Incubators Anonymous

[TeaChick]

I'll get a picture of our back lot later. The stuff grows to be 3+ foot tall in one year! If we try to be lazy and skip a year we have to use a chainsaw to cut it down instead of the brush hog

I found some images online, but seeing your back lot would be great!!!
Sounds a lot like rag weed. We have ragweed on the back of our property. Thankfully, ragweed pulls up easily and the area isn't that big (< 1/2 acre). Anyway, we're thinking about buying something that's going to convert that into milk for us. I've been thinking goats might be too naughty for us. I'm beginning to think that something that's not as much of an escape artist might be better for us. IDK. We'll see.

sorry

 

[maranfarmer563]

My goats eat poison ivy,thistles,multi flora rose,briars' you name it and quickly too

 

[TeaChick]

My dad had goats when I was a kid (pun not intended lol). They ate everything else, but never the dog fennel.

 

[LindaB220]

Linda,hope this works I have some cemani in,3are clear 9 look good on day 7. That's not bad for shipped eggs,they came from Colorado to Pennsylvania.

Wonderful, are you going to do the 2 hr cool down from day 8 to day 18?

 

[maranfarmer563]

Does the cool down mimic the hen getting off to eat. I can try that

 

[Bazy]

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I was wondering about this. I have shipped eggs on day 8 now. I have been handling them so carefully due to all the common issues with shipped eggs, but I wonder how that affects the chick's strength by the time they hatch. I can't help but think the toss 'em around hand turning vs. the automatic turner helps to exercise the chick and make it stronger. I have ONE developing from one shipper where more than half of the clear ones remaining from a 12 egg order were SCRAMBLED! I don't even want to LOOK at it too long! It will probably die anyway..i can't imagine it surviving. What do you think? Should they be handled a little? If so, what days? and How? and what is the opinion on the cool down period in general? I'm probably thinking about this way too hard....

 

[kada6305]

7/10 of my eggs are developing. it is only day 3. I will candle again either days 7 or 10 then again before lock down.
I have 6-8 silkie eggs coming and will set on Friday. This will (hopefully) be my first successful batch. Last batch my humidity went up way too high, think it drowned my chicks and none hatched.
I wonder what other eggs I can incubate?? lol!

 

[TherryChicken]

My poor duck gives the softest chirp, nibbles at you, and gives them pittiful eyes as I take eggs from her. She wants to hatch so badly. But I cant let her. Im going to have to take bellatrix's eggs away from her too and she has been sitting for 2 almost 3 months on different batches of eggs that I take away and re gave. She is NOT giving up. I feel so bad I have to do this to them

 

[LindaB220]

Quote: Shipped eggs are a crap shoot. Never know what you'll get. Point in fact. I ordered white plymouth rocks on here and the seller said he got them from several BYC sellers and that they grow big. Okay, first shipment were all toast. I incubated them but nada. So I told him and he reshipped them. All marked Rocks. They started hatching yesterday and only two have hatched so far but they are black. I did what I said I wouldn't do and I didn't get them from a reputable seller. One of them started stinking at day 3 and when I cracked it the yolk was black. You get what you pay for. Lesson learned. However, the two that have hatched look really good and are very active. So I'm going to continue the cool down 2 hrs from day 8 to day 18. If you have a turner I wouldn't worry about moving them around much. I just take the top off and let them sit. Everybody worries at first. I'm still new and always checking and worrying.

 

[Bazy]

Shipped eggs are a crap shoot. Never know what you'll get. Point in fact. I ordered white plymouth rocks on here and the seller said he got them from several BYC sellers and that they grow big. Okay, first shipment were all toast. I incubated them but nada. So I told him and he reshipped them. All marked Rocks. They started hatching yesterday and only two have hatched so far but they are black. I did what I said I wouldn't do and I didn't get them from a reputable seller. One of them started stinking at day 3 and when I cracked it the yolk was black. You get what you pay for. Lesson learned. However, the two that have hatched look really good and are very active. So I'm going to continue the cool down 2 hrs from day 8 to day 18. If you have a turner I wouldn't worry about moving them around much. I just take the top off and let them sit. Everybody worries at first. I'm still new and always checking and worrying.

Thanks for the reply...'Shipped eggs are a crap shoot' That is very well said in a nut shell. I should make that my mantra! I'm going to sit back and relax more. I love the way the members here bring things that I blow out of proportion back down to earth. Thank you!


I decided that I don't care for receiving shipped eggs much. I wonder if there would be a difference if you pay the extra $20-30 for 'special handling'? There is a seller now that has some eggs I would REALLY like to have and so I sent her a message asking if I paid the extra charge, would she consider sending the shipment 'special handling' She is in New England and I'm in Texas. I hope she will because I just can't see spending $65 for ten scrambled eggs again. I mean, if $30 would have saved them, I'm way ahead of the game, right?