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[Chickenman01]

I can post these again--

Originally Posted by Arielle


Up for auction---





4 Black copper marans eggs



Most of my girls are broody and I am done hatching for the year. THese are only blacks, no blues in this line. Some are showing a middle toe feather, others are not; a few have white feathers, most do not.



Eggs are from 2 pens.



Shipping is your choice: 7x7 priority box for $14 to west coast or $12 east of MS River or medium priority box for $16.



last bid concidered at 1 pm EST

Starting bid is $8


I would like to bid on these but I need more than 4 eggs, 12 would be good

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

First let me say that I agree with others here who have suggested local eggs first to work out the bugs in your bator..

Now on to you rother problems..

have you completely disinfected your incubator (bleach solution or oxine)?
if not .. do that before you set another egg.. AND do it between each hatch.. you have to get every nook and cranny of the incubator... bacteria is capable of hiding everywhere.. so get it as clean as possible..

Second.. does your bator have ANY vents?... if so leave them open throughout the entire incubation AND hatch.. if it's a homemade bator and doesn't have any vents.. MAKE SOME... and I mean a lot of them.. my coolerbators have holes drilled along the top and bottom edges as well as the lid being open a good half inch and stays that way even during hatch...

for chicks to die that late (day 18) tells me your problem with those is either a bacterial issue or carbon dioxide poisoning .. disinfecting will help with any bacterial issues and leaving vents wide open throughout incubation and hatch prevents carbon dioxide from building up...

for the non developing eggs.. you are either getting infertile eggs or the eggs are being damaged in shipping... buying some local eggs SHOULD rule out the damaged issue.. but when you do find locals take some padding or even a pillow with you inside of a box to set the eggs on.. it will reduce any vibrations you would get during the drive bringing them home..

I would also suggest investing in some oxine for egg dipping.. it helps a lot with eggs from unknown sources as well as if the eggs were washed by the previous owner.. granted you can't do anything about the bacteria which may already be IN the egg.. but you can make sure the eggs are as germ free as possible on the shell if you are having bacterial issues..

I rarely dip eggs.. the ones that I do are shipped because a lot of times I do get improperly washed eggs from sellers who think they are doing a good job but are infact ruining the eggs because they didn't know the correct way to wash them... (just got a shipment last week of weeping eggs.. they were probably washed by the seller since every darn egg was weeping on arrival)..

A lot of good information. But I do have a question. Where do buy this oxine for dipping eggs? I have never heard of it before. And between every hatch I just use dawn dish soap and scrub it, but after reading some things I would assume that that wont cut it.

 

[chick-among-us]

I just listed an auction well two auctions one for 12+ lav/ black split ameraucanas...then one for 16+ silkies...pics and everything hit submit and somehow no I don't know how lost the whole thing. How aggravating is that.

 

[cluckitall]

For auction: 8 Rhodebar eggs, starting at $30 shipping included, ends tomorrow at 10 pm eastern

 

[chick-among-us]

Are there shipping charges? Or is that shipped?

 

[cluckitall]

Are there shipping charges? Or is that shipped?

Chick-among-us, that's with shipping included, so no, no additional shipping charges

 

[Arielle]

I can post these again--

Originally Posted by Arielle


Up for auction---





4 Black copper marans eggs



Most of my girls are broody and I am done hatching for the year. THese are only blacks, no blues in this line. Some are showing a middle toe feather, others are not; a few have white feathers, most do not.



Eggs are from 2 pens.



Shipping is your choice: 7x7 priority box for $14 to west coast or $12 east of MS River or medium priority box for $16.



last bid concidered at 1 pm EST

Starting bid is $8


I would like to bid on these but I need more than 4 eggs, 12 would be good

Sorry-- I like to ship fresh eggs, and as I stated above most of the girls are broody or molting. Sorry I only have the 4.

TWO hours left on these eggs.

 

[chiqita]

You can find oxine online. It is on amazon but it is cheaper on the website of the people who offer it on amazon. ( don't remember the site)

 

[chick-among-us]

Revival is name of the company that has it. We usually buy it through amazon by revival. So dunno. But there it is! We by the denagard through valley vet supply. It is 40 for one liter but it goes a long way.

 

[yinepu]

A lot of good information. But I do have a question. Where do buy this oxine for dipping eggs? I have never heard of it before. And between every hatch I just use dawn dish soap and scrub it, but after reading some things I would assume that that wont cut it.

You can find oxine online. It is on amazon but it is cheaper on the website of the people who offer it on amazon. ( don't remember the site)

Revival is name of the company that has it. We usually buy it through amazon by revival. So dunno. But there it is! We by the denagard through valley vet supply. It is 40 for one liter but it goes a long way.

First State Vet used to sell it by the quart (and had the best prices).. they only sell it by the gallon now http://www.firststatevetsupply.com/store2/oxine-gallon.html

Revival also has it by the gallon (without the citric acid) .. http://www.revivalanimal.com/Oxine-Fogger-and-Oxine-AH.html

I don't use the citric acid since I'm not fogging with it...

Twin cities poultry supply still sells the quart size.. http://www.twincitypoultrysupplies.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=661

and Foy's Pigeons still sells it by the quart (drop down menu) http://www.foyspigeonsupplies.com/s...-oxine-ah-sanitizer-and-disinfectant-1-gallon

MOST people will be fine with just the quart size.. but if you find you like it and want to use it for everything.. you're better off buying by the gallon...