One of the prettiest cross breeds I've done was a Barred Rock roo x EE hen. She came out barred but had red all through her. She was gorgeous! Sadly she just passed away today, about an hour and a half ago. 😢
For any of you that followed along, back in mid July, I started "The Ebay eggs project." A 5 part series on the hatchability of "fertile auction eggs." Well as you know 9 of 15 hatched, and today they turn 1 month old. I had no SCDS (sudden chick death syndrome). Here are a few pictures of them...
Welcome aboard! This is a great place to fill in those "holes". The people on here are great. Super nice and very knowledgeable. Enjoy this place its hard to get off once you start digging into all the info and conversations. Welcome.
Day 17 I turned the eggs one last time, "X" is up and I close the lid. I head upstairs and turn in for the night. My role with the eggs are done, to me they are now in "lockdown". Almost three weeks ago I unboxed 15 eggs. At this stage I have 11 still cooking and at the last candle all were...
Hello and welcome back. Things have been pretty calm since last time. Untill yesterday, I came home from work and checked on the eggs. I could hear chirping from inside, so I knew thing were going to heat up soon. At 8:00 pm egg #8 had piped. #10 who I think will be named Lucky, if you've...
Well hello to everyone who has been following this project. This week has been full of ups and downs. So lets get to it.
Last time we left off with day 7 candeling, #3 was a quitter, #9 was unsure, and the rest were all winners. So I checked #9 on day 8,9,10. Day 10 #9 was ruled a yolker. I...
Great article, I can't tell you how many dull brooding boxes I've made in the past. I will take my chicks outside to let them explore for a while then its back to dullsville. I have 14 eggs due in 14 days and you can bet they will have a fun and exciting brooder. Thank you for the article it was...
Just the one spot about 1 1/2" I hope it will be able to hatch ok. I only used superglue because it was the first thing I saw and was rushing around to get it fixed. I wish I had used wax instead.
So the eggs are set, temp and humidity are staying at 101 and 45-50% respectively. My daughter and I are hand turning the eggs three times a day. Everything is going seamlessly until day three. I have marked all the eggs with an "X" on one side and an "O" on the other. I have also numbered all...
The ebay eggs project is my reintroduction to backyard poultry. I have had chickens before always buying them as day old chicks. Some breeds I have kept are Lt. Brahma, Barred Rock, Silver Laced Wynodott, Buff Orpington. I have hatched turkeys before as well.
So I won my eggs on July 10, 2019...
No I've never been a member before. I stumbled onto this site a couple of days ago and I cant seem to get off it lol. So I figured might as well become a member so I can start interacting and post.
Well I've done it again. I am experienced in the chicken world, but I have taken a few years off. I'm at it again though. Right now I have 15 eggs in the incubator on day 6. These are ebay eggs. First time doing that so lets see how it goes. Thank you for this site and lets start this journey again.