YO GEORGIANS! :)

[GAFarmGirl87]

@GoldenChicks16 All this talking is getting me excited about chicks. I can't wait to get started on a new flock!

 

[GoldenChicks16]

@GAFarmGirl87 I know! Very exciting stuff!

 

[abmaddox1981]

@GoldenChicks16 All this talking is getting me excited about chicks. I can't wait to get started on a new flock!

I just hatched 19 and am planning on setting more later this month. Yes, I'm an addict!

 

[GAFarmGirl87]

@abmaddox1981 How do you choose which eggs to set?

 

[carcar80]

Cool. Yes I'm still in my first year too (last of this/first of next month is a year). However my flock now is just fill-in girls since I lost all but the one in my av to dogs back in Oct/Nov (I think?).. I want to hatch SLW/GLW (I think I've narrowed it lol) in spring but I'm just preparing myself for what/how to deal with excess.

 

[abmaddox1981]

@abmaddox1981 How do you choose which eggs to set?

It depends on what I'm hatching for. This was to replace my older non egg laying layers. So I crossed gold comet hens with a jersey giant roo. BTW, they auto sex. Awesome! My silkies are my only purebreds and egg selection there I go by the size of the egg and how porous it is. I've noticed withe smaller eggs my hatch rates aren't as good.

 

[GAFarmGirl87]

It depends on what I'm hatching for. This was to replace my older non egg laying layers. So I crossed gold comet hens with a jersey giant roo. BTW, they auto sex. Awesome! My silkies are my only purebreds and egg selection there I go by the size of the egg and how porous it is. I've noticed withe smaller eggs my hatch rates aren't as good.

I have a hard time figuring out who is laying what. At present I fear I will be blindly selecting eggs and hoping they are fertile.

 

[abmaddox1981]

I have a hard time figuring out who is laying what. At present I fear I will be blindly selecting eggs and hoping they are fertile.

you can candle for fertility, it's a little tricky at first though.

 

[GAFarmGirl87]

Can I candle an egg for fertility just after it's been laid though?

 

[abmaddox1981]

Can I candle an egg for fertility just after it's been laid though?

should be able to. I have to candle mine after the kids go to bed, but it's the same day. My girls lay between 8-11am and I usually candle around 9 or 10pm.