Incubators Anonymous

[Puddin Fluff]

ROTFLMBO
Even my husband laughed about this one.
No, she moved out on her own and when she lost her job, she burned her bridges with her friends and had no where else to go but home. The one place she swore she'd never come back to. That didn't hold up to the light of day. LOL

Never burn a bridge! You don't know when you might need it to escape!

Ya Puddin Fluff, I guess if you ask him for fencing the idea of hiding them is mute but what do you do with the lama is there much of a market for the wool ,, I know I got a sweeter in Peru back in 1996 and it still works just fine but it really is not cold enough to use unless I go into the snow country and then I look funny in a sweeter and every one else has a big thick jacket on ....... Ya it really works ......  

We already have 2 ladies and a baby. We got them for fun. I am planning on training the baby to pack and show perhaps. I wanted to do that with the ladies but they are a little less interested in listening to me than the baby. The lady we got them from is liqudating her herd due to health reasons and she sid any we wanted to take would be free. My hubby is good with a couple more girls but I want a male she has too.

LOL I bought 29 guinea eggs from a local lady who said she had 98 guineas. I got 9 guineas out of that hatch. I can't remember how many were not fertile but it was more than half.

With 98 around I can't imagine the noise!

 

[Pennychickens]

We hatched I had just one egg do today.this is my first time hatching she so sweet.

 

[Penny Hen]

Do you have a link to the info on cleaning eggs with vinegar?

The link was actually to using a Vitamin C dip. I decided to substitute vinegar. Here are some of the links to this:

http://www.epsaegypt.com/pdf/2011_june/15- 1271.pdf This link is about dipping the eggs in Vitamin C.
http://www.arsveterinaria.org.br/index.php/ars/article/viewFile/515/857 This link is about injecting the eggs with the Vitamin C.
http://ejfa.info/index.php/ejfa/article/viewFile/12010/6146 This was about injecting Vitamins C and E in Muscovy eggs.
http://www.agriculturejournals.cz/publicFiles/84953.pdf This is about feeding Vitamin C and selenium to layer hens.
http://cabdirect.org/abstracts/20113110385.html;jsessionid=A7661977F1DF4BF48A62DCF1EB514283 This one compares dipping and spraying the eggs with Vitamin C.

When you read these you will find that the Vitamin C is doing more than getting the eggs clean. Significant weight gains and food conversion is noted in the young animals. I was substituting vinegar because my main goal was to stop bacteria. I knew that if the eggs in the studies stood up to 5% acidity of the Vitamin C then they could take the same level of acidity from the vinegar. I also knew that that level of acidity would kill most of the bacterias out there.

In the future I would like to do a comparitive study between regular vinegar and ACV. I would also like to compare Vitamin C with vinegar both on hatchability and in weight gains and food conversion. First though I need a reliable incubator that won't muddle the data by killing my eggs. So that is my first goal.

 

[Faraday40]

We hatched I had just one egg do today.this is my first time hatching she so sweet.

Congrats. I hope a friend will be hatching soon.

Also, I like you puppy pic. Is that a Boxer? We have a rescue dog that has a similar shape & never really figured out the breeds that went into his mix.

 

[Faraday40]

The link was actually to using a Vitamin C dip. I decided to substitute vinegar. Here are some of the links to this:

http://www.epsaegypt.com/pdf/2011_june/15- 1271.pdf This link is about dipping the eggs in Vitamin C.
http://www.arsveterinaria.org.br/index.php/ars/article/viewFile/515/857 This link is about injecting the eggs with the Vitamin C.
http://ejfa.info/index.php/ejfa/article/viewFile/12010/6146 This was about injecting Vitamins C and E in Muscovy eggs.
http://www.agriculturejournals.cz/publicFiles/84953.pdf This is about feeding Vitamin C and selenium to layer hens.
http://cabdirect.org/abstracts/20113110385.html;jsessionid=A7661977F1DF4BF48A62DCF1EB514283 This one compares dipping and spraying the eggs with Vitamin C.

When you read these you will find that the Vitamin C is doing more than getting the eggs clean. Significant weight gains and food conversion is noted in the young animals. I was substituting vinegar because my main goal was to stop bacteria. I knew that if the eggs in the studies stood up to 5% acidity of the Vitamin C then they could take the same level of acidity from the vinegar. I also knew that that level of acidity would kill most of the bacterias out there.

