So, i did a "thing"....

[NinjaGamer2022]

I wonder if they were seriously inbred......

 

[GingerRose]

Picasso is the result from temp and humidity fluctuations from MY last incubation.
Which was so horrific, I will never incubate again.
I had 3 hygrometers, 2 of which were thermopro. They were both inaccurate.

 

[GingerRose]

I wonder if they were seriously inbred......

I dont know, I was so shocked to see them, I didnt ask.
If I had asked, would I have gotten the truth?

 

[K0k0shka]

If I had asked, would I have gotten the truth?

Probably not. I have wanted a German Shepherd my whole life, but haven't had the courage to get one and then have to deal with heartbreak. They have SO many problems from bad breeding. I'll need to look really hard and hope to find a good one someday...

 

[GingerRose]

Probably not. I have wanted a German Shepherd my whole life, but haven't had the courage to get one and then have to deal with heartbreak. They have SO many problems from bad breeding. I'll need to look really hard and hope to find a good one someday...

I know a couple who arent "breeders" but have 2 magnificent GS. The male was imported and the female they got from their veterinarian.
They sometimes have a littler, but not on purpose.
In Alabama

 

[K0k0shka]

I know a couple who arent "breeders" but have 2 magnificent GS. The male was imported and the female they got from their veterinarian.
They sometimes have a littler, but not on purpose.
In Alabama

Too far away, unfortunately. I'm sure there are good ones out there, I just have to find them (or get very lucky).

 

[GingerRose]

Too far away, unfortunately. I'm sure there are good ones out there, I just have to find them (or get very lucky).

Agreed

 

[samanthaoverton]

Picasso is the result from temp and humidity fluctuations from MY last incubation.
Which was so horrific, I will never incubate again.
I had 3 hygrometers, 2 of which were thermopro. They were both inaccurate.
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Wow..remind me to stay away from that brand. I oddly haven't got chicken incubation down either. I dunno if it's my hens or roo though. Because a neighbor traded me turkey eggs and I had a 100 percent hatch rate on a staggered batch of 12. This last go I was putting the two hatchlings in another incubator to hatch and one chick died. He had pecked all the way around his shell and I thought he had broken the membrane but he hadn't. Very aggravating. Only 2 out of twelve made it. Sorry about little Picasso. The name seems appropriate oddly.

 

[GingerRose]

Wow..remind me to stay away from that brand. I oddly haven't got chicken incubation down either. I dunno if it's my hens or roo though. Because a neighbor traded me turkey eggs and I had a 100 percent hatch rate on a staggered batch of 12. This last go I was putting the two hatchlings in another incubator to hatch and one chick died. He had pecked all the way around his shell and I thought he had broken the membrane but he hadn't. Very aggravating. Only 2 out of twelve made it. Sorry about little Picasso. The name seems appropriate oddly.

I believe they were calibrated wrong. I have used thermopro with no problems, until this last time.
It was so bad, I cried for days. My poor husband didnt know what to say or do.
He just let me be until I was alright.
I had to open every egg and remove those chicks as carefully and quickly as I could.
I dont know what I would have done if there had been no coconut oil and q-tips in the house..
A few suffocated before I could get to them..
I did my very best though.
I wont incubate again, ever.