roller alley
8 posts
Nov 14, 2008
11:47 PM
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I LOST MY FOUDATION COCK AND AM SUCCESFULLY FOSTERING 4 EGGS FROM HIM,2 HATCHED YESTERDAY.I THOUGHT OF THIS QUESTION WHEN I THOUGHT IF I DIDNT HAVE ANY FOSTERS AT A TIME OF DESPIRATION.
QUESTION;Has any body ever tryed to delay the hatching of eggs lets say by a week or longer
I have had a hen or two whom hatched and raised a clutch on its own but it was very stressful on them and risked abandonment.I am thinking if upon laying u can refrigerate the eggs for a short time till u can use at least wooden eggs to persuade a hen to sit on them.
Just a thought
Luis J.
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TheGame
309 posts
Nov 15, 2008
12:56 AM
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I don't think you can delay an egg lol... its growing every day and every second. If you tried stopping it or slowing it, it would most likley die.
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quality
26 posts
Nov 15, 2008
5:08 AM
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I have heard of delaying hatching.
When you put a pair together & the hen lays the 1st egg, then the next day the 2nd egg, yet when the young hatch, they both hatch at the same time?
An old timer I know, when he fosters if he does not have a pair ready to take the eggs he will hold the eggs for up to a week. How? You must keep the eggs warm & roll them every few hours so the yolk does not stick to the shell. You can keep the eggs this way for a week.
I believe in Wendell Levi's book The Pigeon has details on this subject. I will do some reading later to shed some light on the subject.
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brudahpete
149 posts
Nov 15, 2008
7:16 AM
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Now there's something! I've heard that the temperature of the egg has an effect on the sex of the bird. This is interesting.
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katyroller
316 posts
Nov 15, 2008
7:45 AM
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I don't believe you can delay hatching once incubation has started. I think if you were to try to slow things down by adjusting temperature, you would run the risk of damage to the embryo.
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JBow
19 posts
Nov 15, 2008
10:03 AM
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Sure you can delay an Egg. As soon as the egg is layed pull it and put in the frig. do the same with the second egg. I have done this many many times. About the longest Ikept them in the frig is 6 days. When you have a foster pair lay just take them out of the frig and let them get to room temp and then put them in the fosters nest. One year I had a pair. The cock was mine but the hen was my friends from utah. He was moveing back to utah so we pumped that pair and got 29 birds from that pair. Almost all had been in the frig. Jim Bowen
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brudahpete
152 posts
Nov 15, 2008
10:30 AM
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That blows my mind dude!
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PR_rollers
GOLD MEMBER
1956 posts
Nov 15, 2008
12:27 PM
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Once the eggs are incubated you can't delay it. now If it lays the egg you can take it before it gets incubated and put it in a dark place at about 55 degrees in a bed of sand for up to 7 -10 days turning it twice a day or three to prevent settling of the contents make sure you wash your hand so your body oil don't get on the eggs and clogg up the pores so the embryo can't breathe when its time to incubate.that's very important ..
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Ralph
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TT
GOLD MEMBER
160 posts
Nov 15, 2008
1:38 PM
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See i though you could delay the eggs, I know they do that with chickens, but didnt know how. Good info.
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Tony.
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OZZIE
4 posts
Nov 15, 2008
1:50 PM
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You can put eggs in the veggie tray and turn them 2-3 times a day and they will last up to 7 days.
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PR_rollers
GOLD MEMBER
1964 posts
Nov 15, 2008
4:06 PM
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Yea and you can also put them in the egg carton too..
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Ralph
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brudahpete
154 posts
Nov 15, 2008
6:32 PM
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How many eggs for a plate sized omlet? Lol!
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roller alley
9 posts
Nov 15, 2008
8:24 PM
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thanks guys for the info.I thought also that it could be done but needed input from actual person with expertice in the matter.lucky i didnt need to us it this time but now i know what to do:o)
thanks L.J.
Last Edited by on Nov 15, 2008 8:25 PM
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katyroller
323 posts
Nov 15, 2008
8:59 PM
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roller alley, I don't know if you do it but I always pull the first egg laid and replace it when the second egg is laid. Sometimes the breeders start incubating the first egg after it's laid and the first egg hatches a day or two before the second egg. By pulling the first egg, you get both of the eggs to hatch the same day and the youngsters tend to grow at the same rate.
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roller alley
10 posts
Nov 16, 2008
8:09 PM
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KATY
I always let the first egg hatch on its own,but the second egg I ectracate him my self when he starts to peck at the eggs, to give him energy to help with the diff. in age.
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TheGame
316 posts
Nov 17, 2008
4:26 AM
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I think I actually saw something about this in the new NBRC magazine.
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