HALLOWEEN Hatch-a-Long 2016 w/ Hosts, Mike, Sally & BantyChooks

[kajira]

I said that last year, when I only had 2 adult hens laying.

Yeah well, did you know that eggs are great for homemade dog food? I like to make dog food in croc pots, and the eggshells, and eggs are a good source of vitamins, calcium and protien to the rice and meat and veggies. I can *always* find a use for extra eggs!

and i will take all the sebbie eggs LOL

i get 1-3 eggs a day anywhere from the size of a quarter to a normal egg

Sebbie eggs, SEbbie eggs, Sebbie eggs

My RIR produces a nice, extra large, store-sized egg each day for me, for the most part. LOL My cochin keeps laying on them, and then I have to go rescue them from under her. I'm very tempted to give her a silkie baby that hatches and see if she can keep it alive out there.

 

[mlm Mike]

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Awwwwww

so, candled the eggs. at a week, 15 of the original 27 I put in there, are viable and alive. One is iffy, but i'm not sure if it stopped developing or not. So I'll know more in a week when I candle again.

The rest, are looking good!

The single egg left in my other incubator, looks more like an egg should have looked on lock down, so maybe it's just a REALLY late bloomer? I'm hoping it hatches in the next 2-3 days. It's still alive and slowly filling out the rest of the egg.

Good luck!

Quote: How can your husband ban you from the site or doing anything? I need to know how to do this.

Forgot to add...I am re-examining the possible insanity of my setting eggs at this time of the year.
It snowed last night and it was 1C in the coop last night.
Maybe winter's coming early? Ugh.

OH dear, maybe that's it for winter? Came early and left?

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[eldonrgv]

I'm new here but I guess is a Boo!!!.....eggs to be set in the 10th?

 

[mlm Mike]

I'm new here but I guess is a Boo!!!.....eggs to be set in the 10th?

Welcome! What type of eggs are you setting?

 

[Wickedchicken6]

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[eldonrgv]

Welcome! What type of eggs are you setting? 

I set 7 peafowl yesterday and will be setting eggs from my father's chickens he bought from Pure Poultry last year, RIR, WPR, and Rainbows.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Quote: Oh yep, I know. He just got 6 eggs a couple 'o minutes ago.
And I have an entire line of hens in addition to the rest where I won't incubate their eggs.
The eggs are incidental for me. It's the genetics I need to procure.

(I'm addicted to hatching. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...don't tell anyone.)

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Yeah well, did you know that eggs are great for homemade dog food? I like to make dog food in croc pots, and the eggshells, and eggs are a good source of vitamins, calcium and protien to the rice and meat and veggies. I can *always* find a use for extra eggs!

Sebbie eggs, SEbbie eggs, Sebbie eggs

My RIR produces a nice, extra large, store-sized egg each day for me, for the most part. LOL My cochin keeps laying on them, and then I have to go rescue them from under her. I'm very tempted to give her a silkie baby that hatches and see if she can keep it alive out there.

i bet she'd like a silkie baby lol
yes sebbie eggs lol

How can your husband ban you from the site or doing anything? I need to know how to do this.

ummm no comment

I'm new here but I guess is a Boo!!!.....eggs to be set in the 10th?

Woohoo!!!

Welcome! What type of eggs are you setting?

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[kajira]

Oh yep, I know. He just got 6 eggs a couple 'o minutes ago.
And I have an entire line of hens in addition to the rest where I won't incubate their eggs.
The eggs are incidental for me. It's the genetics I need to procure.

(I'm addicted to hatching. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...don't tell anyone.)

Well... I'm not sure what to do with my cochin's eggs, when she startes laying... besides eat them. I have a black, 2 blues, and 1 white cochins, with a pretty red, mottled roo... if you ever want cochin eggs... and i'm starting a silkie flock. LOL

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I set 7 peafowl yesterday and will be setting eggs from my father's chickens he bought from Pure Poultry last year, RIR, WPR, and Rainbows.

Great!!!

Well... I'm not sure what to do with my cochin's eggs, when she startes laying... besides eat them. I have a black, 2 blues, and 1 white cochins, with a pretty red, mottled roo... if you ever want cochin eggs... and i'm starting a silkie flock. LOL

eat them or sell them?