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

[kwhites634]

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@daxigait this is right before we gave her a bath on monday after we went for a ride





.Quarter mare?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

@DwayneNLiz did you know that with mealworms in hand, I think my ducks may just swarm me... they go nutso for meal worms.

LOL, mine doesnt seem to care about them

Lippett Morgan




FYI, my daughter would murder me in my sleep if the horse went anywhere without her

Thank you so much for bathing her before giving her to me!

you can come visit whenever you want

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Nope, but come visit whenever

 

[gimmie birdies]

waiting on 2 eggs, (still in shell but moving)

 

[BullChick]

No no no, she's coming here!!

That's what I said! Here!

 

[BullChick]

waiting on 2 eggs, (still in shell but moving)

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[BantyChooks]

LOL, mine doesnt seem to care about them

Lippett Morgan




FYI, my daughter would murder me in my sleep if the horse went anywhere without her

Nope, but come visit whenever

e

That's what I said! Here!

No, silly. I'm not on the sun porch anymore- my ducks needed moi.

 

[BullChick]

No, silly. I'm not on the sun porch anymore- my ducks needed moi.

 

[BantyChooks]

Sorry. I'll be back soon, but the ducks were mad that I hadn't refilled their pool.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

She won't be wealthy if she has a poultry obsession like me.

Teach your children to raise chickens and they'll never be able to afford drugs.

Sorry my freind but not at all! The rules of it and baseball are not very understandable. Here we love Soccer especially European,
In the last game of Barsa, the team of Barcelona against Manchester United in the primer league 20,000 of the 97000 spectators where Israelis! We love also very much basketball, the NBA is very hot here, and we love also worldwide sports events like the Olympic games.

I've been a huge Olympics fan my whole life. Both summer and winter but probably winter even more.
I always fancied myself as a downhill racer. I love to go fast on snow.

Are you suffering from problems in BYC?
Every thing is so slowwwww.....

Denial of service attacks all over the country.

I brought some home from Mexico the last time we went!!! Time to go back!

Aren't you the one heading to Tulum/Playa del Carmen this winter?

I have never tried blue cheese dressing because I do not like the smell of it. Gross.

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They could take all salad dressing except bleu cheese off the market & I'd be a happy camper

Last night's dinner
Filet mignon smothered in mushrooms and bleu cheese. sautéed sweet potatoes and zucchini slices.

If we get lucky! :O

Practice makes perfect.

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I am at home AKA Israel since Monday!
But it was a very good, relaxing (and short ) vacation!

Looks like a wonderful trip you had.
Looks dry and warm there. It's cold and wet here. 4" of rain a couple days ago and 39F this morning.

... The lady I got my silkie eggs from, I emailed her to let her know that the partridge had 4 toes and no black feet, so she can evaluate her breeding pens (if she even cares to fix it.)

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That's nice of you.
When I ship eggs, I mark the ones from different flocks so people can pedigree them to limit inbreeding.

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

I'm actually a fan of the USPS. Without them, everyone would be driving across the country for animals. The cost is much lower than any other option.

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!

When you say strong in reference to nutrition, are you referring to egg shell quality, strength of the membranes or the nutrition in the yolk and albumen available to the embryos?

Very few post office employees ever touch the box. The one that accepts the box and the one at the destination end.
Between those two points, everything is either automated (think boxes on conveyors and dropping into bins) or handled by a second party vendor - not employed by the USPS.

 

[campingshaws]

Kajira my svart honas hatch like that more often than not. I don't remember seeing the black gene info folks have mentioned, but if lockdown humidity gets much above 60% they do that. I've hatched them fluffier with humidity lower. Or maybe it was the other way around... my hona breeder told me to hatch them with lockdown humidity around 55%. Anyway, that's my two cents.