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There is normally a good market for pullets at the end of winter so if you can hold onto them you could make good money

i have never really noticed the difference - though i give them to the chicks because they will get the most benefit from them and its such a waste to toss them

@DMRippy That incubator of yours inspired my journey on home made incubators. I am glad it is getting a new life

Absolutely. I candle at 10 days and pull the clears and feed them back. Once upon a time in the USA and still in many countries eggs are stored on the counter not in the fridge. The bator is just like a hot day.

I boill them, mash them shell and all and feed them to my chicks

The eggs should be 55f and the water 75f. 2 mins in water is what the article says

500mg of vit c in 1 liter water is 0.5%

There are several ways to get donations like that. Do some research to see how much the company keeps of the donation first

Fascinating stuff. I love reading research articles. I spent most of my adult life promoting evidence based healthcare in the cardiology sector. A long way from chickens. Since I became an incubator addict, I dove right into research of chickens. I have read hundreds and hundreds of full print...

It was an expensive and heartbreaking experience. I started with shipped eggs imported from USA. Once I had 12 hatch from 200 eggs. Then 8 were killed by fire ant bites in the brooder. Once I made everything ant proof and worked out how to get humidity controlled it suddenly got better. I get...

Fumigation should not be done if you are hatching in your house!

Actually no. I simply cannot find any research to support it. I am not saying it should not be done but I like to read the science and trials done. There are some cleaners that contain citric acid and yeast. One such product is sold by McMurray. I fumigate my eggs. I use potassium...

Do you have a link to the info on cleaning eggs with vinegar?

I have two guys that help me out with the chickens pigs goats and water buffalo.

I have 250 juveniles that I am hoping will mature fast. I desperately need to have 150 layers. Those six months from egg to egg layer is killing me. I am about half way there. We are currently hatching 100 chicks a week. I need 600.

Congrats!!!!

Despite my above comment on the concentration of the vinegar, I still believe that acid can only be detrimental to the eggs. Typically we use products that are alkaline as cleaners. Here is a good article on egg cleaning http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/1548/smallscale-egg-handling-1

I am surprised that eggs would survive dipping in pure vinegar (5% acetic acid) I would have expected making a solution with 5% vinegar. That is one cup vinegar added to water to make five quarts of solution.

Ahh the life of an addict

I get power outages frequently. I don't bother putting my back up batteries and inverter on until the outage is in the second hour. The closer the eggs are too hatch the more tolerant they are of temp fluctuations. See the hatching 101 article by Sally sunshine in my signature for a link to a...