

https://www.brinsea.com/p-394-spot-check-digital-incubator-thermometer.aspx

And a ThermoWorks that I don't remember the link of.

I suspect both of these will be online purchases though and will not be found in store.

Heres the link for the ThermoWorks he suggested.

http://www.thermoworks.com/RT301WA

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I can definitely see something in 12 of the guinea eggs!

Ticks beware!!!!! The guineas are coming!! (Just don't let them bully your chickens, Dan.)

I've been reading more about geese. I want them, but I think I'm going to wait until I get the house renovated (in the next few years). Gives me time to really get pasture set up for them, and put up some swimming options. But it's still fun to read about.

I've been tracking (last hatch and this one) timing of pip, zip, and hatch for each egg to the best of my ability - partly to learn, and partly because I like and aspire to a tightly spaced hatch. So far so good, because I run temps ~100.4F like Sally recommended and that helps a lot. I'm such a data queen...

OK, I gotta go. Busy day, and then I might come home to BABIES IN THE 'BATOR!!!!!!!!

- Ant Farm

 

[BantyChooks]

Aaaaand... I woke up to 5 more pips this morning! All but one of the OE eggs, and Switch's egg. Apparently they were nervous about being in those net bags and want out or something. Thanks, MC! Where did you get my to do list - did I leave it lying around again? OMG, how is it that you don't know this movie?!?!?! It's not Apocalypto, and not subtitled. Nope - Magua was Huron. Nice egg colors! I have a green tint to my most saturated eggs - I do have more blue ones, but they are a little less saturated (more washed out looking), and they are from the hen with ocular Mareks. I have a total of five laying legbar hens/pullets, and that'll do for now for me - but I want Ameraucanas in the future - I'd like to cross them with NNs to get green eggs and a pea comb. (I was going to with Goodwin, but alas, he's gone...) Here's my egg skelter in my kitchen this AM (forgive the mess - that's on the to do list as well). You can see the lighter blue eggs (Jenny) and the deeply saturated blue green eggs (Lissa and the Three Witches). The color of blue eggs is always really hard to get on camera - direct sunlight is best for accuracy in the hue, I find... - Ant Farm

e Go babies go!!

 

[dan26552]

Ticks beware!!!!! The guineas are coming!! (Just don't let them bully your chickens, Dan.)

I've been reading more about geese. I want them, but I think I'm going to wait until I get the house renovated (in the next few years). Gives me time to really get pasture set up for them, and put up some swimming options. But it's still fun to read about. 

I've been tracking (last hatch and this one) timing of pip, zip, and hatch for each egg to the best of my ability - partly to learn, and partly because I like and aspire to a tightly spaced hatch. So far so good, because I run temps ~100.4F like Sally recommended and that helps a lot. I'm such a data queen... 

OK, I gotta go. Busy day, and then I might come home to BABIES IN THE 'BATOR!!!!!!!! 

- Ant Farm 

I hope so!

What chickens, haven't had chickens in a week.

 

[NaJoBeLe]

What thermometer hygrometer do I get I'm going crazy

It's going to be extremely hard to recommend one from a big box store based on the fact that you don't really know what is available until you get there. There were a few recommendations that @ChickenCanoe gave you.

Brinsea Spot Check

https://www.brinsea.com/p-394-spot-check-digital-incubator-thermometer.aspx

And a ThermoWorks that I don't remember the link of.

I suspect both of these will be online purchases though and will not be found in store.

Heres the link for the ThermoWorks he suggested.

http://www.thermoworks.com/RT301WA

In a pinch my best recommendation would be a simple digital medical grade thermometer. Not ideal for the setting but cheap, more accurate than any indoor/outdoor combo you will find, and readily available. If you can hold off a day or two I would try to order one of the others.

 

[daxigait]

Aaaaand... I woke up to 5 more pips this morning! All but one of the OE eggs, and Switch's egg. Apparently they were nervous about being in those net bags and want out or something. Thanks, MC! Where did you get my to do list - did I leave it lying around again? OMG, how is it that you don't know this movie?!?!?! It's not Apocalypto, and not subtitled. Nope - Magua was Huron. Nice egg colors! I have a green tint to my most saturated eggs - I do have more blue ones, but they are a little less saturated (more washed out looking), and they are from the hen with ocular Mareks. I have a total of five laying legbar hens/pullets, and that'll do for now for me - but I want Ameraucanas in the future - I'd like to cross them with NNs to get green eggs and a pea comb. (I was going to with Goodwin, but alas, he's gone...) Here's my egg skelter in my kitchen this AM (forgive the mess - that's on the to do list as well). You can see the lighter blue eggs (Jenny) and the deeply saturated blue green eggs (Lissa and the Three Witches). The color of blue eggs is always really hard to get on camera - direct sunlight is best for accuracy in the hue, I find... - Ant Farm

Congratulations on your pips. Nice egg colors Where did you get your egg holder? It is neat. Go chickies!