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

[EyesOnSunday]

I have 7 pips!!!!! I'm so excited! How long from pip to zip... Yes I know this question has been asked a bazillion times. It's only late on day 19 so my remaining ones still have time. And peeping! Lots of peeping! And wiggling! The ONE egg from my favorite hen hasn't pipped yet but is in there rolling and jiggling. I will apologize in advance for the thousand times I tell you all about my peeps and the dozen questions I ask every hour because oh yessss it's gonna happen!

Ask away! Every one here is so helpful. It's a great feeling when people you have never met are excited for you!

 

[EyesOnSunday]

I have ten Silkie chicks and more eggs hatching and I can't seem to sell them! When I was looking for Silkies last year everyone and their mother was sold out. I think it may have something to do with the fact that they are all pretty much the same color and people want variety

I have them listed on Craigslist. Anyone have suggestions?

 

[NestingHillsSC]

Any flee markets that you can sell chickens at? Or maybe animal auctions. May not get the highest price at an auction but you will sell them. We have both here. Craigslist always works great from me.

 

[Doug Hodges]

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What I mean is I go away for a while and I don't know where I left off. Then Im 5 pages behind or 15.

I didn't have a good hatch. I only got 6 chicks out of 41 shipped eggs. A third didn't have anything in them. Another third died after the first or second week. The rest except for 5 died in their shells the last days. I had to help 3 of the 5. The other bator had half hatch out of 41. They were half shipped eggs and half bought from someone I found out later that had washed them. I got one chick from the shipped eggs in that bator. But he is sending me more eggs.

I am in Austin Texas at the Texas Grain and Feed Annual Meeting.

On another note. Ive already started 3 bators with 123 more eggs of which 29 are shipped and 5 are turkey and 4 dozen are Buff Orpington's and the rest from my Blue Laced Red Wyandotte Rooster and hens and Two Buff Orp hens and I have the replacement eggs coming next week for the other bator.

Also, I think my soda machine is holding good temps. I just have to figure out humidity because it don't have any. About 18 to 24% is all. I guess Ill add more bowls close to the light bulbs. Then im going to set a bunch of my own eggs for a trial run.

 

[hillfloweranch]

I feel like a newB I'm still using the lil styro bators...all you guys are starting out then building your own bators...

I'm still trying to figure out what chicks to sell to make room for the 30 I just put in the bator?

 

[Sparkypatriot15]

Sparky you didn't get your "THANGs" yet? wonder why not?

When the people PMed me I answered but nothing ever happened after that..?

 

[SmittenChicken]

Just got my first pip a little while ago, as we turned the corner on day 20! I'm doing a live stream from my incubator, you can find it here:

www.homegrowngourmet.org/hatch-cam

 

[EyesOnSunday]

Any flee markets that you can sell chickens at? Or maybe animal auctions. May not get the highest price at an auction but you will sell them. We have both here. Craigslist always works great from me.

I am looking into that now. I'm not really concerned with how much I get for them at this point, I just want to make sure they aren't going to crappy homes. I have them listed at $5.

 

[Doug Hodges]

Just got my first pip a little while ago, as we turned the corner on day 20! I'm doing a live stream from my incubator, you can find it here: www.homegrowngourmet.org/hatch-cam

OMG. That's like watching grass grow. LOL

 

[silver1313]

all ... we have had some pretty babies posted !!! I love the baby duckies

TMN sorry about your loss .. your husband sounds like he was a great guy

and you tell a wonderful story ...

how i got my name .. silver is for sibil ... but most people have always said silver instead of sibil .... not sure why lol and the 1313 in for my oldest child... .. and silver is so popular in many forums , so years ago i tacked on the 1313 for my son .....

got to go track my eggs again .. thinking they will be here either in the morning or the next morning at the latest

so excited for my first shipped eggs ... and nervous too !!!!

had a long day hanging out with my friend then watched a movie with DD... was great .... will do some more catching up in the morning !!!!