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INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!
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DW says the shells on those two very light eggs we were discussing earlier were definitely thinner than their darker counterparts.
I've noticed that the longer the eggs stay in the shell gland, the darker and thicker the shells are. Got a picture somewhere of a pea egg that was in the shell gland for over a week, and it was so much darker than her regular eggs.
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Hi Kat!
Not sure I have ever shared this or not, but its so far the BEST read on the Factors Affecting Egg Internal Quality and Egg Shell Quality in Laying Hens, it covers internal and external quality and the issues with them. It covers so much I was saving it for a day most are online for conversation. But I am afraid I will forget about it. It is WELL worth the read, as are the abstracts some of the info derived from.
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa/41/3/41_3_161/_pdf
Full Text PDF [802K]
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Incubating W/ Friends Hatcher list
Birthdays: attimus: 7\8
Sally Sunshine AKA Sally
Everything! Usually CCL, BB egg layers, Serama, OE, Sapphire layers, brahma, ducks, guineas, or.... Yeah. Like I said, everything.
(NOTE to self: 8/5 bday!!)
BantyChooks AKA Banti or Bubbles
17 shipped EE eggs on day 8. 14 are alive!
Chaos18 AKA Trouble or Chaos
6 eggs on day iforget.
MotorcycleChick AKA MC or Abi
Two broodies on day 7 and day 13 (or 14) IDK how many eggs. The first one is mean!
The 27 emu and 56 'gators aren't going into lockdown until monday.
kwhites634 AKA Whites, Whitey, Ken, Red Dog..... Just not late for supper
Broody: 5 RSL x BCM eggs, and she'd pushed one of them out....I gave it back to her, but there's probably something wrong with it, or she wouldn't have pushed it out.
Incubator: 12 BCM x RSL due the 4th....don't look for many to hatch out, though...several clears...only movement in 1 when I checked 2 days ago. UPDATE! 4 hatched, 7 left!
daxigait AKA Dax or Daxi
Broody has eight eggs 6/24, but I don't know how many are fertile since my cockerels are young and only with the hens on the odd evening. Green egg layers CL over OE/BSL/BR/RIR. Candling this weekend I hope.
Jessimom AKA Kathy
I have 14 BCM that gotro17 had shipped, 4 legbars (I think were also shipped), along with I think 12 of my backyard chicken eggs - these are on day 10. And I set 28???? eggs 2 days ago. It's a mix of gotro17's backyard mix eggs, and mine. I'll do an accurate count if I ever candle them.
Mine are probably not all fertile, Since we pulled the roosters several weeks ago, and the baby roos were just starting to figure out how to play with the girls when they started to crow and got pulled.. I currently have a BEAUTIFUL Salmon Favorelle and 2 black silkie roos in my basement. Waiting until I figure out what we are going to do with them.
I also have 2 broodies sitting on eggs. Not sure how far along, or how many eggs. They both should be getting close though.
Pensmaster Known as Uncle Pen to some, Pensmaster to the rest
13 Altsterier eggs under broody. Started 6-24. Three candled yesterday when the hen got off for water all three growing beautifully. Surprised as they were abandoned a couple times and eggs were washed.
mlm Mike AKA Mike or Mikemikemikemikemike
Broody hen w/ icelandics
casportpony AKA Kathy or Kat
Pea eggs. @casportpony more info please!!
LittleLakePhil AKA Phil
I just set 12 Khaki Campbell duck eggs in my Brinsea.....hopefully they will hatch while my grand daughter is here visiting.....
sasafras4u2
When I got home early am I had one lavender orpington hatched this morning when I got up at 730 there is another lavender and a chocolate cookcoo cross. Still waiting on the other few 4 of them are 3 days behind so I should be hatching all weekend. Lol. There was only 10 surviving eggs to start with.
attimus AKA Zach
8 hona
5 Hmong
6 cemani(possible Hmong crosses)
All on day 7, checked one egg last night, veining. Candling the rest tonight.
Egg update.
Incubator was unplugged for my entire shift at work last night. Returned to normal working conditions upon realization. Am not optimistic at this point but stranger things have happened.
Please tag me w/ updates!
(abcdefg)
Birthdays: attimus: 7\8
Sally Sunshine AKA Sally
Everything! Usually CCL, BB egg layers, Serama, OE, Sapphire layers, brahma, ducks, guineas, or.... Yeah. Like I said, everything.
(NOTE to self: 8/5 bday!!)
BantyChooks AKA Banti or Bubbles
17 shipped EE eggs on day 8. 14 are alive!
Chaos18 AKA Trouble or Chaos
6 eggs on day iforget.
MotorcycleChick AKA MC or Abi
Two broodies on day 7 and day 13 (or 14) IDK how many eggs. The first one is mean!
The 27 emu and 56 'gators aren't going into lockdown until monday.
kwhites634 AKA Whites, Whitey, Ken, Red Dog..... Just not late for supper
Broody: 5 RSL x BCM eggs, and she'd pushed one of them out....I gave it back to her, but there's probably something wrong with it, or she wouldn't have pushed it out.
Incubator: 12 BCM x RSL due the 4th....don't look for many to hatch out, though...several clears...only movement in 1 when I checked 2 days ago. UPDATE! 4 hatched, 7 left!
daxigait AKA Dax or Daxi
Broody has eight eggs 6/24, but I don't know how many are fertile since my cockerels are young and only with the hens on the odd evening. Green egg layers CL over OE/BSL/BR/RIR. Candling this weekend I hope.
Jessimom AKA Kathy
I have 14 BCM that gotro17 had shipped, 4 legbars (I think were also shipped), along with I think 12 of my backyard chicken eggs - these are on day 10. And I set 28???? eggs 2 days ago. It's a mix of gotro17's backyard mix eggs, and mine. I'll do an accurate count if I ever candle them.
Mine are probably not all fertile, Since we pulled the roosters several weeks ago, and the baby roos were just starting to figure out how to play with the girls when they started to crow and got pulled.. I currently have a BEAUTIFUL Salmon Favorelle and 2 black silkie roos in my basement. Waiting until I figure out what we are going to do with them.
I also have 2 broodies sitting on eggs. Not sure how far along, or how many eggs. They both should be getting close though.
Pensmaster Known as Uncle Pen to some, Pensmaster to the rest
13 Altsterier eggs under broody. Started 6-24. Three candled yesterday when the hen got off for water all three growing beautifully. Surprised as they were abandoned a couple times and eggs were washed.
mlm Mike AKA Mike or Mikemikemikemikemike
Broody hen w/ icelandics
casportpony AKA Kathy or Kat
Pea eggs. @casportpony more info please!!
LittleLakePhil AKA Phil
I just set 12 Khaki Campbell duck eggs in my Brinsea.....hopefully they will hatch while my grand daughter is here visiting.....
sasafras4u2
When I got home early am I had one lavender orpington hatched this morning when I got up at 730 there is another lavender and a chocolate cookcoo cross. Still waiting on the other few 4 of them are 3 days behind so I should be hatching all weekend. Lol. There was only 10 surviving eggs to start with.
attimus AKA Zach
8 hona
5 Hmong
6 cemani(possible Hmong crosses)
All on day 7, checked one egg last night, veining. Candling the rest tonight.
Egg update.
Incubator was unplugged for my entire shift at work last night. Returned to normal working conditions upon realization. Am not optimistic at this point but stranger things have happened.
Please tag me w/ updates!
(abcdefg)
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