Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[sumi]

Poorchickie made a couple of loud chirps and went to sleep. He wasn't right. In the sense that I think his body was partly twisted. Everytime I tried to lay him on his other side it would flip back over. So strange. There was two others the same breed and these were hatched normal. Well I tried. Poor thing. Rip little one.

Thanks for all your advice.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Poorchickie made a couple of loud chirps and went to sleep. He wasn't right. In the sense that I think his body was partly twisted. Everytime I tried to lay him on his other side it would flip back over. So strange. There was two others the same breed and these were hatched normal. Well I tried. Poor thing. Rip little one.

Thanks for all your advice.

awwwww

Do you remember those frozen chicks I saved? well we had a family discussion last night, We were done with keeping cochin, I am down to 3 adult hens, a black, blue and a splash. Anyways all chicks were to be sold, now this one little chick still has a sideways neck, no pain, eats and gets on well. So I asked DH what he thinks I should do with the chick. He says if its doing fine just grow her out and keep her in the layer pen. Trouble with doing this is that my girls are not very kind to newbies in the coop. So its still up in the air about the little thing. I guess I keep praying that someone will come and I can tell them her story and they will want her. she does look silly and I pray for her that she is in fact a she, otherwise it wont be good for her.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

HEY ALL! This is Tony!! Switched screen names!

Hi TONY!!! love the new name!!

 

[EyesOnSunday]

Are these from your own eggs? You are better off listing as a LOT. not individually. And take gorgeous photos, take some out in the fresh green grass if you can. I look at it this way, if I place the ad and they don't sell in a week, I will sell them cheap as a lot.... say I normally wanted 5 bucks a silkie, I would place the ad 5 for 20 or 10 for 30. I don't try to make money off of shipped eggs as it doesn't pay at all. But if you sell your own chicks for a buck a pcs its still profit, as eatings eggs are less than 3 bucks a dozen right? I have found that the people that come for my bulk chicks are my most favorite. Sometimes I get high and mighty people that have no clue about chicks and I love talking chicken but when I have 5 kids running around I don't have 5 hrs to explain how to make a brooder! why come for chicks not prepared!!!

I am so sorry about the hatches Doug! and OMG 123??? don't they sell those humidly little thingers for bigger bators? oz should know. that was such an educated sentence!! lol

They are from my own eggs. That's a great idea to give a price as a lot. I didn't even think of that! Since the hatch has been so staggered with some chicks being over almost two weeks and some still hatching, I am getting a little overwhelmed. Definitely learned my lesson on that one! Did someone actually come pick up chicks and not know how to make a brooder? Let me guess... They were "easter" chicks for their kids, right?

5 kids Sally? You must be a very busy woman!!

 

[NestingHillsSC]

Hi TONY!!! love the new name!!

That's what I'm calling my little 2 acre farm. Nesting Hills Farm! LOL

 

[NestingHillsSC]

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[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: I babysit and some I have until late in the evenings, something I hope to stop soon! but right now I cant. I can tell by the autos they come in they have cash, and I judge them when I first get a chick out and hand it to them, chicken people take the chick immediately, some that just want them for kids and easter or something back away with a giggle, or look at their kids to get it instead. And they only want one or two chicks and to be honest isn't worth the hassle for 2 chicks, I am terrible I know, but at least I am honest!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

My 4th and final duck egg pipped sometime during the night Monday night... No further activity so far... Should I be worried? The other 3 pipped sometime early Sunday morning and started zipping Monday afternoon. 1 hatched Monday late evening, the other two in the wee hours of Tuesday morning...

I was hoping sumi would catch this!

I would candle and tap them and look at the assist article for float testing. I will find sumi

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: I love it too!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

You all with chicks I am not seeing any pics so I know they don't really exist!
They are figments of your imagination from zombing out staring through the glass on your bators and lack of food and drink.