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

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Pensmaster said:
I mix my starter with water. They love it. Drink less water that way as well
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Pensmaster said:
Might try sifting the ground stuff if mixing it with water doesn't work
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That's a really good idea too! That's how my Gran used to feed the chickens and they LOVED it. (It was a chopped grain mixture) but that should make it so the crumbles break down so the wee guys can eat it. :clap
 
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duluthralphie said:
Are they free range commercial or egg factory commercial? if free range give hatching them a try and find out.


@ChickenCanoe I have hatched eggs that are a month old, not a great return but some hatch. 2 weeks has very little drop from a week that I can see. My broodies run 15 eggs in the nest many times so that's over two weeks worth of laying.


For the price of a dozen eggs it would be worth the try,,IMHO...Go for it Bennie!!!!
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They aren't free range, maybe I will put a dozen in the incubator and see if something develops, I do love the color!
The thumb rule is that hatchability decreases 2% every day from the laying time. One week will reduce almost 15% a month will reduce 60%, so I assume that 30%-40% of that batch hatched if nothing elss disturbed it.
 
Farmer Connie said:
they showed up and got us up and running. life is good again after a 20 min cold shower.:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:wee:celebrate:celebrate:celebrate:celebrate:celebrate:celebrate:wee:wee:wee:wee:wee:th:th:th:th:ya:ya:ya:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup:woot:woot:woot:woot:woot:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::yesss::yesss::yesss::yesss::yesss::yesss::yesss::yesss::yesss::yesss::yesss::yesss::yesss::yesss::yesss::ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:wee:wee:wee:wee:wee:wee:wee:frow:frow:frow:frow:frow:frow:frow:):):):):):cool:
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This kind of experience REALY make you appreciate the simple things in life, like running water, that we usually intended to refer to them obviously !
Good for you, and PLEAS WATER YOUR ANIMALS FIRST!
 
Pensmaster said:
Probably a good idea. I've hatched the fertile eggs here from Trader Joe's while they hatched good I wasn't impressed with the eggs shape from the resulting hens. I didn't keep any of them.
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I have wondered about those eggs......But I never hatched any as I am really trying to get all SOP birds..and my pet EE's...
 

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