kopetsa
197 posts
Feb 04, 2008
5:10 PM
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Hey how are eggs shipped!
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kopetsa
198 posts
Feb 04, 2008
5:31 PM
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Also what does it mean, when only one egg out of each set is fertilized? That happens to me about 80 percent of the time!
Thanks!
Andrew
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quickspin
313 posts
Feb 04, 2008
5:52 PM
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My friend takes eggs from my house to his house and they arrived ok. If you take them your self you will take care of them. But if you shipped them It will be a 50% chance of the eggs not making the ride.
When the eggs is not fertile the cock is not stepping the hen good. Make sure there is enough clearance for both. Shave the cock and the hen and see if that helps if not change the pairs and see which one is the problem. Most likely is the cock because the hen is laying the eggs fine. If the eggs are with a soft skin then the hen needs oyster shells.
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SALAS LOFT
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Santandercol
1929 posts
Feb 04, 2008
8:09 PM
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Kope,
Try trimming the feathers around the vents on both birds and you may get a better fertilisation rate.
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
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Shadow
38 posts
Feb 05, 2008
6:54 AM
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For reasons stated above its the best success system,having done it three times with approx 50% hatch rate,8 eggs 3 hatched,6 ggs 4 hatched and 6 again with 4 hatched,wrapped in cotton wool on all occassions an packed in same,in small box parcel post,in mail for approx 6o hours.
Another fancier more recently had them sent wrapped in cotton wool,indented into both sides of cut open loaf of bread,rejoined and taped solid, loaf posted,again 7 from 12 hatched.
Got to have fosters bang on with dates re incoming eggs.
Embryo has got a better chance of withstanding buffeting,than fresh laid LIQUID
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maxspin
176 posts
Feb 05, 2008
7:49 AM
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Andrew,
How are your breeders being kept?
If they are in individual pens, what is the floor?
If it is wire they may be having trouble balancing when treading. Try providing a board to stand on.
If they are in an open loft is there enough space for them to get away. Often there is interference when trying to tread.
You may need bigger nestboxes, or less crowded conditions.
Keith
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SAT Roller
93 posts
Feb 05, 2008
8:12 AM
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Wow,
This is amazing that an egg can start to develop for days then be pulled/removed and the process stops without the bird dying in the shell.
Then a week or so later be placed under another birds and it starts to grow again....
Never heard of that, I always thought they were pulled before development started...
Never to old to learn something new.
Richard
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