Thanks so much for explaining this to a city boy like me. I was told since kindergarten that fertilized eggs were inedible! Just goes to show how little the population knows about the food they eat.
Son, I swear, you answered every question I had. I owe you a shot and a beer. Thank you. My rooster is always Bow Chica bow Bow. Truth be told. I'm a little envious of him. I eat eggs everyday. My wife, came out and asked what do you want for breakfast. I said eggs. She said, for 27 year's you have eaten eggs everyday. Everyday for 27 years. Don't you ever get bored and want to eat something else? I said. You don't know how bad I do. I'm glad I insulated the chicken coop.
Obviously a lot of the city folk that watch these videos don't have clue. The biggest problem I've had with a cheap incubator is the egg turning. No matter what it costs unless you want to do it by hand every couple hours like you said, pay the money to get one that will reliably turn the eggs. This is very important. We just had 24 turkey eggs not hatch because the turner quit working. Good info, I liked the video.
Bow chicka wow wow oh Lordy you are fun to watch, and while you might not be an "ologist" in anything on paper ~ you are an awesome homestead-ologist in my book.... Thanks for the info, and laughs ~ Stay Blessed, The Prepper's Wife
One Woman & Two Acres possibly the most exciting thing in chicken ownership is your first candeling. i sitll get excited when candling eggs. we just did our first duck run this year, another few days
not to get off the subject, love the curtain rod kitchen utensil holder.....got my incubator for Christmas...finally, doing all my research for hatching..thank you!
Good starter video for hatching. If you have the proper bedding and nesting boxes you won't have dirty eggs. I hatched out 100's of eggs, chicken, duck, geese, guinea, turkey and quail over the past 30 years in W.WA where it rains 9 months of the year and never had a problem with washing dirty eggs and hatching rates. Wash the eggs if they are dirty and you will be fine. I did a spring-summer of hatching to see how far out I could go with eggs and abuse them and still get a good hatch rate. 2-3 weeks in storage was 80% hatch rate. I stored the eggs in a portable fridge at 42 degrees and didn't turn them at all. I pushed the storage rate to 5-6 weeks and still got 50% hatch rate. Farthest out I went was 7 weeks. The proper nutrition of the hen and rooster has much more to do with your hatch rates than how you handle the eggs. Get good stock to start and you will get good hatch rates.For under a $100 Little Giant incubators are probably the least costly way to hatch. You won't get 70-80% hatch rates every time, but who cares at that cost. Buy a couple cochin hens and not worry about hatching and let the experts do it......:)
NWHiker we have ducks that are a bad influence on our girls. whenever it rains and is muddy they convince our chickens to play with them in the mudholes that they make. yes i said make! the other day they had an 8" hole dug and diverted the rain gutter to it to fill it. i am convinced that ducks are the pigs of the poultry world.
My chickens get muddy when it rains. No avoiding it. They're not gonna quote their feet before they go in the nesting box. So unless you have an automatic chicken wash that activates before they get to the nesting box, mud (and poo) is unavoidable in wet areas.
We just got four new chicks to add to our four chickens but no rooster yet. I'll have to get a good incubator along with our rooster later this year. Thanks for the info.
From a family that has raised their own food, my folks (are in their 80's) use to candle eggs instead of judging by sight their layers versus cooking eggs. Personally I just use them all for cookers.
thanks so much! its my first year to raise chickens. im raising austrolorps and im just loving it. I want to harch more because there are no local breeders for them.
Bow chickawowow action!!!! bwahahhahahaha! luv u so much jnull0. We live close to The Mrs. Volfie and when it's fall and i'm prepping the harvest and for craft fairs i put y'alls vids on to keep me going. THanks!
Thank You for the Video. So I've been separating the pointy eggs from the rounder eggs. The Pointy eggs are 5 for 5 Rooster and Round Eggs 5 for 5 Pullets
Great video, very informative. I haven't incubated eggs in many years. A fox killed all my hens and my favourite rooster last week so I'm going to incubate their eggs and pray I can get at least one chick to keep their memory alive.🐤
After incubation of 5 to 8 days you can do what is known as candeling. You can use a very right light to shine through the egg from side to side. If you see a dark area floating in the egg it has been fertilized. Put it back in incubator and finish your hatching. There are plenty of videos on how to do it. Not hard at all. Good luck.
