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

[cochins1088]

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It usually appears clear, but if you swab it with a cotton swab it would appear light yellow. A ruptured yolk sac could have been what you saw.

I have saved a few from this situation by tying off their remaining yolks.

 

[cochins1088]

Sally, is everything ok?

 

[sumi]

Quote: Oh no

 

[sumi]

I candled the broody's eggs last night. 1 Looks iffy with a strange pale line running along the length of the egg and the others are as clear as water. Granted the light I used wasn't the greatest and it was only day 6, but I'm not feeling very positive about them at the moment. I was going to go back to the same guy for eggs for the second, confirmed, broody, but I've decided to try another source if these guys are going to be duds. Instead of wasting more time and money. The breeder I mentioned the other day (Oz I sent you the link?). I emailed him and asked him if he's local enough so we can go pick up some eggs from him

 

[familypendragon]

this is very good news from being ground zero for a pullorum outbreak. having set in excess of 50 shipments of USPS delivered eggs, I am not surprised at failure to thrive at any stage in the embryonic stage and as your chicks were assisted, you may have "out of shell" experiences that I may not ever see as I do minimal assisting. I cull fairly quickly for deformities as neonatal intensive care is not my thing. In saying that, individually, there have been numerous people here who have had all the experiences you have had in this hatch. The reality of it all is shipped eggs suck. I have one major hatch of shipped eggs to go. I would not have even done this one except for the fact that I had a 100% failure of Australorps in the past and they are the number one chicken on my original list. To try and ensure success I am taking 72 Australorp eggs with me - 24 local, 24 from northern Cal and 24 that will come from half way across the country. The rest of the breeds of eggs I take are a bonus. Todays hatch of 78% on locally laid pullet eggs tells me that we are doing things right and caused the anguish that I go through with these blasted eggs to surface. I have my guineas, I have my rhode island reds, I have my barred rocks, I have my lavender orps, I have my easter eggers, I have my RLB wyandottes - all I really need are those Australorps!! Of course, along the way chicken math took over and I ended up with lemon cuckoo orps, buff orps, bbs orps, marans, breda, andalusians, sebrights, naked necks, chukar, coturnix and turkey.

My Australorps and RIW are my very best layers And the Ausies are so sweet.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: yea, Summer time blues for me is all.

 

[wescottwomen]

You chicken people you are a bad influence on me I'm collecting eggs for the next started today I'm very bad indeed it's all your fault I'm also trying for a cross between my BUFF roo and one SLW hen and one BAR ROCK hen so collecting for the next 7 days and then they go in the bator ill fire the bator up 1 day ahead so ill have it running right

 

[familypendragon]

yea, Summer time blues for me is all.

 

[loveourbirds]

Quote: see if anyone gets this one - how do eggs shipped in diapers hatch- depends.