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[SallyinIndiana]

Quote: the yellow one might dry out a white or off white splash. That is how my splash from the blue sumatras hatch. And as for 50% blue, that is in real large sets of eggs. sometimes I get 1 out of 10 blue and other times 6 out of 8. For a while there I was not getting blue at all from both blue hens and roos. I should know better about numbers and statistics but still I set less than a dozen for the NYH and I was disappointed when they were black or splash.
I don't know how the NN breeding works but if it is like the blue coloring it must be really low odds of getting a blue NN. And it sounds like a good statistics project for a 15 yr old. A fun venn diagram or three.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Posting again as I know some of you out there homeschool.
Any recommendations for where to buy a used or just cheap student kit for Saxon Math intermediate 3. I'll need it this September and wanted to start looking early.

 

[ChickCrazed]

Attempted my first candle on my eggs today. I think I am pretty terrible at it so far. I can only get better I suppose. The eggs went into the incubator on Sunday evening. What should I be seeing at this point? Is it considered day 4? On the lightest brown egg I was able to see what looked to be a spider, but the rest of them were too dark and all I saw was what seemed to be a giant dark mass floating at the top. For all I know none may be developing because I was gathering during the polar vortex and kind of threw them in the incubator just to see what would happen.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Attempted my first candle on my eggs today. I think I am pretty terrible at it so far. I can only get better I suppose. The eggs went into the incubator on Sunday evening. What should I be seeing at this point? Is it considered day 4? On the lightest brown egg I was able to see what looked to be a spider, but the rest of them were too dark and all I saw was what seemed to be a giant dark mass floating at the top. For all I know none may be developing because I was gathering during the polar vortex and kind of threw them in the incubator just to see what would happen.

Around here brown eggs get candled at day 7 to day 10 to be able to see veining. At day 4 I'm happy if the turner is clearly working and the temps are in the right place. I toss eggs on days 10, 15, 19. I lock down a day late as my larges breed needs the extra day to grow.

 

[ChickCrazed]

Around here brown eggs get candled at day 7 to day 10 to be able to see veining.  At day 4 I'm happy if the turner is clearly working and the temps are in the right place.  I toss eggs on days 10, 15, 19.  I lock down a day late as my larges breed needs the extra day to grow.

Thanks! That helps!!!!

 

[browncow15]

Thanks for the input on egg washing anyone got a good website that explains the bloom? I think I'm going to go with not washing; it seems the more I handle the eggs the less I have to sell

 

[ellymayRans]

I raised 2 polish with my first flock years ago and both hens were very hardy. They were both killed a bit after a year old. I had issues with them roosting in the trees and not in the coop. One got picked off one night, the other was killed by a dog. Funny little things but it did and has caused me to not have any interest in getting them again. They are cute and everyone including my boys loved their look. They were loaners though.

 

[racinchickins]

Thanks for the input on egg washing

anyone got a good website that explains the bloom? I think I'm going to go with not washing; it seems the more I handle the eggs the less I have to sell

Not sure about a website, but the bloom is an antibacterial layer which is the last thing added to the egg before it gets laid. Washing removes the bloom, which is why you need to refrigerate as soon as you wash. We keep our unwashed eggs on the counter, and even after 3 or 4 weeks (although they rarely last that long) they have been fine. Just to be on the safe side, I tell all my egg customers to refrigerate them when they get them from me.

 

[chickiebaby1]

I have 2 LF polish right now that are about 9 months old a hen and a roo, I started with 12 chicks. I also had a pair of white crested blacks and I incubated lots of their chicks and only have 2 to show for it. The chicks were not hardy at all. I actually put questions on here over the summer because it seemed like they just kept dying. I thought maybe there was a mutated gene among my pair. I am actually going to be selling the one pair I have left. I just have too many breeds, and although they are very pretty, they are just not my favorite. So if anyone is interested let me know.