INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[kwhites634]

I've asked my mom to let me get a job at the store right down the road.She won't let because she doesn't want me to have to worry about our situation.that's why I was asking for eggs.it's something I llllloooooovvvveeee doing and can sell chicks

How many chicks you 'spose you'd have to sell to exceed what you'd make at a minimum wage job, not to mention the fact that you're already worried about your situation? I'd think your mom would be proud to know you're willing to help out where you can, and I'm sure she would be, down deep. Besides, working at a job, any job, would help take your mind off of the family's current troubles.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: thank you whites, you know i wish the same to you!!

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Quote: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ecking-emu-eggs-pre-hatch-please-post-methods


http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/812/the-incubation-of-ratite-eggs/

 

[daxigait]

Alright. Its not like its aby different from the others when they first hatched, but shes fresh meat and they are going crazy. They stopped for now.

you could put some blue kote on it.

 

[kwhites634]

there was 19 and my son is having a hay day with the bubble wrap. He discovered it at 5 this morning.

I used to take great delight in doing my version of the Mexican Hat Dance on bubble wrap as a kid; still do to this day, and I'm a 70+ year old kid who refuses to grow up

 

[daxigait]

@CountryLovin
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! And many more.
I hope you have a good and easy hatch.
@Jessimom@BantyChooks how are the hatches coming?

Congratulations to all of you hatching there are so many this weekend I am confused.

Good morning everyone!

@Sally Sunshine you can pull me off the hatching list. All done for the moment on to grow out and breeding pens for the 50+ babies. My first hatch was Christmas day and late next month begins the wait for eggs.

 

[chicken hawk 33]

even if it's to buy your own things?

yes,

 

[lazy gardener]

My eggs arrived today. They were not treated very kindly by USPS. I have 9 intact eggs to set, 4 were scrambled and oozing. 3 significantly cracked, with dents, but intact membranes. Given this information, would readers try waxing and setting cracked eggs, or toss them? I attempted candling air cells, but flash light not up to the task. So, my plan is to let them rest. The oldest one was laid 3/17. Should I rest them till this evening, or should I give them till morning? A theory has been bumped around regarding shipped eggs: Keep the humidity up for the first several days to keep as much moisture in the egg as possible, to perhaps help the air cell heal back onto the shell. Then compensate for air cell size later in the hatch. Thoughts??? They are going to be incubated upright in carton. My inclination is to let them set w/o turning for 24 hours. Should I go up to 3 days, or start gentle turning right away?

 

[BantyChooks]

I used to take great delight in doing my version of the Mexican Hat Dance on bubble wrap as a kid; still do to this day, and I'm a 70+ year old kid who refuses to grow up  

If everyone saw the world like a child, the world would be a better place. Sometimes you just gotta pop bubble wrap like nobody's watching to stay sane....


And doing the Mexican Hat Dance on it releases so much more stress!

 

[mlm Mike]

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I finally managed to get my eggs into the incubator. All of my hens are slowly dropping like flies to broodiness, so I've been shuffling the old eggs out and adding the fresh ones to the auto turner.

Very nice! How are the Emu eggs coming?

 

[kwhites634]

I've read you can thump them with a butter knife and listen to the sound they make. I just don't feel that good about whacking my eggs with metal though. So, I'll have to wait them out I guess

You're 'sposed to use the side, not the edge