So I'm on a budget, and I've chosen to buy a cheap chinese incubator from eBay. Is there such thing as too low? I bought this one specifically (The 56 version) https://www.ebay.com/itm/203461514242 for only about $16. There's also this one, it's cheaper, but I've noticed a pattern with the ones...
I've been looking all over the web and can't find the name or a seller for this coop. Pictures below are what it looks like. I found it by browsing around ebay and I'm looking to buy a more or less smaller coop. This one seemed perfect but it's sold out. I have heard that it's better to make...
It's lock down day for us, on our first batch of button quail eggs that we ordered from Burton's Pirogue Aviaries on ebay. I'm interested to see if anyone else is also incubating eggs recently shipped
Stats
Egg source: Burton's Pirogue Aviaries
Species: Button Quail
Origin: Missouri
Destination...
I'm tickled pink! I finally got back to selling my fertile eggs through ebay! This (hopefully) gets me one step closer to living full time on our homestead.
I'll be truthful. The amount of work on a farm is unrelenting, and in the past I have found it difficult juggling work, farm, greenhouse...
Hello friends.
I thought I would post a review of a no-name incubator I am testing out from ebay. We loaded it full (23 eggs) a week ago with barnyard mixes to give away to some friends. It really probably only holds 20 chicken eggs at a time but I squeezed in a couple banty eggs too.
As...
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...
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...
I lost a few chicks and was clueless as to what was going on so I took one to the poultry lab and the necropsy report said necrotic enteritis. I had some tylan 50 from TSC on hand for another chick that was sick with something else (sheesh) and read that this could treat enteritis as well. The...
Hi everyone!
I am thinking about hatching some quail chicks this spring and I was wondering what you could tell me about keeping Quail.
I would like to have them as pets and for eggs but not to eat. I have heard that coturnix quail are easier to raise, is that true? Also are jumbo quail better...
I bought some Polish Bantam eggs on Ebay to be delivered between August 8th-11th expecting them to be collected and fresh when shipped to me. The day after I pay I get a shipping confirmation that the eggs have shipped so I sent the seller an email telling him I purposely bought eggs to come at...
I got my first batch of shipped eggs, Ancona duck eggs. I’ll probably updating with candling pics after day seven, the air cells are detached. Some are ruptured. Any suggestions for those?
I had an excellent hatch rate of 75% on my last incubatiion even though my incubator is pretty basic and I had someone else turning the eggs much of the time. Unfortunately, two of the three turned out to be roosters and we were not allowed to keep them in the city where I was residing. I want...
So I bought these super blue Frizzle eggs because I was in a super hurry (I know patience is key), Only now I think I have these eggs that are gonna be regular size chickens and I am MINI chicken hobbyist... I don't have these space for giant chickens! LOL Well maybe they aren't giant but can...