hath 0 Posted August 12, 2004 Member ID: 70 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 847 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 6,535 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/10/03 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 30, 2020 Birthday: 30/09/1969 Share Posted August 12, 2004 (edited) buy a water based maker pen and number the eggs as they are laid so you know when they are due to hatch make sure it is water and not oil based Edited January 21, 2005 by Rainbow Link to comment
Guest mryks Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 Do You have to mark the eggs? im new at this, have got 10 pairs laying, first batch of crested budgies due to start hatching next couple of days, and i have not yet marked any eggs as dont know if i should. could u please explain to us newbies why it is nessersary? Thanks, Miriam :bluebudgie: Link to comment
hath 0 Posted September 25, 2004 Member ID: 70 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 847 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 6,535 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/10/03 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 30, 2020 Birthday: 30/09/1969 Author Share Posted September 25, 2004 i mark my eggs so that i know in what order they are going to hatch you dont have to Link to comment
JimmyBanks 0 Posted December 17, 2008 Member ID: 4,130 Group: Site Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 112 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,370 Content Per Day: 0.74 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 25,112 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/03/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 1, 2015 Birthday: 12/02/1982 Share Posted December 17, 2008 do you number your eggs? Link to comment
melbournebudgies 0 Posted December 17, 2008 Member ID: 4,233 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 329 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4,498 Content Per Day: 0.77 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 28,540 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/04/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 2, 2010 Birthday: 17/12/1982 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I don't, I know when the one is layed and therefore when I should expect one to hatch, if that day passes with no chick I can assume that egg is DIS, if there is any doubt about which order the eggs should have hatched in then I can always candle them. Link to comment
chrissy0705 0 Posted December 17, 2008 Member ID: 4,495 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 83 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 683 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,315 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/07/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 17, 2009 Birthday: 16/01/1977 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I don't mark my eggs at all. I keep a log on each mating pair. I log the date they were put down, the date each egg was laid and then the dates each egg hatches and what mutations and sexes they are. I used a Microsoft Diagram Chart and keep track that way. If the date passes that the last egg should have hatched then I investigate (candle, wait, toss, etc...) I look at it this way. The less I handle the eggs the less chance I have of doing something wrong or causing harm to the unborn chick (if not kill it and end up DIS or something). If you like the computer... it can be good for charting... I use it all the time. Each time I learn something new on here about one of my birds I log it on the computer under a genetics chart I made for each of my birds. To me the only thing that marking eggs is good for is if a chick was ready to hatch but just couldn't break through the shell... and you can assist, but other than that for me it's just more room for error. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted December 17, 2008 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I dont mark eggs at all. I note down date eggs are laid and I just dont freak out if an egg doesnt hatch. Crissy, candling eggs doesnt involve holding them or handling at all. Just use a flexible shaft torch and do them in nest. Link to comment
chrissy0705 0 Posted December 17, 2008 Member ID: 4,495 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 83 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 683 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,315 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/07/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 17, 2009 Birthday: 16/01/1977 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I dont mark eggs at all. I note down date eggs are laid and I just dont freak out if an egg doesnt hatch. Crissy, candling eggs doesnt involve holding them or handling at all. Just use a flexible shaft torch and do them in nest. I know that KAZ, but unfortunaytely that type of candling stick is not easy to come by here and if it is, I have't been able to find them. ALong with crop needles and cc syringes for hand feeding. I finally had to go to a pet shop of all places and ask them if they could some how order me syringes... and I have to pay out the butt for them and shipping. The closest I have found to a candling stick is a lazer light, not gonna work. I use a card with a hole in it over a flashlight. Again, I work with what I have available to me. So for me, unfortunately, candling does require me to handle the eggs. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted December 17, 2008 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted December 17, 2008 (edited) I dont mark eggs at all. I note down date eggs are laid and I just dont freak out if an egg doesnt hatch. Crissy, candling eggs doesnt involve holding them or handling at all. Just use a flexible shaft torch and do them in nest. I know that KAZ, but unfortunaytely that type of candling stick is not easy to come by here and if it is, I have't been able to find them. ALong with crop needles and cc syringes for hand feeding. I finally had to go to a pet shop of all places and ask them if they could some how order me syringes... and I have to pay out the butt for them and shipping. The closest I have found to a candling stick is a lazer light, not gonna work. I use a card with a hole in it over a flashlight. Again, I work with what I have available to me. So for me, unfortunately, candling does require me to handle the eggs. http://cgi.ebay.com/LABOR-SAVING-DEVICES-F...p3286.m20.l1116 flexible shaft candling torch USA Edited December 17, 2008 by KAZ Link to comment
melbournebudgies 0 Posted December 17, 2008 Member ID: 4,233 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 329 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4,498 Content Per Day: 0.77 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 28,540 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/04/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 2, 2010 Birthday: 17/12/1982 Share Posted December 17, 2008 (edited) Hey chrissy I don't know if you have a mobile phonewith a light on it but that's what I use. I pop the phone in the nest box and then just gently hold each egg over the light, I onlyhave to lift them less than 1cm to do them and it works really well. Any small cheap LED torch will work too, one of the mini mag-lights would probably work well too. Oh and for crop feeding I use rubber valve tubing available from any bicycle shop, costs about 30 cents a metre here, I cut it to lenth and put it onto a standard plastic syringe that any pharmacy will stock. Edited December 17, 2008 by melbournebudgies Link to comment
Daz 0 Posted December 18, 2008 Member ID: 4,838 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 247 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,882 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 36,650 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 19/11/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 2, 2022 Birthday: 02/02/1964 Share Posted December 18, 2008 I mark every egg. I use a pencil and mark both sides. This way I only touch the egg when I mark it. It has 6 days to colour up (8 - 10 if the first one) before it is thrown out. I mark a nest card the day it was laid and if it was fertile or not. This way I can check at a glance if the pairing is working out. It is easy to work out then when they should hatch. Link to comment
