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Title: Wanted - fertilised eggs
Post by: Kitchen Cottage on January 12, 2014, 01:34:29 pm

I'm going to have a go with the incubator I was given :fc:

I know I can buy the eggs off ebay, but wonder if anyone here down fertilised eggs?

Title: Re: Wanted - fertilised eggs
Post by: ballingall on January 12, 2014, 01:41:56 pm

Where's "here down"? Your location isn't in your profile.

What kind of eggs- hen, duck, geese? Its really early yet for fertile eggs I think. My banties aren't anywhere near laying yet. Guess it might be different farther south of course.

Beth

Title: Re: Wanted - fertilised eggs
Post by: NicandChic on January 12, 2014, 03:58:04 pm

We've just bought our first hatching eggs from ebay, should be here tomorrow, borrowed a friends incubator, got 12 eggs going to try a few in the borrowed incubator and try a few in one I've made myself.
Kept me awake last night thinking about it  :thinking: have you hatched via an incubator before KC? This will be our first time.

Good luck finding what your looking for.

Title: Re: Wanted - fertilised eggs
Post by: doganjo on January 12, 2014, 08:06:16 pm

I've used a friend's incubator to hatch eggs  - ducks I was lucky with - got three females - unfortunately foxy got them  all when they were about a year old.
Pheasants all died in teh shell bar two which died within 2 days.

Chicks - 3 males came from 5 eggs, same with the ones we got from Sue (DBE) -  5 males from 9 eggs.

So if you hatch eggs decide what you will do with the males as you may get a lot of them.  :gloomy:

Title: Re: Wanted - fertilised eggs
Post by: NicandChic on January 12, 2014, 08:24:53 pm

I've been reading about when & how to dispatch just incase, I'd quite like to try for the table.

Title: Re: Wanted - fertilised eggs
Post by: Anke on January 12, 2014, 08:36:43 pm

Far too early in the year - if you wait another month at least, better two, your hatch rate will be much better!

Title: Re: Wanted - fertilised eggs
Post by: Kitchen Cottage on January 15, 2014, 07:39:27 am

Thanks Anke,  I'll wait a while and use the time to test the incubator and get temperatures right :)

Title: Re: Wanted - fertilised eggs
Post by: Bodger on January 15, 2014, 09:28:12 am

I'll have some Welsex eggs for you if and when you're ready. These are a posh version of the traditional Rhode Island Red cross Light Sussex but by using a Welsummer instead of the RIR, The offspring lay a much darker egg than the RIRxLS. The chicks are also sex linked. As day olds the cocks are white and the hens are brown.

Title: Re: Wanted - fertilised eggs
Post by: milly molly on January 15, 2014, 06:56:09 pm

I've got 3 birds sitting on eggs, going to be mixed silkie, ixworth, austrilorps, bit not really wanting chicks just now, going to candle them the next few days and get them sorted but u welcome to anything fertile
I'm Lanarkshire


Mandy