November/December "Hatch-a-Long"
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It is a commercial poultry driven goal. But still...just wrong. I assume they would have to be only Southern fryers and/or kept in hothouses. I'm not in favor of breeds that aren't viable without intervention. But let's keep it to hatching...
7 more eggs removed from the incubator, 3 Rhodebars and 2 Isbars (shipped eggs) that weren't fertile. So when someone sells hatching eggs, don't you expect them to be fertile? What do you all think...should sellers make it right if the number of infertiles exceeds the "extra" eggs they may send? (Meaning the buyer doesn't receive the number of fertile eggs they paid for...not counting broken, scrambled, early quitters, blood rings, etc. which can happen at home or are a shipping issue.)
The other two eggs were homegrown, 1 infertile (young cockerel) and 1 very early quitter.
The other two eggs were homegrown, 1 infertile (young cockerel) and 1 very early quitter.
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well if I pay for egg's from a prof. i am waiting t be all ok.......
andif something going wrong and the egg's are not fertile than i am waiting the same amoud of egg's with no money.... well if i buy 20egg's and 1 or 2 are not fertile then i dont really care.... ( and it is with the price/...... ig the 1 egg make 0.50 euro its ok but if it is 2euro, then i want 95% fertilise at last...)
Yes, I love ceramics. Much cheaper than buying.
I have been on the hatching threads for awhile now and it has never just been hatching. Yes hatching is the priority. This is one of the few places that people are nice enough to answer all questions, if they can. Everywhere else people are rude and say stick to the topic. That has never been the case here. Bringing up things like this is part of hatching. Mixing breeds, new breeds, old breeds, feeding, housing, all plays a part in hatching. New people can come here and ask the basics without people 'yelling' at them. So many of the threads are dead, bad information or no one answers questions.
If something has changed recently and this thread is now like all the others, I will be happy to ask admin to start a new friendly thread where all are welcome and so are the questions. Just let me know.
My day 7/8 candle was yesterday, I candled inside the incubator without removing any eggs. I'm doing it this way because I have shipped eggs with detached air cells, so I'm not removing them from the bator until day 15.
I saw something that I never saw with brown eggs, even the nearly-white silkie eggs never looked like this. When I candled them, they illuminate BRIGHT RED! Not all the blue eggs, just 3 of them. These 3 appear to be lighter blue, probably from an older hen (color fades like marans eggs), or maybe they are thinner shells. It was really amazing (and shocking lol) to see. I can see all the veins very clearly. In the other blue eggs, their shell seems thicker and blue-er, I can't make out more than a shadow... Definitely not clear though.
Candled the brown BLRW eggs too, saw an "eye" in one but not the others. Didn't remove them to candle, as I am trying a new gentle method and not removing from the incubator at all. They all look to have a dark shadow in the middle except 1. I'm going to wait until day 15 before tossing anything, I will do a more thorough candle inspection then, and weigh.
I saw something that I never saw with brown eggs, even the nearly-white silkie eggs never looked like this. When I candled them, they illuminate BRIGHT RED! Not all the blue eggs, just 3 of them. These 3 appear to be lighter blue, probably from an older hen (color fades like marans eggs), or maybe they are thinner shells. It was really amazing (and shocking lol) to see. I can see all the veins very clearly. In the other blue eggs, their shell seems thicker and blue-er, I can't make out more than a shadow... Definitely not clear though.
Candled the brown BLRW eggs too, saw an "eye" in one but not the others. Didn't remove them to candle, as I am trying a new gentle method and not removing from the incubator at all. They all look to have a dark shadow in the middle except 1. I'm going to wait until day 15 before tossing anything, I will do a more thorough candle inspection then, and weigh.
The very best part of this thread is being able to talk and ask questions freely without fear of being attacked. I have had SO much help here, sometimes about hatching, sometimes other chicken issues or just checking on my sick kid! I love the usual friendly vibe of this thread!
Don't leave us DeannaA and max!! LOL
the problem is you can't tell if they were infertile or damaged in transit...if they are shaken up enough the won't start
I agree.. this thread is just not like the others 
ALL questions are welcome - that's how I was treated when I came here!!
ALL questions are welcome - that's how I was treated when I came here!!
Quote: Deanna several of us have been hatching together the better part of this year and have developed relationships...if someone doesn't like what we chat about then they are free to start their own thread! I love checking in on here because I enjoy seeing what's up not just our hatching, hatching is just what brought us together!
so if someone thinks we might be interested in a bald chicken please feel free to POST!!
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