Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[JulieNKC]

I think I may have fhis question going in other places on here already but ill get ur opinion too. I'm hatching call duck eggs nd have them on end but have heard they need to be on their sides?

I set them on their sides. If they are shipped and have wonky air cells they go in cartons though.

Oh yeah - I'm getting my gallbladder out tomorrow, so if I'm posting this weekend and not making much sense, I'm probably high on Percocet.

Hope all goes well! Looking forward to some funky posts from you, lol.

no new pictures of the new kids today as we got RAIN it's been hard to find around here. But the babies are all brown from the mud

Mine too, they loved it. My piggies were so busy playing in the puddles and mud that they didn't even go back to the coop to eat at all today.

 

[RiverGoddess]

Good luck with surgery, lookin forward to your druggy posts

Oh let the hatchin begin

I hatch all my eggs pointy side down, the whole incubation, until LD on their sides

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So friggin kewl !!!
I listened to my 2 eggs set Dec 28th that are supposed to hatch Feb 19th ~ BOTH HAD HEARTBEATS !!!! (Emu Phil)



Then I listened to the other 2 set on Jan 5th ~ I bought at auction ~ BOTH HAD HEARTBEATS !!!!



I have
3 ~ set on January 19th from Auction
4 ~ set on January 29th from Auction
6 ~ set on January 31st from Emu Phil

and

Just bought 6 more today & are in route this week!

So how many is that now????
So out of the 1st 4 eggs ~ I hear 4

 

[Marty1876]

RG- carefull, get to many of those things and they'll kick your butt all over the place.

How is everyone? I will be setting up my incubator this weekend, and preparing to dispatch 3 or 4 ducks, 2 turkeys, and some chickens.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Good luck with surgery, lookin forward to your druggy posts

Oh let the hatchin begin

I hatch all my eggs pointy side down, the whole incubation, until LD on their sides

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


So friggin kewl !!!
I listened to my 2 eggs set Dec 28th that are supposed to hatch Feb 19th ~ BOTH HAD HEARTBEATS !!!! (Emu Phil)



Then I listened to the other 2 set on Jan 5th ~ I bought at auction ~ BOTH HAD HEARTBEATS !!!!



I have
3 ~ set on January 19th from Auction
4 ~ set on January 29th from Auction
6 ~ set on January 31st from Emu Phil

and

Just bought 6 more today & are in route this week!

So how many is that now????
So out of the 1st 4 eggs ~ I hear 4

You are making me jealous!! How much are you paying for your Emu eggs, if u don't mind me asking?

Oh and NO goose eggs yet! Maybe I have all boys

I am going to get to sex 46 goslings, and as many ducklings Sat ! Yea what fun ~ NOT !!!!!
But I do get 2 free goslings for it though

She has a bunch of different purebreds. Thinking about some Poms or Brown Chinese, or Am Buffs??? Whatcha think?

46 goslings??????? Wow....are you going to bring all of those home...you're gonna be busy!

~ Aspen

 

[RiverGoddess]

I am not bringing them home Silly ~ Just goin to tell her the boys and girls she has, and she is going to give me a couple goslings for helping her, and maybe I might buy a couple?

My Emu's cost from $20 - $23 an egg (that includes shipping)

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

I am not bringing them home Silly ~ Just goin to tell her the boys and girls she has, and she is going to give me a couple goslings for helping her, and maybe I might buy a couple? My Emu's cost from $20 - $23 an egg (that includes shipping)

OH....for a minute you had me scared! LOL Have fun, that's a lot of babies. What kind of goslings do you think you'll bring home?

I have a friend in OK that has Emus...she said the eggs were $20.00 each...but I could only get 4-6 or something. I have not been able to get a hold of her the past couple of weeks. Hmmm

~ Aspen

 

[RiverGoddess]

Well I currently have a trio of colored sebbies, and one Canadian cross for geese. I REALLY like my American buffs last year, well I actually liked all my geese & all you peeps know I was The MadHatcher last year!

But these 4 never made it to the freezer. I wanted some goose eggs this spring. I know she has a bunch of breeds, she got the assortment from a hatchery. I don't know if she can even tell which breed is which. So I need to figure that out how to tell them apart

Wh & Br Chinese
2loose
Poms
Embden
African
Am Buff
Roman tufted (I know the easy one right?)
Need to find pics of week olds of each of these before I go

They are all only a week old.

