The Never Ending Hatching thread! For those of us that hatch all year long!

[hehahn]

@ Texasmja
Yay for your 100% hatch! That's always a good feeling!

 

[SilkieSensation]

I set more of my own eggs last night:
8 Coturnix quail
4 Silkies
6 EE Bantams
9 OEGB
6 Mixed Bantams

 

[Runawaylobster]

i'm having a really hard time deciding which is the pointy end of the marans eggs to put them in the turner properly, then even a week later I can't see the air cells well to make sure i did it right.. is there a trick to this..

 

[SilkieSensation]

i'm having a really hard time deciding which is the pointy end of the marans eggs to put them in the turner properly, then even a week later I can't see the air cells well to make sure i did it right.. is there a trick to this..

Lay them on their side & turn by hand. No error there.

 

[hehahn]

We just started: 13 Pearl Guinea eggs, 5 Brown Chicken eggs (we don't know what breed they are) and 3 of what we're calling the "Unknown" eggs. They sit in the egg turner like duck eggs, are bigger than chicken eggs, smaller than goose eggs, and are kind of a yellowish waxy white color. I thought they might be the eggs of an older hen, y'know, the "dino" eggs you'll get sometimes, but I don't know. If anyone has any ideas, that would be great, 'cause of the week of incubation difference between chicken and duck eggs. Thanks!

 

[Texasmja]

We just started: 13 Pearl Guinea eggs, 5 Brown Chicken eggs (we don't know what breed they are) and 3 of what we're calling the "Unknown" eggs. They sit in the egg turner like duck eggs, are bigger than chicken eggs, smaller than goose eggs, and are kind of a yellowish waxy white color. I thought they might be the eggs of an older hen, y'know, the "dino" eggs you'll get sometimes, but I don't know. If anyone has any ideas, that would be great, 'cause of the week of incubation difference between chicken and duck eggs. Thanks!

If they are waxy I would say they are duck eggs.

 

[hehahn]

Thank you! I guess I'll just treat them like duck eggs, then, and if they hatch in the turner, oh well!

 

[hehahn]

Also, does anyone know at what age baby guineas start eating fire ants?

 

[Runawaylobster]

I am so excited I can't stand it.... having white eggs is so much fun the little guys are dancing
like the were in a night club... Club Bator LOL!!! the marans... well who knows but they are not
clear that's for sure.

Day 13....

 

[hehahn]

I love it when the chickies dance!
One of mine danced right into her water dish!


Can you believe she got that wet in 1/4" of water in a pickle jar lid?!