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

[Sally Sunshine]

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[ozexpat]

Hey OZ, wondering if alum foil put around the inner box would help protect eggs from xrays during shipping?

no - if they are going to be xrayed one of those film bags would help but foil is too thin.

i am not convinced scanner dose xrays would hurt eggs anyway

 

[ozexpat]

day 17 for the coturnix starts in 8 minutes................

 

[cochins1088]

I am very close to throwing in the towel and not going for NPIP and keeping my CCL, serama and brahma and selling off the other breeds. I am having way too much stress, with all this rain this month it stinks so bad, the runs are terrible mess and I used to have fun and enjoy this, now its a major pain in the butt and I slipped and fell and got chicken **** all over me including in my hair when I fell! My dogs don't require the work my chickens do, DH wants to know why I didn't just open a kennel. DOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! good question and I guess I should have if I could afford to build one!

Sorry for the rant I am miserable and confused and confused and even more confused.

Should I stay or should I go now... dam song been running in my head all day long!!!

I have been feeling the same way with my birds lately... It used to be so much fun, but right now it's very stressful. I just cleaned out the coop Sunday and put fresh hay in yesterday, but it's already disgusting. It's been raining for the past month, so everything is wet. I keep thinking about going back to my little pet flock, but I really don't want to do something that I'll later regret. I'm sure the stress of this summer job is getting to me too; 12 hours a day is more than I thought it'd be.

I just need to suck it up and hope that things improve because I do love my birds.



Doug - I'm glad that you figured out the cause of the deaths and I hope that you don't lose any more.



All 5 baby birds are still alive. I found out that they are black capped chickadees. They are being fed every 1 - 2 hours and they wake me up multiple times during the night to feed them. I haven't been getting any sleep....

Oh, and did I mention they eat $15 worth of worms each day? They are driving me nuts, but I promised myself and that little girl that I would do my best to take care of them until they are ready to go off on their own. They are simply adding to the stress...

 

[ozexpat]

I have been feeling the same way with my birds lately... It used to be so much fun, but right now it's very stressful. I just cleaned out the coop Sunday and put fresh hay in yesterday, but it's already disgusting. It's been raining for the past month, so everything is wet. I keep thinking about going back to my little pet flock, but I really don't want to do something that I'll later regret. I'm sure the stress of this summer job is getting to me too; 12 hours a day is more than I thought it'd be.

I just need to suck it up and hope that things improve because I do love my birds.



Doug - I'm glad that you figured out the cause of the deaths and I hope that you don't lose any more.



All 5 baby birds are still alive. I found out that they are black capped chickadees. They are being fed every 1 - 2 hours and they wake me up multiple times during the night to feed them. I haven't been getting any sleep....

Oh, and did I mention they eat $15 worth of worms each day? They are driving me nuts, but I promised myself and that little girl that I would do my best to take care of them until they are ready to go off on their own. They are simply adding to the stress...

12hr a day job, no sleep. your birds are getting the brunt of you over-acheiver-ism, slow down a tad coch.

 

[dolfi]

I have been feeling the same way with my birds lately... It used to be so much fun, but right now it's very stressful. I just cleaned out the coop Sunday and put fresh hay in yesterday, but it's already disgusting. It's been raining for the past month, so everything is wet. I keep thinking about going back to my little pet flock, but I really don't want to do something that I'll later regret. I'm sure the stress of this summer job is getting to me too; 12 hours a day is more than I thought it'd be.

I just need to suck it up and hope that things improve because I do love my birds.



Doug - I'm glad that you figured out the cause of the deaths and I hope that you don't lose any more.



All 5 baby birds are still alive. I found out that they are black capped chickadees. They are being fed every 1 - 2 hours and they wake me up multiple times during the night to feed them. I haven't been getting any sleep....

Oh, and did I mention they eat $15 worth of worms each day? They are driving me nuts, but I promised myself and that little girl that I would do my best to take care of them until they are ready to go off on their own. They are simply adding to the stress...

they are beatuful birds

 

[Waffle]

OMG OMG i have one pipped the shell, 3 internal pips and 2 nothing yet! sooooo excited this is stupid I'm that excited!

Oh and hey check out this clock I found and bought today.... Guess what my first name is!!!

 

[ozexpat]

OMG OMG i have one pipped the shell, 3 internal pips and 2 nothing yet! sooooo excited this is stupid I'm that excited!

Oh and hey check out this clock I found and bought today.... Guess what my first name is!!!

geraldine?


rooster?


clock?

 

[ozexpat]

good luck with the hatch. have some of your first name

you will do well

 

[Waffle]

geraldine?


rooster?


clock?

Clock!! you got it!!! lol