Mornin', SleepyheadMORNING ALL!!![]()
I guess I better get to reading and an update as I go!! it may take while![]()
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Mornin', SleepyheadMORNING ALL!!![]()
I guess I better get to reading and an update as I go!! it may take while![]()
Trouble navigating site! Ok. Sooo many Qs... what is zipping what is pipping? My eggs roll every time I turn them, what's best way to stabilize? Am I turning too much? It's day 14 for 8 eggs, and 19 or so for 4 eggs. I took them from mommy b/c she wouldn't set after she had one chick. I also had an egg explode when I was removing the older eggs, and found those in the bator-stink, the shell is dirty. Worrying about germs. How do I clean safely? Can't immerse, can i? I've wiped, but they need a better cleaning? Can I put eggs in (cut off) top half of carton to keep from rolling? I don't know what all the marking on eggs tell, I haven't candled since the bb from the first few came along. After the explode, I took the 4, put in LG with 8 fresh eggs. So help with info? The shells seem very hard, humidity is 50-55%. Heat stable at 99.5. Thanx
when was it, your distracting me!!!I'm taking bets on whether it hits one thousand by midnight.
I was hoping my Bielefelder eggs would have shipped yesterday but they haven't shipped yet. They are coming to Utah from Colorado. It will be 12 eggs, I have a havobator 1588. Do the hatching do better if there are more eggs in the incubator. Just wondering if I should try to get extra local eggs to hatch with them? I just don't know know what I'd do with the extra chicks.
With my first hatch I ordered 100 quail eggs. Then I thought I have enough room to add 7 chicken eggs. I bought 7 SLW eggs locally. I started the chicken eggs in the turner four days before the quail eggs. The quail eggs arrived a day later than I expected. I too my surprise they sent 120 quail eggs. I let the quail eggs sit for about 12 hours, then we decided to put the quail eggs in the turners. There was enough room on the edge for the 7 chicken eggs. We hand turned the chicken eggs. My elderly parents live with us. So because I had to go out of town for a week my Father took care of the eggs. The humitity was in the 45-55% range, temp was 100. I tried to candle but I really don't know what I'm doing candling so I just left all the eggs in. 30 of the quail hatched one died a couple days later. 3 of the Chicken eggs hatched. My dad helped one and it died the next day. So three weeks later 29 quail and 2 SLW chicks moved from the inside brooders to the outside brooders.
I am up at 5 am silly !!!Mornin', Sleepyhead
Chickens are, by nature, foraging,dirt-scratching, worm & insect-eating creatures who love to take dirt baths. That's what they do! And they can't do any of that in your bedroom! I hope!
I looked at getting a dozen of the mottled but figured until I was more experienced with hatching I didn't want to drop that kind of money I shipped eggs. They are one of my favorite breeds.I've heard that English standard orps are harder to breed because of their plumage, but I'm not sure if its true or not. Either way I'm really excited.
So, the lady at the feed store told me about the key on a string gender technique. I just asked in the gender forum if anyone had heard of it and if it works with eggs. I got a response that an old timer said so. I'm going to test it with these duck eggs I set on Sunday and mark them male and female when I candle them![]()
Update: 19 chicks in the brooder, 3 pips in the bator, 4 unknowns, I will examine them tomorrow or as soon as the 3 pips hatch.
I am so thrilled, I can't thank @Sally Sunshine and @ronott1 and all you other enablers, this hatch is going about 1000x better than I would've expected. You guys are the best ever!
@KDOGG331 YES I'm sure it won't but I would LOVE if it did!