Thanks John, I needed the laugh. Nothing like good ole chicken love! From the poop on your eggs, it looks like you need to deworm your chickens. Also, you can tell a fertile egg when you crack one open, just look for the bulls eye on the yolk. Solid white circle - not fertile, bulls eye - fertile. After I see that the eggs are fertile, I start saving them. Luckily, I have a rooster that really enjoys doing his duty! LOL
Dirty eggs are not necessarily a worm problem...right now I am dealing with mud issues, rain on and off for the past month as well as snow here in N GA. Runs are very muddy and the hens like to lay in a box where there is already an egg, stepping on eggs in the process. The mud transfers to the eggs. Yes, the mud may contain poop, but dirty eggs aren't necessarily poopy eggs. Once things dry out my eggs will all be mostly clean.
We are definitely having mud issues here in NW GA. At least it isn't massive snow like farther north is dealing with. A $25 sheet of plastic from Home Depot kept me from having mud problems with my chickens this winter. I roll the sides up in good weather and down in cold or wet weather. I laughingly called it my "eggplant greenhouse". That being said, natural de-worming is not hard on the chickens and you can still eat the eggs. Seeds from birdhouse gourds are great for this. I've read that raw pumpkin seeds are good for this, but I've never tried them since I always have an abundance of gourd seeds. I give the seeds to my chickens as a treat once a month and I never have a poopy egg problem, rain or shine. Just a handful of seeds per 2 chicks is all it takes.
jan Penland Are you using the plastic on the side of runs to keep rain out or on the "floor" of runs? Just curious - even if I were to put plastic on the sides (and top) I would have mud since everything is on a slope, and water runs downhill. Runs are at the bottom of the slopes. I don't think even a trench would stop the water flow across the top layer of soil. Right now I using a small amount of hay so I don't slip and fall, moving it when the sun shines to help dry things out. Suns not shining much though :(
I'm using it on the sides and top with the sides able to be folded up. That way, I can give them ventilation from the side opposite the wind and rain. Fresh air is vital to their health. I also have a layer of about 6" of hay on the floor, but they scratch right through it for their dust baths. Living in the valley next to a creek, I don't get much run off. I do get a lot of puddles. I've had to use stepping stones in the worst of these areas, and with all this rain we've had this winter, sometimes that is not enough. Have you thought about stacking some of your rocks as a mini retaining wall and trench it away from the run, then add some water loving plants between the wall and the run? Just think, when we get our annual summer drought we will be wishing we had some of this rain, lol!
jan Penland OK, trying to form a picture of your setup - my birds have a coop with solid walls on 3 sides and the coop isn't an issue, water stays out as it's slightly elevated. My run is too big to put plastic on overhead in any way that would be easy to take off/put on. I do plan to add some plants to the "high side" outside the run, but as you say, we'll be having dry spells before long. Stepping stones for my use is a great idea, thanks!
Finally got an incubator. Just hatched my biggest hatch yet. Out of 32 only 10 didn't pip. 3 died in the shell. I wasn't home to notice humidity dropped :'(
Great info, but we have 1 rooster and 24 hens. How do we tell which eggs have been fertilized because I don’t believe he’s, as you put it, bow chicka bow wowing them all?
As usuall john great video good info. I do have birds but dont hatch my own but knowledge is a wonderfull thing. Enjoy all the vids set to do some italian beef sandwiches this week cant wait. Ive been abusing your bread recip. The family loves it. Keep up the great work. God bless. Kenny
My grandad has exercises for his shoulders do u do the same he goes up to a door and tries to stretch to the top of the door he's ment to do that 4 times a day but he doesn't and now he's wanting a shoulder replacement and hip
Rose, all store bought eggs are infertile per agg. rules for health reasons. you can visit any local farmer, and most, if they are a small family deal will be happy to supply you with their newest eggs. once in the fridge they won't be fertile. this could take several visits on a timely schedule for them. read up, it's a great hobby for the whole family. I wish you well.
I know wild turkeys lay an egg a day for 10-14 days before they actually sit on the nest to start incubating. Their eggs are exposed to whatever the outside conditions are day and night till she starts sitting.
Hi Jnull0, new subscriber here, took a few times of hearing Bev mentioning you before I got the name and did a search. You have a good channel and good life going on there, at least I think so anyways, lol. Your subscriber count kept going up as I was watching a few of your vids and thought I should get on board. One question if you don't mind, you said the hens will lay eggs wether they are fertilized or not, Is there any difference in eating quality or anything else between fertilized and non fertilized eggs? Might be a stupid question but I just would have assumed the hen would have to be knocked up so to speak inorder to produce eggs so just wondering if there's any difference other than being fertilized or not. Thanks.
