Incubating peafowl

[kuntrygirl]

Of course

Yep.

That would be a great swap huh?

 

[kuntrygirl]

I haven't had Blackberry Merlot. I like a sweet table wine and go for the Blackberry that is made cheap. Never made my own, either. Sounds like fun! My sister made her own Scuppergong wine and it was okay.
I am afraid one glass at night has me looking for my pillow so I can't drink during a hatch along! LOL

I DO have eggs incubating so I am excited to see when they may hatch out so i know if I am doing this correctly. I figure they are a lot like turkey eggs. I hatch ducks and chickens all the time. Fingers crossed for the pea eggs!

BYC wine making thread here....come join us........


https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/175349/how-many-wine-makers-do-we-have-here

 

[frenchblackcopper]

That thread was started in '09 and is 38 pages long,,, where have I been??? Got a new interesting thread to read now. Thanks Kuntrygirl, just what I needed.

 

[kuntrygirl]

That thread was started in '09 and is 38 pages long,,, where have I been???  Got a new interesting thread to read now. Thanks Kuntrygirl, just what I needed.

Tee hee hee.

You're welcome. I thought you would like that. I didn't realize that you weren't aware of it. Silly me.
Come on over and lend your expertise. We would love to hear from you.

 

[frenchblackcopper]

Kuntrygirl, Heading there now

 

[Momhunter]

I use my Hovabator. It works for me and have had many many hatches from it Remember pea eggs need to be laid on the side not pointy side down [COLOR=0000FF]With chicken eggs above[/COLOR]

I am using a new GQF Sportsman and am new to incubating. Why should pea eggs go on the side? They develop the air cell up at the top just like other eggs. Trying to figure incubating out. What would putting them pointy tip down do? I have four that were at 28 days yesterday that all seamed to have died at 2/3 to full development. Could this be from point down???

 

[frenchblackcopper]

If eggs are under a hen or peahen they don't get special "pointy end down" treatment. Mine lays on their sides and twice daily get flipped end for end and rotated 1/2 turn each time.

 

[annabell254]

I got my eggs!!!! I have 13 eggs! and they compleatly fill my brinsea 20 and it took some cleaverness to get #13 in there!

haha they are be black shoulder, indian blue pied, silver pied black shoulder with the chance of pure white, spalding with the chance of a pure Java!!!! and the breeder was nice enough to give me a free spalding pea chick! when I picked up the eggs!!!!!

he had a great hatch this week... he uped his humidity form 52% to 62% and got an 85% hatch... at 52% he was getting 50-70% hatch.... right now my brinsea is set at 99.8 (mine runs cool as my hatch done at 99.5 was four days late! and when I uped it to 99.8 they were right on to a day late and 60% humidity.... and I am planning on hand turing them in addition to the automatic turner 3-4 times a day

QUESTION: almost everyone says to start them under a broody hen.... my current only broody hen is behind the freezor in the barn with chicks due to hatch any day now... and I do not want to risk moving her, and her not sitting on the new eggs and I WILL NOT set peahen eggs behind the freezor!!!!!

SOOOO does anyone truly know WHY or WHAT happens that a chicken can get you 99% hatches when eggs are set by the hen for the first 10 days but an incubator no matter how nice only can get you maybe 80% hatches and that is concidered good by most???????

 

[Momhunter]

I just candled my 21 purchased eggs, that I had to drive 3 hours each way to get, they are at 8 days and looks like 19 developing.

 

[casportpony]

I just candled my 21 purchased eggs, that I had to drive 3 hours each way to get, they are at 8 days and looks like 19 developing.

Congrats!