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birdlover
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« on: May 23, 2007, 06:18:52 PM »
hi,
 i have a pheasant egg in the incubator that is almost twice the size of a regular pheasant egg, does this big egg have a good chance of hatching?
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« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2007, 07:22:51 PM »
http://www.thatquailplace.com/smf/index.php?topic=3112.0
read my last post...

it is best to choose eggs that are normal looking for hatching....
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« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2007, 10:13:55 PM »
Good tip, Reeves. I don't mess with trying to hatch any eggs that appear out of the norm. That means in any major way; oblong shape, overdeveloped pores, overly large or overly small, dips in, etc.
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« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2007, 07:18:39 PM »
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but i bet their is at least a slight chance that it might hatch, when you have only one hen laying the eggs for incubating you have to incubate all of the eggs she lays, since theirs a limited amount of eggs she will lay, and you want enough for incubating to make up for the ones that dont hatch or make it to adults.

Thanks !!
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« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2007, 08:28:15 PM »
You are fully prepaired to cull deformed chicks ?
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« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2007, 03:32:08 AM »
Quote from: birdlover on May 23, 2007, 06:18:52 PM
hi,
 i have a pheasant egg in the incubator that is almost twice the size of a regular pheasant egg, does this big egg have a good chance of hatching?

No.. With the size of the egg that you are talking about being,
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, it is nothing more then a double yoke-r. The egg will not hatch.

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« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2007, 06:38:24 PM »
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ok thanks   i really dont want to cull, i can use all pheasants that hatch
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« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2007, 08:03:31 PM »
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i really dont want to cull, i can use all pheasants that hatch

There won't be any hatching out of the double-yolked egg... they will sometimes develop, but rarely hatch, and if they do, only one usually hatches and will most likely be very weak/ have deformities.
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