Someone fractured my acr joints (separated shoulders) in my 20s. When in my 40s, the rotator cuffs started to shred from the original injury. One of the preliminary exams for pain was raising my arms just the way you did when you felt pain. Also pain during the movement mimicking "pouring a soda" at chest level, is an indicator. I eventually underwent surgery when my left rotator cuff ruptured completely and I could no longer move my arm. If your Dr. suggests surgery, it will help with the pain the the recuperation is hell. Think back to whether you've ever fallen forward and braced yourself on that arm, which is another indicator. When the doctor went in he said the fractures were too old and arthritic to repair. Waited too long and will suffer from shoulder pain for the rest of my life. Take care of it sooner than later. And there is a lot of information online regarding that pain. Having told you all of this, I hope I'm wrong. Cuz it puts your arm and shoulder out of commission for about a month.
Once the egg laid by hen after how many days can I use for incubating and after how many days I can't use for incubating purpose. I need your best response with regards.
For the last two years I have had hens sit on their eggs in the springtime. One was a success and the other was a failure. Throughout the rest of the year they just don't go broody. At least mine don't .
Belles Human when you hatch chicks you are looking for the best possible outcome. you take alot of negative factors out of the mix with an incubator, and an egg turner takes even more negative factors out of hatching. when a hen goes broody and sits on eggs your success rate can be lower. it can also be very hard on her body, she doesnt get off the nest more then 1-2 times a day, so she needs to have water and food close to her at all times.
jnull0 LOL Ohhh my gosh you had me on the floor with your bowchika wow wow.. HAAA.. Greattt .. Now I have a tatooed vision of chicken love in my head YUCK! hehehe
Correct me if I am wrong but dirty eggs indicate worms in the chicken. If they are laying these, deworm them before hatching the eggs. Is this correct?
Deborah Elliott no a dirty egg dose not mean a chichen has worms. it just means it's dirty. I helped my ex boyfriends mom with her chickens all the time and not one of the children's gad worms. you have to look at a stool sample to see if there's worm and it has to be runny.
Deborah Elliott a lot of people say dirty eggs means worms, it does not. I don't know quite how this rumor started. It's almost always causes from a poopy chicken foot stepping on the egg, poop in the nesting box, poop on the fluffy bum feathers, or some other accidental contamination. It's almost never from worms. This seems to be a rumor that started, and people are believing. If a chicken has an infestation of worms she won't be laying much. If it's a severe infestation she won't be laying at all.
No it doesn't mean worms. What it does mean is the hens either had dirty feet when laying or the nest box has been pooed in and needs a clean with fresh bedding put in.
I bought a deluxe incubator,(egg turner ,air circulation etc.. )And it says that the fan dries them out quicker, Can anyone give me an idea how often I should add water? and I was also told to use a soft dry scour pad to clean off my eggs, Will that hurt them? I didn't use any pressure,just slid it softly across the egg to remove debris. this is my first attempt and hatching,so just a little nervous! Thanks!!
I wash my eggs before hatching, and had no problems. Plus the protective coating on the egg, called the bloom is what gives them their color. I got an incubator from Amazon for $75.57 that has a built in egg candler.
@@predatorschickens6143 I have now built an incubator of 1500 eggs....but the problem now is finding the eggs...so I have been wondering if I can buy eggs from the supermarkets and hatch them! And I am still wondering,can it work?..
The bloom does NOT have anything to with the color of the egg. A brown egg will still be brown if the bloom is washed off, a green or blue egg will still be green and blue if the bloom is washed off. Don’t know where this crazy idea started, but it is bonkers. The fact is, just before laying an egg, the hen adds a protective layer called “bloom” or cuticle to the outside of the egg. This coating seals the shell pores, prevents bacteria from getting inside the shell, and reduces moisture loss from the egg. These are all things designed to make the egg last longer, and has absolutely NOTHING to do with what color it is!!!
@@GodGunsGutsandNRA that was a typo, I never saw. I meant protection not color. Sometimes I repeat myself so, I don't confuse myself, or other's but sometimes my phone's autocorrect haunts me.
for the first 18 days what is your incubator temp and humidity at? Then what temp and humidity for days 19-21? pls help having problems finding a happy medium
question... from the time that eggs are taken from the henhouse to the time they are placed in the incubator, do they need to be stored at any particular temperature during the waiting period??
+Christy Benton BYC said to put into cool room, and elevate one end of the egg carton - switch ends every 24 hrs, same idea to keep yolk from sticking.
1 of my chickens, the breed is a fluffy feet and the roosters is a naked neck but she never has hatched 1 of her own eggs, they seem to be fine as the ones from your example but they either die inside or don't hatch at all, what do you think is the reason for that to happen?
