"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[Ron Skekel]

there is a water bottle under them filled with water so it can keep the water warm and its better stable temp wise in there from it...
also there is a lot of people saying dry hatch....compared to wet hatch I heard if your in high altitude you have better hatch rate with wet and lower altitude you get better hatch with dry hatch...I had a styro one and hatched 10 out of 13 in a dry setting ...now im trying wet and seeing how much they will hatch...this is an experiment for when I build the big incubator I will be able to pick the most effective way to hatch....I know all my eggs are fertile the three roos are chasing the ladies all the time and everytime we eat an egg when we break it theres always a bullseye...meaning its fertile...also I hope the hatch turns out good cause we are at 7 degrees right now and I picked the warmest eggs for three days to make sure I got good ones....also I heard you can monitor the inside of the egg to see in relation with rh relative humidity with weight loss/gain im not sure which one...and then adjust from there....
well hope this helps

Can't wait to hear how the wet hatch goes verses the dry. I don't think I welcomed you to the La-yers thread. Pam

 

[Ron Skekel]

I think so --- the only pics I have of the ones I just hatched are under red lighting, but here's a pic of the ones I hatched 2 years ago: I really like these RIRs. I might spring for another dozen eggs from Dick Horstman's line so I'd have 2 different lines, both good egg-layers to cross. I'm also thinking, if I got hold of some good quality Barred Rocks, crossing RIRs to BRs will yield a sex-linked breed similar to Greenfire's Rhodebars. I wish it would stop raining! May as well take advantage of it & go take a nap!

I'll be getting a good line of BR hatching eggs in spring. If all goes well we can work something out. If your willing to wait that long. Pam

 

[Ron Skekel]

Any of y'all ever have strong tasting eggs? A little like mud, or wet dog? I cooked some yard eggs today (not mine) and no one would eat them. I choked them down on a sandwich, but they were awful. It's aggravating because I bought two dozen. :/

I've never had any like that ever even when I was a kid. I would think they are bad or on the verge of bad and bring them back. I hope you don't regret choking them down. Pam

 

[Ron Skekel]

Oh, honey, I feel your pain.  Years (decades) ago I bought an OLD freezer and put it in the washroom.  Then I bought 1/4 cow.  Looked beautiful, all those white packages.  Next thing I know,  there is a smell in the house.  Days old rotten meat   The best I can figure out is a small white package slipped out and wedged the door open.  Burned out the motor.  My then husband never let me forget it.     I'll not bore you with what he thought about me buying silver at $38 on ounce and then having it plummet to $4.  Several hundred dollars in a few weeks.   THIS is why I never play the lottery or gamble.  Wretched luck.  He went by the wayside a few years later too.  I thought I'd die the first couple of years.     Then I realized that I didn't like him that much after all.  Never even think of him now.  He was a cold man and I'm so blessed to have a good life without him.  He's on his third wife now  and she just had a nervous breakdown.  I kid you not.  

I hope you hung on to your silver it took a while but it really was a wise investment. Pam

 

[campingshaws]

Her chickens are almost 100% free-range in a pasture with goats, pigs, and cows. I've had her eggs before and I'm never impressed; ours just taste better. She gives them feed and cracked corn. I wouldn't think that the eggs are always old when I get them, but maybe I've just got the worst luck. The crazy part is that her duck eggs are delicious!

 

[Ron Skekel]

Thank you for the links Lemon.

Linda - Yes, I have but thank you. I have posted a few times, and also add an update of my small flock about every two months. I spend most of my time on this forum just reading all of the info.

I am looking at some of those Facebook groups for two chicks that I can raise and they can be ready to go out with the others by spring. I really like the Silkie and Polish but am afraid that they might get picked on by the others because of their small size. 

I started with two adults and five pullets in April. One of the pullets died a few days ago. Not sure of the cause. I am looking for chicks this time, and maybe next year I will start with eggs.

Your right the others will harm the silkies. I don't know about the polish maybe someone who has them can let you know. Are you looking for pets, egg layers, or heratige breeds that are for meat and eggs? Pam

 

[TerriLaChicks]

I'll be getting a good line of BR hatching eggs in spring. If all goes well we can work something out. If your willing to wait that long. Pam

You HAVE to be, hands down, the worst enabler I've ever known!

We will definitely be doing some "wheeling and dealing" this coming year. This is just my hobby, you know, so I have all the time in the world to wait.

I need to send you some info - the nurse practitioner at our city clinic is looking for some eggs to hatch so her kids can show in 4-H. We had a great conversation the other day. She is all about self-sufficiency & has even already processed her own extra roosters! I told her she needs to mosey on over here & join our group.

right now I'm wishing it would stop raining - really, it can STOP any time now! this has been ALL DAY!!!! and I do need to do some laundry before going back to work but right now afraid I'd flood our septic system.

and watching some eggs on Ebay.... I need to stop that, too. I don't really need Rhodebars. But I saw a cross of Rhodebars on dark RIRs (like what I just hatched) & gee, they really look so nice!

 

[Ron Skekel]

Her chickens are almost 100% free-range in a pasture with goats, pigs, and cows. I've had her eggs before and I'm never impressed; ours just taste better. She gives them feed and cracked corn. I wouldn't think that the eggs are always old when I get them, but maybe I've just got the worst luck. The crazy part is that her duck eggs are delicious!

it must be what they eat if the ducks are good. I feed soy and corn free because they are the most GM food on the planet. I give organic sunflower seeds as treats with meal worms. I can't meet the demand for them. You are what they eat. Maybe they ate some pig slop. Lol!

 

[birdman55]

that's what I think as well if they are in with pigs and so forth then they will pick at the ground no matter what..so that is prolly why they taste weird...there prolly eating piggy dew and such...making the egg get a bad taste...

 

[Ron Skekel]

You HAVE to be, hands down,  the worst enabler I've ever known!
We will definitely be doing some "wheeling and dealing" this coming year. This is just my hobby, you know, so I have all the time in the world to wait.

I need to send you some info - the nurse practitioner at our city clinic is looking for some eggs to hatch so her kids can show in 4-H. We had a great conversation the other day. She is all about self-sufficiency & has even already processed her own extra roosters! I told her she needs to mosey on over here & join our group.

right now I'm wishing it would stop raining - really, it can STOP any time now! this has been ALL DAY!!!! and I do need to do some laundry before going back to work but right now afraid I'd flood our septic system.

and watching some eggs on Ebay.... I need to stop that, too. I don't really need Rhodebars. But I saw a cross of Rhodebars on dark RIRs (like what I just hatched) & gee, they really look so nice!

LMAO! Who me? I'm happy to help enable you. What all I did was get some new breeds. This is a hobby for me too. I can't help it that I've been at the right place at the right time to get rare breeds at good prices. I think they might be enabling me. what are friends for. it's a few here and a few their so we don't need a program yet. Lol! I'm happy to help 4 h clubs. Pam