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[tammyfarms]

Two questions today:

(Repeat from yesterday) Will my brown SLW eggs get darker or are they very light brown layers? Just curious.

Secondly - and this is kinda comical - we have 8 girls, 6 Leghorns and 2 SLW. We have six nest boxes to choose from. This is what I found today:

ALL laid in the SAME box?! Maybe they sre just 'following the leader?'

These chickens are just tooo fun!

The wynadotte eggs I have seen are a pretty light brown so I am guessing that what you have is what you are going to get.

Chickens will usually lay where the others have, nesting behavior I guess.

 

[NewHomesteader2010]

Hatching Question: I have a broody mama who has been sitting non-stop on duck eggs. She survived eggs drowning (the first hatch), a predator attack (her second hatch) and still she hasn't budged (third hatch). Today - sometime after 8am but before 6pm - there were 3 of her 6 eggs that had been "opened". Do you think she is eating the eggs? Would something have gotten in there to eat the eggs but not bother the mama - the eggs were next to her, just outside her box in the back of the coop? There was no blood or body parts - the eggs are due to hatch Saturday (day 35) and one of the eggs looked as if it was just yolk, but no odor of rotten eggs. Any ideas??

 

[BHep]

Hatching Question: I have a broody mama who has been sitting non-stop on duck eggs. She survived eggs drowning (the first hatch), a predator attack (her second hatch) and still she hasn't budged (third hatch). Today - sometime after 8am but before 6pm - there were 3 of her 6 eggs that had been "opened". Do you think she is eating the eggs? Would something have gotten in there to eat the eggs but not bother the mama - the eggs were next to her, just outside her box in the back of the coop? There was no blood or body parts - the eggs are due to hatch Saturday (day 35) and one of the eggs looked as if it was just yolk, but no odor of rotten eggs. Any ideas??

I am going to say..something ate them.

 

[BHep]

All Hail BHep (Beth) the Incubation Queen!!!!

About 3 1/2 weeks ago Beth mentioned dry incubation. I had been having trouble with hatching so I figured what the heck I would give it a try. I cleaned up the ole coolerbator and got some hatching eggs from a friend. Hatch day was supposed to be tomorrow. 12 eggs went in, three did not make it into lockdown, one was pipped yesterday when I got home from work - oops, I was waiting for an internal pip to raise the humidity and I hadn't seen one so I raised it quickly! By the time I went to bed, 7 had pipped. Two hatched overnight. By the time I got home from work, 5 more hatched - 7 total!!! This is the fastest hatch I have had, 78% of the eggs that made it into lockdown are hatched and one that hasn't hatched is actually cracked on the bottom. It had developed so I guess it still could hatch. The other one has a weak looking bottom with a darker almost wet looking shell. It is also developed. I am going to give them another day or two to see what happens.

If you are having trouble with incubation, give the dry method a try! It is great!

THANKS BETH!!!!

 

[moomoodiddy]

The wynadotte eggs I have seen are a pretty light brown so I am guessing that what you have is what you are going to get. Chickens will usually lay where the others have, nesting behavior I guess.

chickens r so funny they only lay in the one spot that has been deemed safe and will not bother going any place else

 

[moomoodiddy]

i love the dry incubation method in my first hatch i only had three eggs but had one hatch out i say it was pretty good considering it was my first hatch and the power went out on a lockdown day for 30 minutes

 

[Fireantz iceman]

congratulations! My husband says I am like a dog when chicks are pipping. I walk from the den to the incubator in the dining room, sit and stare for a few minutes (or more), walk back, sit down, back to the incubator, sit and stare, back to the den, repeat over and over. Once they are hatched, replace incubator with brooder and continue.

I grew up on a dairy farm so births are nothing new. I do have three year old twins, I am 50, and this is for their education. They were 4 months premature weighing in at one pound six and one pound seven and were not expected to live. Now I have help at mt nursery, with my bees and chickens. They each have antique garden and pedal tractors plus real farm tractors. They will have stories for show and tell!

 

[Fireantz iceman]

Oh.....pipping in progress

Guess I will check later tonight....

A new dance...The Hovabator Hustle!!!

 

[moomoodiddy]

I grew up on a dairy farm so births are nothing new. I do have three year old twins, I am 50, and this is for their education. They were 4 months premature weighing in at one pound six and one pound seven and were not expected to live.

Now I have help at mt nursery, with my bees and chickens. They each have antique garden and pedal tractors plus real farm tractors. They will have stories for show and tell!

growing up on a farm is the best thing for a kid i know i appreciate it

 

[my little peeps]

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!



Don't EVER go through my pet chicken for chicks!!!!

HORRIBLE customer service and their pricing and shipping charges are outrageous!!!
And I have lost all hope that their $12.50 per "sexed" silkie chicks plus $40 shipping is even accurate.




Good to know, thank you! Where are you located? I got beautiful chicks from a wonderful man in Wake Forest.