Incubators Anonymous

[ChickenLover WI]

Thank you!

 

[Arielle]

My best hatches come from the BCM BR and NH.... almost always 100%. Olive Eggers are tougher (I can't see in them AT ALL for some reason I can just tell it is dark) and the cuckoos are harder not sure why. Ameraucans are the HARDEST! I have rearranged pens and will be supplementing with Vitamins in the water and in about a month or so I will start hatching them again. MAYBE I will have some new layers too

I have several splits about to come of age and a couple of Lavenders too.

My boys informed of the hord of eggs in the horse trailer this morning. Not knowing the age, I pulled those eggs for scrambling as chicken treats. By dusk , the "nest" was full again!

 

[gabrielle1976]

Im surprised you dont incubate them . not knowing age you coudnt eat them so you should see if babies can still be grown in them

 

[ki4got]

Im surprised you dont incubate them . not knowing age you coudnt eat them so you should see if babies can still be grown in them

nope. i tried incubating unknown eggs... got a nest full of stinkers under a broody.

 

[ki4got]

ok with the exception of the one welsummer i see movement in, this hatch is done!

meet the... uh... turkling.

 

[Arielle]

Im surprised you dont incubate them . not knowing age you coudnt eat them so you should see if babies can still be grown in them

I have plenty of fresh eggs for incubating!!

ANd these eggs are from my free ranging pullets--they are free ranging with a number of different roosters: ameracana, ssh/ee, marans, a hodge podge. I only set eggs that I collect fresh and keep in storage with special handling for best hatch rates! I'm mostly done hatching . Finishing off what is in the incubator--the a few SS

 

[DMRippy]

Ok now I have done it

almost every egg HATCHED WTH? I had 11 baskets and I know 5 or 6 had 100% hatches, some have eggs a day older so tomorrow will tell the tale on them. Only 2-3 pipped and zipped and died and I think less than 10 eggs didn't or hadn't hatch yet. That is probably pretty close to 100 chicks.... again! I am going to have olive eggers running out my ears..... I will sell some of those for sure. I think I have a lavender in one basket. (This is my best hatch of AM eggs I think only 1 didn't hatch maybe 2)

I know I will sell all the Black Barred rocks (I don't need them, I need the blues), maybe I should try to sell some SBEL since most all of them hatched too, 17 more I think. With that and some Olive Eggers that should thin it down pretty quick. I think I need to go to a flea market to sell them ASAP. My roo guy sold most of his birds by noon

I will give them a week on CL and then maybe go to sell them. I need to thin out a few brooders anyway.

 

[thasista]

I think I might have a problem. I just put about (and I'm not counting in case DH asks) 120 or so guinea eggs in 2 hatchers. I candled them all. What happened to 50% for shipped eggs?

DMRippy, 14/16 in the brooder. 2 DIS. Most are black barred but it looks like there's at least 2 blue. yay me! I needed some more BR regardless of the color. My second batch from you should be getting close to hatching.

Thankfully I am selling some guineas tomorrow.

I am not going to order any more eggs for a while.

 

[gabrielle1976]

Meet surprise baby poof

 

[DMRippy]

I think I might have a problem. I just put about (and I'm not counting in case DH asks) 120 or so guinea eggs in 2 hatchers. I candled them all. What happened to 50% for shipped eggs?

DMRippy, 14/16 in the brooder. 2 DIS. Most are black barred but it looks like there's at least 2 blue. yay me! I needed some more BR regardless of the color. My second batch from you should be getting close to hatching.

Thankfully I am selling some guineas tomorrow.

I am not going to order any more eggs for a while.

I didn't get a lot of blues either.... hum.... what happened to 50/50 and I have 5 blues WTH? I think I got 2 in one basket with 8 or 10 and I don't remember about the other basket. It had late hatchers in it. See.... that is why I need to get the reg BR hens OUT of that pen so it will up my blues.