4th Annual BYC NYD Hatch-a-long

[Brechin]

HOLY EPIC JOURNEY ACROSS THE WEST COAST BATMAN!!!

I had been expecting some Lemon Blue Bantam Cochin eggs in the mail. But there was a little mixup/mistake as to where they were being sent. So they went from Escalon, CA to Sacramento, CA all the way to ANCHORAGE ALASKA. Then they were caught up in my forwarding that I have set up from my Alaska address and sent BACK to California by way of Richmond then on to Oakland. To top it off, they were sent to Antioch by mistake, marked as not deliverable as addressed then sent to Pittsburg CA where they were just dropped off to me at my home. Found them on the doorstep.......box on it's side...........


the side that says FRAGILE HATCHING EGGS on it.

SOOOOOO, I candled them and they look pretty bad. No breaks or cracks, but temps in AK were in the single digits and very very dry. Air cells are *ALL* detached. Some of them look like the yolk may have frozen or dried to the side of the shell? Not sure what to do here. Sierra View (the seller) was kind enough to send me more eggs ASAP, so I don't necessarily need to set these. But I am curious. Anyone have advice on banged up eggs? Detached air cells? Scrambled yolks? PICS WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL!! Otherwise, I might let them sit for a while and try to set them for the NYD Hatch Along.

We shall see.... BTW....the postal service is officially the BANE of my existence.....

 

[Bettacreek]

Put them in the incubator. What have you got to lose?

 

[janelle18]

I couldn't help it.. looked at a couple of my eggs with the candler, looking good so far!!

Brechin sounds crazy!! I agree with Bettacreek, if you got the room, put em in! IF they hatch you got a good story to go along with a pretty chicken

on a side note, my BYC layout just changed, now every time I think I am clicking my profile I am really clicking the sponsors page...well played BYC, well played...

 

[crissycriss]

I have a homemade cooler bator.

 

[ronott1]

NYD Hatchalong Daily Digest for 12/12/12
#1 most active thread
NYD Hatch-along conest #1 was the #8th busiest thread
Most of the top ten posters were from this thread too!

Themes: Eggs lost, eggs found, eggs magically jumping into incubators. Eggs becoming Icelandics! Vikings wanting Icelandics! Duck give away contest!

Chiqita fired tadpole98! But she was shopping for the Hatch-along?

Blarneyeggs is looking into getting a new bator(how many does one need? Maybe a real big one? I saw one that holds 4,000 eggs).

There were a lot of wishes for great hatches! For many, this is their first hatch too! Some hatchers have assistants! Great job CaraDD!

The Sheriff dropped by and posted a picture of 8 muddy CL eggs that are in the bator! Go Northern CA!

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy consideres a contest and the winner will get 5 call duck hatching eggs!

NotAFarm posted pictures of Icelandic chickens. Many want them now(of course) Oh my Eyes! That is a message about the how many eggs set contest(see post
2572). Go to post 2703 for contes page links and post 2734 for a contest update. After the contest break, more Icelandic posts! FeyRaine posted
pictures of DH with Viking Braids. She wants to get him some Icelanding Hens to hang out with. If so, get the ones with a crest so they can be braided
to match....

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy Posted a Quail update! and then Duck Eggs are Hatching Under a Broody!

There was a bunch of posts about how many posts there are on this thread.

Mahonri posted the forcast for the end of days for Phoenix. Looks bad for the 21st...

SilkieSensation set more eggs. It is below freezing there but it is really cold in Missouri too! Others are even colder! See post 2653; chickens wear
knitted hats?

Wow! Morning brought wishes for having a good day! Mrs. Fluffy Puffy is setting up a contest for Call Ducks!

SleepyOwl had a chicken die. Bettacreek has comb problems with a big cronish X. If you are missing eggs, put a trace on it!

MarineCorpFarmr was busy with NPIP testing! Good Job on that!

tadpole98 has chicken foot prints in newly poured cement!

Oh my, now Geese pictures too? They follow commands.

Mrhennz77 posted development at the early stages of incubation.

KulieNKC posted a celebrity look a like photo. Gaga is a frizzle! Post 2766

RavenWood is cold in BC Canada! The picture makes me want Christmas! Lovely...

Bettacreek hatches like I do: What is in there? When did they hatch? How old are those Silkies? Do you know how many hatches I have had this year?

Ducks mating whith chickens? What kind of Chimera will we get with that? It is not recommended.

crissycriss posted that her ducks quit already. Temperature spike!

