A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[Finnie]

Well, things don't look good for the REs.

I only saw movement in one. I really hope that one is a boy!

There are about 2 others that look full enough to have chicks in them and have veining. All the rest, they look like the blood vessels have all dissolved. And the CL was definitely a quitter. It's the only one I took a picture of, cuz I did it first.

I put all 10 eggs in the hatcher, and we will hope for a miracle. It's just possible that some of those ones that didn't have veins are fooling me. But they looked better than this on the day the heat spiked in the Stealthbator.

Good night folks. I'll try to catch up on posts tomorrow.

 

[memphis]

Well shoot Finnie. Well, maybe a few of them will surprise you...

Let dogs out early this morning & Annie is sitting on her nest. Really bird?

 

[JRNash]

Finnie congratulations on being a Grandma!! I always find it strange when people talk about obedience training for dogs. I always treated my dogs and kids the same. Some people get offended by that comment,which always improves my day. Discipline is the key (IMO) the people (IMO) who try to negotiate with children are idiots. Good behavior is rewarded and bad behavior is dealt with in a swift forceful manner. Everyone has always bragged on how well behaved my kids and dogs were. There can only be one alpha in any relationship. These are all big words from someone who will probably turn to mush at the sight of his first grandchild.

 

[JRNash]

I have to add, the boys were told parts of their anatomy would be removed IF they made me a granpa BEFORE they finished college . The oldest will have his Bachelor's in cardiac rehabilitation this year

 

[JRNash]

And now that I think about it,the male dogs received the same threat when they misbehaved. Worked better on the Boys.

 

[Finnie]

@JRNashYou are too funny!

Showing dogs in obedience competition is a hobby some people enjoy participating in. For that it helps to join a club and participate in training classes. Whether that carries over to how your dogs (and/or children) behave at home and in public depends on what you tolerate as a parent. I too have always gotten compliments on how well behaved my children and dogs were. It shouldn't surprise people that training them both is very much the same.

(My pet peeve is parents in the grocery store who allow their children to yell, whine and cry to get their way. It's obvious to me, but sadly not to them, that the child is only dong what the parents have shown them will work. Those kids are miserable, and it's the parents' fault!)

 

[ScottishKate]

Okay iv decided delilah has gone broody. I always remove eggs frequently throughout the day but iv just cought her on the nest making it all nice plumping it up at edges and I got all excited for another egg. Only to watch my chicken get all upset as she wanted into lay. After 10 min of listening to a grumpy chicken she managed to pushed her off. I quickly went over only to find 2 chicken eggs.

Any advice on how to get her out of broody and back to laying? Or is it too late?

 

[duluthralphie]

Well shoot Finnie. Well, maybe a few of them will surprise you...

Let dogs out early this morning & Annie is sitting on her nest. Really bird?

X2!

I do really well on the SS eggs too. I routinely get 10-11 chicks out of a dozen eggs. Mailing eggs must be really tough on them. Another person said they only got 3 out of a dozen and she said all 12 eggs arrived uncracked and intact.

I am even rethinking my sending toad eggs in favor of hatching them here and shipping the chicks.

When I got eggs from Porters last year, I would have been money ahead to buy the chicks instead of the eggs.

R2Elk might have the right idea about shipped eggs.

 

[R2elk]

X2!

I do really well on the SS eggs too. I routinely get 10-11 chicks out of a dozen eggs. Mailing eggs must be really tough on them. Another person said they only got 3 out of a dozen and she said all 12 eggs arrived uncracked and intact.

I am even rethinking my sending toad eggs in favor of hatching them here and shipping the chicks.

When I got eggs from Porters last year, I would have been money ahead to buy the chicks instead of the eggs.

R2Elk might have the right idea about shipped eggs.

From what I have seen, postal employees pay no attention to what is on the box (or maybe they do). Boxes are frequently stacked on their sides or placed upside down. Eggs that travel shorter distances do much better than eggs that cross the country. Eggs that get shipped by plane in the unpressurized section of a cargo plane will for the most part be destroyed no matter how well packed. The fresher the eggs are, the better chance of surviving shipping. Older eggs will almost always have detached air cells. Eggs that are shipped should not be any more than 1 day old when shipped. The bigger the egg is the the poorer the chances of successfully hatching shipped eggs.

One of the best group of hatching eggs that I received were packed in a chick shipping box. I believe that the shape of the box and the familiarity of the people handling the transport leads to the package being shipped right side up. They were also from a site that was only two states away and contained guinea eggs which I believe handle shipping better than larger eggs do.

Eggs that were packed and well padded in a box which was placed inside a larger box and well padded in that box (no movement possible) have done better than those packed in a single box.

Eggs that go through a large shipping hub tend to get worse treatment than those that are handled by smaller hubs.

Many people do not realize that both FedEx and UPS will deliver hatching eggs. This is a viable option if you ship them by ground and the addressee has them held for pick up to avoid having them bounce around all day in the delivery truck. I can get hatching eggs from Colorado overnight by using FedEx ground but from Montana they go right past here to Colorado before they return them to here. Shipped by second day air they get flown back to Tennessee before being flown to Colorado and trucked back up here. The really bad part is that the flight is in uunpressurized cargo planes and the eggs are for the most part destroyed before they get here.

Unlike many recommendations, I do not let the eggs rest for any longer than it takes for them to warm up before putting them in the incubator. Following the recommendations of a person that I trust for his thorough research, I begin the turning cycle immediately. Research has shown that turning the eggs is more important in the early stages of incubation than it is during later stages.

I am no better than anyone else when choosing to buy hatching eggs over live chicks/poults but when I look back only on rare occasions have i hatched shipped eggs at a reasonable cost per hatched chick. It is nothing to end up having $80 invested in the one chick that hatched for a chick that could have been purchased live for less than $20. Unless buying hatching eggs locally or having them shipped short distances, it is almost always cheaper to buy live chicks especially if they are rare expensive chicks.

 

[casportpony]

@duluthralphie , I saw this and thought of you.


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