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terryh

  • Joined Apr 2010
  • rugeley uk
the size of eggs ??????????????
« on: June 23, 2010, 09:20:18 pm »
ive had a good week went to the dentist for a checkup  ;D he talked to me and i did sign language  :) he tells me he has a passion for chickens and keep quite a few in his field
he offered me a lone of one of his incubators i took him up on the offer and went to our local auction and bought 12 silver sussex and are a light cream colour also 36 black maran bantam eggs these eggs are dark brown
my question is the silver sussex eggs are smallish ? but so are the maran eggs now my farther inlaw has black marans but his eggs are on the large size  are there more than one type of black maran ???? im totaly lost ? help please

Henstock

  • Joined Jun 2010
Re: the size of eggs ??????????????
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2010, 09:30:28 pm »
Are they bantam eggs???

shetlandpaul

  • Joined Oct 2008
Re: the size of eggs ??????????????
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2010, 09:45:33 pm »
36 bantam eggs why.

terryh

  • Joined Apr 2010
  • rugeley uk
Re: the size of eggs ??????????????
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2010, 10:03:09 pm »
sorry is should be 24 not 36  i bought more because of the low hatch rate ?


(Are they bantam eggs??? ) all it said on the box was black maran b f  :-[
« Last Edit: June 23, 2010, 10:38:27 pm by terryh »

bamford6

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Re: the size of eggs ??????????????
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2010, 02:22:09 pm »
first yere pullits birds will be ok you mite get a lot off cock birds

terryh

  • Joined Apr 2010
  • rugeley uk
Re: the size of eggs ??????????????
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2010, 11:07:14 pm »
candled my eggs today 30 eggs look full looking good this is a first for me  just hope the people that said they would have chicks off me for free stick to it  ;D

terryh

  • Joined Apr 2010
  • rugeley uk
Re: the size of eggs ??????????????
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2010, 10:30:28 am »
stopped turning the eggs yesterday  :chook: now eagerly watching through the lid every time i come back in to the house the incubator is in the utility where i put my shoes  YES  im excited  ;D

doganjo

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Re: the size of eggs ??????????????
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2010, 12:17:46 pm »
Do you stop turning the eggs with ducks too, and how do you stop an incubator that turns them automatically?  Do I have to switch it off?  I have the instructions somewhere but haven't read through them yet as it's only a few days since they were put in.
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jameslindsay

  • Joined Feb 2009
  • Nr St Andrews, Fife
  • "Blossom" one of my Pygmy Goats
Re: the size of eggs ??????????????
« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2010, 12:24:07 pm »
There should be 2 plugs Annie, 1 to turn the eggs and one to keep the heat. The one that turns the eggs has to be switched off 3 days before due date.

terryh

  • Joined Apr 2010
  • rugeley uk
Re: the size of eggs ??????????????
« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2010, 12:25:16 pm »
Do you stop turning the eggs with ducks too, and how do you stop an incubator that turns them automatically?  Do I have to switch it off?  I have the instructions somewhere but haven't read through them yet as it's only a few days since they were put in.

i think you have probable forgot mor than i will ever know lol
the incubator im using courtesy of my dentist is the corti 25 just a pull or push of the lever

doganjo

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Re: the size of eggs ??????????????
« Reply #10 on: July 12, 2010, 12:29:49 pm »
Ok, as my son says 'Mother, RTFM!!!!'  I do NOT subscribe to the F part  ;D ;D ;D, but I will resort to RTM
Always have been, always will be, a WYSIWYG - black is black, white is white - no grey in my life! But I'm mellowing in my old age

sheila

  • Joined Apr 2008
  • Mablethorpe Lincolnshire
Re: the size of eggs ??????????????
« Reply #11 on: July 12, 2010, 08:11:07 pm »
RTFM????

doganjo

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Re: the size of eggs ??????????????
« Reply #12 on: July 12, 2010, 11:26:01 pm »
Read The (F word) Manual  ;D ;D ;D
Always have been, always will be, a WYSIWYG - black is black, white is white - no grey in my life! But I'm mellowing in my old age

sabrina

  • Joined Nov 2008
Re: the size of eggs ??????????????
« Reply #13 on: July 13, 2010, 10:10:00 am »
We stopped turning our duck eggs on day 25, every time we chatted to them they would move. Quite an experience and as they are just going to be pets to help me with the slugs in the garden I want them to be tame. :&> ;D

Wizard

  • Joined Nov 2009
  • North East Lincolnshire
Re: the size of eggs ??????????????
« Reply #14 on: July 13, 2010, 10:46:18 am »
I have started a new topic cos on here the eggs would get lost ??? ;D ;D :farmer:
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