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

[campingshaws]

This pic reminded me of something every time I saw it.

 

[mlm Mike]

My recent egg purchase arrived like this:

And they were double boxed.

I can only assume that Ralphie intercepted them and stomped on the box assuming that they were DUX eggs






Edited to say these were NOT from Ralphie incase anyone misunderstood - he would never send dux eggs and pretty sure his shipments are protected by magical powers anyway so arrive in perfect condition.

OH my, how horrible! I'm sorry this happened to you.

A day late but all 72 made it safe and sound and not too much worse for the wear. There are 15 EEs, 10 Brown leghorns, 25 Assorted rainbow layers, 12 silver laced Wyandotte's and 10 Speckled Sussex! From the Assorted layers I've identified 6 Black sex links, about 13 RIRs and about 6 of what I think are White Rocks.

Awwwwww

YAAAAAAAAAAY! MC The malposition started zipping. And she's out! No help! She has good coloring. A few seconds later MG hatched! That's all of the magpies! I got a 100% hatch out of all the magpie eggs I set!

(Now I wait for the anconas..)

Hello friends. Exhausted but proud! Dinner and bed after dinner to celebrate!

WOW! Congratulations!

My incubator is full!!!!



The air cells on all but one of the shipped are good. The one has a floating cell is about the size of a dime.

Good luck!

 

[duluthralphie]

I just had an adventure in chickening..

I went to check for late eggs lock the barn and take Cuddles away from the hens and put him in his heated room over night.

Cuddles was no interested in my picking him up, he took 3 steps away from me and the door. Then he let me pick him up. During those three steps, three Speckled Sussex hens ran out the door. These are not free ranging birds this time of year. They normally love to be held, picked up and act like that goose running towards me when they see me. Not tonight. They decided to run away from me. SO I am chasing the hens with cuddles under my left arm. Reaching down to pick up a hen with Cuddles under my arm is not as easy as it sounds.

They gave me the slip. I finally got one and threw her back in the coop. The other ran over to the door, so I figured this was my chance. I opened the door and tried to chase them in with the right arm, (this is the arm without Cuddles under it). The hens stopped and looked at me long enough for the one I had just thrown in to run out.

I decided I would never get them while holding Cuddles. I took Cuddles to his room, tucked him in and went back to get the hens. I opened the door 2 jumped in. I reached down and picked up the 3rd. The fourth looked at me and tried to sneak by my right side, but grabbed her.

Life was good again. I wish the temps were warm enough t just leave Cuddles outside, way to much work for me.

 

[Pensmaster]

 OH my, how horrible! I'm sorry this happened to you. 

Awwwwww



WOW! Congratulations! 

   Good luck!      

Thanks Mike.

 

[dan26552]

CRUD!!! any good? @oEch0o Please start with calibration before you set. you need to have temps 99.5 or up to 101 dont go hotter. FAN OR NO FAN... please look through the info posted below.
[COLOR=FF0000]BASICS! INCUBATION QUESTIONS w/answers[/COLOR] post #15921

Hatching Eggs 101 CLICK HERE

YAY who did you take? RAZZZZ!!! good luck!! not near ready to hatch at that pic, but good luck!!

Lost 10, they've had electrolytes since they got here. I did what I could.

 

[Phage]

I am here...Just got back from a mission near Phage's mailbox....

But but but .... They were Queen Silvias I don't do Dux

 

[SidChick]

I have some questions:

1) Do you hatch in the same incubator or have another Hatcher?
2) Are you sure of the hatch date?  This is 6 days later seems you might be a week off on the count.
3)What species are we talking about, sorry I am old with a short memory...

The late eggs are Barred Rock, and the others are Welsummer. They are all in the same incubator. My boss thought it would be fun for my kids to hatch some so she bought this incubator for them. I put the first eggs in and marked them 2/20, the date of entry. There were 4 of them. After that date, the kids kept putting more in..All within 4-5 days. The first to pip is a Welsummer. It pipped at an unknown hour last night, maybe 20 hrs ago. The crack still looks the same, although the egg has been rocking a little. The second to pip is a barred rock. I just heard it peep for the first time. It has actually made a hole..But the hole is at the wrong end. The Welsummer pipped middle of egg, Rock at the bottom. I was in the room when the Rock made its first crack and hole. Only a few hours ago.

 

[BantyChooks]

I just had an adventure in chickening..

I went to check for late eggs lock the barn and take Cuddles away from the hens and put him in his heated room over night.

Cuddles was no interested in my picking him up, he took 3 steps away from me and the door. Then he let me pick him up. During those three steps, three Speckled Sussex hens ran out the door. These are not free ranging birds this time of year. They normally love to be held, picked up and act like that goose running towards me when they see me. Not tonight. They decided to run away from me. SO I am chasing the hens with cuddles under my left arm. Reaching down to pick up a hen with Cuddles under my arm is not as easy as it sounds.

They gave me the slip. I finally got one and threw her back in the coop. The other ran over to the door, so I figured this was my chance. I opened the door and tried to chase them in with the right arm, (this is the arm without Cuddles under it). The hens stopped and looked at me long enough for the one I had just thrown in to run out.

I decided I would never get them while holding Cuddles. I took Cuddles to his room, tucked him in and went back to get the hens. I opened the door 2 jumped in. I reached down and picked up the 3rd. The fourth looked at me and tried to sneak by my right side, but grabbed her.

Life was good again. I wish the temps were warm enough t just leave Cuddles outside, way to much work for me.

Video or it didn't happen.

 

[duluthralphie]

Video or it didn't happen.

It happened, do you think I would admit to having a rooster named Cuddles and holding him under my arm if I didn't?

 

[BantyChooks]

It happened, do you think I would admit to having a rooster named Cuddles and holding him under my arm if I didn't?

Very true, that.

...But I still want video....