Can you let the hens do the hatching themselves just gathering the eggs to see if there fertile or not and putting the fertile ones back underneath the hens to be hatched
Most hens lay their daily egg and then go about their business of pecking and scratching and not giving a second thought about the egg they just laid. A hen has to be 'broody' before she will sit, brood and hatch eggs. It's a 21 day process for a broody hen after she has accumulated a group of eggs or 'clutch'. Her hormones and instincts dictate the process.
I have heard that the shape of the egg can indicate if it's a male or female chick inside. I don't remember which is which but one is supposed to hatch from rounder eggs and the other is supposed to come from longer narrower eggs. Have you noticed any truth to that?
There's no truth to that. The egg is formed like an assembly line from the hen, so it's been fertilized long before it ever comes out. There's about a 3 week assembly line of eggs forming inside the hen at any given time. The rooster can do his thing and be separated from the hens for up to 3 weeks and you will still get fertilized eggs every day. Turkeys can go 2 months and other birds many months after, so it doesn't have to be day in and day out romping by the rooster to produce fertile eggs. Look up how eggs are formed and laid, it's a fascinating process. The color of the egg is the last thing done right before they are layed. Almost like a printer at the very last moment. If the hen is upset or bothered it can hold the egg in longer and it will deform the egg or stop the process. Double yolkers are eggs held over from the day before or a screw up in the egg process. Every hen is programmed for so many eggs in her liftetime, it takes about 26-28 hrs to produce an egg, so the first 2 years are the tops then it's downhill after that.
Question John.....If females lay eggs no matter what, then does the male fertilize the eggs before they form a hard shell? Anyone feel free to answer and the bowchickawowwow and the do not omelette were hilarious!
Thanks so much for explaining this to a city boy like me. I was told since kindergarten that fertilized eggs were inedible! Just goes to show how little the population knows about the food they eat.
Everything is edible. Some things are only edible once, however
Bow chika wow wow! You're a cool dude. I could imagine you as a Science teacher.
Lmao I thought the exact smae thing
Son, I swear, you answered every question I had. I owe you a shot and a beer. Thank you. My rooster is always Bow Chica bow Bow. Truth be told. I'm a little envious of him.
I eat eggs everyday. My wife, came out and asked what do you want for breakfast. I said eggs. She said, for 27 year's you have eaten eggs everyday. Everyday for 27 years. Don't you ever get bored and want to eat something else?
I said. You don't know how bad I do. I'm glad I insulated the chicken coop.
Obviously a lot of the city folk that watch these videos don't have clue. The biggest problem I've had with a cheap incubator is the egg turning. No matter what it costs unless you want to do it by hand every couple hours like you said, pay the money to get one that will reliably turn the eggs. This is very important. We just had 24 turkey eggs not hatch because the turner quit working. Good info, I liked the video.
I like the chika chika wow wow action part. Next time I am going to call my action that too.
Lol eggologist, I like how you add ologist to just about everything you are talking about. love the video God bless.
I love it. Quite simple and straightfoward. All my questions were answered!
Bow chicka wow wow oh Lordy you are fun to watch, and while you might not be an "ologist" in anything on paper ~ you are an awesome homestead-ologist in my book.... Thanks for the info, and laughs ~ Stay Blessed, The Prepper's Wife
Just candled my first incubated eggs! I'm so excited to see the tiny movements. Soon I'll be up to my neck in chickies! Good luck on your hatch!!!
One Woman & Two Acres possibly the most exciting thing in chicken ownership is your first candeling. i sitll get excited when candling eggs. we just did our first duck run this year, another few days
Good luck! Mine are all out and about now. It was fun watching them flap their wings while still in the egg!
Not an expert at anything but always gives the best advice. Like your videos.
not to get off the subject, love the curtain rod kitchen utensil holder.....got my incubator for Christmas...finally, doing all my research for hatching..thank you!
"hatching eggs don't omelette" hahaha!!! Great vid!!!
Good starter video for hatching. If you have the proper bedding and nesting boxes you won't have dirty eggs. I hatched out 100's of eggs, chicken, duck, geese, guinea, turkey and quail over the past 30 years in W.WA where it rains 9 months of the year and never had a problem with washing dirty eggs and hatching rates. Wash the eggs if they are dirty and you will be fine. I did a spring-summer of hatching to see how far out I could go with eggs and abuse them and still get a good hatch rate. 2-3 weeks in storage was 80% hatch rate. I stored the eggs in a portable fridge at 42 degrees and didn't turn them at all. I pushed the storage rate to 5-6 weeks and still got 50% hatch rate. Farthest out I went was 7 weeks. The proper nutrition of the hen and rooster has much more to do with your hatch rates than how you handle the eggs. Get good stock to start and you will get good hatch rates.For under a $100 Little Giant incubators are probably the least costly way to hatch. You won't get 70-80% hatch rates every time, but who cares at that cost. Buy a couple cochin hens and not worry about hatching and let the experts do it......:)
NWHiker we have ducks that are a bad influence on our girls. whenever it rains and is muddy they convince our chickens to play with them in the mudholes that they make. yes i said make! the other day they had an 8" hole dug and diverted the rain gutter to it to fill it. i am convinced that ducks are the pigs of the poultry world.
