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

[fire370]

250w elements and insulators

How do you heat your cabinet incubators?

 

[fire370]

Yep, they suck bad. Mail guy just mudded his way down our road about 45 min ago and nope, no package but I like their statement of still making it today. Heck, I’m surprised he even came today with as muddy as it is. He’ll skip us if the road is too bad and sometimes he’ll come on Sundays.

 

[h2oratt]

Anyone use vitamins of supplements before gathering eggs for hatching? If so what do you use. My polish have not started laying since the fall molt. Lazy buggers!
Please tag me I& you answer because I will never see it if you don’t.

 

[h2oratt]

Upper 50’s here for next 7 days. This weather really messes with the fruit trees.

I know my almonds are starting to bud.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Received a dusting of snow overnight with a sheet of ice under neath.

We've got about the same here. It was 40s and rain this morning, now it's 28 with flurries :/ I'm concerned how the roads will be this evening.

I had to move eggs out of that cabinet and into hatchers while it was down. And now I’m gonna be crunched for room as I get ready to start hatching out of the other cabinets. May end up having to hatch in a cabinet which I prefer not to do due to the staggering. Oh well.

This stinks Hope you can shuffle it to make it work out!

 

[Studio Chick]

Hey guys. I have a hatching question, I received one order of my shipped eggs (the EEs). They were very cold, and the three that I candled real quick have rolling air cells. I have been back to reading the 101 on shipped eggs. My question is about my egg turner really. I see that I should start the ones with messed up air cells upright, and not turn them for two or threes day. How do you know (if any even make it) when it's ok to lay them down on the turner. My old incubator had a turner that sat them upright, this new one is flat, and they have to be laid down. I also have a lost set of silkie/sizzle eggs that are circling somewhere in the mail system, that's the ones I was so excited about. It is supposed to get down to nine degrees tonight, they are probable frozen in the back of truck somewhere. I will candle the rest of the EEs later this evening, I currently have them upright in a carton.

 

[Studio Chick]

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Yep, they suck bad. Mail guy just mudded his way down our road about 45 min ago and nope, no package but I like their statement of still making it today. Heck, I’m surprised he even came today with as muddy as it is. He’ll skip us if the road is too bad and sometimes he’ll come on Sundays.

Yeah, I have been getting the same crap since Tuesday. They are in transit since Tuesday, location or facility N/A. It's getting to nine degrees tonight, where the hell are my eggs! At least give me a city! Freaking a**holes. I am allowed to call them that since I am retired from there.These lost eggs were a 3 hour or so drive from me. The ones much further, from Alabama was shipped at the same time and are here. So frustrated

 

[Pensmaster]

I know my almonds are starting to bud.

Probably won’t get the proper chill hours here so will have to see how this works out. The deer are loving the warm weather and extra tall grass.

 

[Pensmaster]

Hey guys. I have a hatching question, I received one order of my shipped eggs (the EEs). They were very cold, and the three that I candled real quick have rolling air cells. I have been back to reading the 101 on shipped eggs. My question is about my egg turner really. I see that I should start the ones with messed up air cells upright, and not turn them for two or threes day. How do you know (if any even make it) when it's ok to lay them down on the turner. My old incubator had a turner that sat them upright, this new one is flat, and they have to be laid down. I also have a lost set of silkie/sizzle eggs that are circling somewhere in the mail system, that's the ones I was so excited about. It is supposed to get down to nine degrees tonight, they are probable frozen in the back of truck somewhere. I will candle the rest of the EEs later this evening, I currently have them upright in a carton.

Not sure on the flat turner. Mines always been upright. I also lock down upright. on the silkie eggs

 

[fire370]

Upright would be best and no turn for a bit on the rolling air cells.