HERE WE GO AGAIN Anyone SETTING Aug 30th - Sept 8th join me!!

[Brookhavens]

Also God Bless the 9-11 victims and their families and may we never forget the terrible loss

Amen!!

 

[Kel35]

Hi yeah we do have eBay in the uk it's where I got my eggs from I got mine deliverd next day outta 6 eggs I've got 2 that look spot on 2 that I'm not sure about and 2 non fertile ones I go in to lockdown next Monday start chucking away the ones that look like nothing's happening in them 2moro xx

 

[Brookhavens]

Pics of the candler I made:




I also made an "adapter" so that smaller eggs can be candled better:

 

[Lisa Pedro]

Pics of the candler I made:




I also made an "adapter" so that smaller eggs can be candled better:

Very cool!

 

[Brookhavens]

I go into lock down Wed!! So excited. These are DMRippy eggs.

So far. DMRippy and Illia eggs have done the best... For shipped eggs. I think I am going to hatch out quite a few... fingers crossed. I did the dry method in my new genesis this time... So we shall see.

Keeping my fingers crossed for you.

 

[ChicksinPR]

NO WAY!!!!! I've got a whole bunch of brothers and sisters to yours ... ha ha ha ha. I've got 35 of Donna's eggs in my Bator right now!! Yay!! What are you hatching? I'm also use dry incubation method. Wow - yours should be here by the weekend

there is also another person on this thread hatching her eggs too.

I got EE OE and super blue layers. I set 3 SBL under my broody, I really hope those hatch...

 

[Brookhavens]

OKay, I know its a little late but, can I join? Actually I put my eggs in the incubator Sunday September the 9th. Is it to late to join?

I have 6 Tolbunts over Birchen maran.

and 4 olive eggers tolbunt over Birchen Maran/ Black Ameraucana ( these little ones are mutts but, the egg color is cool

)

The more the merrier. Welcome!!!

 

[Kel35]

Thanks brookhavens I've got everything crossed I like ur candler

 

[Fur N Feathers]

Gosh let me think. Well some of the others it was just 2 days . The great hatch i think was 3 or 4 day travel and in the heat so go figure.No ice pack either like i did with the other 3 before this
Only thing something you said. where from ......i have to see where they all came from .Most are from Tenn or SC or south around there. I dont order from places far far away from Mo., but curious now where the LBs were from .
I pretty much think it was PURE luck though HAHA
Serious thought... maybe these are from hens that egg innards arent as sensitive to travel? In the genes?

This batch I have in the incubator right now were shipped on a Monday and arrived here on Wednesday (from Washington state to Texas - great transit time!). I did get the cold pack option since we are still pretty hot here in Austin. They were impeccably packaged, so it won't be because of anything the shipper did. Yeah I am relying on on a huge amount of luck (wishing and praying!!!)

One of my silkie hens just started setting two days ago on some of her own eggs and some Serama eggs. She will have much better luck with hers than I do with mine I am sure!

And silly me, I always thought I was a GOOD Mother hen!!!! Ha! Ha!

 

[Fur N Feathers]

So I decided to build myself an egg candler today. I went to our local cigar store and asked if they had any empty cigar boxes. The guy gave me 5 wooden boxes that are perfect for candlers. Next went to Walmart and bought an extension cord and light socket (less than $4.) Came home and drilled 2 holes in one of the boxes. One on the side for the socket and one on the top to cradle the egg. Took about an hour to complete and for the cost of the ext. cord and light socket I have a GREAT candler. I tested it out on my Araucana eggs and we have 3/10 good eggs on Day 9. I was a little bummed out at that number so I said what the heck let's try the Silkie eggs. I had just set them last Thursday and really wasn't expecting much. So I take out egg #1 place it on the candler and it is ALIVE!!! On to egg#2...ALIVE!!! and this goes on for the entire dozen. All 12 eggs have movement and veining!!! From what I have heard Maran eggs are very hard to candle because of their dark color. Well I decided to give it a shot and guess what... I can see through Maran eggs with my new candler and we have babies in those too. I am thinking from now on I will definitely go with local eggs. No more shipped ones.

Edit: Adding pics/Made an adapter so that I can candle small eggs better.

You GO GIRL!!!! You make me think I can DO THIS!!! DH just doesn't get to the "honey do list" very often, and I think I have everything you have shown. Hmmmmmm! If I can round them all up! Is that aluminum foil for the reflection material?