Anyone Setting Eggs Tonight 3/31/2011 - Come join me if you like!

[artathart]

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I think I am going to do that to. I havent deicded of I should return it to TSC or just keep it to move the just hatched chicks over. We will see. Depends on how angry I am with this LG when my hatch is over. When are you going to get your Brinsea? So we can do a hatch together?

 

[petunias212]

so far the feedback i'm getting on the egg i just cracked is scrambled eggs courtesy of the post office...figured as much...everything is rush, rush - there is mail and packages to be delivered, no time to be gentle or careful with such packages...

My solution - buy only on local on pick up terms or get live chicks.

I think i'm going to end this hatch and let you guys continue on...don't figure there's much hope for the marans since they travelled the same route...it was a bumpy ride for all the eggs and to have 11 scrambled and 2 detached egg cells is not a good sign....

it was nice meeting all of y'all....and can't wait to see your hatches!!

Gonna go clean out my bator now so it'll be clean for my quail eggs....

 

[artathart]

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Please don't go....When will your quail eggs arrive? Come back to this thread...You wull only be a few days behind! I am glad you found out sooner rather than later so you can start a new hatch. What a waste of money.

 

[MountainChickenMama]

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SO EXCITING....Can't wait to see some eggs in it!!!!

 

[MountainChickenMama]

Houston, we have movement in a few eggs, I repeat, Houston, we have movement....Yippeeeee Skipeeeee!!!!

 

[MountainChickenMama]

Was just thinking, I have a hovabator 1602N and I am now concerned with if they hatch, will they burn themselves on the "heat bar" that heats up the unit???

 

[RachaelS]

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Nope, I have the same one and the chicks are so small they don't hit the top. You should be good to go.

I have still not candled. I messed with my first set a bunch (daily) and only one hatched, so I think that helps me keep my hands off them. Even though I think it was the huge humidity spike during lock down that did it, this time I just don't want to get so attached this early.

 

[RachaelS]

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petunias212,
Don't give up on the marans just yet, their shell is thicker right? They may have not had the same issues.

 

[MountainChickenMama]

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Nope, I have the same one and the chicks are so small they don't hit the top. You should be good to go.

I have still not candled. I messed with my first set a bunch (daily) and only one hatched, so I think that helps me keep my hands off them. Even though I think it was the huge humidity spike during lock down that did it, this time I just don't want to get so attached this early.

I am sure me handling them will affect my hatch rate, but I am really having a tough time....Now they I see movement in a few of them, I think I will be better about not touching them....plus yesterday was a rainy day but today is beautiful so I will be outside more

 

[RachaelS]

So for those with Quail eggs, why do you hatch those? I mean they will fly away right? You can't "keep" them somewhere can you?