I did not look at the guide, but from what I found when researching last year, you need a microscope and a micrometer to measure the ovum. The naked eye is very un reliable for telling fertility. Heck, there are some that claim they can tell if an egg is going to hatch out a pullet or a cockerel! They will be correct 50% of the time usually.
I agree. I've studied and studied those pictures in the past but when I lived in the city and had only hens, I had eggs that for sure looked like the pictures of the fertile eggs, and I knew that was impossible.
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I love egg art! I really wish I had the skill and patience required to do it! ALAS, I have neither!
nah.. it's easy.. you can decorate them with rub-ons
OH thank you for the tip-- A little different than my method with bigger holes. I have the syringes and needle ( God knows with so many large animals) and my kids can do this with allthe pretty colored eggs we have . . . . .yeah!!! THanks SCG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!In a nutshell, I make a tiny (1 tack point) hole in the narrow end of the egg, and a larger (about 4 tack point) hole in the top blunt end of the egg. Using a 3 ml syringe filled with air, I put my needle into the small hole, put the egg over a bowl and SLOWLY push the air from the needle into the egg. The pressure pushes the yolk and white out of the egg. I don't scramble it first. If you go too fast you'll pop the egg. After getting all the yolk and white out, rinse with water from syringe, then microwave. I can't remember how many seconds it is, but maybe 10? Until it stops whistling. Don't do more than a few seconds at a time, that can also pop your egg. It'll be crazy hot when you take it out, so let it sit for a bit before picking it up.
People make all kinds of crafts out of them (not all my photos/crafts). Cook the eggs and feed them back to your flock, depending on what you wormed with and if you have to repeat the worming.
Hooray!!I officially have at least 12 out of 15 eggs set going strong!
I'm not counting the other 3 out yet, they have time!!!
Quote: I can see how this could get messy without a bend in the hosing/needle-- now I have two new methods to try out.
EXCELLENT PHOTO!!!!! I have never been able to read eggs at this stage-- I alway incubate to test.Looking for advice from more experienced hatchers: Is this Buff Orpington egg fertile?
We bought chicken hatching eggs this year because we lost our rooster last summer. So I was caught a bit off guard when I saw this when making breakfast last weekend. I haven't seen her fraternizing with our Guineas, but they all free-range so I suppose a cross might be possible. If the eggs look fertile, I'll collect the next 3-4 and stick 'em in the incubator to see what happens. Guins anyone?
Quote: It worked. She's really pretty.He's never chased away geese on the rare occasion they've shown up, but cows and other horses he wants nothing to do with. A few years ago a Rott came in our yard through the field and killed all 4 of our project birds. Star chased him down and hurt the dog so bad they had to put him down. The owners called the police on us and tried to have Star taken from us and put down. They found the owners at fault since our loss was greater than their's and they were at fault for our losses for letting their dog run loose.
I can't get enough of these lovely babies!!! I'm going thru withdrawals as my youngest is almost two and not much shorter than her mother who isn't a small horse.
Glad it worked out for you Raz; dogs should not be allowed to terrorize livestock. In my town the farm dogs are allowed to run loose but owners are responsible for any damages. A win-win situarion I think. ( I prefer to keep my dogs in a huge run, or with me, as traffic here is murder, literally.)
My dogs don't fo near my old mare-- an excellent mother in her day ( now retired) and protected her babies for everything but people. Dogs learned fast to stay clear of that mare. When coyote howls, and she had a baby at her side, she would race to the f ar end of the paddock as close as possilbe to the threat all puffed up like a stallion ready to defend her baby. Excellent mother. Sweet mare, totally trustworthy.
Quote: If they guessed a cockerel , they would be right 55% of the time !
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