Faverolles Thread

[mame1616]

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Just kick back and accept you have zip control over the out come....candle in 10 days, u'l be able to tell by then for sure. clear - nada. dark with a def ring at the top. somethings working. then on day 19 put them down for hatch on their sides so they can figure out where to come out from.
-)peter

Thanks, Peter. Maybe it's the lack of control that's killing me. I've been over at the bator about 700 times today checking the heat and humidity - I'll have a hole worn in the floor by the time they hatch. Friends of mine put the eggs upright in a carton for hatching and say they've had great luck with it. Anyone else do this?

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Just kick back and accept you have zip control over the out come....candle in 10 days, u'l be able to tell by then for sure. clear - nada. dark with a def ring at the top. somethings working. then on day 19 put them down for hatch on their sides so they can figure out where to come out from.
-)peter

Thanks, Peter. Maybe it's the lack of control that's killing me. I've been over at the bator about 700 times today checking the heat and humidity - I'll have a hole worn in the floor by the time they hatch. Friends of mine put the eggs upright in a carton for hatching and say they've had great luck with it. Anyone else do this?

Yep, I do it that way. Then the chicks don't play soccer with the other eggs. Had 100% hatch last time.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

I just locked down 6/8 of my F1 MF project eggs!!! 3 x salmon and 3 x buff!

All the little babies were movin' and groovin' in there!!!

 

[junebug7334]

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That's great! More pics when you can, please!

 

[thechickonthehill]

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Can't wait to see them!

 

[keesmom]

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Take lots of pics as they grow up!

 

[pfmerlin]

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[faverolles]

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Just kick back and accept you have zip control over the out come....candle in 10 days, u'l be able to tell by then for sure. clear - nada. dark with a def ring at the top. somethings working. then on day 19 put them down for hatch on their sides so they can figure out where to come out from.
-)peter

Thanks, Peter. Maybe it's the lack of control that's killing me. I've been over at the bator about 700 times today checking the heat and humidity - I'll have a hole worn in the floor by the time they hatch. Friends of mine put the eggs upright in a carton for hatching and say they've had great luck with it. Anyone else do this?

I've done it for years. I put my eggs in the bottom of my incubator on the 20th day still sitting in egg cartons. I could be hatching four to ten different breedings at one time. When I put my eggs in the bottom the different breedings go into a mesh bag and they hatch in the bag. This way I can keep all the different breedings separate. My eggs hatch upright. Anyways, this has worked for me.
Dick

 

[mame1616]

Sometimes it seems there are as many different ways of doing this as there are different breeds. Dick and Leisha, I bred that hen with the offset beak - the one I mentioned. Let's hope it was only a hatching issue, and that her chicks will be fine. She has nice color.

Thanks everyone!

 

[promiselandfarm5]

I lurk on here all the time. I just love Faverolles and love to see all the beautiful ones you guys have. Of course, the different projects you guys have going on is always exciting to read about.

I never thought about using mesh bags to keep different breeds seperated during hatch. That is the best idea.

Dick: Where do you find these mesh bags?