April Hatch Along

[Birdydeb]

Awww....so cute! Congrats!

 

[Birdydeb]

Its probably not the postmaster. The drivers are the ones that are poo-heads!! I don't get shipped eggs, but every car part we order, looks like they played soccer with it. I think if you make a big enough fuss about it, they should straighten up. Or... Ship through UPS, they always seem to have their stuff together. (not cheap tho)

Unfortunately...it IS the postmaster....here in a very small town PO. I was warned by several people that he had a thing for shaking and throwing boxes marked fragile. My carrier though is his evil twin. I can't win and no recourse. In the future I will be having any eggs I order to my friend's PO...about 10 miles up the road. Just crossing my fingers and praying hard that he didn't do too much damage to my WH eggs I ordered. But...he sent them out on a trip on the mail route...then gave me attitude about the package even being there....shipping said it was! So yeah, unfortunately, it IS the postmaster.

 

[Birdydeb]

My UPS driver is the absolute best...do people ship eggs through UPS? FedEx stinks...they use ANY excuse to send the package to....the PO! Yay!

 

[rookhomestead]

You can ship through anybody. Most people go usps cause they're cheap. And yes, fedex cant even find an address to save their life. They'll drop them at abandoned houses and in the grass at the end of a field. (I KNOW)

 

[Ella2017]

I just wanted to share that I just had my 3rd hatch and I assisted 3 chicks who are now doing great. 2 were shrink wrapped and I think the third was just too big lol. My first two hatches I was so afraid to assist because of things I've read, not here, but just typical internet chicken blogs.. and I lost several chicks after the external pip. I followed the strict lockdown rules those times and felt more horrible with each loss of a beautiful, fully formed chick. This time when my intuition told me something was wrong and they weren't progressing, I couldn't just sit and watch. Assisting them was pretty easy, after making sure the blood vessels were dried up and yolk was absorbed. The process took a while, but I'm happy to report I didn't lose any chicks after external pip this time and all are chirping around making me so proud.

 

[Birdydeb]

I just wanted to share that I just had my 3rd hatch and I assisted 3 chicks who are now doing great. 2 were shrink wrapped and I think the third was just too big lol. My first two hatches I was so afraid to assist because of things I've read, not here, but just typical internet chicken blogs.. and I lost several chicks after the external pip. I followed the strict lockdown rules those times and felt more horrible with each loss of a beautiful, fully formed chick. This time when my intuition told me something was wrong and they weren't progressing, I couldn't just sit and watch. Assisting them was pretty easy, after making sure the blood vessels were dried up and yolk was absorbed. The process took a while, but I'm happy to report I didn't lose any chicks after external pip this time and all are chirping around making me so proud.

Yay! Good job...and congrats!

 

[orrpeople]

You can ship through anybody. Most people go usps cause they're cheap. And yes, fedex cant even find an address to save their life. They'll drop them at abandoned houses and in the grass at the end of a field. (I KNOW)

Actually, the USPS is the only entity that allows the shipment of anything poultry related. All other carriers will not (or are not legally allowed to).

 

[tao chick]

Tossed 7 more. The last 60 are in there through hatch day. I candled all of them. The development doesn't seem even between breeds. Today is day 14. I'll turn them a few more times today then separate them into their own bins. I'll increase humidity Monday. Hatch will be Th-Sat.

 

[rookhomestead]

Actually, the USPS is the only entity that allows the shipment of anything poultry related. All other carriers will not (or are not legally allowed to).

Well that's terrible!! Maybe it's certain states?? I'm not sure if eggs would be considered the same as say, live chicks... I never ship or get them shipped

 

[Ella2017]

Yay! Good job...and congrats!

Thank you!!