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

[sharron]

Cute chickies.

thank you

still have a bunch hatching, bought a dozen from a man out east, he sent me 30 eggs, nice man, out of the 30 , 24 were fetile, so far, 19 have hatched with one still cheeping, hasn't pipped yet. bought another dozen from a man also out east, now they're hatching, going to have peeps everywhere

who knew i would get this lucky with shipped eggs

 

[sharron]

They look like darks to me. Light Brahmas are actually dark grey and black as chicks. I have seen them from hatchery's were they were leghorn yellow as chicks.

thanks, that a relief, i don't have anywhere to put lights unless i can talk my other half into making me another place, already have three big houses and three chicken tractors

, i think asking for one more would be pushing it

 

[Wax Myrtle]

Whoops, accidentally put ten chicken eggs in the bator, instead of putting it away. :snicker:

Sharron - I'm taking your avvie as a sign that I should give in to my sudden urge over the last 24 hours for another budgie, after a decade without parrots. Glad I kept one "small" California cage that is going on 20 years old now...

 

[sharron]

Whoops, accidentally put ten chicken eggs in the bator, instead of putting it away. :snicker:

Sharron - I'm taking your avvie as a sign that I should give in to my sudden urge over the last 24 hours for another budgie, after a decade without parrots.

Glad I kept one "small" California cage that is going on 20 years old now...

i've bred and raised birds for over thirty years lol, one of the best pets i ever had was a english male that talked up a storm, over 75 words and put words to actions, smart little bird, heart went out of me when i lost him, the birds you see in the avitar are some of my breeders, have over fifty, altho going to thin way down so we can travel a bit.

so in my opinion, never too many feathers of any kind

 

[Wax Myrtle]

i've bred and raised birds for over thirty years lol, one of the best pets i ever had was a english male that talked up a storm, over 75 words and put words to actions, smart little bird, heart went out of me when i lost him, the birds you see in the avitar are some of my breeders, have over fifty, altho going to thin way down so we can travel a bit.

so in my opinion, never too many feathers of any kind

Wish you lived closer. Have posted in the local threads looking for a breeder... I would prefer an English, I think. I have zero color preference, but would love another boy. I miss my last budgie, he also talked up a storm. He was 12 when I lost him.

 

[sharron]

Wish you lived closer.

Have posted in the local threads looking for a breeder... I would prefer an English, I think. I have zero color preference, but would love another boy. I miss my last budgie, he also talked up a storm. He was 12 when I lost him.

they can be habit forming lol, corky, when i stood up to go to another room would fly to my shoulder and say, are you going? he was free flight when i was there(work, we owned the business) when someone can in, he would eye them up, then fly to their shoulder, everyone local knew he was there and the boss

my girlfriend had printed up a sign for the door, attack bird, when the door was shut to the office, everyone knew he was loose.

 

[ChickenoftheVI]

Hey Everyone! I've been following this thread for quite some time now and finally decided to join in all the posting fun! I just put 23 shipped eggs into lockdown on Tuesday, 8 dark Cornish, 8 Buckeyes, and 7 Exchequer Leghorns... at least 3/4 had saddle air sacs... I seen activity in about 18, and 5 would questionable [couldn't make out anything inside of egg], but I put them in anyways. on day 19 a dark cornish hatched, then 2 buckeyes... 1 buckeye pipped the small end of the shell externally... I started reading up on malpositioned chicks, etc. after reading, I left it alone for awhile. I came back a few hours later to find the other chicks trying to help it out by pulling on the exposed membrane... On day 20 the malpositioned chick was still alive, I can see him inside the egg through the dime sized pip, but the chick couldn't do anything else... so I decided "assist". I didn't think I could open the bator with 5 other pips going on, so I used my prob thermometer to start cracking the shell around the external pip... after several hours on and off of doing this, I was finally able to get that chick out... all from within the bator... (I thought it was cool, and the DC thought it was very cool!, LOL). So, now I have 7 chicks running around and several pips that are external and not where I marked the air cells to be [but where the saddle extended]. These chicks are running all over the place in this bator, and knocking the pips around the place. My Exchequers haven't pipped as of yet [really wanting them] but the buckeyes and dark cornish are doing their thing. Which brings me to a question: It's day 21 today... If the chicks have dried, could I open the bator and take them out? Or will it harm the other pips and non pipped eggs? Plus, today is day 18 for some shipped buff rocks I got as well, so I have to put them on lockdown too... Could I open bator and place them in as well, even though the first lockdown hasn't finished yet??? I can't leave them in their current bator because I have a staggered incubation of some shipped olive eggers in there as well that aren't quite at day 7!

