Setting Eggs Sept. 24th-Oct. 4th-Last Hatch of the Year. Anyone care to join me?

[Haloclimb]

You have to pay for a Gold membership I think.

Or you can be naughty and use Ad Block like I do

Haven't seen an ad anywhere for a long time!

I took another peek under our broody hen and she's got 7 eggs under her- some are banties, I can't wait to see what they all look like! Hopefully it'll be a really colourful hatch! Its a bit early for candling yet, so I'll leave that till the weekend. (Though I probably won't be able to last until then!)
But I think this thread will explode at hatch day, I know I'll be camping out on here as people start to get chicks!

 

[Roxannemc]

So far only 7 out of 18 hatching eggs have life in them.

Must be shipped eggs. Join the club if so..

 

[pgrommesh]

I set 8 eggs under my Broody Cochin today, they will be from a white rock rooster with white rock and golden comet hens. Got the eggs from a local old man who had a rooster and 10 hens together. Never hatched eggs before so this will be fun =) I dont have a rooster right now so I couldnt use my own.

 

[lynn1961]

I hatched 6 eggs in my Brinsea Eco 20 and the temp was at 99.5 the whole time, I got 4 boys and 2 girls!

Lol, hope I get more pullets than cockrels ! Will be interesting to see how it works out. Have been reading on Mother Earth news an article that said, more rounded eggs are pullets, more pointed eggs are cockrels, may all just be old wives tales, will be interesting to see what I get from this hatch.

 

[picanins]

I set 8 eggs under my Broody Cochin today, they will be from a white rock rooster with white rock and golden comet hens. Got the eggs from a local old man who had a rooster and 10 hens together. Never hatched eggs before so this will be fun =) I dont have a rooster right now so I couldnt use my own.

Welcome to the madness -

 

[LakeBird]

Lol, hope I get more pullets than cockrels ! Will be interesting to see how it works out. Have been reading on Mother Earth news an article that said, more rounded eggs are pullets, more pointed eggs are cockrels, may all just be old wives tales, will be interesting to see what I get from this hatch.

Interesting idea about the shape of the eggs. In humans, the males sperm determines the sex of the child. Would that be the same in chickens? And I thought he shape of the egg is determined by the hen as goes through her. Just talking out loud...your thoughts?

 

[LakeBird]

Something that always bothers me when the chicks hatch - they walk around bumping and moving around all the other eggs. Does that do any damage to the unhatched eggs?

 

[picanins]

Something that always bothers me when the chicks hatch - they walk around bumping and moving around all the other eggs. Does that do any damage to the unhatched eggs?

That's why I hatch mine in a hatching tray (or egg cartons with bottoms cut off) - gives them a little more support - LOL

 

[Tmmv1]

Candled after 8 days and from the 24 placed into the incubator i have the following.
15 Have growing embryos
3 I am not to sure about at the moment.
6 Non fertilized

Still pretty good though for my second go at hatching

 

[Roxannemc]

Lol, hope I get more pullets than cockrels ! Will be interesting to see how it works out. Have been reading on Mother Earth news an article that said, more rounded eggs are pullets, more pointed eggs are cockrels, may all just be old wives tales, will be interesting to see what I get from this hatch.

Heard that round egg thing before on here too but a few ppl said theirs hatched and it wasnt true so maybe true only sometimes HAHA

Found the temp male correlation interesting so looked up some articles about studies on the web ...found one said lower temps more males. but nothing was totally really conclusive on any.Was only a hypothesis.DID say in humans the testes keeps the sperm cooler . Why its all outside the body so who knows...maybe there is something about the heat
.Dont think it is while the egg is forming though as one site said "sex is predetermined in the chicken egg. "

Did find a few other things of interest.
Eggs 7-10 days old you will get a decreased hatch.. 3 weeks old forget it!! ZERO
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Male determines the sex? I would think it did just as in humans, dogs etc.

Also interesting one said that once fertilized the embryo begins to grow at anything over 67degrees! .My point has to do with shipped eggs..
.Unless its early spring when it isnt over 67 degrees in a big metal truck at any time the embryo is getting arms legs heart etc...the whole time its being shipped and jogged around ...gets all the basics the first 4 days. if growing.however shouldnt go below 40 degrees either....It will die...

No wonder so many die later ....scrambled cells while shipped and growing too

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Also rough treatment even picking up and turning i guess said can unloosen veins in the egg causing death of the chick,. I gotta be more gentle i think..!
Maybe the problem is ME!!!