$20 an egg is average, but can get spendy if you are getting them shipped ~ I pay $46 for two eggs (shipping incl'd) from Cali.
From auction I have averaged $20ea & bought all 4 one week, $23 for 2 & 3 another 2 weeks at auction.

I already have 8 people interested in Emu chicks, and that is just word of mouth from auction. I do not know how many will hatch. I have never hatched them before. One guy tried last year & bought 13 & hatched 2. I now will have 23 set ~

But could you imagine if all hatched

I have a big glass aquarium we are setting up in our living room, while they are day olds, so I can talk to them, and keep a CLOSE eye on them! Does anone know how to raise baby emu's ????

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Well I currently have a trio of colored sebbies, and one Canadian cross for geese. I REALLY like my American buffs last year, well I actually liked all my geese & all you peeps know I was The MadHatcher last year!

But these 4 never made it to the freezer. I wanted some goose eggs this spring. I know she has a bunch of breeds, she got the assortment from a hatchery. I don't know if she can even tell which breed is which. So I need to figure that out how to tell them apart

Wh & Br Chinese
2loose
Poms
Embden
African
Am Buff
Roman tufted (I know the easy one right?)
Need to find pics of week olds of each of these before I go

They are all only a week old.

$20 an egg is average, but can get spendy if you are getting them shipped ~ I pay $46 for two eggs (shipping incl'd) from Cali.
From auction I have averaged $20ea & bought all 4 one week, $23 for 2 & 3 another 2 weeks at auction.

I already have 8 people interested in Emu chicks, and that is just word of mouth from auction. I do not know how many will hatch. I have never hatched them before. One guy tried last year & bought 13 & hatched 2. I now will have 23 set ~

But could you imagine if all hatched

I have a big glass aquarium we are setting up in our living room, while they are day olds, so I can talk to them, and keep a CLOSE eye on them! Does anone know how to raise baby emu's ????

Oh my, I am dying to get some Canadian Geese! Mmmm...how many new pens is that, I need to built..?? 1...2...3...4................................

Are the Tufted Romans white or buff? I have one Tufted White Roman goose...and no mate for her. After the breeding season, unless I find a use for her, I may end up selling her to someone for a pet. I really love the look of the tufts though. So adorable!

I hatched out a Crested Blue Swedish X duckling yesterday. It is sooooo adorable. I have no idea how I'm going to sell it! LOL

Most of the people in my area probably have no clue what an Emu even is! LOL I would love to hatch and keep some tho. Why do I have to be so bird crazy? Oh well....

I'd better get myself outside and start working on more pens, yes? ; ) Heehee

~ Aspen

 

[JulieNKC]

Well I currently have a trio of colored sebbies, and one Canadian cross for geese. I REALLY like my American buffs last year, well I actually liked all my geese & all you peeps know I was The MadHatcher last year!

But these 4 never made it to the freezer. I wanted some goose eggs this spring. I know she has a bunch of breeds, she got the assortment from a hatchery. I don't know if she can even tell which breed is which. So I need to figure that out how to tell them apart

Wh & Br Chinese
2loose
Poms
Embden
African
Am Buff
Roman tufted (I know the easy one right?)
Need to find pics of week olds of each of these before I go

They are all only a week old.

$20 an egg is average, but can get spendy if you are getting them shipped ~ I pay $46 for two eggs (shipping incl'd) from Cali.
From auction I have averaged $20ea & bought all 4 one week, $23 for 2 & 3 another 2 weeks at auction.

I already have 8 people interested in Emu chicks, and that is just word of mouth from auction. I do not know how many will hatch. I have never hatched them before. One guy tried last year & bought 13 & hatched 2. I now will have 23 set ~

But could you imagine if all hatched

I have a big glass aquarium we are setting up in our living room, while they are day olds, so I can talk to them, and keep a CLOSE eye on them! Does anone know how to raise baby emu's ????

Do you have pics of your cross? Was the mom or dad a canada? I googled some pics of domestic/canada crosses awhile ago, and they were gorgeous. Too bad they are infertile, or I'd love to just have a flock of them, lol. I saved a pic of one I saw googling because it was just so pretty and I want a goose like it.

 

[Marty1876]

Julie, that goose is most unusual! I think how they look varies though. I could see some distinct advantages to sterile geese. No guild feelings about not hatching the eggs for one. Nowdays, if a goose laid I'd eat it, since they havn't been seperated 3 full weeks yet. However, I'd be thinking the whole time that if I just popped it into the bater, I could have another actual goose...... (sigh) You must know the inner struggle. Its harder and harder to eat something I know I could hatch.