bug_n_flock
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- Jan 2, 2018
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- Parrots
- B&G Macaw, Galah, 5 cockatiels, 50 billion and a half budgies. We breed and do rescue. Too many to list each individual's name and age etc, but they are each individuals and loved dearly.
Hey guys,
Who wants to come along as we hatch out a couple of incubators' worth of barnyard eggs brought back from my Aunt's farm? We have barnyard mix chicken eggs (roo has blue egg gene, also may be a few pures from a second roo in the flock), mixed variety guinea keet eggs, and, my precious ones: 5 duck eggs who may have been fathered by a duck who started life in my home as a much loved housepet but had to be rehomed when we moved to the city. He has lived on her farm for over 2 years now, they love him and he is happy there. We all agree he stays with them, but my man and I want some of his babies in our poultry flock. Ducks will be kacki cambell, indian runner hens crossed with either kacki cambell or rouen(my boy) drakes. 5 eggs and G is older and more in charge than the other drake, I think chances are good for at least one grand duckbaby.
Also, have begun the process of buying our farmland and are going to look at properties in the next few weeks when my man can get off work for a few days to drive the 8ish hours to see it. The land looks perfect, cross fingers and toes for us please!
I candled the eggs today and the chicken eggs whos shells can be seen through have obvious vein growth and chick starts. Whoo! The ducks may have veins, but it is hard to tell. They incubate a good 2 weeks longer than chickens, so it is still early to tell for them. Guineas incubate a week longer than chickens, are smaller eggs, and are brown shelled. Not a good combo for candling, so I'll give it time and candle again in a few days to a week or so.
Setting up a second incubator now that I just bought. It is called "automatic" but does not turn the eggs (grr.), so it really is just a forced air incubator but oh well. Going to set another 7 chicken eggs bringing the total to (I think): 19 chicken eggs, 19 guinea eggs, 5 duck eggs.
Gosh I hope they don't all hatch (but I also sort of do because that would be adorable as heck).
I've incubated a couple species of quail eggs before with success, raised 1 duck as a housepet from 9 days old, and raised 9 chickens to freezer age from about a week old. Never had guineas or incubated either other type of egg. Very exciting stuff!
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Who wants to come along as we hatch out a couple of incubators' worth of barnyard eggs brought back from my Aunt's farm? We have barnyard mix chicken eggs (roo has blue egg gene, also may be a few pures from a second roo in the flock), mixed variety guinea keet eggs, and, my precious ones: 5 duck eggs who may have been fathered by a duck who started life in my home as a much loved housepet but had to be rehomed when we moved to the city. He has lived on her farm for over 2 years now, they love him and he is happy there. We all agree he stays with them, but my man and I want some of his babies in our poultry flock. Ducks will be kacki cambell, indian runner hens crossed with either kacki cambell or rouen(my boy) drakes. 5 eggs and G is older and more in charge than the other drake, I think chances are good for at least one grand duckbaby.
Also, have begun the process of buying our farmland and are going to look at properties in the next few weeks when my man can get off work for a few days to drive the 8ish hours to see it. The land looks perfect, cross fingers and toes for us please!
I candled the eggs today and the chicken eggs whos shells can be seen through have obvious vein growth and chick starts. Whoo! The ducks may have veins, but it is hard to tell. They incubate a good 2 weeks longer than chickens, so it is still early to tell for them. Guineas incubate a week longer than chickens, are smaller eggs, and are brown shelled. Not a good combo for candling, so I'll give it time and candle again in a few days to a week or so.
Setting up a second incubator now that I just bought. It is called "automatic" but does not turn the eggs (grr.), so it really is just a forced air incubator but oh well. Going to set another 7 chicken eggs bringing the total to (I think): 19 chicken eggs, 19 guinea eggs, 5 duck eggs.
Gosh I hope they don't all hatch (but I also sort of do because that would be adorable as heck).
I've incubated a couple species of quail eggs before with success, raised 1 duck as a housepet from 9 days old, and raised 9 chickens to freezer age from about a week old. Never had guineas or incubated either other type of egg. Very exciting stuff!
From phone