In the future I would like to do a comparitive study between regular vinegar and ACV. I would also like to compare Vitamin C with vinegar both on hatchability and in weight gains and food conversion. First though I need a reliable incubator that won't muddle the data by killing my eggs. So that is my first goal.

That sounds like a fun science project. Please post your results here.

 

[Faraday40]

My daughter won a blue ribbon, Class Champion, & Best & Show for her 4H project comparing hate rates of shipped eggs to backyard eggs. She's 9 (listed as 8 b/c of when her Bday falls), so the state fair is not an option. As a teacher, I made her follow the usual sci fair format. I also made her type everything for a professional look. When the judge asked her about how she calculated the end results, she pulled out her binder showing her candling data tables and detailed hatch records. I'm so glad the judge asked because once this shy girl got talking, she was able to demonstrate her knowledge.





So now to think of a poultry project for next year..... My daughter's smart enough to know that she must do a poultry project in order to get Daddy to allow more baby chicks in the house. So far she's thinking of hatching at different times of the year. She pointed out that the April hatch rate was far greater than the June & July hatches. Even in the backyard eggs it was the highest, but I'm not sure it's significant. (She had some extra uncontrolled variables, but I allowed her to do her own work. After all, I'm used to teaching older kids.) For those big time hatch-a-holics: Have you noticed spring to have better hatches? Higher fertility?

 

[ladycat]

Serama with coke bottle cap. They are so TINY.

 

[misbhaven]

My daughter won a blue ribbon, Class Champion, & Best & Show for her 4H project comparing hate rates of shipped eggs to backyard eggs. She's 9 (listed as 8 b/c of when her Bday falls), so the state fair is not an option. As a teacher, I made her follow the usual sci fair format. I also made her type everything for a professional look. When the judge asked her about how she calculated the end results, she pulled out her binder showing her candling data tables and detailed hatch records. I'm so glad the judge asked because once this shy girl got talking, she was able to demonstrate her knowledge.





So now to think of a poultry project for next year..... My daughter's smart enough to know that she must do a poultry project in order to get Daddy to allow more baby chicks in the house. So far she's thinking of hatching at different times of the year. She pointed out that the April hatch rate was far greater than the June & July hatches. Even in the backyard eggs it was the highest, but I'm not sure it's significant. (She had some extra uncontrolled variables, but I allowed her to do her own work. After all, I'm used to teaching older kids.) For those big time hatch-a-holics: Have you noticed spring to have better hatches? Higher fertility?

Color/paint can effect things also..my Maran eggs are easier to hatch right now..their paint is sothick many times they have trouble getting out ,but farther from molt they lighten up, so I actually have better hatch rate from them this time of yr..The heat probably effect fertility I know male rabbits become infertile when it is very hot.

 

[calichicken]

My daughter won a blue ribbon, Class Champion, & Best & Show for her 4H project comparing hate rates of shipped eggs to backyard eggs. She's 9 (listed as 8 b/c of when her Bday falls), so the state fair is not an option. As a teacher, I made her follow the usual sci fair format. I also made her type everything for a professional look. When the judge asked her about how she calculated the end results, she pulled out her binder showing her candling data tables and detailed hatch records. I'm so glad the judge asked because once this shy girl got talking, she was able to demonstrate her knowledge.





So now to think of a poultry project for next year..... My daughter's smart enough to know that she must do a poultry project in order to get Daddy to allow more baby chicks in the house. So far she's thinking of hatching at different times of the year. She pointed out that the April hatch rate was far greater than the June & July hatches. Even in the backyard eggs it was the highest, but I'm not sure it's significant. (She had some extra uncontrolled variables, but I allowed her to do her own work. After all, I'm used to teaching older kids.) For those big time hatch-a-holics: Have you noticed spring to have better hatches? Higher fertility?

That awesome!!!! I need your daughter to help me with my hatches...LOL!!!!

 

[calichicken]

We hatched I had just one egg do today.this is my first time hatching she so sweet.

Congrats!!!!! it is so great to see!!! Picture please?