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

[kajira]

I drove about the same distance for a single rooster...a walk in the park compared to having to trust the USPS

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[AlilSassy]

the cute, tiny Sebright chicks from Ideal are not doing well...one died while I was sleeping, 3 more just want to sleep only... :'(

 

[BullChick]

the cute, tiny Sebright chicks from Ideal are not doing well...one died while I was sleeping, 3 more just want to sleep only... :'(

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: You ever consider the possibility that Heather wants to look like you?
You look just fine the way you are!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

@Sally Sunshine
@BantyChooks

call duck, 15/almost 16 days


















i even saw a web swimmin around
sorry some are fuzzy, you may do whatever you would like with them
i will try to get more later

 

[kajira]

the cute, tiny Sebright chicks from Ideal are not doing well...one died while I was sleeping, 3 more just want to sleep only... :'(

i'm sorry to hear that - any idea why?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

the cute, tiny Sebright chicks from Ideal are not doing well...one died while I was sleeping, 3 more just want to sleep only... :'(

so sorry, as you said probably too small to handle the journey well especially when mixed with the big breeds, and from TX to CA

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: x22222
And Good morning to you & everyone else

 

[AlilSassy]

i'm sorry to hear that - any idea why?

They looked very bad on arrival. The gold sebrights still drink on their own, if I hold them near water, but otherwise that's about all the activity they are doing. The 1 silver that's not active won't even do that...so I'm dipping its bill. Keep setting them back in the ground up bowl of food, so if they do get jostled and decide to peck they might get some food. The gel is nearly gone, as all the chicks were attracted to it, but it says good for up to 200 chicks, so I think the aren't meant to have much anyways...

 

[Nksg75]

Great, I don't know the inner working of the egg, just the basics. However I am curious if nutrition could effect the strength of the inner egg.
You understand, the healthier the hen, the stronger the egg, yada, yada...
I have to study this.
If the egg is indeed stronger from a healthier hen, then theoretically it could withstand more jarring than that of a battery hen egg. (I am specifically thinking of shipped eggs, and the health of the hen)
I do realize that it is really dependent on the post office employees, however if there was a way to test it that would be interesting!