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

[chicksooner]

Thanks!

 

[familypendragon]

I don't think I shared this yet, if so forgive my old brain, LOL! Please meet my new Huastec and Colloncas - of the 40 eggs shipped to me in 2 different shipments, they are the only ones to survive. I really want to breed them and this isn't going to help *sigh* but I am so grateful to have them. Both had to be 100% assisted - no surprise I guess considering every other egg was scrambled or cracked that came with them.

And these are the Paul Smith Lavender Ameraucanas I just purchased recently - Isabeau and Navarre. It was crazy windy, LOL!

And in the meantime I have had all 100% hatches on each batch of my Marans and White leghorn mixes - going for Big Blue Egg Layers and Olive Eggers. No assists, nothing. So glad to know at least the new bator/hatcher setup is sound I also have 6 eggs in now that are Crested Cream Legbar over Golden Laced Wyandotte just for fun.

 

[sumi]

Look who is bringing home a ribbon

Best of Breed Best variety and reserve english champion

 

[sumi]

I don't think I shared this yet, if so forgive my old brain, LOL! Please meet my new Huastec and Colloncas - of the 40 eggs shipped to me in 2 different shipments, they are the only ones to survive. I really want to breed them and this isn't going to help *sigh* but I am so grateful to have them. Both had to be 100% assisted - no surprise I guess considering every other egg was scrambled or cracked that came with them.


And these are the Paul Smith Lavender Ameraucanas I just purchased recently - Isabeau and Navarre. It was crazy windy, LOL!


And in the meantime I have had all 100% hatches on each batch of my Marans and White leghorn mixes - going for Big Blue Egg Layers and Olive Eggers. No assists, nothing. So glad to know at least the new bator/hatcher setup is sound

I also have 6 eggs in now that are Crested Cream Legbar over Golden Laced Wyandotte just for fun.

Congrats! Pity you only got the 2, but heck, the odds were ever so lightly against you there! I'm just glad you got something out of that disaster. Are you going to give them another go and try to get some breeding pairs?

Those Ameraucanas are gorgeous! I love that colour in chickens.

That is wonderful!

 

[familypendragon]

Congrats! Pity you only got the 2, but heck, the odds were ever so lightly against you there! I'm just glad you got something out of that disaster. Are you going to give them another go and try to get some breeding pairs?

Those Ameraucanas are gorgeous! I love that colour in chickens. 

 That is wonderful! 

I don't know - I wish I could find a breeder closer :/

 

[sumi]

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Did you place a "wanted" ad in the BST section yet?

 

[NestingHillsSC]

Look who is bringing home a ribbon

Best of Breed Best variety and reserve english champion

 

[scooter16]

Nice looking bird Chicksooner..I am so envious. On another note I have been pondering my disaster hatching of shipped eggs from this past summer. If having the rounded end up for the air cell is so important, why would eggs be shipped USPS laying on their sides, not upright?? Don't they have a better chance of the air cell staying where is is meant to be if eggs are upright. Please correct me if my thinking is off. Lynn Marie

 

[ozexpat]

Nice looking bird Chicksooner..I am so envious. On another note I have been pondering my disaster hatching of shipped eggs from this past summer. If having the rounded end up for the air cell is so important, why would eggs be shipped USPS laying on their sides, not upright?? Don't they have a better chance of the air cell staying where is is meant to be if eggs are upright. Please correct me if my thinking is off. Lynn Marie

you are correct.

but even then, there is absolutely nothing to guarantee the box will be shipped upright. It does not touch a human hand once its tossed into a sack in your post office until it gets to mine

 

[familypendragon]

Did you place a "wanted" ad in the BST section yet?

I hadn't, but I just did in the chick section. If I could avoid eggs all together that would be even better, LOL!

Had another 100% hatch of my barnyard babies and 2 more batches went into the hatcher!