Delawares from kathyinmo

[KittieChick]

Chick pictures this afternoon. I didn't hatch at home, so can't go get them until 3 today. Latest tally is 17 hatched, 1 needed assistance this morning, 3 never pipped. My partner on this project had 8 out of his share hatch, but he lost power for a time Wednesday night/Thursday morning and I truly believe that affected the hatch rate Terry got. So we have 2 dozen chicks, Finnfur threw in some Delawagger eggs, so I'll have a final count when I go lay eyes on the chicks. I'm so excited and full of hope for the potential of these birds!

I only wish I could add birds from LeslieDJoyce and/or Zanna. West meets East! How cool would that be?

I have some Dels on order from Whitmore Farm up in MD. Will be interesting to see how the 2 groups grow out.

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

Chick pictures this afternoon. I didn't hatch at home, so can't go get them until 3 today. Latest tally is 17 hatched, 1 needed assistance this morning, 3 never pipped. My partner on this project had 8 out of his share hatch, but he lost power for a time Wednesday night/Thursday morning and I truly believe that affected the hatch rate Terry got. So we have 2 dozen chicks, Finnfur threw in some Delawagger eggs, so I'll have a final count when I go lay eyes on the chicks. I'm so excited and full of hope for the potential of these birds!

I only wish I could add birds from LeslieDJoyce and/or Zanna. West meets East!

How cool would that be?

I have some Dels on order from Whitmore Farm up in MD. Will be interesting to see how the 2 groups grow out.

chicks! chicks! chicks!

I have looked into shipping adult birds ... it's a bit of a procedure and all the little aspects of it add up to some $. Also, the shipping box the recommended box factory sells for chickens only takes a 6 lb bird, so that doesn't work for the older cockerels. They do have goose boxes ...

Chicks would be easier if we were NPIP certified, but we're not.

I think you need the NPIP certification to ship eggs, too. But I gather people have pretty much stopped shipping eggs because they get too scrambled in transit and nothing hatches.

 

[KittieChick]

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chicks! chicks! chicks! 



I have looked into shipping adult birds ... it's a bit of a procedure and all the little aspects of it add up to some $. Also, the shipping box the recommended box factory sells for chickens only takes a 6 lb bird, so that doesn't work for the older cockerels. They do have goose boxes ... 

Chicks would be easier if we were NPIP certified, but we're not. 

I think you need the NPIP certification to ship eggs, too. But I gather people have pretty much stopped shipping eggs because they get too scrambled in transit and nothing hatches. 

I think you're right! Bummer. Frozen semen? Just kidding.

 

[KittieChick]

So out of 18 eggs set, we had 15 hatch. Of the 3 that no-showed, one is Bert, one is Ernie, and one is an EE.

So I can identify the EE chicks, and the Dels are yellow, but it also have a few chicks that have a very pale buff pattern. Not sure what's going on there. It's too late now, I'll take pictures and post.

Got them home and settled in under the Brinsea panel.

 

[finnfur]

So out of 18 eggs set, we had 15 hatch. Of the 3 that no-showed, one is Bert, one is Ernie, and one is an EE.

So I can identify the EE chicks, and the Dels are yellow, but it also have a few chicks that have a very pale buff pattern. Not sure what's going on there. It's too late now, I'll take pictures and post.

Got them home and settled in under the Brinsea panel.

Thats a good hatch - EE would be Ernie's also
Don't know about pale buff - must be a gene from the past.
Except the EE all are derived from this group of 14 originals.


BTW - almost all of the west and east birds of this line came from the same F4 hatch- they just took different flights to their destinations.

 

[capayvalleychick]

So I can identify the EE chicks, and the Dels are yellow, but it also have a few chicks that have a very pale buff pattern. Not sure what's going on there.

Some of the chicks that I hatched were what I might call a pale buff ... definitely a different shade than most of the yellow chicks. I didn't mark those, to see how they grew out, but I should have. I wonder if those are the ones that end up brassy or molt out with the pale brown feathers?

Enjoy your chicks!

 

[Ms Jellybean]

On the topic of shipping eggs....

I haven't done this before (ordered eggs) so I am just learning about the process for when I do order some eggs this spring. I've read that you need to let them sit for 24 to 48 hours before incubating them, with 48 hours being ideal. Pointy ends down in an egg carton, just like you would store eggs to eat. That hatch rate is supposed to increase greatly when this is done.

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

On the topic of shipping eggs....

I haven't done this before (ordered eggs) so I am just learning about the process for when I do order some eggs this spring. I've read that you need to let them sit for 24 to 48 hours before incubating them, with 48 hours being ideal. Pointy ends down in an egg carton, just like you would store eggs to eat. That hatch rate is supposed to increase greatly when this is done. 

I just read something about shipped eggs from a facebook group of breeders of Buckeyes. The post stated that shipping process has changed enough that hatch rates from any shipped eggs now are about 0%, so people are stopping shipping ...

 

[ronott1]

I just read something about shipped eggs from a facebook group of breeders of Buckeyes. The post stated that shipping process has changed enough that hatch rates from any shipped eggs now are about 0%, so people are stopping shipping ...

I hatched 50% shipped eggs for the NYD hatch.

People do not want to take responsibility for bad packing of eggs.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/738943/the-great-egg-shipping-experiment

This will help with packing.

 

[caychris]

My CLB hatch had 11/18 candled day 10 8 went to lockdown 4 survived (1 was helped out) Shipped from Chico.

Ive just ordered Barred holland eggs where the person claims the farm hatch rate is 98%