Do not try this at home folks! Don't lick your eggs before you put them into lock down. This does nothing to assist with hatch rates!
thanks to ellymayrans, I cant stop picturing you licking your eggs before putting them in lock down. It is a very funny mental picture! Lol!!I read that gynandromorphs or chimera are made from one egg being fertilized by two roosters... all I have are cochin and polish boys, so this should be interesting!
Do not try this at home folks! Don't lick your eggs before you put them into lock down. This does nothing to assist with hatch rates!
On to better fun! Easter HAL has been quite fun as it is my first time participating in any HAL. I set 31 into a new (new to me) brinsea, all from my flock, with all covered by my different Roos. I have only had to pull 1 at my day 13 candling. Lockdown on Thursday for me. My silkie broody is being an awesome momma to her newly hatched Cochins and silkies. My other broody is sitting intently on more Cochin eggs and I recently broke down and put more eggs in that awful styro again! I swore I wouldn't but I did! Set some shipped porcelain and Millie d'uccle eggs and slipped in a couple of my own Cochin and silkie egg. One of my white silkies finally started laying and I just separated them so I don't know if what I sat will be pure or not and it was one of her first eggs but I just went ahead and set it to see what would become of it.
So let's see. That's 59 chicken eggs and 4 Emu eggs. Lol! My aunt set 12 of my eggs for the Easter HAL too!Of course some of these babes will go onto other homes but will have lots of little ones soon. Well hopefully. Haha!
Hear ya~ I still have my horrible Bruce, and so many other roos that need to GO. Several muscovy drakes.. Have to make myself face a processing day.Wow, over 150 posts! I have only been gone for a few days, busy with my first broody hen who just hatched some eggs! All 6 hatched and she is an excellent mama. 4 D'Anvers and 2 Silkies! Also, put 13 eggs in the incubator for a little girl who raises silkies for 4-h show, I added 11 of my own.
We had thought we found a good place for our Rooster, Rico. We were going to drop off our Rooster at a guy who inquired about him on craigslist...It got close to the time to load him up in the car and take him...and I told my husband that I just cannot do it, he is my first rooster ever, and he is not always mean at all. I told him that I trust his judgement and that I would find something wrong with anyone. So my husband left, I got a call about 20 minutes later with him saying "NO WAY am I leaving him at that house" For my husband to say that, it must be bad. So back to the drawing board!
I am so sorry to hear it. I have several Lavender orp misc ages, and a large hatch of EE and LO this week.
Thanks for posting! Good to know.Update on the little red hen waterers and feeders. They work great, so good I bought a third waterer and one feeder.
