She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[sjturner79]

I'll be clipping wings sometime this week so I will get better pics then.

 

[lazy gardener]

Has anyone ever noticed a temp spike on about day 19 and a half? When I checked on the bator earlier it was reading about a degree and a half warmer than it had been.

Megan, what are you using for a thermometer? I once had a digital go bonkers when I raised humidity at lock down. So, I kept adjusting temp, only to find out that a bulb thermometer was giving more accurate readings in high humidity. That's why I use both types, and always check all thermometers against medical before adjusting temp.

Thank you and nice seeing you as well!
My bator is a LG (little giant 9200) still air with an automatic turner. My broodies just do such a great job, exception going to the cuckoo marans hen with the spurs...she tries but fails from poking the eggs

, but the speckled susex girls and my faverole that disappeared were great! The susex girls each hatched two batches...no worries on my end, lol. BUT, I'd like to have more control on what hatches and when, hence the scary incubator.

Or at least to this thread

I have dug my bator out after years of neglect. Hatched chicks, ducks and quail in it this year.

Had 1 silky hatch 2 and have a frizzle and another silkie on duck eggs.

I am in western MD. In the pinched in part. Cumberland. Anybody within a days drive? There aren't a lot of chicken people around here and DH has learned way more than he ever wanted to about poultry. Lol

Or at least to this thread

That sounds like me... except I hide them from myself...

I'm watching these 2 eggs like a flockin haybale...

How are your pippers doing?

Lost papers are my greatest enemy.

WE HAVE PIPPAGE!!!

New word. Quick, let's add that one to the dictionary.

 

[OldMissionChick]

I saw this extremely, ridiculously bright LED light on the counter at the gas station tonight...and you all know what I was thinking!! I've had a hard time seeing in these new eggs because the shells are thick!! So I quickly shined this bad boy over them tonight, while I was turning and I have nice development in 10/12 eggs!!! So I can go to bed on a happy note!

Yea for powerful flashlight! Even though duck eggs are white they are really thick. Congrats on the awesome development.

No, I have too many to tell, but there are some eggs that are distinct to certain hens.  When I had some of those, I'd set them beside each other and keep the ones that were less pointy, the ones that had a wider circumference at the middle than the others.  

It's a theory that I'm putting to the test, and it's increased my pullet ratio from 40 to 60%.  Will continue doing so, until I disprove it, in spite of the nay sayers who say there's no need to experiment.  There's always room for a good experiment.  Keeps life interesting.  You'd ought to see the 22# hybrid Red Kuri/buttercup squash I grew!  It was 22# massive looked like a orange buttercup with green stripes.  

I wondered about that. All my duck eggs seem to be ovals so not really a pointed end.

I personally have had very little luck (or experience) with my incubator but had three hens go broody with clutches ranging from six to eighteen eggs. I venture that they were about 90% hatch rate with only a couple duds in the bigger clutches, of course my trying to put other birds eggs in the clutch may have had something to do with it, in that when I moved them from coop to nest the DNA may have scrambled. I'm actually a little scared of the incubator, I will try again, but I'll have this voice in the back of my head reminding me that just because I can cluck doesn't make me a broody hen, LOL.

Dont be scared of the incubator! I tried to hatch my first set of duck eggs. Out of 36 eggs I had ZERO hatch. DH convinced me to try again. So tonight starts day 7. Life is all about learning!

 

[WVduckchick]

Hey SC, I found this and thought of you....

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I remember reading about CCL origins in US

Gary Dean posted recently if you wish to read https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/509483/cream-legbars/8620#post_15844046


I will attempt to play catch up, but you guys are crazy fast posters! I am going to attempt ripping out a laminate floor today, ugh not sure I am healthy enough but going to at least give it a whirl, it may be easier than I expect

 

[lazy gardener]

I bet it will come out easier than it went in. Unless, of course it was glued. Take care of yourself, girl!

 

[WVduckchick]

WE HAVE PIPPAGE!!!

Update??????? What's up with the first one, and how many do you have?

 

[FridayYet]

Update???????    What's up with the first one, and how many do you have? 

x 2. Any pips from the other Araucana eggs yet? Holding my breath on those.

 

[WVduckchick]

x 2. Any pips from the other Araucana eggs yet? Holding my breath on those.

Hey Friday, I joined that poultry show FB group. You were right about some beautiful birds!! Mercy! The ducks and geese were fabulous too!

 

[kwhites634]

I have dug my bator out after years of neglect. Hatched chicks, ducks and quail in it this year.

Had 1 silky hatch 2 and have a frizzle and another silkie on duck eggs.

I am in western MD. In the pinched in part. Cumberland. Anybody within a days drive? There aren't a lot of chicken people around here and DH has learned way more than he ever wanted to about poultry. Lol

Yeah, I'm a bit more than an hr from you, in Walkersville...north of Frederick