Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[ducklingsweety]

its the start of chicken season and we STILL need to build a new coop! i keep forgetting

 

[Lutefisk]

Now that Matt has mentioned it, I was curious how many times the incubator was opened before the hatch was complete, and if you used any special technique to do it?  I thought we weren't allowed to open it until the hatch was complete except for an emergency and then only in a super super humid room.  But for me, this is only "book" learning not the real thing. 

following up since I opened the four unpipped eggs. Two quit early (shells too dark to tell by candling) and two appeared to be full term. The full termers both had a lot of liquid in their shells and one was very bloody. Neither appeared to be shrink wrapped or stuck to the shell. The bloody one's shell was very long and thin so maybe unable to pip the air cell at all. Next time I get one with a shell like that I won't set it.

 

[Totalcolour]

does anyone here have any fertilized eggs in western washington? I'm in Olympia and I have a broody girl i cant get out of the nesting box. im thinking about submitting

I don't know if anyone responded (I haven't got any further than this) but I have eggs, and I"m in Olympia. I have I have Ameraucana/JerseyGiant eggs.

 

[Totalcolour]

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Thank you for sharing. I continue to find it interesting to learn how people do their hatches. It will come in handy if and when I ever do my own. Have fun with all those fluffy little chirping machines!
We have a big HatchRite, and have never had a problem with humidity and opening it. We don't open it a lot mind you. But we do take out the hatchlings once they are dry.

 

[Sweetlilbaby]

following up since I opened the four unpipped eggs. Two quit early (shells too dark to tell by candling) and two appeared to be full term. The full termers both had a lot of liquid in their shells and one was very bloody. Neither appeared to be shrink wrapped or stuck to the shell. The bloody one's shell was very long and thin so maybe unable to pip the air cell at all. Next time I get one with a shell like that I won't set it.

Long eggs rarely hatch. I've set them just because I'm stubborn and have had some hatch but usually they were tiny chicks that were in them (probably because of the shape of the egg giving very little space to grow).

BUT having 4 that didn't hatch isn't bad. A lot of liquid in the shell means typically that they drowned. Seems strange that only 2 did that though.

 

[Sweetlilbaby]

Any suggestions to get my ducks laying eggs again? They've stopped and all but one hen stopped again. They were laying pretty good almost a month ago. Then people began asking for ducklings and eggs and I swear they got wind of it and were like "nope".
I have had to cut back on egg consumption in the house because i refuse to buy eggs from a factory farm. or eggs that have been washed, chickens that i cannot see how they are living and so on.... I'm very very picky about my eggs.

 

[LaurelC]

Maybe start showing them some sexy videos?

 

[ducklingsweety]

Maybe start showing them some sexy videos?

 

[Hinotori]

Maybe start showing them some sexy videos?

Isn't that what they do for pandas?

 

[Sweetlilbaby]

Maybe start showing them some sexy videos?

LOL show them videos of roosters screwing chickens and ducks screwing? LOL Yeah like my neighbors don't think i'm strange enough.