My chickens get muddy when it rains. No avoiding it. They're not gonna quote their feet before they go in the nesting box. So unless you have an automatic chicken wash that activates before they get to the nesting box, mud (and poo) is unavoidable in wet areas.
We just got four new chicks to add to our four chickens but no rooster yet. I'll have to get a good incubator along with our rooster later this year. Thanks for the info.
Bow-chica-wow-wow going on in the when house! LOL!
From a family that has raised their own food, my folks (are in their 80's) use to candle eggs instead of judging by sight their layers versus cooking eggs. Personally I just use them all for cookers.
thanks so much! its my first year to raise chickens. im raising austrolorps and im just loving it. I want to harch more because there are no local breeders for them.
Bow chickawowow action!!!! bwahahhahahaha! luv u so much jnull0. We live close to The Mrs. Volfie and when it's fall and i'm prepping the harvest and for craft fairs i put y'alls vids on to keep me going. THanks!
i lost it when he said "hatching eggs, don't omelet"
U suck
@@ethanwuff6021 it was supossed to be funny
🤣🤣
Thank You for the Video. So I've been separating the pointy eggs from the rounder eggs. The Pointy eggs are 5 for 5 Rooster and Round Eggs 5 for 5 Pullets
Interesting!
Solid video. Answered questions I couldn't find in other videos
Great video, very informative. I haven't incubated eggs in many years. A fox killed all my hens and my favourite rooster last week so I'm going to incubate their eggs and pray I can get at least one chick to keep their memory alive.🐤
🥺😢RIP smollies💔
Ur buuti full
I have seen double yolk and even a triple yolk hatch. Just saying :-) Love your videos man.
Thank you big man, it was informing.Please make a video on how to tell if eggs are fertilized or not. All the best.
After incubation of 5 to 8 days you can do what is known as candeling. You can use a very right light to shine through the egg from side to side. If you see a dark area floating in the egg it has been fertilized. Put it back in incubator and finish your hatching. There are plenty of videos on how to do it. Not hard at all. Good luck.
Bawmchikka wow wow got you a subscriber! Love it 🤣
I think you qualify for a eggyologist certificate.
Hahah eggyologist
Great info once again! The smartest dudeologist on youtube!
Thanks John, I needed the laugh. Nothing like good ole chicken love! From the poop on your eggs, it looks like you need to deworm your chickens. Also, you can tell a fertile egg when you crack one open, just look for the bulls eye on the yolk. Solid white circle - not fertile, bulls eye - fertile. After I see that the eggs are fertile, I start saving them. Luckily, I have a rooster that really enjoys doing his duty! LOL
Dirty eggs are not necessarily a worm problem...right now I am dealing with mud issues, rain on and off for the past month as well as snow here in N GA. Runs are very muddy and the hens like to lay in a box where there is already an egg, stepping on eggs in the process. The mud transfers to the eggs. Yes, the mud may contain poop, but dirty eggs aren't necessarily poopy eggs. Once things dry out my eggs will all be mostly clean.
We are definitely having mud issues here in NW GA. At least it isn't massive snow like farther north is dealing with. A $25 sheet of plastic from Home Depot kept me from having mud problems with my chickens this winter. I roll the sides up in good weather and down in cold or wet weather. I laughingly called it my "eggplant greenhouse". That being said, natural de-worming is not hard on the chickens and you can still eat the eggs. Seeds from birdhouse gourds are great for this. I've read that raw pumpkin seeds are good for this, but I've never tried them since I always have an abundance of gourd seeds. I give the seeds to my chickens as a treat once a month and I never have a poopy egg problem, rain or shine. Just a handful of seeds per 2 chicks is all it takes.
