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[silkiechick236]

Morning!!! Brrrrrr

Got stuck in the driveway but finally unstuck myself and made it to work. Praying for the people that went over the bridge.

 

[babyrnlc]

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He gave us whatever eggs he gathered that day. He doesn't know. I guess we will see.

I couldn't stand it. And the incubator went crazy and heated up, so I had to cool it down anyway, so I did the float test. According to that, there were only two bad eggs. I am not sure how accurate it is. I opened the two bad eggs and they were yokes, one had blood (so maybe was fertile but never developed.) I thought I saw two moving, but not sure, but all but the two floated with about 10% of the egg out of the water. I am pretty sure when candleing, only 5 looked good. So I am confused. There were 12 total, so 10 left.

Can the float test be wrong? I do not think we have 10 good eggs.

Oh and I read that guinneas take 1 week longer. Some of these could be guinnea eggs, cause he has three in his coop. So do I need to keep the brown ones in longer? Like a week longer? and what about turning? I don't know which are chicken and which are guinnea? Will they be ok if they don't turn the last week.

I am so lost. We really don't know what we are doing and were not properly prepared. He said it was easy, just turn of the rotator a couple of days before and that is that.

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

How absolutely horrible about the rescue event. Prayers for all involved.kind of scary,that's the knd of vehicle I drive!

Made another trip thru the nest boxes. Got three more turken eggs to add to the box Donnie!

Got to thinking,I need to make a bunch of new nest boxes,since I will be using several for the rabbits now and with as many brooch possibilities as I have it's going to take a lot! Plus small pens to put them in! Oh boy here we go again!lol

Well got the ironing done now need to do a good vacuuming and dusting.

Wonder how you can tell fertility without an incubator? My Wyandotte roo is young and I just don 't know if he is mating the hens or not,and they are laying. I haven't been saving their eggs but would like to if they are good.

 

[QueenPeaches]

Good Morning everyone.

Still stranded. No sign of anyone clearing roads in our neck of the woods. No one can travel down our road and no one has attempted to try to clear.

Agrivated is not just the beginning. I have no running water. Everything froze. Hope this weather changes. More snow on the way on Sunday.

Hope everyone is ok. Talk to you guys later.

Peaches

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

Babyrnic the guinea eggs will be small and will have a very pointed end. Much more pointed than any chicken egg. Most are usually very dark and not much bigger than a bantam egg.

 

[okcarla]

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He gave us whatever eggs he gathered that day. He doesn't know. I guess we will see.

I couldn't stand it. And the incubator went crazy and heated up, so I had to cool it down anyway, so I did the float test. According to that, there were only two bad eggs. I am not sure how accurate it is. I opened the two bad eggs and they were yokes, one had blood (so maybe was fertile but never developed.) I thought I saw two moving, but not sure, but all but the two floated with about 10% of the egg out of the water. I am pretty sure when candleing, only 5 looked good. So I am confused. There were 12 total, so 10 left.

Can the float test be wrong? I do not think we have 10 good eggs.

Oh and I read that guinneas take 1 week longer. Some of these could be guinnea eggs, cause he has three in his coop. So do I need to keep the brown ones in longer? Like a week longer? and what about turning? I don't know which are chicken and which are guinnea? Will they be ok if they don't turn the last week.

I am so lost. We really don't know what we are doing and were not properly prepared. He said it was easy, just turn of the rotator a couple of days before and that is that.

Ummmm .... I never heard of doing the "float test" on hatching eggs ... only on testing to see if eggs are fresh or not (for eating). I would think that putting hatching eggs in water would kill the embryo. I'm no expert in that though, but this is the first time I've heard of float test on hatching eggs. However, I've only been raising chickens for around 5 years now & have only hatched hundreds of chicks.

Yes, guinea eggs take longer to hatch ... 26-28 days total.

 

[silkiechick236]

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[okracefan]

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You are a mechanic, fix it. Stop spending so much $$$$ on chickens. Or maybe you cam sell that 4x4 f150, or the 82 f150 and fix that Samuria.

 

[babyrnlc]

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Oh then these are all chicken

 

[babyrnlc]

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He gave us whatever eggs he gathered that day. He doesn't know. I guess we will see.

I couldn't stand it. And the incubator went crazy and heated up, so I had to cool it down anyway, so I did the float test. According to that, there were only two bad eggs. I am not sure how accurate it is. I opened the two bad eggs and they were yokes, one had blood (so maybe was fertile but never developed.) I thought I saw two moving, but not sure, but all but the two floated with about 10% of the egg out of the water. I am pretty sure when candleing, only 5 looked good. So I am confused. There were 12 total, so 10 left.

Can the float test be wrong? I do not think we have 10 good eggs.

Oh and I read that guinneas take 1 week longer. Some of these could be guinnea eggs, cause he has three in his coop. So do I need to keep the brown ones in longer? Like a week longer? and what about turning? I don't know which are chicken and which are guinnea? Will they be ok if they don't turn the last week.

I am so lost. We really don't know what we are doing and were not properly prepared. He said it was easy, just turn of the rotator a couple of days before and that is that.

Ummmm .... I never heard of doing the "float test" on hatching eggs ... only on testing to see if eggs are fresh or not (for eating). I would think that putting hatching eggs in water would kill the embryo. I'm no expert in that though, but this is the first time I've heard of float test on hatching eggs. However, I've only been raising chickens for around 5 years now & have only hatched hundreds of chicks.

Yes, guinea eggs take longer to hatch ... 26-28 days total.

I got it from here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=383525