LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[fluffycrow]

It really is. I'll be back in a second, when I figure out the true dates

OK. So this should be right. If I want them to hatch somewhere within the Easter Holidays (Easter being on the 5th), I'll need to start breeding sometime within the last week of March. So mid March, if I want to play it safe and make sure I've got enough. So that'll mean I begin collecting on April fools, and stop somewhere in the second to third week. Don't know if three serama hems can lay 30 eggs in two weeks. Sounds like a little bit of a stretch to me, might need to push it even further back

 

[fluffycrow]

Good morning everyone!

Good morning!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Good morning! What's on your agenda today?

OK. So this should be right. If I want them to hatch somewhere within the Easter Holidays (Easter being on the 5th), I'll need to start breeding sometime within the last week of March. So mid March, if I want to play it safe and make sure I've got enough. So that'll mean I begin collecting on April fools, and stop somewhere in the second to third week. Don't know if three serama hems can lay 30 eggs in two weeks. Sounds like a little bit of a stretch to me, might need to push it even further back

Remember you don't want eggs sitting for too long either. Might just have to do a smaller batch

 

[TwoCrows]

Um, school for the first time in a week? I had to wake up at 5:30 today

Have a great day at school, if that's possible. (I disliked school, I was such a nerd. )

 

[fluffycrow]

Remember you don't want eggs sitting for too long either. Might just have to do a smaller batch

Yup. Can't remember if the cut-off ppint for fertility is 2 weeks or 1 month. Probably the former

 

[TwoCrows]

OK. So this should be right. If I want them to hatch somewhere within the Easter Holidays (Easter being on the 5th), I'll need to start breeding sometime within the last week of March. So mid March, if I want to play it safe and make sure I've got enough. So that'll mean I begin collecting on April fools, and stop somewhere in the second to third week. Don't know if three serama hems can lay 30 eggs in two weeks. Sounds like a little bit of a stretch to me, might need to push it even further back

Remember you don't want eggs sitting for too long either. Might just have to do a smaller batch

Definitely, eggs remain pretty viable for about 10 days, after which fertility starts to drop off. That's not to say 3 week old eggs won't hatch, which they can. But hatch rates are best within the first 7 to 10 day old eggs.

 

[Fluffy_Moth_With_Silkies]

Have a great day at school, if that's possible. (I disliked school, I was such a nerd. )

School is... something! I wake up at 5:30 to get ready because my bus is there by 7:00. I have 2 little siblings as well, so that slows it down

 

[fluffycrow]

Definitely, eggs remain pretty viable for about 10 days, after which fertility starts to drop off. That's not to say 3 week old eggs won't hatch, which they can. But hatch rates are best within the first 7 to 10 day old eggs.

Crap, it's even lower than I remembered. OK, then whatever I can collect in 10 days. Gotta do all the darn math again

 

[TwoCrows]

School is... something! I wake up at 5:30 to get ready because my bus is there by 7:00. I have 2 little siblings as well, so that slows it down

Oh boy, yes the younger siblings can definitely make you late for school!

 

[Fluffy_Moth_With_Silkies]

Oh boy, yes the younger siblings can definitely make you late for school!

And believe me... they're really good at it!
But school is good, and I'm excited for winter break. I still have to crochet gifts though!!