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I've got another chicken question ( and still hoping for an answer to my last one). I've got a broody Buff Orpington. Our only fertile eggs are from the bantam cochins I bought from RFF. Can I stick those eggs under the buff orpington, or will she realise the eggs are too small to have come from her coop?

Also, the eggs are between 1 and 5 days old, and they were kept in the fridge. will they still be good?
 
I saved my surprise for Tamara as she was away. so I can post his pic over here now. Hoss is 100% English Orpington from Bamachicken or Julie, he is by Joys english import Winston and another of her english girls. Hoss is just huge, very docile, he treats his girls like royalty. I am very pleased with him. He likes to follow along or meet me in the yard and see whats going on. We dont pet him but he is not at all worried about anyone getting to close. and so far not aggressive at all!! I could not ask for a nicer Roo for my girls.

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Hoss and Two...She loves him
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she should take the eggs, however I'm not sure they'll be viable after being kept in the fridge? I have heard some say that after being in a fridge they will not hatch> Ive never tried myself so have no practical experience, just what Ive heard. Do you know how cold your fridge is? I think most around 40 or a wee bit colder....
 
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Congrats!!!!!! I never had any kids and I think those who do (and do a good job raising them) are simply awesome. Toughest job in the world when done right.


Hey you guys, did you see the huge F-up Pasado's did this AM? (As usual! I have a long history with these idiots and believe me they are NO GOOD!)

Evidently someone (and animal expert, mind you) has never seen hunter dumps. So they see what is evidently three dead skinned coyotes on the side of the road (I DO HATE hunters that dump dead animals out in public like that). Anyway, I woke up to BREAKING NEWS on KOMO about "three hideously disfigured dogs DISPLAYED on the side of a road" by some "obvious sick individual". SO PAsado's goes off half cocked,as usual, and grabs this "evidence of a crime" while bleating they will pay $5000 to anyone who can help them solve "the crime" that they, by the way, just ruined the site of for investigation by REAL officers. Get all the little old ladies hysterial and reaching for their check books to make a donation....

Then the sheriff comes on the radio and says "these are more likely than not coyotes which have been skinned, as hunters do cut the head and feet off them to skin them". Last I heard Pasado would not return phone calls and wouldn't hand over the "evidence" to the sheriffs....

This is what is so sad: the so called "experts" these days are young kids, clueless, and running off at the mouth about these sick things they imagine, and I think we will be darn LUCKY to get off without some teenage kid seeing HOW MUCH ATTENTION THIS GOT and doing a "copycat" thing with REAL domestic animals.... So much of the crap humane societies say become self fulfilling prophecies when dumb kids read their stuff.

How do I know? Over 20 years as a professional animal control officer, also consultant to animal control in five countries. As well, myself and two others worked very hard to save 50 dogs that Pasado dumped on a hoarder (who was promptly busted for animal abuse and shut down when we got authorities there) in Arkansas during the "Katrina" debacle, because they wanted to get their pictures in the papers with their PASADA t-shirts on, but h um, didn't want to have to deal with the not-so-cute and adoptable dogs they "saved". They left 50 dgos sitting in the rain in wire cages at this gross facility with over 300 dogs on it (no running water) and 2 people....

Anyway, I'm sorry to rant, but NOTHING T's me off like "animal lovers" who aren't.

OMG BOLDOG!! that was one of my many hates about pasado's!!!! the pictures of those dogs left in a darn field in wire crates with no water in the rain and then hot sun!! they were mostly pits! and yet they still tout how they saved the katrina dogs!!!!
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Their "haven" is around the corner from me and the fraud that has been going on over there is assinine. the Everett Herald ran some really good stories about why the founders divorced etc. She was using the funds to build herself a big mansion and live the high life and he was tired of it. they recently got new directors and I think the property is no longer in her name and she is gone. The vets have been fighting with them to start euth'n animals as they are suffering far beyond what is reasonable. sad sad sad
 
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she should take the eggs, however I'm not sure they'll be viable after being kept in the fridge? I have heard some say that after being in a fridge they will not hatch> Ive never tried myself so have no practical experience, just what Ive heard. Do you know how cold your fridge is? I think most around 40 or a wee bit colder....

My fridge is 42 degrees because some of the coils are broken and I'm saving up some cash to have it repaired. (Sub-zero, unreliable and overpirced pile of applesauce. Never had problems with the Kenmore in our old home that we had for more than 10 years.)
 
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she should take the eggs, however I'm not sure they'll be viable after being kept in the fridge? I have heard some say that after being in a fridge they will not hatch> Ive never tried myself so have no practical experience, just what Ive heard. Do you know how cold your fridge is? I think most around 40 or a wee bit colder....

hey there are a couple threads on here of folks who buy eggs from like Trader Joes out of the fridge and take them home and hatch them. you should check that out and see what the success rate is. bet they will hatch
 
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I've got another chicken question ( and still hoping for an answer to my last one). I've got a broody Buff Orpington. Our only fertile eggs are from the bantam cochins I bought from RFF. Can I stick those eggs under the buff orpington, or will she realise the eggs are too small to have come from her coop?

Also, the eggs are between 1 and 5 days old, and they were kept in the fridge. will they still be good?

she should take the eggs, however I'm not sure they'll be viable after being kept in the fridge? I have heard some say that after being in a fridge they will not hatch> Ive never tried myself so have no practical experience, just what Ive heard. Do you know how cold your fridge is? I think most around 40 or a wee bit colder....

hey there are a couple threads on here of folks who buy eggs from like Trader Joes out of the fridge and take them home and hatch them. you should check that out and see what the success rate is. bet they will hatch

I say go ahead and try it.
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I have read the trader Jo's thread and the people say that as long as it didn't freeze they should be able o hatch.​
 
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