4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[Tom and Barbara]

...with hatching out from supermarket eggs?

 

after seeing Martin's post about the quail i'm tempted to do an experiment with my broody sussex and get some blue eggs from the supermarket.....

[Liz Steed]

....I too would be very interested to know...however my Tesco's has stopped stocking Clarence Court

[Nicola H]

Sainsburys still sell them.........

[Gallina]

If you look at the Clarence Court webcam there are always cockerels breezing past the camera, so there is a good chance of the eggs being fertilized.

 

(Having said that, the webcam seems to be showing water at the moment and there isn't a hen in site: it's usually better than that.)

[Tom and Barbara]

how cool is that!!!!! ....oooh i see a chicken.....

[feemcg]

I'd never thought of it till I saw Martin's thread - will need to research what eggs my nearest Tesco and Sainsburys have. I think I'd need to put them in with some other bought-in fertile eggs though - wouldn't like to wait 21 days and get nothing .

[bronze]

I just wish I had a chciken that would go broody asI cant afford an incubator

[feemcg]

You can get starter incys for under £50 Bron - go on, raid the wee ones' piggy banks .

[bronze]

where please?

most I've found are about £50 then theres postage on top

I wouldnt raid their piggy banks Just might borrow the money before it gets put in! Or actually flog a few bits on ebay

[Tara.F]

two of my bantams are broody now but I wouldn't be able to 'neck' a baby cockeral so I'd best stop daydreaming

[Tom and Barbara]

we couldn't keep any boys with neighbours so close so i'll be selling any boys that hatch out

[Tara.F]

hubby just rang from Sainsburys

 

he's bought a box of Clarence Court eggs

 

"just happened across them" he says

"how? we never buy eggs anymore" I said

"I just wondered what colours they had" he said "and in one box there's a cream one, a brown one, a blue one and a PINK one!"

 

I don't know whether to hope they hatch or fail

[Tom and Barbara]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! *BANG* ooh just exploded with excitement ...must..get....to...Sainsbury's

 

sounds like there's a real mix in there - when are you going to incubate them?

[The Dogmother]

Oooo, don't start me off.... I'd love to hatch quail, but won't do it unless I have a market for the meat and eggs.

 

You can have one of mine Bron - they go broody at the drop of a hat

[Tara.F]

sounds like there's a real mix in there - when are you going to incubate them?

 

we have two grumpy, broody bantams.

we're going to give them the eggs in a makeshift nest in the hope that they let the other three back into the eglu to lay.

 

when I PATIENTLY EXPLAINED to Dave that we don't have room for anymore, he directed me to the 'eglu cube'

[Gallina]

I managed to get some Clarence Court eggs today: they have been unavailable in either Tesco's or Sainsbury's for the last week or so, perhaps because they are laid by real hens who have their off-days.

 

You can choose between the eggs of Burford Browns (which are a dark brown) or Old Cotswold Legbars, which are blue. Some don't come out quite the true colour, but they are still as delicious. It is a good idea to check inside the boxes: sometimes I find a cracked one. They are wonderful eggs: the yolk is a proper orange colour. They also do quails' eggs.

 

I can't decide whether to eat them or hatch them. Do you need to have an incubator if you keep them indoors during the summer, well wrapped up?

[The Dogmother]

Yes you do have to have an incubator Gallina - they need a constant temperature (i think it's around 99-102 deg), humidity and the need turning. It's best to have a chicken mummy if you can get a broody, then they do all the rearing and looking after - a chicken mummy is a joy to behold when she rears chicks well - she sacrifices her own well-being to make sure they are ok. I'd recommend doing the hatching thing if you have appropriate accommodation.

[buffie]

Oh don't start me off...I bet I can get them in Waitrose, may do it if my cochin's/brahma went broody some time

 

BBx

[Paola]

Just catching up with this thread What has Martin done? Can somebody point me in the right direction of his thread

[Snowy]

If you can find the thread Paola, it is worth it - he's hatched some quail eggs from Tesco!

[feemcg]

I've read about people hatching eggs wrapped up in damp towels on top of the Aga, or in a boiler cupboard .

[Tara.F]

I'd recommend doing the hatching thing if you have appropriate accommodation.

 

so...just in case one of the six does hatch (gulp) what constitutes appropriate accomodation for mum and chick?

 

and how do other, grown hens get on with ickle ones?

[Tom and Barbara]

run with it, run with it!!!!! god if only my dave would use the immortal words 'lets get an eglu cube!'

[Paola]

If you can find the thread Paola, it is worth it - he's hatched some quail eggs from Tesco!

 

OMG Somebody please do a link for me Am really pants at this sort of thing

[Tara.F]

I don't know how to post a link -Paola, but look in 'the nesting box' on page two there's a thread called 'exciting'

 

brace yourself though....lots of very cute pictures in there!!!

 

Frizz has pecked a small hole in one of 'her' eggs and lobbed it out of the nest.

If she's identified that one as infertile...does that mean the rest are gooduns?