I\'ve never done anything to disinfect my eggs before setting them in my incubator. Don\'t I feel like a country bumpkin! Good advice here, I\'ll have to give it a try. I also never gave a second thought to using our well water, might have to try some distilled as well and see what my results are like.
I\'ve been hatching like a fiend since October. \'Course that\'s when my lavenders were finally giving me eggs. This is my first year raising my own lavs and splits, so I really want to have lots of birds to choose from as breeders and hopefully to show. I also only have 7 hens laying, so we aren\'t talking the huge amount of eggs some of you guys have
I have 2 good black hens, 4 lavender pullets, 1 lavender hen, 1 lavender roo and 1 split roo in that pen. I put 2 new lavender hens in that pen only to have them everybody stop laying a couple weeks ago. Now my Blue/Splash pen is kicking up, so I\'ve been setting eggs from them. I have a Splash rooster, Splash hen, Black Hen, Blue Hen, 2 Splash Pullets and 2 black pullets in there. I lost my blue rooster last year and was lucky enough to find this splash rooster (from a very generous individual) so these are the first chicks from him. Excited to see what sort of quality they are!
I also just purchased a Silver flock and they came with a blue silver hen, 2 blue silver pullets and a blue silver cockrel. They are still in quarentine and no one is laying yet, but I\'m sure I\'ll be having lots of questions for you all. I\'ve always loved the silver color but the genetics of it are still abit intimidating to me.