jan Penland
Are you using the plastic on the side of runs to keep rain out or on the "floor" of runs? Just curious - even if I were to put plastic on the sides (and top) I would have mud since everything is on a slope, and water runs downhill. Runs are at the bottom of the slopes. I don't think even a trench would stop the water flow across the top layer of soil. Right now I using a small amount of hay so I don't slip and fall, moving it when the sun shines to help dry things out. Suns not shining much though :(
I'm using it on the sides and top with the sides able to be folded up. That way, I can give them ventilation from the side opposite the wind and rain. Fresh air is vital to their health. I also have a layer of about 6" of hay on the floor, but they scratch right through it for their dust baths. Living in the valley next to a creek, I don't get much run off. I do get a lot of puddles. I've had to use stepping stones in the worst of these areas, and with all this rain we've had this winter, sometimes that is not enough. Have you thought about stacking some of your rocks as a mini retaining wall and trench it away from the run, then add some water loving plants between the wall and the run? Just think, when we get our annual summer drought we will be wishing we had some of this rain, lol!
jan Penland
OK, trying to form a picture of your setup - my birds have a coop with solid walls on 3 sides and the coop isn't an issue, water stays out as it's slightly elevated. My run is too big to put plastic on overhead in any way that would be easy to take off/put on. I do plan to add some plants to the "high side" outside the run, but as you say, we'll be having dry spells before long. Stepping stones for my use is a great idea, thanks!
Good info John! Take care and God Bless, xxx
You're knowledge is amazing! Thank you!
thanks man... we have backyard chickens now but are ready to make some babies!!!
Another great vid, with Johns humour added for a smile or two. :D
Great information. Thanks for making me laugh after a long day at work.
LOL you are a trip! Really enjoyed your video :)
That was really interesting thanks. Happy new year to you and your family.
What incubator do you recommend for a beginner.
I'm. Saving up to get me my first real one
Angela Hopson The one we have has worked well for us, it is a Janoel 8-48, we found ours on ebay for about 120 bucks.....................J
Thank you for your information. I work long hours and I'm a beginner so I need one me proof.
bi
Finally got an incubator.
Just hatched my biggest hatch yet.
Out of 32 only 10 didn't pip.
3 died in the shell.
I wasn't home to notice humidity dropped :'(
+Angela Hopson What kind did you get? I am new at this and haven't decided what to get yet.
Bow Chicka Bow Wow! LOL! Eggyoligest John your cracking me up. Keep these helpful videos coming. Peep Peep
Good Info Jnull! and Good Luck on a great turnout! Have a good'n
Them is some serious serious working hands 😮
LOVED THE VIDEO U ARE HILARIOUS AND INFORMATIVE
My rooster must be “missing” the spot. Is it bad if my hen is broody on eggs that aren’t fertile?
I get twin yolks every once in a while.
Love your videos very good info & you're very entertaining...lol
Great video with lots of information!! Thank you!!
Great info, but we have 1 rooster and 24 hens. How do we tell which eggs have been fertilized because I don’t believe he’s, as you put it, bow chicka bow wowing them all?
As usuall john great video good info. I do have birds but dont hatch my own but knowledge is a wonderfull thing. Enjoy all the vids set to do some italian beef sandwiches this week cant wait. Ive been abusing your bread recip. The family loves it. Keep up the great work.
God bless.
Kenny
"Boom chick-a-wow-wow".. is that a technical term?
Nuuuuuuuuuuuu ideaaaaa
MrKnap2755 he means the sex part
brown chicken brown cow?
U f*****g dumb basta** it’s bow chicka not boom where tf do you hear boom you only had one f*****g job
My grandad has exercises for his shoulders do u do the same he goes up to a door and tries to stretch to the top of the door he's ment to do that 4 times a day but he doesn't and now he's wanting a shoulder replacement and hip
Thanks man! From Corsica, France.
this vid was 5 days ago and just showed up in my feed also--- cant wait to see the new hatches--- love ya huggs....
Very interesting video. Can I use the eggs that I buy from the super market for this?
Rose, all store bought eggs are infertile per agg. rules for health reasons. you can visit any local farmer, and most, if they are a small family deal will be happy to supply you with their newest eggs. once in the fridge they won't be fertile. this could take several visits on a timely schedule for them. read up, it's a great hobby for the whole family. I wish you well.
Is this a serious question? lmao
Good video! very informative!
Thank you 🐣🐤🐥
I know wild turkeys lay an egg a day for 10-14 days before they actually sit on the nest to start incubating. Their eggs are exposed to whatever the outside conditions are day and night till she starts sitting.
Hi Jnull0, new subscriber here, took a few times of hearing Bev mentioning you before I got the name and did a search. You have a good channel and good life going on there, at least I think so anyways, lol. Your subscriber count kept going up as I was watching a few of your vids and thought I should get on board. One question if you don't mind, you said the hens will lay eggs wether they are fertilized or not, Is there any difference in eating quality or anything else between fertilized and non fertilized eggs? Might be a stupid question but I just would have assumed the hen would have to be knocked up so to speak inorder to produce eggs so just wondering if there's any difference other than being fertilized or not. Thanks.
if you have a flat incubator do you think it would be ok to mark.e one side of the eggs so you will know which ones you have turned?