JimmyBanks 0 Posted December 18, 2008 Member ID: 4,130 Group: Site Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 112 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,370 Content Per Day: 0.74 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 25,112 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/03/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 1, 2015 Birthday: 12/02/1982 Share Posted December 18, 2008 I mark every egg. I use a pencil and mark both sides. This way I only touch the egg when I mark it. It has 6 days to colour up (8 - 10 if the first one) before it is thrown out. I mark a nest card the day it was laid and if it was fertile or not. This way I can check at a glance if the pairing is working out. It is easy to work out then when they should hatch. A pencil isn't to sharp? I would've thought it would crack the egg... ahh well you learn something new everyday... Link to comment
melbournebudgies 0 Posted December 18, 2008 Member ID: 4,233 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 329 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4,498 Content Per Day: 0.77 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 28,540 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/04/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 2, 2010 Birthday: 17/12/1982 Share Posted December 18, 2008 A soft pencil like a 6B is the best bet if you choose to mark them Link to comment
JimmyBanks 0 Posted December 18, 2008 Member ID: 4,130 Group: Site Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 112 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,370 Content Per Day: 0.74 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 25,112 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/03/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 1, 2015 Birthday: 12/02/1982 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Well I won't be marking these ones MB maybe when I grow up and get the intestinal fortitude to breed solo... Link to comment
Daz 0 Posted December 19, 2008 Member ID: 4,838 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 247 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,882 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 36,650 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 19/11/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 2, 2022 Birthday: 02/02/1964 Share Posted December 19, 2008 I use a pacer pencil. I've had no problems in the last year. Just be gentle Link to comment
**Liv** 0 Posted December 19, 2008 Member ID: 3,771 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 147 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,621 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,450 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 8, 2014 Birthday: 09/04/1911 Share Posted December 19, 2008 I don't mark eggs yet, but i think i plan to when i have more pairs down, especially if i need to foster eggs etc. I don't touch eggs either (unless i have to foster) and i candle eggs in the nest using a little LED key chain light Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted December 19, 2008 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted December 19, 2008 I mark fostered eggs Link to comment
JimmyBanks 0 Posted December 19, 2008 Member ID: 4,130 Group: Site Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 112 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,370 Content Per Day: 0.74 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 25,112 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/03/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 1, 2015 Birthday: 12/02/1982 Share Posted December 19, 2008 marking fostered eggs would be good expecially when you are breeding with birds that you are unsure of their genetic makeup, that way you will know what cock/hen is hiding certain genes... Link to comment
GenericBlue 0 Posted January 4, 2009 Member ID: 4,737 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 106 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 5,156 Content Per Day: 0.92 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 28,240 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2021 Birthday: 08/09/1973 Share Posted January 4, 2009 thats the only time i have ever marked eggs jb when i have had more than one diffrent birds fostered eggs Link to comment
Elly 0 Posted January 4, 2009 Member ID: 1,641 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 15,350 Content Per Day: 2.22 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 99,335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/10/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I believe that marking eggs is good too for the beginner breeding so they can have a time line on when the next one may hatch and know which is which. Link to comment
mysixbabies 0 Posted January 7, 2009 Member ID: 3,449 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 56 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 987 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 5,965 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 30/05/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 3, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2009 YOu don't need to mark them but it is helpful especialy if you are community breeding. don't use a permanant marker but a pencil or regular pe is okay. It is also helpful so you know if no.2 hatches first then no.1 is infertile. well thats my veiw. GL Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted March 29, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Link to comment
daniela 0 Posted July 14, 2009 Member ID: 5,298 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 26 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 518 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,950 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 30, 2013 Birthday: 10/03/1978 Share Posted July 14, 2009 so would any of you guys use textas (e.g Faber casteell one),are they safe because i have noticed that they can be quite watery and i wonder whether if the ink can go through(it would be good to have red babies!!)...also do any of you gys colour code for each nest e.g how do you organise eggs when forstering between nests eg. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted July 14, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I never mark eggs........dont want to risk the egg. I have the records of date of being laid, date of hatching etc on the nestboxes. If I foster eggs, I make sure the likely colour of fostered babies from those eggs are not going to be what pops up in the foster nest, so the chicks are easily identifies once they feather up. For instance grey chicks or eggs that will be grey chicks go into a nest that I will only get green chicks from. I really dont see the point in marking eggs to be honest Link to comment
GenericBlue 0 Posted July 14, 2009 Member ID: 4,737 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 106 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 5,156 Content Per Day: 0.92 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 28,240 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2021 Birthday: 08/09/1973 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I never mark eggs........dont want to risk the egg. I have the records of date of being laid, date of hatching etc on the nestboxes. If I foster eggs, I make sure the likely colour of fostered babies from those eggs are not going to be what pops up in the foster nest, so the chicks are easily identifies once they feather up. For instance grey chicks or eggs that will be grey chicks go into a nest that I will only get green chicks from. I really dont see the point in marking eggs to be honest kaz is write besides one the egg hatches the chicks if are fostered sometime hatch on same day so....defeats purpus puting in a totally diffrent birds genetic make up seems much smarter is for that fact Link to comment
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