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[WalnutHill]

Very good point Ruby. As this thread has gone along, I have seen several posts that say "I am becoming more and more blue". Don't think I have seen that for red

The first hatch is so exciting, and you want to be in there doing whatever you can. I did. My first hatch was horrible. How many of us can tell horror stories of our first hatch, and most of them were because we tried to do too much?

My first hatch was worse than horrible, I hatched Frankenchicks and had to cull all but a couple before they were even dry. I am not even sure how some of them hatched.

 

[meganhundley]

I have another question, where they pipped externally the membrane isnt broke, is that normal?

 

[AmyLynn2374]

The broody saga continues! A lot of people that have asked about eggs, don't have any because "everyone is broody". So you're not alone. Is it a fall thing???
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Megan, no eggs should be cold to touch. Even if they are dead. If they are in the incubator they should all be the same temp regardless of what's going on inside. I'm wondering if you are leaving the lid off while incubating, are they getting cold? Cold spots in the incubator? Do you leave the lid off everyday when candling? Maybe that's what delayed your hatch...?

I don't know? Is fall a regular broody time?

Very good point Ruby. As this thread has gone along, I have seen several posts that say "I am becoming more and more blue". Don't think I have seen that for red

The first hatch is so exciting, and you want to be in there doing whatever you can. I did. My first hatch was horrible. How many of us can tell horror stories of our first hatch, and most of them were because we tried to do too much?

I had a rotten first hatch, but it was because I didn't know enough to check my thermometer. That hatch was the least hands on hatch I ever did because I was afraid with everything I had read.
Honestly going full blue would kill it for me. There is no use doing it if I am not enjoying it and as long as I can have decent results and enjoy it too, why would I change?

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I noticed when I take out an entire tray to candle for quitters that the quitters cool off very fast while the live ones hold temp much longer...

It makes sense that they would cool down faster after removing them because they are not generating body heat of their own.

 

[kwhites634]

Morning Ruby! I bet those FB people are ready to smack you. I don't think FB has the fun smack emoji that we have though!

And you asked about me putting Call ducks on my pond... I'm starting to think I may not do call ducks. I'm still debating. But I did discover that I have bunches and bunches of bass in my pond!! A couple of years ago, we moved 4 fish from the other pond on the property to the pond closest to the house. I was never sure if they survived or not, but apparently they did!! And they reproduced! They were there when my last set of ducks were there too. And I believe that tells me that I don't have any turtles that might harm the ducks, or they would have eaten the fish, I think. But if I do calls, I think I would always keep them at my house, not at the camp pond.

The local pond where I do the majority of my fishing is slam full of bass, gills, crappie AND turtles; some turtles big around as a basketball. Don't think turtles are fast enough to do much damage to the fish population; they prefer their fish dinners already on a stringer!

 

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Discussing differences is what this was originally about and as long as it's done without malice there is no reason not to enjoy a good debate and exchange of differences.

Eerily enough, I posted my reply to this post 2 weeks ago

 

[scflock]

I have another question, where they pipped externally the membrane isnt broke, is that normal?

Early in the pip, yes. The membrane will follow along shortly

 

[meganhundley]

Early in the pip, yes. The membrane will follow along shortly

K, just making sure

 

[BYC910]

Oh, that reminds me... I have a chart I need to dig up for you... for breeding Lav and Splits...
Best thing to do with those to keep it from getting messy is to take a Lav roo from your upcoming hatch and put him over your Splits... or I might have a decent cockerel here soon, lol...

Don't think your toes have touched down yet...

Glad you got some peeping now!

From that I'd say Raven will be your goto broody... my good one just stuck her butt down, no ifs, ands or butts about it... if they waffle, I just don't let them try...
I'm blue about picking broody's, lol... sh*t or get off the pot!!

still have sore toes should level out soon . I'm still thinking about that Thor chicken whatever it was never seen anything like that before. face feathers I've seen always stick straight out . those curled around . almost wish I had a bigger and better Incubator. I can see the plus to having one or two large hatches a year . of course most people don't hatch as often as others . BTW you posted that chart . I think I'll get what I want out of your eggs. If not I'll get so more and do it again .

 

[Ravynscroft]

Guess I shouldn't mention that my very first hatch was 100%?
In a still air Hovabator 1602N with 4 pullet EE eggs and 1 was 3 weeks old ar set?

 

[scflock]

Guess I shouldn't mention that my very first hatch was 100%?
In a still air Hovabator 1602N with 4 pullet EE eggs and 1 was 3 weeks old ar set?