Yes, I think that is a good idea.
J
That's very helpful. I am hoping to incubate duck eggs soon and they can get very, very dirty.
Jnull, your in the country my friend, its "Brown chicken brown cow!" not bow chikka bow wow. As always, another great vid.
You crack me up...........thank-you for the useful info.
Someone fractured my acr joints (separated shoulders) in my 20s. When in my 40s, the rotator cuffs started to shred from the original injury. One of the preliminary exams for pain was raising my arms just the way you did when you felt pain. Also pain during the movement mimicking "pouring a soda" at chest level, is an indicator. I eventually underwent surgery when my left rotator cuff ruptured completely and I could no longer move my arm. If your Dr. suggests surgery, it will help with the pain the the recuperation is hell. Think back to whether you've ever fallen forward and braced yourself on that arm, which is another indicator. When the doctor went in he said the fractures were too old and arthritic to repair. Waited too long and will suffer from shoulder pain for the rest of my life. Take care of it sooner than later. And there is a lot of information online regarding that pain. Having told you all of this, I hope I'm wrong. Cuz it puts your arm and shoulder out of commission for about a month.
how do you know forsure they're fertelized? do you wait that week, then candle them? then stick them in the incubator?
Love your videos! You are amazing!!!! Just doesn't apply to ducks. Do you have a duck hatch video?
I had to give you a thumbs up on the video thank you
What incubator are you using in this video? Thanks 🙏
I have a question, what happens when you clean the eggs with a wet cloth, can they hatch in the incubator
i just wondering why don't you let your hen hatch out the eggs for you. is it easier with a incubator
Once the egg laid by hen after how many days can I use for incubating and after how many days I can't use for incubating purpose. I need your best response with regards.
do you turn them while you wait? Or just in the egg carton until you're ready
Congratulations, very good video but bro how can I produce more female chicks to develop my business? Is there any technique?
Very informative! Thanks Sir!
Have have my incubator since high school.
We miss you. Hope all is well for you and your family.
Stupid question: why would you use an incubator instead of letting the chickens do their thing? I'm new to chickens and am wondering. Thanks.
I use an incubator because I have trouble getting my hens "broody", that means the will sit on the nest for the 21 days it takes to hatch.
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For the last two years I have had hens sit on their eggs in the springtime. One was a success and the other was a failure. Throughout the rest of the year they just don't go broody. At least mine don't .
jnull0 Thanks!
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Belles Human when you hatch chicks you are looking for the best possible outcome. you take alot of negative factors out of the mix with an incubator, and an egg turner takes even more negative factors out of hatching. when a hen goes broody and sits on eggs your success rate can be lower. it can also be very hard on her body, she doesnt get off the nest more then 1-2 times a day, so she needs to have water and food close to her at all times.
jnull0 LOL Ohhh my gosh you had me on the floor with your bowchika wow wow.. HAAA.. Greattt .. Now I have a tatooed vision of chicken love in my head YUCK! hehehe
I do have a blind male pigeon can he incubate chicken eggs......?
Plz can you suggest me...
I heard a light is used to tell weather an egg is fertilized is this true?
learning so much from you! :D
Good video bro 👍👍👍
This video answered so many questions I had.
Correct me if I am wrong but dirty eggs indicate worms in the chicken. If they are laying these, deworm them before hatching the eggs. Is this correct?
Deborah Elliott no a dirty egg dose not mean a chichen has worms. it just means it's dirty. I helped my ex boyfriends mom with her chickens all the time and not one of the children's gad worms. you have to look at a stool sample to see if there's worm and it has to be runny.
Deborah Elliott a lot of people say dirty eggs means worms, it does not. I don't know quite how this rumor started. It's almost always causes from a poopy chicken foot stepping on the egg, poop in the nesting box, poop on the fluffy bum feathers, or some other accidental contamination. It's almost never from worms. This seems to be a rumor that started, and people are believing. If a chicken has an infestation of worms she won't be laying much. If it's a severe infestation she won't be laying at all.
No it doesn't mean worms. What it does mean is the hens either had dirty feet when laying or the nest box has been pooed in and needs a clean with fresh bedding put in.
I bought a deluxe incubator,(egg turner ,air circulation etc.. )And it says that the fan dries them out quicker, Can anyone give me an idea how often I should add water? and I was also told to use a soft dry scour pad to clean off my eggs, Will that hurt them? I didn't use any pressure,just slid it softly across the egg to remove debris. this is my first attempt and hatching,so just a little nervous! Thanks!!
