I think for that effort I'll just make the cardboard boxes early. Definitely a good idea, but as the rolls are already "seasoned", I'd rather start with something a little cleaner.
Oh man. Looks like we're finishing our first quail incubation. Got two that have not pipped yet so they are still hanging out, but we hit the 24 hour marker so the other had to move. 13 chicks in the brooder. Two pipped eggs that decided not to continue. And from lockdown: five early quitters...
Oh wow. That's a great one.
You should see about getting those in like a thread or article and added to the sticky. When I first opened the sticky I felt a little overwhelmed of where to begin...maybe since I have had chickens and so I started immediately with a lot of questions, but either...
Well I got these from a local (~hour away) guy from the internet, so he definitely could have given me a few old ones, but I agree, it's more likely that something cause a few to quit right off the bat.
I definitely should have taken pictures.
I went through Google and found this article:
https://countingchickns.wordpress.com/2012/05/06/rotten-hatch-rotten-eggs/
And the couple that didn't have much were very much like 3 and 6 in the article. The 4 questionable were similar, but with a very dark...
Got a question for you all,
The whole, fertile vs. Clear thing.
I had 7 of our eggs not enter lockdown,
One had a blood ring and 6 were very light. I opened all seven and can tell the blood ring was an early quitter...for the other six, four looked like a slight tannish tint and two looked the...
Thanks!
And agreed about the popsicle stick. You might also consider a second one on the other side in case you continue to give it these heavy loads! Might have to glue it sideways though, if that makes sense.