rollem
2 posts
Dec 30, 2008
6:04 PM
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how many days can their be difference in eggs laid to foster
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rollem
3 posts
Dec 30, 2008
6:22 PM
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what Iam trying to do is switch eggs with one of my good pair of rollers with a expermential pair of port.tumblers that i was told could raise their own but my experence in the past with oriental frills if you dont foster they dont live and the beak size looks the same ,and by the way the closest pair of rollers is 8 days so i guess i better not switch huh
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kopetsa
2655 posts
Dec 30, 2008
6:23 PM
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I wouldn't switch them.. but yeah the rollers are already developed 8 days?
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Andrew Carmichael
AB Canada
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donnie james
109 posts
Dec 30, 2008
9:00 PM
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they tell me you got 3 days .............donny james
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Joe Dan
135 posts
Dec 30, 2008
9:12 PM
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I was told 5 days and that is what I have gone by. And I have had no problem up to 5 days. What seems to matter the most is for me is which direction...I. E. I like my breeders to lay first VS my fosters because I have had fosters get off the eggs right when they were due to hatch because of their biological clock telling them the eggs are not going to hatch
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Joe Dan Parson
Full Turn Lofts
North Texas
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TT
GOLD MEMBER
285 posts
Dec 30, 2008
9:18 PM
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+1 on Joe Dan's comment
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Electric-man
2222 posts
Dec 30, 2008
9:27 PM
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Spot on, Joe Dan! My luck has been pretty good using this theory!
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Val
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kopetsa
2659 posts
Dec 31, 2008
1:29 AM
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Yeha Joe Dan thats what I was kind of saying when I said about depends on the situation. Yeah I think birds will be able to feed chicks that hatch before the 21 days because they will develop the milk when they hear the egg ticking, but if it's the other way around, "biological clock" yup you got it! :)
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Andrew Carmichael
AB Canada
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roller heaven
39 posts
Dec 31, 2008
4:20 AM
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My birds i can put 3 eggs under them and they will hatch and feed the babys.
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brudahpete
367 posts
Dec 31, 2008
7:36 AM
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I try to stay away from constantly moving eggs. I let the parents hatch out the eggs and then use fosters to finish the feeding. Yes, it's slower but I have never had any bird quit the nest yet. I don't allow myself to hurry the birds.
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