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[ChicwannaB]

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One of my Marans eggs was porous and it hatched. I watched it carefully and cleaned my hands real good whenever handling the eggs. So I don't think all is lost for you.

I did a little googling, didn't find anything that told me a pourous egg couldn't be fertile and hatch, or that it would necessarily have a bacterial problem. I did go stand in the shower stall behind the curtain and candled two, couldn't see a thing. Maybe not dark enough or flashlight needs better charge on the batteries. They aren't white eggs so maybe it's harder to see through them. Didn't see anything in the barred rock egg either tho.
I sure hope nothing gets SO rotten it explodes in my face, like she said one happened to her. Yuk, I wouldn't want that.

 

[Stacykins]

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Porous eggs aren't a total loss, they are often still viable. The shells are thinner, yes. But it still does make it a bit easier for bacteria to enter the shell.

Don't throw them out. Candle them, see if they are developing. Keep an eye, rather a nose out, for ones that may be going bad. That faint odor of rotten eggs. Actually, when I candle eggs during incubation, I also give each a good sniff. There are also physical symptoms of an egg gone bad. The sweating is one (treat a sweating egg like you would a bomb, very carefully). Blood rings in dead eggs are easy to distinguish from the spiderous network of veins in a healthy egg.

 

[Farmerboy16]

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She is 100 percent Icelandic. They hatch out in many colors, some have crests, some don't, some have feather legs, some don't. But they all have same body type, lays white eggs, makes good mothers, and are very hardy. This landrace chicken were brought by the vikings 1000 years ago to Iceland, and they thrived on that island with no outside blood. Icelandic people do not allow import, so the Icelandic breed are pure. They come only Large Fowl, no bantam.
Here is a link for more info on them. http://www.aviculture-europe.nl/nummers/10E06A03.pdf
Also the thread on Icelandics- https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=299038
Enjoy.

 

[babigyrl22]

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One of my Marans eggs was porous and it hatched. I watched it carefully and cleaned my hands real good whenever handling the eggs. So I don't think all is lost for you.

I did a little googling, didn't find anything that told me a pourous egg couldn't be fertile and hatch, or that it would necessarily have a bacterial problem. I did go stand in the shower stall behind the curtain and candled two, couldn't see a thing. Maybe not dark enough or flashlight needs better charge on the batteries. They aren't white eggs so maybe it's harder to see through them. Didn't see anything in the barred rock egg either tho.
I sure hope nothing gets SO rotten it explodes in my face, like she said one happened to her. Yuk, I wouldn't want that.

What day are you on? I ended up getting a better flashlight to candle my eggs and I did it in the bathroom in the dark with the door closed.

 

[ChicwannaB]

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I did a little googling, didn't find anything that told me a pourous egg couldn't be fertile and hatch, or that it would necessarily have a bacterial problem. I did go stand in the shower stall behind the curtain and candled two, couldn't see a thing. Maybe not dark enough or flashlight needs better charge on the batteries. They aren't white eggs so maybe it's harder to see through them. Didn't see anything in the barred rock egg either tho.
I sure hope nothing gets SO rotten it explodes in my face, like she said one happened to her. Yuk, I wouldn't want that.

What day are you on? I ended up getting a better flashlight to candle my eggs and I did it in the bathroom in the dark with the door closed.

today is day 7.
I DON'T see any black dot representing the eye.

 

[1muttsfan]

Chickwannab a lot of experienced hatchers don't candle until day 10 because of both the difficulty of earlier candling (especially with dark colored eggs) and the risks involved with frequent candling, not least of which is dropping or cracking eggs. They then candle again at lockdown on day 18. If there is any doubt about the egg's development, leave it in unless it smells. Each time you do handle your eggs, give each a sniff - there its NO mistaking a rotten egg!

 

[chicken grandma]

Thanks for the information Daron!
Very interesting breed - Icelandic chickens~

 

[M.sue]

Tonight seems like the night for chicken woos...even mine and me. This morning I noticed a tiny bald spot on one of my Black Somethings head just right behind the comb, probably from pecking. My DH and I went out tonight to look at it again and to put some Blue Cote on it. I warned my DH that it's highly stain able. I'm holding the chicken, DH gently applies it to the spot but apparently didn't wipe the excess off...chicken shakes her head and blue Cote goes splattering all over me...ME as in wearing a Yellow Jacket. It's old but was my favorite barn jacket and there wasn't a thing wrong with it except for the fact that it was old. I wore it all the time, everyone knew when I was coming or going when they saw the flash of yellow!! I have it soaking in hot water with Lysol and some Tide.
Maybe it'll come out for I treated it immediately. We'll see....the blue splatters where everywhere on the front. So much for Chicken Art!!

Some one mentioned that Sebrights are flighty. I agree.....mine loves to fly to get from the coop to the garden. Literally fly, we always have to look twice to see if it's a chicken or just a bird.

 

[chicken grandma]

M.Sue - I mentioned our Seabright hen.

She flew across our swimming pool, 25 ft across. She flew over our 6 ft fence to the neighbors.
She was airborne a lot of the time or running like a Road Runner.

Our neighbors have a Seabright rooster so we put her with him. It was a godsend for her. And him. She follows that rooster everywhere and watches while he crows and struts.
He cares for her all day long. Thank goodness. She was high maintenance for us but a perfect mate for him.

A friend who has had chickens for a long time recently suggested that I get all the same breed from the same place at the same time for their health and because then they are compatible. Good idea I think.

p.s. hope your jacket turns out fine! Oxyclean is a good stain remover. I think it is hydrogen peroxide...

 

[taprock]

I spent the day making English Toffee, Peanut butter fudge, coconut fudge , cookies and a tote bag out of feed bags. I am very much over sweets at the moment, having eaten a bit too much while baking.

I have some great pictures to post from today but DH is on the computer with the photos so maybe tomorrow or later tonight. Everyone was out and all over the place today, they didn't care that the temps didn't really make it above freezing.

In between I doctored my sick hen in the basement. She is not looking so good. If she is still around in the morning I will be surprised. I'm going to list her symptoms and if anything rings a bell with anyone let me know. It looks very similar to whatever killed two of my chicks about 8 months ago which no one could help me identify, I called it sticky beak. However they were never around this hen.

Symptoms
not eating/drinking
breathing with beak open, sticky saliva like rubber cement and drooling a little
horrible smelling poop, huge amount of water and the rest runny yellow/green, only twice today
can stand but a little unbalanced, drops one wing - roosted on my arm and still has balance to roost and good strength
twitches head with heartbeat
When she blinks her eyes dilate each time she open them
she does NOT have
sneezing, wheezing, discharge on eyes or nose, paralysis

I hate not knowing what is wrong or what to do for her, it makes me feel I have let her down.