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

[rbaker0345]

Facebook!, nevermind. Slapping myself on the forehead right now.


Keep those Brahma eggs coming mama!

 

[mstricer]

Quote: The girls are now getting into laying. I ferment their feed and give rooster booster in their water. They have been checking out the nesting boxes, oh yeah they are Ameraucana who usually won't lay until 9 to 10 months

Sally, I trust you implicitly, and so I don't mind you adding me, but could you explain to me what an FB is? its the initials that I'm getting hung up on.

It is Facebook

 

[ozexpat]

Egg Update! In case you forgot, I started out with:
Blue Wheaten Ameraucanas, received 10, set 9 (ALL detached air cells)
Blue Laced Red Wyandottes, received 15, set 15 (some detached air cells)

Today is day 15. I have not candled, weighed, or removed the eggs from the incubator until today. I have been hand turning them 3x per day. Using dry incubation method, forced air incubator.

Ameraucanas: Culled 5 (4 left)
Wyandottes: Culled 10 (5 left)

Sad, sad day. I had high hopes that they would all be developing since I have treated them so gentle, but alas they were too damaged in shipment:

3 Wyandotte eggs had a small pea-sized embryo, early quitters.
1 Ameraucana egg was quite developed, probably died day 10-12 I would guess. It had a beak with egg tooth, and it's legs were up by it's head, but it didn't have well defined feet and claws yet. It had the beginnings of feathers, I think.
11 eggs did not develop at all, they had whole yolks and looked good enough for breakfast. That is at least a little easier to deal with than dead chicks.

All the eggs I eggtopsied had re-attached air cells, except 1 Ameraucana. It was one that never developed at all, whole yolk inside. It was the 1 egg that was significantly poop soiled (the rest were clean)

It's hard not to be disappointed, and it makes me want to swear off incubating shipped eggs... but let's be honest, that ain't gonna happen!

those a fair odds with shipped eggs

i dream of getting that many hatched

 

[NestingHillsSC]

After day 14 only had to throw out 3 eggs out of 30 for blood rings. Pretty good to me. The 27 should start to pip Wednesday!

 

[chicksooner]

Just a reminder that just because some one is NPIP that does not necessarily mean they have good healthy birds. I think we tend to be more relaxed with NPIP and accept that they must be healthy. Risk of disease and illness from a tested bird will be as likely as with an untested bird. Not sure I am saying that clearly. I know with NPIP you have to only get birds from NPIP flocks. Pretty sure you can get eggs from any flock. Not 100% sure on that. For me I would always rather take my chances with eggs than with getting a sick bird even from a tested flock. With that said I did acquire a new pullet while at the show from an NPIP flock. It is in quarantine with my show birds and they will all stay that way for several weeks. I hate having to deal with quarantine so that is my reason for always getting eggs whenever possible. It is a lot slower starting with eggs but I feel like it is a lot less risky to the rest of my flock.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Egg Update! In case you forgot, I started out with:
Blue Wheaten Ameraucanas, received 10, set 9 (ALL detached air cells)
Blue Laced Red Wyandottes, received 15, set 15 (some detached air cells)

Today is day 15. I have not candled, weighed, or removed the eggs from the incubator until today. I have been hand turning them 3x per day. Using dry incubation method, forced air incubator.

Ameraucanas: Culled 5 (4 left)
Wyandottes: Culled 10 (5 left)

Sad, sad day. I had high hopes that they would all be developing since I have treated them so gentle, but alas they were too damaged in shipment:

3 Wyandotte eggs had a small pea-sized embryo, early quitters.
1 Ameraucana egg was quite developed, probably died day 10-12 I would guess. It had a beak with egg tooth, and it's legs were up by it's head, but it didn't have well defined feet and claws yet. It had the beginnings of feathers, I think.
11 eggs did not develop at all, they had whole yolks and looked good enough for breakfast. That is at least a little easier to deal with than dead chicks.

All the eggs I eggtopsied had re-attached air cells, except 1 Ameraucana. It was one that never developed at all, whole yolk inside. It was the 1 egg that was significantly poop soiled (the rest were clean)

It's hard not to be disappointed, and it makes me want to swear off incubating shipped eggs... but let's be honest, that ain't gonna happen!

Shipped eggs just stink just plain old stink, unless you get them extremely close

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Sally I got an last night yay

egg

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Facebook!, nevermind. Slapping myself on the forehead right now.


Keep those Brahma eggs coming mama!

only one gal is laying so far

 

[Sally Sunshine]

After day 14 only had to throw out 3 eggs out of 30 for blood rings. Pretty good to me. The 27 should start to pip Wednesday!

awesome! I am waiting to set until I get more CCL and brahma now! lol shows how low on the totem the wfs and serama are! he he he

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Just a reminder that just because some one is NPIP that does not necessarily mean they have good healthy birds. I think we tend to be more relaxed with NPIP and accept that they must be healthy. Risk of disease and illness from a tested bird will be as likely as with an untested bird. Not sure I am saying that clearly. I know with NPIP you have to only get birds from NPIP flocks. Pretty sure you can get eggs from any flock. Not 100% sure on that. For me I would always rather take my chances with eggs than with getting a sick bird even from a tested flock. With that said I did acquire a new pullet while at the show from an NPIP flock. It is in quarantine with my show birds and they will all stay that way for several weeks. I hate having to deal with quarantine so that is my reason for always getting eggs whenever possible. It is a lot slower starting with eggs but I feel like it is a lot less risky to the rest of my flock.

you got that right! you can get birds but need quarantine and special permissions along with testing on your end then. NOT worth the hassle if you ask me!

What I need to be careful of is that the NPIP person is also testing for AI since I am considered Independent Hatchery not just Independent flock like most ppl.