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[tracyjg]

 

[tracyjg]

 

[storminthenight]

My LG will probably underperform your Brinsea. I'm hoping to have similar numbers, but I'm also realistic that my incubator issues will be challenging. These eggs are so pretty that I'm hoping we both get some fluffiness out of them.

And then there were 6. Candled tonight probably for the last time, 6 babies moving around, 6 that had chicks in various stages of development that had died
Is that common with shipped eggs or was it something else perhaps that I did or didn't do? Perhaps both.)
How are yours doing?

 

[Cynthia12]

Set my eggs that came in the mail today, it's been 12 hrs. I usually wait the 24th, but these were out there for 3 days, and I'm not quite sure how old they are..soo..here I go with some of the prettiest, and I mean the prettiest EE eggs I have ever bought! Some are F1 OE eggs..now that makes me excited as well! Boy these eggs are pretty. Need to go lift the lid off and on for the next half an hr. They were still pretty cool from having them in the room I had them in to rest. Can't wait for my new bator to come, these will go in with a turner. I don't usually like the fan, but my friend has this bator, and has great hatches..of course, her eggs come from her own flock. Still, giving it a go. Should come by early next week.

 

[Cynthia12]

And then there were 6. Candled tonight probably for the last time, 6 babies moving around, 6 that had chicks in various stages of development that had died

Is that common with shipped eggs or was it something else perhaps that I did or didn't do? Perhaps both.)
How are yours doing?

Shipped eggs..can be good, can be not so good. I have a site that shows how they could be handle in a video. We can't expect them to be actually handled very carefully by hands. There is just too much mail out there. They get dumped from trucks, and go down some pretty bumpy ramps. :/ Looking/

 

[firedragon1982]

Have a 4th pip tonight! But this one may be a bit of malposition. It's pipped toward the middle of the egg rather than by the aircell. Pip #2 is going to town with the zipping tho, almost half way around already. He's in a hurry to get out and I don't know why!

Edit: Speedy is also the loudest too...

 

[shahtir101]

Set my eggs on the 11th. Can't wait for some chicks. I have to come up with some "spooky names." I'm also getting a serama rooster and pullet!

 

[Cynthia12]

He talks about these cars at first..doesn't take long, then, the video shows mail and boxes. Do you see your box of eggs in there??

 

[storminthenight]

Shipped eggs..can be good, can be not so good.  I have a site that shows how they could be handle in a video.   We can't expect them to be actually handled very carefully by hands.  There is just too much mail out there.  They get dumped from trucks, and go down some pretty bumpy ramps.   :/  Looking/  

Oh I'm sure! Out of 18 eggs I had 15 develop and 12 that made it to day 9-10 (on day 14 now with 6 that are still kickin). I'd expect some to get scrambled and not develop at all, but I wondered if other factors could cause early embryonic death.

 

[firedragon1982]

He talks about these cars at first..doesn't take long, then, the video shows mail and boxes. Do you see your box of eggs in there??

Yeah, that first machine, just dumping the packages onto the conveyor... scary!