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[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: oh yeezus

Quote: oh yeeeezus again!!! do you know how to advance search??
using the "advanced" choice located right under the "search" box.) https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/search-and-advanced-search-tutorial

 

[LocalYokel]

LOL I am doing fine ..

going home. cant tempt nobody .

NOT TRUE!

Question here:
What is everyone here's opinion on egg turners? I have one, but was wondering if it would be better to hand- turn and if it would be better to not mess with the height of the eggs in lockdown. Thoughts?

Put em upright in cartons

 

[LocalYokel]

1 Egg is fertilized by 1 sperm. In dogs or cats, for instance, there are multiple eggs and each one is fertilized by a single sperm. Since the female can spread her favors around, each egg could possibly be fertilized by a different male. But still one egg, 1 sperm.

X2

 

[LocalYokel]

Besides double yolkers*

 

[campingshaws]

OHHHH wowza.... so much for the two week time period!!! Reproductive Physiology of the Hen The reproductive tract of the hen is also different from mammals, and different functions are performed in different segments of the tract. The major structures are as follows:

• OVARY - containing immature and mature follicles. The mature follicles consist of the egg "yolk" and the unfertilized ovum.
• INFUNDIBULUM - yolk with attached ovum is snatched up by the infundibulum. It is at this point in the reproductive tract that the ovum is fertilized if the hen has been mated with a cockerel. Spermatozoa from the cockerel are stored in [COLOR=FF0000]"sperm nests" located within the infundibulum and are capable of fertilizing ova for up to 30 days after mating.[/COLOR]
• MAGNUM - while traveling through this part of the oviduct, the albumin or egg white is formed.
• ISTHMUS - the tough outer membrane located just beneath the egg shell is formed in this part of the oviduct.
• UTERUS - also referred to as the "shell gland", this is where the egg shell is formed. Most of the transit time from ovulation until the egg is laid is spent in the uterus.
• VAGINA - the egg travels through the vagina into the cloaca, from which it is "laid."
• CLOACA - this is the common external opening from which the contents of the urinary tract (urates), the intestinal tract (feces) and the reproductive tract (eggs) exit the hen.

http://ag.ansc.purdue.edu/nielsen/www245/lecnotes/avianrepro.html

So according to this, the fertile eggs I was finding were likely from my last roo (lost mid-December) and not from my young roo? I cracked 6 today and none were fertile.

 

[LocalYokel]

CAMPING

 

[BantyChooks]

NOT TRUE!
Put em upright in cartons

For lockdown? Or the whole thing?

 

[chicken hawk 33]

HELP HELP,I just came in and my bator was at 102.please help me.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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[LocalYokel]

For lockdown? Or the whole thing?

Either/or

Depending on your thinking.