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

[Toast n Jelly]

4 swedish flower hens and that blue egg hatched. One basque and several SFH pipping. day 20

ok hawaiians are polynesian and my daughter is asian but in this pic



she reminds me of the "serious" portraits of the hawaiian royalty


so here she is at her happiest

Beautiful Bee!

 

[Toast n Jelly]

Just like that, he is gone. I last seen movement 6:20 am, went to do the chickens and came back and saw a little yellow red mark on the pure white at the bottom undersideish of the egg, I couldn't get him to move so I know he tried to pip and drowned. When I picked it up it was stiff and I pushed on the area and it was indeed his beak. I tried to get his beak out but I knew he was already gone. I wont tell the kid unless he asks. I had a feeling he wouldn't be able to turn because without the shell it was a tad flat . : (

He was nice and big and nice white under his chin too : ( What I don't get is there wasn't too much fluid, yolk wasn't all absorbed he just couldn't get those lungs to air. I am not sure I could have done anything for him but see what he does. It was exciting waiting and wishing for the little thing for sure. : ( I was up three times just to check on him last night. I know I am nuts. I felt bad too, because I have 3 turkey hatching and those buttons in there and they are being ignored. When they should be the exciting chicks! At least they are now! they have all my attention.

RIP Humpty, look how white that outer membrane remained though. I can say, I have no doubt if this little guy could have turned he would have lived.

So sorry that he didn't make it

My chick made it out finally at 4:30 a.m. She looks great, but I'm confused on the parentage. I thought I put a SLW egg in, but baby came out with feathered legs. So...must be the Buff or Light Brahma. This keeps happening to me, LOL! I need to dye my SLW's vent I guess, cause I obviously have no clue which egg she lays!

I'll post pics this afternoon! Today's my day to clean the church, and after that I go pick up my other 3 Call Ducklings!!!! YAY!

Talk to you all later, and thanks for the help with my chick.

 

[Toast n Jelly]

Finally day 7 on my shipped Ameraucana eggs
One leaking egg removed.
Aircells split between saddles and floating, natural humidity here was between 22 and 27%.
Inc. humidity had a hard time staying high enough but I couldn't know for sure how eggs were affected until I candled.
Aircells were too large so I raised the humidity and will check later on in the week.

All this has nothing to do with the packing method but happened in transit and I'm laying no blame as the transport of eggs is not their priority .

Here are pics again of sellers packing method: Double boxed and solidly packed in.

 

[mikkles]

Just like that, he is gone. I last seen movement 6:20 am, went to do the chickens and came back and saw a little yellow red mark on the pure white at the bottom undersideish of the egg, I couldn't get him to move so I know he tried to pip and drowned. When I picked it up it was stiff and I pushed on the area and it was indeed his beak. I tried to get his beak out but I knew he was already gone. I wont tell the kid unless he asks. I had a feeling he wouldn't be able to turn because without the shell it was a tad flat . : ( He was nice and big and nice white under his chin too : ( What I don't get is there wasn't too much fluid, yolk wasn't all absorbed he just couldn't get those lungs to air. I am not sure I could have done anything for him but see what he does. It was exciting waiting and wishing for the little thing for sure. : ( I was up three times just to check on him last night. I know I am nuts. I felt bad too, because I have 3 turkey hatching and those buttons in there and they are being ignored. When they should be the exciting chicks! At least they are now! they have all my attention. RIP Humpty, look how white that outer membrane remained though. I can say, I have no doubt if this little guy could have turned he would have lived.

I'm so sorry!! i was sure he'd make it!! what does white under the chin mean?

 

[Doug Hodges]

4 posts in a row (well 5 now) means i am talking to myself.......................... good night

Been there

I'm not feeling good about these shipped eggs!! It's only been 5 days but I candled 2 eggs and see nothing going on!! All I see is the air cells moving around.

If I wasted $45 I will NEVER buy shipped eggs again.

I know the feeling. I over paid for some BLRW pullets yesteday because I had such bad luck with shipped eggs. Actually, when I figured it out. I got a deal on the pullets compared to what I paid for 6 chicks from shipped eggs.

Just like that, he is gone. I last seen movement 6:20 am, went to do the chickens and came back and saw a little yellow red mark on the pure white at the bottom undersideish of the egg, I couldn't get him to move so I know he tried to pip and drowned. When I picked it up it was stiff and I pushed on the area and it was indeed his beak. I tried to get his beak out but I knew he was already gone. I wont tell the kid unless he asks. I had a feeling he wouldn't be able to turn because without the shell it was a tad flat . : (

He was nice and big and nice white under his chin too : ( What I don't get is there wasn't too much fluid, yolk wasn't all absorbed he just couldn't get those lungs to air. I am not sure I could have done anything for him but see what he does. It was exciting waiting and wishing for the little thing for sure. : ( I was up three times just to check on him last night. I know I am nuts. I felt bad too, because I have 3 turkey hatching and those buttons in there and they are being ignored. When they should be the exciting chicks! At least they are now! they have all my attention.

RIP Humpty, look how white that outer membrane remained though. I can say, I have no doubt if this little guy could have turned he would have lived.

so sad

Waited outside the post office for an hour for my chicks and they said it would probably be here on the 11.30 truck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL

ok hawaiians are polynesian and my daughter is asian but in this pic



she reminds me of the "serious" portraits of the hawaiian royalty


so here she is at her happiest

Very pretty smile

 

[NestingHillsSC]

Quote: I would just rather get chicks!!

 

[Rockashelle]

ok hawaiians are polynesian and my daughter is asian but in this pic she reminds me of the "serious" portraits of the hawaiian royalty so here she is at her happiest

Yes... Wonderfully beautiful! LOVE the family shot too....

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: he was cuter than all black! LOL

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Finally day 7 on my shipped Ameraucana eggs
One leaking egg removed.
Aircells split between saddles and floating, natural humidity here was between 22 and 27%.
Inc. humidity had a hard time staying high enough but I couldn't know for sure how eggs were affected until I candled.
Aircells were too large so I raised the humidity and will check later on in the week.

All this has nothing to do with the packing method but happened in transit and I'm laying no blame as the transport of eggs is not their priority .

Here are pics again of sellers packing method: Double boxed and solidly packed in.

on initial candle what size were the air cells?

 

[mikkles]

lol! oh. thought maybe it was better to have or something.