I wash my eggs before hatching, and had no problems. Plus the protective coating on the egg, called the bloom is what gives them their color. I got an incubator from Amazon for $75.57 that has a built in egg candler.
Have you tried this eggs selection method for incubation? And if yes,did it work?
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I'm not picky with egg selection. I hatch large, mediums, & smalls without a problem.
@@predatorschickens6143 I have now built an incubator of 1500 eggs....but the problem now is finding the eggs...so I have been wondering if I can buy eggs from the supermarkets and hatch them! And I am still wondering,can it work?..
The bloom does NOT have anything to with the color of the egg. A brown egg will still be brown if the bloom is washed off, a green or blue egg will still be green and blue if the bloom is washed off. Don’t know where this crazy idea started, but it is bonkers. The fact is, just before laying an egg, the hen adds a protective layer called “bloom” or cuticle to the outside of the egg. This coating seals the shell pores, prevents bacteria from getting inside the shell, and reduces moisture loss from the egg. These are all things designed to make the egg last longer, and has absolutely NOTHING to do with what color it is!!!
@@GodGunsGutsandNRA that was a typo, I never saw. I meant protection not color. Sometimes I repeat myself so, I don't confuse myself, or other's but sometimes my phone's autocorrect haunts me.
for the first 18 days what is your incubator temp and humidity at? Then what temp and humidity for days 19-21? pls help having problems finding a happy medium
What is the name brand/model of your incubator?
question... from the time that eggs are taken from the henhouse to the time they are placed in the incubator, do they need to be stored at any particular temperature during the waiting period??
+Christy Benton BYC said to put into cool room, and elevate one end of the egg carton - switch ends every 24 hrs, same idea to keep yolk from sticking.
great video. but i put mine in the incubator the wrong way. maybe they will turn out good
I can only imagine his birds and bees talk to his kids
Love your videos! Will you have any pheasant eggs for sale this spring?
Thank you so much it does help tremendously
1 of my chickens, the breed is a fluffy feet and the roosters is a naked neck but she never has hatched 1 of her own eggs, they seem to be fine as the ones from your example but they either die inside or don't hatch at all, what do you think is the reason for that to happen?
Lance Chris learning english. Just a guess but they may not be compatible.
How long after incubating can you still eat if not fertile?
Can you let the hens do the hatching themselves just gathering the eggs to see if there fertile or not and putting the fertile ones back underneath the hens to be hatched
Most hens lay their daily egg and then go about their business of pecking and scratching and not giving a second thought about the egg they just laid. A hen has to be 'broody' before she will sit, brood and hatch eggs. It's a 21 day process for a broody hen after she has accumulated a group of eggs or 'clutch'. Her hormones and instincts dictate the process.
Were they refrigerated before?
I can collect one egg a day and will take 30 days to collect 30 eggs. Is it fine to save egg for 30 days before putting in incubator ?
When my hen gives egg i rapidly put it in the incubator within 1 minute does i am doing right
What kind of chickens do you have?
So eggs that are not dirty means they can be used for incubating
I have heard that the shape of the egg can indicate if it's a male or female chick inside. I don't remember which is which but one is supposed to hatch from rounder eggs and the other is supposed to come from longer narrower eggs. Have you noticed any truth to that?
There's no truth to that. The egg is formed like an assembly line from the hen, so it's been fertilized long before it ever comes out. There's about a 3 week assembly line of eggs forming inside the hen at any given time. The rooster can do his thing and be separated from the hens for up to 3 weeks and you will still get fertilized eggs every day. Turkeys can go 2 months and other birds many months after, so it doesn't have to be day in and day out romping by the rooster to produce fertile eggs. Look up how eggs are formed and laid, it's a fascinating process. The color of the egg is the last thing done right before they are layed. Almost like a printer at the very last moment. If the hen is upset or bothered it can hold the egg in longer and it will deform the egg or stop the process. Double yolkers are eggs held over from the day before or a screw up in the egg process. Every hen is programmed for so many eggs in her liftetime, it takes about 26-28 hrs to produce an egg, so the first 2 years are the tops then it's downhill after that.
NWHiker Ah... okay.
great video, keep it up
Question John.....If females lay eggs no matter what, then does the male fertilize the eggs before they form a hard shell? Anyone feel free to answer
and the bowchickawowwow and the do not omelette were hilarious!
They are fertilized before the hard shell is formed.
this is really interesting. thank you 😊
What type of incubator do you have?