Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[Goin Quackrrs]

Yay for pips.

for a great hatch!

They're still keeping me waiting. Silly little birdies.

Any update on those Emus? when were they supposed to pip?

You all will be the 1st to know

I have done the stare down wiggle test, the tap test, the heat test.....

How just the hatch test alrready !!!

I have been told they can go up to 60 days. So by NEXT WED ~ Really ?!?
(sorry about my impatience, but this literally has been the longest incubation EVER

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Well hope all your hatches are going great & look forward to fluffy butt pics !

Did you do the cross your eyes and wiggle your toes test yet? I would never be able to wait 60 days for a hatch day!

So in the meantime, just replanted my pond area & today we are putting up our last poultry run ~ 16' wide by 110' long. So now I have 5 large runs, to rotate them through & behind them run our pot bellied pigs (great little rototillers) then reseed & repeat !!!

Sweetness!

My bad I mean it is running at 97.5 ~ I hatched 6 out of 7 Brahma eggs just recently, and I hatched 4 ducklings, and also set 5 Ohikis & all 5 are developing

I was told as long as you keep a staedy temp & humidity, it will not affect your hatch rate. ~ Only how long the incubation is ~ like it takes 25-28 days to hatch a chicken, and 32-36 days to hatch a duck.

Hooray for Ohikis!

Can someone remind me about how soon you can see development after setting eggs? Running a fert test and if they're no good, I'd rather shut off the bator for a week and try again.

 

[psue]

Now that Iain knows.......... I shall give my big news of the day.......

We got our first a goose egg today!

Napoleon layed it, Yes Napoleon I got to watch the egg come out!

 

[Marty1876]

Oh my, does this make josephene a dad?

 

[psue]

Oh my, does this make josephene a dad?

I dont think so......... still out on that one...... I'm gonna open the egg tomarrow

 

[Marty1876]

You know, that would be a faster way to check fertility....

 

[psue]

You know, that would be a faster way to check fertility....

yes, yes it would

 

[Marty1876]

I might try that.

 

[psue]

I might try that.

YUM

 

[Marty1876]

Yep, fertility omelets..... Ok, this is getting weird.

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

if a eggs is fertile, it will have a think large circle,a nd a thick small center correct? i have 2 ducks laying and if this is correct, i got eggs to incubate yall!!!

ok lain
well,g story as short as i can put it. once i had the goslings it was lateish summer,and more then warm enough for them outside. but we never thought about the puppies interferring with them. i didnt think about it at all ad felt so horrible i didn't want to tell anyone. thats why you guys never saw any pictures. i still feel like a horrible mama and will forever. guess you could say i have bad luck with geese.

but i didnt gie up on geese. i still wanted some soooooo bad. i wanted to order some, but they were all sold out where i wanted them. so i waited for craigslist. my mom found a lady and traded a puppy for some bunnies AND! a pair of american geese. not only the breed i wanted, but they wre blue and lavender!!!!!!

the lav is a boy, and the blue is a girl. they should be laying soon i hope.