EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[ChickenCanoe]

Had penny and nickle sized hell.also had three tornados close to us

Looks a lot like our place. I thought I was walking through a rice paddy.
It's been an amazing run of weather hasn't it?

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Wow. I believe you mean hail.

Hi Chicken Hawk!

I think people around here are now calling it hell.

Good luck..

You have to use the boxes they say like Liz showed.

You need to put the hatch date and your NPIP number on the box. I was told I needed to put a 9-3 with the birds too, I am going to put that under the pads. I have been just emailing them, but thats not legal.

The chicks cannot be over a day old when you mail them. I assume that means less than 2 days...Which means 1 day 23 hours and 59 minutes is still legal.

They have to be sent early in the week so they are not sitting in a post office over a weekend or holiday.

There are some temperature requirements too, I think it is above 35 and below 85. But not sure of the exact temps. Do not mail them late in the day and believe the post master when she says they can make a 6pm flight/plane when they are picked up at 5 and the airport is 90 minutes away. They do not hold the plane like she says....



I hope this helps.

Good advice. Especially the part about getting them to the PO early in the day.
However, I'd stay away from the 1 day 23 hour thing. Add 2 or 3 days in the mail to that could make for some pretty weak or dead chicks.
I always put the customer copy in the box.

Thanks! Yes, it does. I'm up for recert this month so I have lots of questions to ask the guy. He spent most of his time last visit trying to convince me I didn't need it.

I wasn't very impressed with him. The state vet was much more helpful. The tester kept saying "well, I don't know why he would tell you that." It was frustrating.

My book of forms came in the mail, which is why I had no idea what I was doing. He didn't do much more than ask how I stored my feed and then blood test the birds.

You need it if you're going to ship anything.
I wonder why he asked about feed storage.

Good deal. Of course, I can't find young men that will work that hard. I had two guys come out to help unroll and hang my feild fence over my barbed wire fence. I paid them for two hours and told them thanks, but I would do it myself. They took longer with two of them than it took me by myself. Pathetic.

I can't handle one of those big rolls of fence by myself any more. It's tough for 2 people. I'm talking about a 4' or 5' X 100' roll of a good quality fence like RedBrand.

I realy know that, I am dealing with teenagers more than 26 years now, KNOWING that rationally is one thing dealing with that emotionally is a different ball game.

Still very frustrating.

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(Candling before lockdown can be useful to identify where the dip in the air cell is, so that you can have that facing up if your hatching horizontally. That being said, it should be fine. I am getting more and more hands off in my attitudes and practices as I go on in this...)
x2. It's stressful, but a lot of it at this point is up to the chick, and it will happen or it won't. Sometimes when they cannot hatch, it wasn't meant to be. We've got our fingers crossed for you - good luck, and let us know how they are doing.

- Ant Farm

If you lay the eggs on a flat surface, they'll roll to the point where the dip is on top. I put a line on the egg there and then set them in the hatcher.

The tester said it was needed and to make friends with a vet. Maybe because the Louisiana NPIP is basically just p/t? Anything else is not free. He discouraged me from additional testing even though I was willing to pay for it.

Our tester discouraged me from additional testing too. Because of the rarity of the breed. If they test positive for AI, they'll do a more conclusive test. If that comes back positive, they'll destroy all birds on the property. That would be devastating since I wouldn't be able to replace them.
As I see it, an equally important point is they would be destroying the genetics of birds that are resistant.

I was not impressed with him for sure. The tester my hona mentor got was way better, from what we've gathered. Not sure what hoops I would have to jump through to be my own tester.

That will depend on your state's rules. Your Ag Dept. should be able to tell you that.
You can't do your own here.

 

[BullChick]

Part of me wants to drink coffee. The other part realizes that means getting up.
I need to move my Keurig to the headboard. It's aaaaaaall the way at the bottom of the bed. Too far!

 

[kajira]

Part of me wants to drink coffee. The other part realizes that means getting up.
I need to move my Keurig to the headboard. It's aaaaaaall the way at the bottom of the bed. Too far!

make me a cup while you are at it!

 

[BullChick]

No problem!

 

[BullChick]

I've been in the kitchen, doing dishes and reorganizing. By the time the sun comes up, I'll be unmotivated to get the outside chores done.
Now I'm off to vacuum and do laundry!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I've been in the kitchen, doing dishes and reorganizing. By the time the sun comes up, I'll be unmotivated to get the outside chores done.
Now I'm off to vacuum and do laundry!

Whoa, and here I am trying to drag myself out of bed to get the kids off to school! You have WAY more motivation than I have on any given morning. I'm not a morning person AT ALL though lol

 

[BullChick]

GOOD MORNING, AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER DAY! THE RAIN IS FALLING, THE TEMPERATURE IS TOO! THE BABIES ARE CRYING, AND SO ARE YOU!

 

[BullChick]

Whoa, and here I am trying to drag myself out of bed to get the kids off to school! You have WAY more motivation than I have on any given morning. I'm not a morning person AT ALL though lol

I am okay from about two to six. Then my energy is pretty much gone.

 

[BullChick]

I have a confession to make. I am anxious for the broodies to be done. With only two eggs each, I have no idea what to expect. And if none hatch, I will have to break them after all.

 

[Chaos18]

Whatcha gonna break them with? I hear baseball bats and golf clubs work great.