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

[Gardeningmama]

MORNING ALL!!

Well thank you for the love Cochins, gardeningmomma and hillflower! I guess when I read that shipped eggs were a 50% hatch rate I took it too literally. We ordered 48 eggs in hopes of 12 Roos and 12 hens or somewhere around there. 91 eggs later, 2 incubators and a crazy staggered hatch, here we are in the middle of this fun mess! I am getting some experience under my belt I guess! Haha, and 2 more just pipped.... The right way, but ohh 36-48 hrs early. Guess we will see in the morning! You guys are great though!
Oh and I checked locally. Only fertile hatching eggs I could find were broilers and RIRs. I will keep looking though, for now we will just finish what we started!

I have gotten surprising results by placing wanted ads on Craigslist. That's how I found the local Call Duck Eggs. Chicken people aren't always advertising & selling the eggs, but willing to help out someone who specifically wants what they have.

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Well, now I'm nervous! My Call ducklings are gonna hatch around the 13th. I am picking them up as day or so olds. I have an hour drive up and back. Are they that fragile????
dont be nervous... these were day to two day old chicks ( the ducklings did fine) and i didnt use enough hand warmers and it was a 14 hour trip .... !!! and my sister lost some of hers from the same batch and she did not travel... we are thinking maybe they just got a bad batch of bantams in at the chick store ... still made me sad .. i was checking on them as often as i could ... just should have checked a little more often but was trying my best to get them home ...

Whew! Thanks for the follow up info. I feel better now. Still gonna invest in some hand warmers, though. The really big ones.

 

[sumi]

5 Pips?

I want to see that middle pip, pics please?

Bigger eggs can take longer to develop, but unless they are quite a bit bigger than the others... We'll have to see

 

[Sally Sunshine]

i got a boat load of eggs today

some covered in poop and mud - geez

one set, 24 turkens were poorly packed. over half smashed. yolk everywhere

do i try and hatch the rest or just toss them??

if so, any recommendation on cleaning them?

people just don't care how they pack! and sending gross eggs is NOT right! If they want to sell/etc eggs they should keep as clean a coop/nests as possible!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

The humidity is at 57%. The temp is still around 99.5. Is the temp ok? No other news to report. I have wet paper towels with one end in the water reservoir and the other ends spread out in the bottom of the incubator. The humidity still won't go any higher. Geezey peezey.

Can you try hanging a rag down the side perhaps? what day is this now? sorry I have so many people I am watching now! LOL

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: can ship?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: All I can add is that I have been extremely lucky to get all clean eggs! EXCEPT the ducky that had poo / mud on it died around day 10!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: AWESOME!!! yes pics pics!!

 

[MommaBee]

5 Pips?

I want to see that middle pip, pics please?

Bigger eggs can take longer to develop, but unless they are quite a bit bigger than the others... We'll have to see

The bigger olive egger eggs are what I'd call Large, the barnyard mix is what I would call small to medium. They look like pullet eggs compared to the others.

Here is my verticle zipper. Sorry it's in an odd spot, hard to take a clear pic.

 

[sumi]

Quote: Whoa, chick! You're going the wrong way! LOL I hope she figures her way out

 

[MommaBee]

I know. It's made more progress than the last lil guy we helped though. It's only been 11 hours since it first pipped. Slow and steady wins the race right... Sometimes? It's always so hard to know what to do, and when to do it. I can tell its getting lost, it's now trying to zip the other verticle direction. Poor thing.