hatching eggs in the uk?

[Ozkan]

hi
im looking for showgirl hatching eggs in uk for my broods
does anyone have some or know someone that does?

Many thank Ozkan

 

[featheredplanets]

I’d check this site: http://www.chickens.allotment-garden.org/

Preloved and eBay are good to scan through, a lot of backyard breeders advertise on there.

 

[Ozkan]

I’d check this site: http://www.chickens.allotment-garden.org/

Preloved and eBay are good to scan through, a lot of backyard breeders advertise on there.

hi can illness from the parent stock spread illness like mycoplasma to the eggs/chicks?
How do we know if the parents are healthy or are illness carriers?

sorry just making sure as I was sold chickens with mycoplasma which infected my other flock and now have sadly started again. 3 months later.

 

[featheredplanets]

hi can illness from the parent stock spread illness like mycoplasma to the eggs/chicks?
How do we know if the parents are healthy or are illness carriers?

sorry just making sure as I was sold chickens with mycoplasma which infected my other flock and now have sadly started again. 3 months later.

It depends what diseases as some are not carried through eggs, but MG is spread by hen to egg. Unfortunately, quite a few poultry breeders here in the UK have a serious lack of biosecurity.
Be upfront with the breeder, look at their stock as best you can for runny noses, watery eyes, pale combs on layers that are not moulting, any gaping of the mouth and standing quietly away from the flock. Disease in eggs carries lower risk than the bird itself, but it’s still there. Birds who are carriers may not be displaying any symptoms at all, so you’ll have to make as good a judgement as you can; if they are actually letting you touch the birds and walk within the pen, without giving you shoe covers/overalls, that’s a big no no.
But overall unless the owner has their birds regularly tested and shows you the papers, there is no guarantee they are not carriers. I’d advise the above and disinfect the eggs before incubation to minimise the risk.
I was in the same place as you and had to cull all my flock, I now only buy eggs and raise any chickens I want that way; I also keep them in a netted enclosure to minimise contact with wildlife.

 

[Ozkan]

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It depends what diseases as some are not carried through eggs, but MG is spread by hen to egg. Unfortunately, quite a few poultry breeders here in the UK have a serious lack of biosecurity.
Be upfront with the breeder, look at their stock as best you can for runny noses, watery eyes, pale combs on layers that are not moulting, any gaping of the mouth and standing quietly away from the flock. Disease in eggs carries lower risk than the bird itself, but it’s still there. Birds who are carriers may not be displaying any symptoms at all, so you’ll have to make as good a judgement as you can; if they are actually letting you touch the birds and walk within the pen, without giving you shoe covers/overalls, that’s a big no no.
But overall unless the owner has their birds regularly tested and shows you the papers, there is no guarantee they are not carriers. I’d advise the above and disinfect the eggs before incubation to minimise the risk.
I was in the same place as you and had to cull all my flock, I now only buy eggs and raise any chickens I want that way; I also keep them in a netted enclosure to minimise contact with wildlife.

thank you I'll be buying eggs online and won't be seeing the parents in real life is this bad? Also how do I disinfect the eggs?


Thanks Ozkan

 

[featheredplanets]

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thank you I'll be buying eggs online and won't be seeing the parents in real life is this bad? Also how do I disinfect the eggs?


Thanks Ozkan

I wouldn’t personally recommend it as shipped eggs have low hatch rates, and yes, you can’t meet the breeder or see the birds, which for me would be a no.
I use equal parts listerne and water, but you can buy specialised egg disinfectants.

 

[Ozkan]

I wouldn’t personally recommend it as shipped eggs have low hatch rates, and yes, you can’t meet the breeder or see the birds, which for me would be a no.
I use equal parts listerne and water, but you can buy specialised egg disinfectants.

hi whats the point in disinfecting the eggs won't mycoplasma already be inside it?