Crissy pm me, ive had to troubleshoot alot of incubators from the lizard breeding days, might be able to help ya get this figured out. Worst case if you need some incubated and its still giving you trouble i can throw my bottom rack in and set some for you
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)
Aw, how sweet! We're in the same boat then, as I'm not keeping any (or hardly any... ; ) babies that I hatch. I must sell them to help pay for my bird's enormous appetites.
First chick out. Unfortunately, it's not a cornish cross. Looking at the eggs, I'm not entirely sure why I put them in there as cornish cross?! The eggs are only about medium size and my cornish girls have been giving me jumbo mondo eggs. Unfortunately, this chick won't be able to stay here, along with the other one if it hatches, since they won't "fit in". I have to get rid of those brahmas as well. :/
What kind of eggs did you get?Geese are good free ranging with most other birds. there are always exceptions to this as each have their own personality. Breeding season is when you have to be the most careful. ganders and geese both will claim a territory and defend it and run others off. We use breeding yards and paddocks to keep the various breeding pairs and trios separate from each other and the other animals. It makes put up and turn super easy too.
We run a flock of ducks in each main pasture, these spaces can often be shared by geese and chickens too. Keeping a careful eye on drakes (male ducks) to make sure they arent trying to molest chickens. So far so good around here.
Routine is a key thing for geese, be patient as they learn what you want from them. After a week they usually have it down and will be a joy to work with. Same goes for feed, they dont take to new food like piggie ducks, so dont give up until you try for a week with something new.
Sorry for the delay in responding, we had horrible rains last night and had to get some clean up done.
More eggs arrived today so setting them tonight
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OMGoodness!!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.....
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?
fired tadpole from what?
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).
Ooooo which bator are ya getting?
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!
The Sheriff??? Which Sheriff? Crap, I think my tags are expired.
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....Viking braids, I think I saw that post...very cool.
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!
I'm so sorry SleepyOwl, that is sad. Bettacreek - Vaseline
MarineCorpFarmr was busy with NPIP testing! Good Job on that!
I saw that post...so awesome!
tadpole98 has chicken foot prints in newly poured cement!
bahahaha...well it's a bit more unique than little kid handprints. =)
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
....totally need to find that thread...what??
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!
I'm so sorry...poor thingsDo you have other eggers to hatch out?
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)I like the USPS, but lately I'm a bit preturbed with them also (at least the ones that aren't taking care of my chickens).
Where are you in Pa? Brahmas are on my wish list....First chick out. Unfortunately, it's not a cornish cross. Looking at the eggs, I'm not entirely sure why I put them in there as cornish cross?! The eggs are only about medium size and my cornish girls have been giving me jumbo mondo eggs. Unfortunately, this chick won't be able to stay here, along with the other one if it hatches, since they won't "fit in". I have to get rid of those brahmas as well. :/
Hopefully they will hatch for NYD too!
