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[chickiebaby1]

I need hatching eggs. Where is the best place to get some. I really want some Salmon Faverolles and some more silkies to add to my trio. Does anyone have an opinion of where to find eggs?

 

[ellymayRans]

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.

I concur. Darker eggs I wait til about day 15 to candle cuz I can't see enough and it just frustrates me because I think none are developing!

Now on lighter brown or any of the others I can tell by day 4 but it's really just best to wait til day 7-10. Like Sally said, just help maintain the bator settings and leave'em be.

I don't pull any duds til lockdown because they help keep temps. I don't bump humidity til day 19 but candle then again just to verify they are still alive and if any have internally pipped yet. I also only keep humidity at 30% during incubation because I've had too much trouble getting proper weight loss. Wait til the last min then bump to 70% just to make sure.

This shipped hatch though is the first time I stopped turning at day 16, and put in egg carton to hatch upright. The two that did hatch pipped, zipped and hatched within 8 hours.

Good luck with your hatch Chick! Keep us posted and everyone incubates a little different.

Weighing is a good way to track if what you're doing, in your environment and with your bator is working for your hatch!

 

[ellymayRans]

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.

Ditto on all of the above!

My mom just cringes that I leave mine on the counter. Lol! She also hates seeing dirty eggs. Luckily my gpas wife raised chickens before and doesn't hesitate to buy them. I only sell clean eggs to customers but I never wash them. My family gets what they get and deals. I tell them only wash them just before you plan to use them.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

from Avoca Indiana I am looking for somewhere local to find any of these breeds

PLYMOUTH ROCK, DOMINIQUE, FAVORELLO, DORKING, BLACK SEX LINK, BUFF ORPINGTON, FRIZZLE, SIZZLE

IF YOU HAVE OR KNOW ANYONE CLOSE TO BEDFORD OR BLOOMINGTIN INDIANA WITH ANY OF THESE BREEDS PLEASE PM ME!

Thanks so much
Kristi

and our thread

If you click the member link at the bottom of my post or here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Auj_Vtm33rSpdC1LT3NiWkd0eGVkdnJHRm9Gcy1GNGc#gid=0
we have a spreadsheet that lists everyone that breeds. It can be sorted by county, breed etc. hope that gives you some leads!

 

[racinchickins]

I need hatching eggs. Where is the best place to get some. I really want some Salmon Faverolles and some more silkies to add to my trio. Does anyone have an opinion of where to find eggs?

Not sure about the Favs, but @kabhyper1 has lots of silkies and their accompanying eggs. @bradselig also is a good source.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

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.

Ditto on all of the above!

My mom just cringes that I leave mine on the counter. Lol! She also hates seeing dirty eggs. Luckily my gpas wife raised chickens before and doesn't hesitate to buy them. I only sell clean eggs to customers but I never wash them. My family gets what they get and deals. I tell them only wash them just before you plan to use them.

Mine are on the counter as well. I only refrigerate eggs if I'm not getting enough and need to make sure they last (such as for holiday cooking). The worst that has happened is they dehydrate, especially when it's very dry in the house (like in winter!). But, they tend to get used long before they dehydrate to the point that it's noticeable. No one here or who we have given eggs to has died yet.

Editing to add, it takes a good 4 weeks or more before I notice any dehydrating with the eggs, depending on the time of year.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Well finally the second chick hatched and is again marked blue and came out yellow And NonNN!

looks like a real cutie tho!

Gosh these buy it now and 24 hour auction threads are killing me! Lol. I just bought some Mille Fluer Cochin eggs!

I am staying FAR away from that this year!

Quote: Awesome, congrats on your bator & hatcher !! Trust me, you will LOVE them! And It buried me in birds last year, 60 pekin duck, 48 goslings 33 muscovy and a whole lotta turkeys, chickens, guinea and quail! Best investment I have ever made.

Quote:

Buckeyes

Silkies -
blue, paint, buff, sizzle

Guineas
Bantam Cochins
- black, white, mottles, frizzle, working on red project



Blue Laced Red Wyandottes



Mille Fleur d'Uccles


Sultans
Mottled Houdans


Large Fowl Polish
-LF- crele and white crested black & BANTAM white, champagne, white crested black, frizzle

Appenzeller Spitzhaubens
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maybe by end of season
Spanish clown face
Turkens

Silver Pheonix - no longer has, friend has them and lives close to her if anyone is interested

Sweet Grass Turkeys
Pheasants
Oooo sweetgrass turkeys, flat gorgeous!

 

[Faraday40]

You never know. My Easter-eggers usually eat each other's beards as well. Beard envy?

These birds are crazy sometimes!

I just noticed a few days ago that one of my EEs looked bald under the beak! She's the most beautiful, but I must admit she's the dumbest in the flock. I wasn't sure what happened. Beard envy could explain it! My Cream Crested Legbars & other EEs are fine.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

There seems to be very few people sharing this honest take on raising Polish chicks! so glad @bradselig said something I knew lice/mites are an issue - you read that, but nowhere had anyone said anything about how "fragile" the chicks are! My 2 friends with polish never had issues with their polish chicks. Not sure whether to laugh or cry over the "quarantine".
They are a lovely, friendly breed and the first breed I fell in love with.
I do love the breed very much, they are super friendly and personable. I have to say I have had a lot of trouble with chicks, they just do not do well with other LF babies/ breeds. I will probably try to keep them again in the future, but under a more controlled breeding program.

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.

The brighter light you have the better. And the darkest room you have really helps too!
Winter I candle around day 14 or not until lockdown anymore. Just don't seem to find the time if I have a lot of eggs set.
Summer, I candle every week when I add a new tray, I have had 1 egg explode in the hatching tray! We were gone all week at the hospital and had my daughter set the tray. I did not want her to have to do all the candling, eww

never again! Thats when I stopped hatching til dad got released.
Anyways, around day 7 you will see what you have for sure. It will look like a red spiderweb growing from the area the egg will pip, large end of the egg. A large red or brown ring is a blood ring and that's when an embryo fails.

Quote: We do also, I dont wash an egg until we use them. But if I sell, I wash, unless they don't want them washed lol. Like you, I tell everyone to refrigerate.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Quote: Mine are on the counter as well. I only refrigerate eggs if I'm not getting enough and need to make sure they last (such as for holiday cooking). The worst that has happened is they dehydrate, especially when it's very dry in the house (like in winter!). But, they tend to get used long before they dehydrate to the point that it's noticeable.

No one here or who we have given eggs to has died yet.

Editing to add, it takes a good 4 weeks or more before I notice any dehydrating with the eggs, depending on the time of year.

ETA forgot to comment! They never last that long here, I can eat 3-4 eggs myself, and I love eggs and toast for breakfast. If I get more than 4 dozen I sell or add to the hog bucket. This year I expect around 3 dozen a day, have enough 1 year olds to see it.

Quote: Some birds are more prone to feather pecking, I have a midget white hen that is constantly picking at someone. Some birds allow it, and "go bald"

She is fat, and healthy, no clue why she does it. Her tom taps her head and she stops.

I need hatching eggs. Where is the best place to get some. I really want some Salmon Faverolles and some more silkies to add to my trio. Does anyone have an opinion of where to find eggs?

I saw a post just a few pages back on SF and @kabhyper1 or @bradselig has absolutely beautiful silkies.