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

[ozexpat]

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?

i drill the center of the "bid end" then increase humidity to 65

 

[ozexpat]

The bator house



one of the new coops coming together





The new fence project

 

[familypendragon]

Awesome!!

 

[kaybee123]

I ended up with 6 total chicks this hatch, 4 EEs and 2 SLW. Another one hatched but it had that same bubble on it's head so I had to cull it. This shipped egg hatch rate was 25% since it was 24 eggs. These are the eggs that came from CA to FL and my best hatch so far. I'm going to research bators and incubating and try again later.

I did take a puck of the sticky goo and will post it soon.

 

[ozexpat]

I ended up with 6 total chicks this hatch, 4 EEs and 2 SLW. Another one hatched but it had that same bubble on it's head so I had to cull it. This shipped egg hatch rate was 25% since it was 24 eggs. These are the eggs that came from CA to FL and my best hatch so far. I'm going to research bators and incubating and try again later.

I did take a puck of the sticky goo and will post it soon.

the postal system uses fedex to move their priority mail. with the exception of a few routes in california most mail traveling more than 200 miles gets on a plane to tenneesee then changes planes and head to your sorting facility. living in florida, the eggs you would get from CA, NY or TX will all spend time at 30000 feet. This us what messes most eggs up.

congrats on 25%

many here would be envious

 

[cochins1088]

Hey guys, I have to rant a bit. I was just looking over craigslist and found 3 of my birds for sale (I sold them last month). This isn't the first time that this has happened and it's driving me nuts. I feel bad for these birds, they don't deserve to be moved around so much. I always question people to ensure good homes, but I guess that's not good enough.

I probably shouldn't breed like I had planned too. I can't keep every bird that I hatch and apparently I can't find them good homes either.

Understand that my viewpoint is probably much different then some of yours. My birds are not just breeding stock, they are pets and I do care about what happens to them once they leave.

 

[cochins1088]

On a more positive note, look who got to go for a ride yesterday.

It's not a good picture, but there she is. Goosey did great in the car. She wore her diaper harness and simply sat on a pillow talking to us while I drove. She honestly didn't even seem nervous. She was too busy enjoying her time with us. The girl sitting next to her is my sister.

 

[sumi]

Hey guys, I have to rant a bit. I was just looking over craigslist and found 3 of my birds for sale (I sold them last month). This isn't the first time that this has happened and it's driving me nuts. I feel bad for these birds, they don't deserve to be moved around so much. I always question people to ensure good homes, but I guess that's not good enough.

I probably shouldn't breed like I had planned too. I can't keep every bird that I hatch and apparently I can't find them good homes either.

Understand that my viewpoint is probably much different then some of yours. My birds are not just breeding stock, they are pets and I do care about what happens to them once they leave.

That is the problem, when we rehome, sell or give away our birds we cannot control what's going to happen to them. No matter what we do. I always tried my best to find mine good homes and sometimes I did, sometimes I didn't. I hope for the best, but I prefer not knowing. Sometimes ignorance really is bliss!

When we moved to Ireland I gave away my most special chickens to a "friend" I trusted, gave him quite a lot of money for their feed, gave him all my coop and run materials and medicines, dewormers, mite dust... the list goes on. I wanted to make sure that they will not cost him anything but the time needed to feed and water and take care of them. It was a huge gift I gave him, but I trusted him to do his bit and he assured me over and over in the few weeks leading up to our departure that they will be taken care of etc. I found afterwards that not only did he get rid of most of them, not long after we left, he got rid of my favourite rooster which he promised he'll give a "forever home", knowing how much that boy meant to me. When he finally confessed, I told him to go get my boy back immediately and he send me a text the next day saying my roo died more than a month before. He didn't even know and he simply didn't care.

 

[sumi]

On a more positive note, look who got to go for a ride yesterday.

It's not a good picture, but there she is. Goosey did great in the car. She wore her diaper harness and simply sat on a pillow talking to us while I drove. She honestly didn't even seem nervous. She was too busy enjoying her time with us. The girl sitting next to her is my sister.

I am so glad to see I'm not the only one taking my birds on trips! LOL Love the pic!

 

[cochins1088]

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I remember this story, and it's so sad... I'm sorry Sumi. I don't understand how anyone could do that...

I'm tempted to buy my birds back, but I really shouldn't. It's risking disease, and 2 of them are roosters. I already have too many roosters.