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

[lizanne]

What breeds are there in the pics? Especially the pic of the one black and white bird.

There are red rangers, SLW, BLRW, black Wyandottes, OE's and a couple Maran/Dorking cross.

 

[Doug Hodges]

Spent all evening moving chicks out of the wet pens into cages so I can move the pens tomorrow to a dryer place. Im not complaining but its been raining for two weeks.

The guy hasn't delivered my pens yet. I hope he does this weekend.

 

[Doug Hodges]

He's a pretty boy.

 

[kaybee123]

He's a pretty boy.

She looks good behind him too! They are both beautiful!

 

[kaybee123]

Sally, I'm so sad to say I had a temp spike and lost all the eggs you sent me. . I'm going to take a long break from hatching right now. I'm going to care for the ones I have, share some with others, and wait until late winter or early spring to try again. In the meantime, I will research and try to figure out a better way to hatch.

I'm just going to look to find a serama, BCM and Partridge Wyandotte or Rock for sale to add.

I'm sorry Sally! I feel like I failed you with your eggs. ;(

 

[ozexpat]

Oz, what is your overall average hatch rate?

in the Philippines its 20%

This hatch will be lower as I had whole breeds fail - probably due to the heatwave we had here during shipping time.

133 chicken eggs arrived in the Phillipines. 49 survived the day 8 candle and 35 went into lockdown.

I have had 3/8 breda 2/6 andalusian 1/6 lemon cuckoo orpington hatch with an andalusion just pip.

Then there is the 13 Ameracaunas and possibly 2 wellies and a single silkie.

We are drilling a 1/8th hole in any chirping eggs this time around as soon as they chirp. So far we have had 100% of chirpers hatch within 6 hours of giving them an air hole. Last hatch I lost too many that suffocated before they could get the egg open on their own.

Next will be chukar on monday. 56/62 look viable

Guineas are 40/74 and ducks are 21/64 viable

turkeys are doing poorly - 5/36 peafowl 4/18

overall 158/384 are viable on day 18

 

[ozexpat]

here are my christmas hatch all grown up







the memorial day peeps









Memorial day keets



the eggs my christmas hatch produced are now chickens too

 

[kaybee123]

in the Philippines its 20%

This hatch will be lower as I had whole breeds fail - probably due to the heatwave we had here during shipping time.

133 chicken eggs arrived in the Phillipines. 49 survived the day 8 candle and 35 went into lockdown. 

I have had 3/8 breda 2/6 andalusian 1/6 lemon cuckoo orpington hatch with an andalusion just pip.

Then there is the 13 Ameracaunas and possibly 2 wellies and a single silkie.

We are drilling a 1/8th hole in any chirping eggs this time around as soon as they chirp. So far we have had 100% of chirpers hatch within 6 hours of giving them an air hole. Last hatch I lost too many that suffocated before they could get the egg open on their own.

Next will be chukar on monday. 56/62 look viable

Guineas are 40/74 and ducks are 21/64 viable

turkeys are doing poorly - 5/36 peafowl 4/18

overall 158/384 are viable on day 18

Where do you drill the hole? At the very top of egg? Do you add humidity at hatching time or just it rise to RH after trying to get it down before?

 

[kaybee123]

here are my christmas hatch all grown up the memorial day peeps Memorial day keets the eggs my christmas hatch produced are now chickens too

Wow! Looks great! The coops and runs are awesome!

 

[familypendragon]

I love the landscape in the background!