Brechin posted about her dislike of the postal service. Probably the contractor that flew the eggs though. Bettacreek said put them into the incubator anyway(Please check my sig line for tips on hatching shipped eggs)

 

[Bettacreek]

Lol! Love it! You'll have to do one every day, lol.

 

[cmfarm]

In other news, I set my serama eggs at 12 today. I still can't find my camera cord.

If you have a phone with internet you could e-mail it to yourself and then post it. I don't have internet but took the picture with my phone, texted to my husband and he emailed it to me on his work phone.

 

[coldupnorth]

NYD Hatchalong Daily Digest for 12/12/12
#1 most active thread
NYD Hatch-along conest #1 was the #8th busiest thread
Most of the top ten posters were from this thread too!

Themes: Eggs lost, eggs found, eggs magically jumping into incubators. Eggs becoming Icelandics! Vikings wanting Icelandics! Duck give away contest!

Chiqita fired tadpole98! But she was shopping for the Hatch-along?

Blarneyeggs is looking into getting a new bator(how many does one need? Maybe a real big one? I saw one that holds 4,000 eggs).

There were a lot of wishes for great hatches! For many, this is their first hatch too! Some hatchers have assistants! Great job CaraDD!

The Sheriff dropped by and posted a picture of 8 muddy CL eggs that are in the bator! Go Northern CA!

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy consideres a contest and the winner will get 5 call duck hatching eggs!

NotAFarm posted pictures of Icelandic chickens. Many want them now(of course) Oh my Eyes! That is a message about the how many eggs set contest(see post
2572). Go to post 2703 for contes page links and post 2734 for a contest update. After the contest break, more Icelandic posts! FeyRaine posted
pictures of DH with Viking Braids. She wants to get him some Icelanding Hens to hang out with. If so, get the ones with a crest so they can be braided
to match....

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy Posted a Quail update! and then Duck Eggs are Hatching Under a Broody!

There was a bunch of posts about how many posts there are on this thread.

Mahonri posted the forcast for the end of days for Phoenix. Looks bad for the 21st...

SilkieSensation set more eggs. It is below freezing there but it is really cold in Missouri too! Others are even colder! See post 2653; chickens wear
knitted hats?

Wow! Morning brought wishes for having a good day! Mrs. Fluffy Puffy is setting up a contest for Call Ducks!

SleepyOwl had a chicken die. Bettacreek has comb problems with a big cronish X. If you are missing eggs, put a trace on it!

MarineCorpFarmr was busy with NPIP testing! Good Job on that!

tadpole98 has chicken foot prints in newly poured cement!

Oh my, now Geese pictures too? They follow commands.

Mrhennz77 posted development at the early stages of incubation.

KulieNKC posted a celebrity look a like photo. Gaga is a frizzle! Post 2766

RavenWood is cold in BC Canada! The picture makes me want Christmas! Lovely...

Bettacreek hatches like I do: What is in there? When did they hatch? How old are those Silkies? Do you know how many hatches I have had this year?

Ducks mating whith chickens? What kind of Chimera will we get with that? It is not recommended.

crissycriss posted that her ducks quit already. Temperature spike!

Brechin posted about her dislike of the postal service. Probably the contractor that flew the eggs though. Bettacreek said put them into the incubator anyway(Please check my sig line for tips on hatching shipped eggs)

A+ on your summary skills! The added humor and animated emoticon were the +
Thanks for the fun!

 

[SleepyOwl]

Nice summery!

I feel like a kid, all excited that someone else posted about me. How silly is that?

lol (Especially for the reason, chicken died... my 4 year old is over it now btw. Now I am just trying to figure out how to dispose of the carcass. She is way to skinny to butcher, even if I knew for sure she wasn't diseased.)

I have learned my lesson to make sure I check out each of my chickens often. By the time I realized how weak she was, she was skin and bones (and feathers), I just didn't notice because of all the winter feathers.

I have pet her almost daily, and maybe even picked her up, but it's been a while since she got an actual inspection. It's all a learning process, right? I still might not have been able to save her, who knows.

 

[gamebirdsonly]

Just a note, all eggs need to be set by 19:00 (that's 7 pm) local time on 14 December 2012 to be counted as part of the NYD hatch.

Well maybe I will join. I am waiting for some swap eggs if they show up by tomorrow I will join or join anyways and just put the 5 Bantam welsummer eggs from my birds.