pheasant eggs - sandpaper vs. dirt

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Finally got my modem fixed - I'm back and boy, it feels good! Missed you guys!

Sometime back I posted info request about pheasant eggs and how best to clean the dirtiest ones. I mentioned using a very fine sandpaper for some of them, but I did not use soap/water to clean any. Well, The hatching time has come and gone, and the results are in:

Used two incubators, one with approx. 83 pheasant eggs, the other with 78 or so. Used sandpaper on 50% of the eggs in the 2nd incubator. Got a total hatchout of 50% (approx) from both incubators. The sandpaper did nothing detrimental, as far as I can tell - about half of the leftover eggs in the 2nd were clean from the sandpaper or from lack of poop/dirt. And I pulled out many a clean shell from the 2nd unit, while I was taking out those cute little peeps. Gads, somebody shoulda warned me - they make chicken peeps look huge and gangly. Adorable beyond belief. Admire my control - I didn't keep any of them (not even the one that came out dark brown). The feed store's got 'em - I just hope he sells them!

Sorry, Brad, if the detail in my report is lacking - 'tis the season, after all. I do wildlife rehab, and the babies are coming in faster and faster - as are the weeds in my garden! Naturally, the wash never goes away, nor the dishes, nor the feeding time for my two-legged zoo!!!! Any questions, give me a holler!

Judi

-- Judi (ddecaro@snet.net), May 24, 2000


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