Trader Joes & Other Grocery Store Egg Hatching Club - Are you a Member

[olliegrow]

that's probably true because he worked as a egg seller back in 2005-2009 in southern cali for a big name commercial grocery

 

[luckysaysgo]

So I went to the hyline website and started reading their manual. It looks like Tj chicks may be sexable based on color at hatch and also based on feathering in the first week or two. Anyone else checked that out? What do you think?

 

[Peep_Show]

Didn't work for me except the ones with kind of an orange smudge on the back of their head were predominantly male. The spotted ones were both male and female.

 

[luckysaysgo]

Bummer...how about the feather sexing?

 

[Peep_Show]

I didn't do that. At 10 to 14 days the combs really start to pop, so they're really easy to sex. My batch ran exactly half and half boys:girls.

 

[ronott1]

I didn't do that. At 10 to 14 days the combs really start to pop, so they're really easy to sex. My batch ran exactly half and half boys:girls.

All healthy too!

 

[Peep_Show]

Yep... And quite active.

Funny as the one TJ bird in my coop is the second most laid-back layer in the coop (the cuddly Marans being the first) and she's doing an egg a day at dawn and they've been consistently Large. Yay! We fried up four this morning, compliments of TeJae, for a huevos rancheros breakfast. Great bird.

Hope you get a passel of eggs soon!

 

[asteria01]

I just got a dozen white eggs from TJ and a dozen brown from whole foods, curious to see how the hatching will go for each variety. The TJ ones are 4 days old and the WF ones are 8 days. currently they are setting to room temp, putting them in the bator tomorrow. Hopefully they will hatch!

Quick question about the LG still air incubator: I have mine set to 103, but it only goes to 102.5 or so. I put a thermometer on the bottom where the wire is and it reads at around 99. Is that too hot? Its my first time incubating so im pretty iffy about these things...

 

[ronott1]

I just got a dozen white eggs from TJ and a dozen brown from whole foods, curious to see how the hatching will go for each variety. The TJ ones are 4 days old and the WF ones are 8 days. currently they are setting to room temp, putting them in the bator tomorrow. Hopefully they will hatch!

Quick question about the LG still air incubator: I have mine set to 103, but it only goes to 102.5 or so. I put a thermometer on the bottom where the wire is and it reads at around 99. Is that too hot? Its my first time incubating so im pretty iffy about these things...

Add the top number to the bottom number and divide by 2.

Your average is a bit over100.75. That is slightly high but not as bad as being too low. Try lowering the temp slightly and see if the average goes down a bit more. Try for a bit under 100.

 

[asteria01]

Add the top number to the bottom number and divide by 2.

Your average is a bit over100.75. That is slightly high but not as bad as being too low. Try lowering the temp slightly and see if the average goes down a bit more. Try for a bit under 100.

i see... thanks! makes more sense to me now.. people are always saying set ur temp higher for still air but i have no idea how to actually gauge if im getting the right temp for the eggs.. ideally the average is supposed to be 99.5 right?