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[Kyzmette]

@mjgigax how are the eggs from the auction doing? I just tossed half of them, including most of the mottleds. I'm glad I take a whiff of the bator regularly, because one was WHOOOEEEEE rotten! It tickled me because it smelled green, and it WAS the only green egg in the batch! :rofl

 

[greenbeetle]

@mjgigax how are the eggs from the auction doing? I just tossed half of them, including most of the mottleds. I'm glad I take a whiff of the bator regularly, because one was WHOOOEEEEE rotten! It tickled me because it smelled green, and it WAS the only green egg in the batch!

:rofl

That's funny because I bought some of the Orpington eggs from the seller out of Arkansas, and tossed half of them. I kept smelling something from my bator and found a rotten egg as well, I have never had a rotten egg incubating so I was glad I found it before it burst in the bator. Must of been some old eggs he was selling.

 

[Kyzmette]

Yup, same seller. I had three stinkers, but one was exceptionally ripe! Do you have their page on your FB? I might go say something, because these people just make him look bad.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Yup, same seller. I had three stinkers, but one was exceptionally ripe! Do you have their page on your FB? I might go say something, because these people just make him look bad.

I hate that. I got burned so bad last spring on hatching eggs from the auction. Completely infertile batches of 12- HOW do you in good conscience take eggs to auction you KNOW are infertile???? None for me this year.

 

[TipihlowLadies]

48 hours to lockdown on 42 eggs fingers crossed l have never maid it this far without quitters

 

[SharkmanDan]

I hate that.  I got burned so bad last spring on hatching eggs from the auction.  Completely infertile batches of 12- HOW do you in good conscience take eggs to auction you KNOW are infertile????  None for me this year.

It could be inexperience.
I ALMOST took a bunch of turkey eggs, to auction, recently, that I would have sworn my life savings on being fertile, and just found out, last night, that they were not fertile at all. I saw BOTH of my toms, copulate with both of my hens, multiple times, during that week. The eggs have been in the incubator 3 weeks, got candled last night, and nothing. No embryo. So, either both toms, are infertile, or their youth and inexperience, are keeping them from "getting the job done" with the hens.
I've been reading a bunch. And, I found, that Narragansett toms, are not supposed to be capable of fathering poults, until they are more than a year old. Mine are 10 months, now. So, it might be fall season, before I get poults out of them. In the mean time, the poor hens are going through the motions, and getting hurt in the process. But, I am now down to just one Tom. So, they're not getting trampled upon by two brutes, multiple times a week, each. Just one. But, I feel bad for those girls.
I have another two dozen eggs in another incubator. I'm going to ask to have those candled ASAP, to check, if any are viable. But, I'm suspecting that in my zeal, I may have been too hasty.
So, Rinda, yeah, it sucks, but, it could have just been a dummy like me, who didn't realize that their eggs were not getting properly fertilized.

 

[fireweed42]

Anyone In The Tahlequah Area? I Have a Beautiful Ancona Hen. One Year Old In 2 Weeks. Naturally Raised, Very Healthy. Her Name Is Pepper. i Need To Trade Her For a Less Aggressive Hen Of The Same Age. She Is a Good Layer, And The Boss. i Want To Add To My Flock But She Won't Allow It.
Any Suggestions?

 

[SharkmanDan]

I'm south of Cookson and north of Vian, and have plenty of hens you could choose from, if interested.

 

[fireweed42]

Are You Interested In Taking Pepper In Trade?

 

[SharkmanDan]

Sure. If you'll bring her to me, you can choose from my several Delawares, Brown Leghorns, Black Jersey Giants and BSL's that are all 8-9 months old. I do have other hens, but they are over a year old, most others are 16-24 months.
I tried to send you a PM but the system disallows it. I can't afford a phone right now, but I have email. If you want you can email me at
dgalligan60 (at) mac (dot) com

Dan