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

[ozexpat]

OZ now I know you well enough to know you can pit stop somewhere! cant you find them close! did you look on here for more locals with them? send word out!

It may sound crazy but its hard to find eggs in SoCal.

Planning to establish a breed in the Philippines requires a decent number of chickens. 5 hens and 2 roosters is really the minimum. That means I really need atleast 12 but preferably 18 eggs that are less than 5 days old when I get on the plane.

Most people here are back yarders. No roosters. There are plenty of designer chickens but few heritage breeds. When I track someone down with a breed I want, I can get ones and twos.

I have not given up.

I am happy with what I have. OffGridMAMA, SoCal Dorkins, poulettes, phage, and LaPalma Chicks have all rallied in attempts to get me eggs.

This will be an exciting trip!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: I think its Clems drake age, he got his drakeness a month ago and things he is ruler of earth! LOL

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I talked to DH about brahma last night, as I haven't been getting eggs! Harmony found 2 and dropped them! GOLDEN eggs! had to be those right! anyways..... here since he put the window in the coop he turned the timer off for the light! so they are all screwed up!

and then he says "ummm I unplugged the one in the layer coop" NO WONDER I am only getting 4 eggs a day! funny part is he said this...

"well its daylight savings time, so they gained an hour" I WAS LIKE... he DID NOT FREAKING SAY THAT, tell me he DID NOT JUST SAY THAT!! so add that to the pile of pokes I can give him!

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

Update: all 9 ducklings hatched

My first 100% hatch in an incubator. Their mom's coming to pick them up in 30mins and I'm a little bit sad... I've grown quite fond of them, especially the first born! Here's the first 8:

Too cute! And congrats on a 100%! That takes serious skill.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/745446/hay-bale-gardening time for prep!

 

[ozexpat]

I talked to DH about brahma last night, as I haven't been getting eggs! Harmony found 2 and dropped them! GOLDEN eggs! had to be those right! anyways..... here since he put the window in the coop he turned the timer off for the light! so they are all screwed up!

and then he says "ummm I unplugged the one in the layer coop" NO WONDER I am only getting 4 eggs a day! funny part is he said this...

"well its daylight savings time, so they gained an hour" I WAS LIKE... he DID NOT FREAKING SAY THAT, tell me he DID NOT JUST SAY THAT!! so add that to the pile of pokes I can give him!

your curtains will fade with that extra daylight too - so be careful.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

ok that straw bale link doesn't have anything, I will let you all know my findings Inet research and post my doings LOL


OZ lol

I ran into several news sections this am.....

ONE:
McDonalds is going to offer NO YOLK breakfast sammys.

TWO:
Backyard Chickens: Cute, Trendy Spreaders Of Salmonella....Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report doesn't do gloss. In its latest edition, this chronicle of all things contagious reports on a 2012 salmonella outbreak among 195 people in 27 states. Most had had contact with live chickens, and many had purchased the birds from an Ohio mail-order hatchery for backyard flocks.http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/20...te-trendy-spreaders-of-salmonella?ft=1&f=1003 which is hatchery is in ohio? Wash your hands people, kids wash wash wash!!!

THREE:
Study looks at why chickens overeat
the welfare of poultry could be improved by a discovery about how chickens regulate their appetites.http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2013/chickens-260313
All species regulate their appetites to make sure the amount of food taken in is just the right to maintain body weight and fat content. (REALLY? WHERE IS MINE?) Our research has shown that there is genetic variation in the interpretation of biological signals sent relating to being full. This also affects what would be considered to be the natural body weight of chickens.
Dr Ian Dunn
The Roslin Institute

 

[gracie02]

I talked to DH about brahma last night, as I haven't been getting eggs! Harmony found 2 and dropped them! GOLDEN eggs! had to be those right! anyways..... here since he put the window in the coop he turned the timer off for the light! so they are all screwed up!

and then he says "ummm I unplugged the one in the layer coop" NO WONDER I am only getting 4 eggs a day! funny part is he said this...

"well its daylight savings time, so they gained an hour" I WAS LIKE... he DID NOT FREAKING SAY THAT, tell me he DID NOT JUST SAY THAT!! so add that to the pile of pokes I can give him!

Oh my gaaad!! Hope he realized what he said...

 

[sumi]

Thanks guys. Their mom just came to collect them

It was sad to see them go. After having some of them for 3 days we grew quite fond of them. I was tempted to ask if we can have one instead of cash as payment, but it's not practical at the moment.. It looks like I'll be doing another batch for her soon though. In the meantime I'm going to take at least half the eggs from my broody tonight while she's sleeping and won't freak out (hopefully), candle them and put any viable ones in the incubator. She cannot hatch out all 24 eggs. It's too much.

 

[sumi]

I talked to DH about brahma last night, as I haven't been getting eggs! Harmony found 2 and dropped them! GOLDEN eggs! had to be those right! anyways..... here since he put the window in the coop he turned the timer off for the light! so they are all screwed up!

and then he says "ummm I unplugged the one in the layer coop" NO WONDER I am only getting 4 eggs a day! funny part is he said this...

"well its daylight savings time, so they gained an hour" I WAS LIKE... he DID NOT FREAKING SAY THAT, tell me he DID NOT JUST SAY THAT!! so add that to the pile of pokes I can give him!