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

[Chickengirl1304]

Maybe the purchaser thought they were the golden egg variety

Ha ha yeah no kidding

 

[Chickengirl1304]

I started out with 48 eggs from my backyard chickens and I know that only a few of them were not fertile I am down going into lockdown with 27 I am wondering why so many did not make it to this? A couple were in fertile and the rest either had a blood ring or just died early is this normal for this many to not make it this far or am I doing something wrong?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I started out with 48 eggs from my backyard chickens and I know that only a few of them were not fertile I am down going into lockdown with 27 I am wondering why so many did not make it to this? A couple were in fertile and the rest either had a blood ring or just died early is this normal for this many to not make it this far or am I doing something wrong?

did you wash your eggs or wipe them?

 

[ozexpat]

So 19.5 days ago I received 12 Buff Orpington eggs in the mail all the way from TN. I wanted to see how to deal with USPS eggs as a large number of my Easter Egg run will be coming from the mid west and the south.

12 arrived, at 10 days I had 2 clears and 1 blood ring. The air cells were all over the place. I incubated them for 4 days upright and then in a turner. I am really unsure how many are viable - they are so hard to tell with huge saddled air cells so I through all nine into lock down. This afternoon I had 5 pipping and in a still air hatching bator. It looks like I have some more chicks to unload.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

So 19.5 days ago I received 12 Buff Orpington eggs in the mail all the way from TN. I wanted to see how to deal with USPS eggs as a large number of my Easter Egg run will be coming from the mid west and the south.

12 arrived, at 10 days I had 2 clears and 1 blood ring. The air cells were all over the place. I incubated them for 4 days upright and then in a turner. I am really unsure how many are viable - they are so hard to tell with huge saddled air cells so I through all nine into lock down. This afternoon I had 5 pipping and in a still air hatching bator. It looks like I have some more chicks to unload.

I also threw the unknown in lockdown! those shipped ameracaunas. I cant see in a few and the air cells are so saddle shaped and fluid like, I tried to see if I could get them to move the air cell at least and I got nothing.... so today they went in anyway! I think I saw 6 with life. I swear blue eggs are worse than marans!!

 

[ozexpat]

I also threw the unknown in lockdown! those shipped ameracaunas. I cant see in a few and the air cells are so saddle shaped and fluid like, I tried to see if I could get them to move the air cell at least and I got nothing.... so today they went in anyway! I think I saw 6 with life. I swear blue eggs are worse than marans!!

i could see nothing in the olive egg i got once. it turned into a weeping stinker. i am scared of them now

 

[Sally Sunshine]

lol

 

[ozexpat]

this is an outdoor baby chick brooder my dad and i built today. hows it look?

wonderful! i have similar plans for my brooders for the next hatch

 

[3Dchicken]

love it!!! so glad your dad is with ya on this!! AND that you live in the south!!! LOL

YES! If I were to build that, that light would do nothing! I would need a billion layers of styrofoam and a lot of lights to keep a box like that warm! XD

Pic overload today!

We hatched two of our own Black Cochin!
This is the first with Harmony..... (she is loving her fake nails daddo put on her LOL)




And this guy was hatched with an infection and big round belly, glad I already knew everything about it!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/mushy-chick-disease-yolk-sack-infection-omphalitis




After I put vetericyn on his belly and navel I set him in a cup so he could stay upright
he was having a terrible time staying upright with that ball!



Lockdown Blue/Splash Amercauna, our cochin and a silkie


AND CrazyPetLady sent HarmonyAnn A mix of eggies! Hens choice for the day!
so She added them to her serama sizzle silkies and cochin! AND see those button quail eggs???
She got button quail! see other pic of them!!



This is our brooder, Harmonys Serama, my cochin, spitz and WFS!


A Frizzle Serama





And the new TINY OMG TINY sprites!! Button Quail!!

So many chickies and chickies to be!!!!!

I love this pic!

Same!!

 

[Rockashelle]

Brooder 1

Brooder #2

14 more to hatch...