OMG @Lacrystol and @18angovem....following your teacher drama! Faulty eggs...seriously????LOL Unfortunately, he does not sound like he is being truthful with you...maybe a little defensive if he feels he made a mistake? Was he incubating them for you or were you expecting to get the ducklings back after the hatch? The reason I ask is if this is not the case, he may not understand why you are on his case about the eggs and the outcome. Many teachers who begin hatching have NO CLUE what they are doing and are learning as they go(myself included) and will make mistakes
So if you are donating them to teachers for classroom science, you will have to expect some mistakes to be made OR that they may not take the care in incubating that you, I or others in the BYC world would do....sad but true!
Not that I am defending his actions, but as a classroom teacher, it is VERY challenging to hatch in a classroom. Most classroom teachers do not have control over room temps as temperature is controlled centrally by most districts
Most districts also turn off the heat/air everyday at the end of the school day so room temps are not consistent. I have also had the unfortunate experience on having my bator unplugged by the janitor so he could vacuum
(now I have a HUGE sign that has a stop sign, says stop, do not unplug, we are waiting to hatch!!!! LOL) . I also have had hatches that are a complete fail for reasons I did not know since I followed the same procedures as previous years that were successful.
Just something to keep in mind. I try to learn from each experience and improve as I go but not all teachers are as committed as we would like them to be, so I would be checking out who I give my eggs to before I offer them.
I have been hatching in my classroom for years and LOVE the experience for myself and the kids!!!! And yes...I did become a chicken owner because I fell in love with the fluffy bundles of joy
So sorry for your experience
I LOVE my ancona calls! That was so funny. As I was reading down through I saw the pic and how you posted that you found it on google! I had that happen with a barred muscovy pic too. I was asking questions about them and someone posted a pic of it on my post saying they found it on google. I was like "yea, that's my pic and my bird!" lol Here are a few of my other ancona calls
I am PLANNING on it!!!
