Sexing eggs!

[KirstieJG]

Okay, I have decided to do another last hatch. I am off to buy 6 LF hatching eggs this afternoon and set them. So, the roundest ones I can find.... heres hoping for all pullets!

 

[CGilbert]

Okay, I have decided to do another last hatch. I am off to buy 6 LF hatching eggs this afternoon and set them. So, the roundest ones I can find.... heres hoping for all pullets!

Good luck! And awesome thread

 

[KirstieJG]

Thank you

 

[Luddite]

Okay, I have decided to do another last hatch. I am off to buy 6 LF hatching eggs this afternoon and set them. So, the roundest ones I can find.... heres hoping for all pullets!

Interesting thread. Where do you get your fertile eggs from, Kirstie? I'm also in the UK and looking for something similar.

 

[KirstieJG]

Hi luddite, my secret is that i buy them as eating eggs from Godstone farm. They have a huge amount of breeds and they sell all the eggs for eating but i find 4/6 are fertile. They ssegregate their birds too so they are ( mostly i have had one exception!) Pure breed. They do pencil on the eggs the date and breed but i find some of the breed codes are incorrect. I suspect not all the workers are familiar with all the breeds. But its ideal for me because i dont really mind what i get.

 

[Luddite]

Hi luddite, my secret is that i buy them as eating eggs from Godstone farm. They have a huge amount of breeds and they sell all the eggs for eating but i find 4/6 are fertile. They ssegregate their birds too so they are ( mostly i have had one exception!) Pure breed. They do pencil on the eggs the date and breed but i find some of the breed codes are incorrect. I suspect not all the workers are familiar with all the breeds. But its ideal for me because i dont really mind what i get.

A bit far for me, I'll have to look closer to home. Like you, I'm not fussed about breeds, I love them all

 

[KirstieJG]

Its part of the fun, waiting and watching and guessing what they are. I have put a few up on here when I cant identify them and I always am amazed at the knowledge on this site.

 

[trailrider330]

I used this method with my last clutch that was hatched under a broody. I got 83% pullets!!! Obviously, this was not a large scale research study, but my results were good enough that I will certainly be trying it again the next time I want to hatch chicks. It certainly can't hurt anything.

 

[lazy gardener]

I used this method with my last clutch that was hatched under a broody. I got 83% pullets!!! Obviously, this was not a large scale research study, but my results were good enough that I will certainly be trying it again the next time I want to hatch chicks. It certainly can't hurt anything.

I'm glad I'm not the only one having positive results with this.

 

[goodb]

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