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

[WVduckchick]

Get to feeling better. The parade may be bumped up a little. I'm going to have some free time around 11:30, but will take a while to put it together. The vote right now is 4-0, so people are flying in

I've seen at least 5 yes votes

Ruby, Ross, Turk, Walnut, BYC... now I gotta scroll back...

Now 6, add one from Lazy! Thank you!

 

[WVduckchick]

What they all said. Get that humidity down! Temp was fine before you added water. What temp water did you add? Best when adding water to be sure it's around 100*.

YES!!!

Clean, good shells, fresh, good size. And I choose eggs that are relatively round to continue my (so far) successful gender selection criteria. If I was pushed up to the wall and wanting to preserve some genetic material, I'd set pullet eggs. Otherwise, I'd wait until eggs approach normal size for the breed.

Ditto that. Weekend coming. Good time for a nice little road trip!!!

https://www.google.com/search?q=por...X&ved=0CB0QsARqFQoTCOTi1a7Y7McCFcLSgAod8LcDLw

Sally, those ceramic eggs you set... They wouldn't have been from Porcelain D'Uccles, would they???? I slay me!!!

https://www.google.com/search?q=por...X&ved=0CB0QsARqFQoTCOTi1a7Y7McCFcLSgAod8LcDLw

No loss. They would have been roos anyways!!!

Porcelain D'Uccles .. excellent!

And you are probably right, they would have been roos! Thank you for reminding me of that.

And thanks for the Yes vote too!

 

[FridayYet]

I have good news!! There is this small farm in NJ, that I found on brinsea's website (believe it or not) long before I ever hatched. Beautiful silkies and only 3 hours away. I wanted my very first eggs from there. When I contacted the woman she said she incubates what her girls lay but I could stay in touch. So every other month I shoot her an email (she's really nice). But she never has any extra eggs. Last night she messaged me that her incubator is full and her girls laid 11 eggs yesterday. She said if I wanted them, she'd collect whatever was laid this morning and send them out by lunch time today!!! So I have eggs coming!!

Paints! I've been dying for this color!!

So happy for you! Why don't you go get them? I drove almost 3 hours each way.

I know you have a little one, but I'd really think about driving to get them too~ But I'm a sucker for a road trip.


Let me think a bit

- YES on the parade!

 

[mixedUPturk]

I've seen at least 5 yes votes   
Ruby, Ross, Turk, Walnut, BYC...  now I gotta scroll back... 

Now 6, add one from Lazy!  Thank you!

its well deserved!

 

[scflock]

 

[OldMissionChick]

The worst eggs I ever had were from an old woman who has huge flocks that run in an old dairy barn.  She gathers eggs as she finds them.  Then she puts them in buckets in a bedroom until someone wants to buy them.  I set two dozen full sized and 18 bantam eggs and had 5 bantams hatch, the others were stink bombs.  All air cells were day 7-14 size at time of set.  

From my flock, I've only had one "bad" egg ever.  It was a turkey egg that was probably buried in the dirt in the yard for a week or three.  Again, large air cell, and dirty.  I shouldn't have set it, but I did.  Within a week it started to smell.

A small air cell may help identify freshness, but not necessarily so.  If I stored eggs in my cellar the air cells would stay just like "as gathered" yet the eggs would be less viable.

I have been collecting my duck eggs for the past week. I have them in a styrofoam egg container sitting on the floor near the bator. I checked to make sure I had the air cells up (hard for me to tell with Peking eggs) and found 1 cracked. Also found one with a rounded heartish shaped cell, not sure if I should keep it or not. Also will be getting some more eggs from DH coworker.

 

[scflock]

The band is lining up...

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Started a small clutch in the incubator on 8/29; no water, temp about 99 according to two thermometers, RH unknown 'cause I had no hygrometer. Hygrometer/thermometer arrived two days ago; RH was only 30% & air cells were about the size of a dime, so I added some water. RH went up to 60% overnight, but temp dropped to 95.6. Been adjusting it ever since. RH has been holding steady @ 60% for last 12 hrs. Managed to get the temp. back up to 97.6 so far...this is day 13.

I'm open to suggestions at this point. Afraid to take water out for fear of a drastic temp. spike. Inclined to leave well enough alone @ be prepared for a delayed hatch.
Any ideas?

Day 13 I wouldn't be running with any water especially if the air cells are that small. Highering the humidity is just going to slow them down even more. By lowering the humidity you will allow the egg to loose more moisture and the air cells will grow. You will probably also find your temps come back up and even out.

Ok, there are a few different ways to look at this:
18/24 is 75%, but the cracked egg should never have been counted, so 18/23 is 78%. Considering you drove over 2 hours to get the eggs, I think some leeway should be given in the "shipped" category. 75% is still a great hatch, and I know 85% is the hatch rate for unshipped parades, but a 2 hour drive for untested eggs is a new variable

Ok, now for the "creative" math:
By breed, 100%+100%+83.33%+61.5%= 344.83%
344.83/4= 86.2075. Over a point over parade qualification

If we go purely by breed, then you get two parades: One for the OEGBs and one for the silver sebright. Add those two 100% hatches to the black tailed Japanese, and that pulls the three breed average to 94.44%, and that equals three parades. Assuming those lazy goldens drop the averages of two of those breeds below 85%, I still owe you the third parade.


It's up to you and the thread. I won't throw it if you don't want it, but the numbers don't lie

Ummm....

Now that's some impressive chicken math!

Well of course, I want a parade!!! Of course, I wished more had hatched. So I will defer to the crowd......

What are we waiting for?? No one's going to turn down a parade! lol

I have good news!! There is this small farm in NJ, that I found on brinsea's website (believe it or not) long before I ever hatched. Beautiful silkies and only 3 hours away. I wanted my very first eggs from there. When I contacted the woman she said she incubates what her girls lay but I could stay in touch. So every other month I shoot her an email (she's really nice). But she never has any extra eggs. Last night she messaged me that her incubator is full and her girls laid 11 eggs yesterday. She said if I wanted them, she'd collect whatever was laid this morning and send them out by lunch time today!!! So I have eggs coming!!

That's great!

What is the most important thing about the eggs you choose for the incubator?

That they are fertile?

For me, I want the ones that are the most naturally clean, normally shaped, and freshest possible

Eggs or women?

 

[dan26552]

The band is lining up...

 

[scflock]

That's disturbing, BR