Set old eggs as an experiment, AND......

[trinacliff]

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Whoops...sorry! LOL I guess I've been breaking all the rules lately! haha Well, I will get some photos tomorrow and post away.

Kristen

Post pics and then all is forgiven!!

No really! I wanna see!!! I can't begin to tell you how disappointed I was on my first visit to this thread and there were NO pictures!

Sheesh! gotta have pictures!

Ok, Serrin, you got your way...LOL! I took them with my phone, so they are not great quality...but I couldn't have you chomping at the bit any longer...haha!

Group shot

Kristen

 

[thumbless]

Look that bird sh- I mean craped on your blanket.

I have some piping as I type, and they were eggs that got lost in shipping so they are kind of old.

 

[trinacliff]

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Yay that they are hatching anyway!

Yes, little chick did an OOPS on my blanket....but it was OH SO TINY that it was easy to get off. LOL!

Kristen

 

[MuranoFarms]

Awwwwwww!

 

[BellLisamo]

i have put some MONTH old duck eggs, that were in my fridge, in the incubator, and low and behold all but 2 hatched

It's an amazing thing isnt it!!!


CONGRATS ON YOUR CUTE CUTE CUTE FUZZIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[walkswithdog]

The rules are just for general guidelines for maxing out hatch rates. Not that anything else isn't at least somewhat possible. I've hatched two, three and four week old eggs. Just had four eggs that I found under 40 degrees - most were frozen and cracked, threw the still apparently intact, ice cold ones in the incubator after they hit room temp, then Saturday the power went out for hours, the incubator temps fell to 74. I did nothing, didn't mess with it, didn't try to "save" them. Just waited, when the power came on I let em roll, they started hatching Saturday night and finished last night. They needed a little help after the power outtage but that's common - they burn too much hatching fuel staying alive. All of them, even the weakest are doing well now. Voila, totally against the rules. I've gotten eggs to hatch after a temp spike to 134.

The rules are guidelines and that's it. If it doesn't bother you to try, muddy, cracked and waxed, cold and old eggs still all have some potential, nature is DESIGNED to find a way. Eggs are geared to survive some serious stuff.

 

[MagsC]

Thats really something!! The oldest ones I have ever incubated were around 10 days.

 

[Madcap621]

FUZZY FEET!!!! Did I miss it? What breed are they??

 

[Serrin]

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Oh Thank You!! Thank You!! THANK YOU!!! Now, that wasn't so hard, was it!!??

Awwww!!!

Just look at all them cute little fuzzy butts!!

Totally melting into a puddle of chickie cuteness over here!! Aawww!!!

Thanks! That just made my day!

See how easy I am to please? If everyone just did things MY way, the world would be a perfect place!

 

[trinacliff]

LOL....I know for next time...only post when you have photos....LOL! j/k

Sorry about not putting the breed...they are Buff Brahma bantams.

Kristen