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

[BantyChooks]

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No guts, no glory

I'll skip the glory, thanks.

 

[Jessimom]

Out of curiosity I'm wondering what everyone does with eggs that never hatch? I had 6 that developed but never pipped. My daughter said we should throw them out, but I was thinking maybe of burying them in the garden for fertilizer. Anyone have any thoughts on this or other suggestions?

We compost them. My compost bins are a pretty good distance from my front porch. There are 3 bins, so as long as you get it in the area, you have a good chance of getting them in. If you overshoot, they end up in my garden. My family throws them, and they try to hit a target they set up. I on the other hand, walk them over and dump them in. Then I use a shovel to bury them.

 

[kwhites634]

I'll skip the glory, thanks.

I'm disappointed in you. I thought you were tough

 

[BantyChooks]

I'm disappointed in you. I thought you were tough

Ain't no way I'm getting guts from a chook dead of unknown causes into my bread dough. Unless you volunteer to come eat 5 loaves of the contaminated bread.

 

[kwhites634]

Ain't no way I'm getting guts from a chook dead of unknown causes into my bread dough. Unless you volunteer to come eat 5 loaves of the contaminated bread.

I would, but I let my passport lapse

 

[BantyChooks]

I would, but I let my passport lapse

Excuses, excuses.

 

[Razadia]

Might be wise to wait until pip to raise it. Opinions, anyone else?

I agree with this, but I'd keep a close eye on the first to pip. I have to do this often due to humidity out of my control. I usually end up having to assist the first pipper. Not something I really wanted to get good at.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

@MotorcycleChick - OK, I think I may try to do the chicken canning tomorrow. These are young birds (12 weeks), and they have not had exercise/been outside (they didn't make it out there because I had to split them between remaining brooders - it was clear they'd kill each other if I put them together outside - and bite me A LOT in the process - little jerks). So they are likely very tender. My first question is - is that a mistake, to can them, given how young/tender they are? (Will they turn to mush?)

Otherwise, I've done my homework (searching this thread and looking at several Ball/ USDA recipes). Plan would be raw pack, no liquid, and doing bone-in legs and bone-in thighs in quart jars in one batch in the pressure canner, and then maybe the breast/other meat if there's enough in pint jars (there's not much of it). If there's not much, I may just freeze it instead. Will make stock from carcasses (likely will freeze them and do it another day and can the stock).

- Ant Farm

 

[kwhites634]

I would, but I let my passport lapse

Rapidly loosing the battle to stay awake long enough to see the Orioles take another game from Toronto

 

[BantyChooks]

Rapidly loosing the battle to stay awake long enough to see the Orioles take another game from Toronto

Don't care too much, I'm pretty sure Toronto has a horrid baseball team and deserves to lose if they're anything like the leafs.