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

[BantyChooks]

Let me guess.
A crowd of people?

Nah, that couldn't be it.
Good morning to you few hardy souls

Me? I'm gong to get some work done. Seeya whenever.

Hi and bye....

 

[mlm Mike]

Let me guess.
A crowd of people?

Nah, that couldn't be it.
Good morning to you few hardy souls

Me? I'm gong to get some work done. Seeya whenever.

 

[Pensmaster]

2018 BYC Calendar - Your Pictures Needed!

Guess what's here!!

Cool I might send some Altsterier pics in

 

[Akrnaf2]

Not my favorite way to spend the afternoon for sure. This morning coffee "meeting" will be at my favorite place so something to look forward to.

Morning time for work now.

You have a "fraiday Parlment "?
It is very common here to see freinds, especially retired, seating in coffee shops or restorants on Friday or Saturday and talk politics, and milions other subjects.

 

[Chicken George 2]

My legbar eggs are hatching I hope they are good enough to auto sec. I've never breed with these chickens before.
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I had 11 hatch out of 17.
2 were empty and 6 were dead in shell fully developed.. why is that?

 

[BantyChooks]

I had 11 hatch out of 17.
2 were empty and 6 were dead in shell fully developed.. why is that?

There are many causes for that. What was your air cell size? Breeder nutrition?

http://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/pdf/8127.pdf
https://extension.illinois.edu/eggs/res24-05.html

 

[Chicken George 2]

There are many causes for that. What was your air cell size? Breeder nutrition?

http://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/pdf/8127.pdf
https://extension.illinois.edu/eggs/res24-05.html

Air cell size..? Wat does that mean

 

[BantyChooks]

Air cell size..? Wat does that mean

It's just the size of the air cell at the top of the egg, which grows throughout incubation. Improper humidity will impede or speed up growth too much and kill the embryos. The rate at which it develops is also important to some extent.

 

[Chicken George 2]

Yeah but all the rest hatched just fine

 

[BantyChooks]

Yeah but all the rest hatched just fine

So? It just causes increased mortality.