Thanks for your anticipated advise on my little dilemma...

Zakee

p.s. I see you guys were posting zip codes for some map thingy... well here's mine: 00823

 

[Doug Hodges]

Hey Everyone! I've been following this thread for quite some time now and finally decided to join in all the posting fun! I just put 23 shipped eggs into lockdown on Tuesday, 8 dark Cornish, 8 Buckeyes, and 7 Exchequer Leghorns... at least 3/4 had saddle air sacs... I seen activity in about 18, and 5 would questionable [couldn't make out anything inside of egg], but I put them in anyways. on day 19 a dark cornish hatched, then 2 buckeyes... 1 buckeye pipped the small end of the shell externally... I started reading up on malpositioned chicks, etc. after reading, I left it alone for awhile. I came back a few hours later to find the other chicks trying to help it out by pulling on the exposed membrane... On day 20 the malpositioned chick was still alive, I can see him inside the egg through the dime sized pip, but the chick couldn't do anything else... so I decided "assist". I didn't think I could open the bator with 5 other pips going on, so I used my prob thermometer to start cracking the shell around the external pip... after several hours on and off of doing this, I was finally able to get that chick out... all from within the bator... (I thought it was cool, and the DC thought it was very cool!, LOL). So, now I have 7 chicks running around and several pips that are external and not where I marked the air cells to be [but where the saddle extended]. These chicks are running all over the place in this bator, and knocking the pips around the place. My Exchequers haven't pipped as of yet [really wanting them] but the buckeyes and dark cornish are doing their thing. Which brings me to a question: It's day 21 today... If the chicks have dried, could I open the bator and take them out? Or will it harm the other pips and non pipped eggs? Plus, today is day 18 for some shipped buff rocks I got as well, so I have to put them on lockdown too... Could I open bator and place them in as well, even though the first lockdown hasn't finished yet??? I can't leave them in their current bator because I have a staggered incubation of some shipped olive eggers in there as well that aren't quite at day 7!

Thanks for your anticipated advise on my little dilemma...

Zakee

p.s. I see you guys were posting zip codes for some map thingy... well here's mine: 00823

Welcome to the madness. Ive only been here a short time but I feel like a long time member.

 

[Doug Hodges]

Well I decided to end the sitting of the Broody hen on day 23. I put her in a pen and went to get the eggs to check them and they were chirping so I put her back.

 

[sharron]

Hey Everyone! I've been following this thread for quite some time now and finally decided to join in all the posting fun! I just put 23 shipped eggs into lockdown on Tuesday, 8 dark Cornish, 8 Buckeyes, and 7 Exchequer Leghorns... at least 3/4 had saddle air sacs... I seen activity in about 18, and 5 would questionable [couldn't make out anything inside of egg], but I put them in anyways. on day 19 a dark cornish hatched, then 2 buckeyes... 1 buckeye pipped the small end of the shell externally... I started reading up on malpositioned chicks, etc. after reading, I left it alone for awhile. I came back a few hours later to find the other chicks trying to help it out by pulling on the exposed membrane... On day 20 the malpositioned chick was still alive, I can see him inside the egg through the dime sized pip, but the chick couldn't do anything else... so I decided "assist". I didn't think I could open the bator with 5 other pips going on, so I used my prob thermometer to start cracking the shell around the external pip... after several hours on and off of doing this, I was finally able to get that chick out... all from within the bator... (I thought it was cool, and the DC thought it was very cool!, LOL). So, now I have 7 chicks running around and several pips that are external and not where I marked the air cells to be [but where the saddle extended]. These chicks are running all over the place in this bator, and knocking the pips around the place. My Exchequers haven't pipped as of yet [really wanting them] but the buckeyes and dark cornish are doing their thing. Which brings me to a question: It's day 21 today... If the chicks have dried, could I open the bator and take them out? Or will it harm the other pips and non pipped eggs? Plus, today is day 18 for some shipped buff rocks I got as well, so I have to put them on lockdown too... Could I open bator and place them in as well, even though the first lockdown hasn't finished yet??? I can't leave them in their current bator because I have a staggered incubation of some shipped olive eggers in there as well that aren't quite at day 7!

Thanks for your anticipated advise on my little dilemma...

Zakee

p.s. I see you guys were posting zip codes for some map thingy... well here's mine: 00823

welcome and congrats on helping the hatch