Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

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Not in the incubators I use at least. I used Brinsea and R-com's. Nothing for them to get stuck in. I don't know if I'd try it with the kind of turner that gets used in those styrofoam incubators though.

 

[Saris]

Not in the incubators I use at least. I used Brinsea and R-com's. Nothing for them to get stuck in. I don't know if I'd try it with the kind of turner that gets used in those styrofoam incubators though.

Ah I gotcha.

 

[nuklee0]

The only thing I did differently was to keep the egg turner on. Didn't affect the hatch of the first eggs at all.

That's good to know. I hand turn mine so Guess I'll just let the chicks that hatch turn the eggs for me.

 

[Bridebeliever]

Does anyone Whatcom County local want some water kefir grains? I have an excess of very healthy ones!

 

[Hinotori]

So bummed!

A bear came sometime in the night, broke off the door to one of our smaller coops that housed my silkies and got 3 out of the 4.

Dang. I'm sorry to hear that.

 

[Cockatrice6420]

Does anyone Whatcom County local want some water kefir grains? I have an excess of very healthy ones!

I wish I was closer, I just looked them up and I'd try it!

 

[QuiltinGramma]

So sorry to hear about your hens.
Maybe if you stick a pic-a-nic basket farther out into the woods away from the coops that Yogi will go there instead.

 

[nuklee0]

Dang. I'm sorry to hear that. 

Thank you...

 

[feistychick]

I'm really new to chickens (got my first chicks this spring). My blue cochin is around 6 months old now, and has laid her first 4 eggs over the past week. Today I went in and she had planted what looked like a huge egg compared to what she had laid previously (her previous eggs were smaller than these ones in the picture). Is this normal?? The darn thing didn't fit in the carton. Will this hurt her? If so, is there anything I can do about it?

 

[Saris]

I'm really new to chickens (got my first chicks this spring). My blue cochin is around 6 months old now, and has laid her first 4 eggs over the past week. Today I went in and she had planted what looked like a huge egg compared to what she had laid previously (her previous eggs were smaller than these ones in the picture). Is this normal?? The darn thing didn't fit in the carton. Will this hurt her? If so, is there anything I can do about it?

most likely a double yolker, it's normal to happen on occasion. Doesn't hurt them.