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[TarheelBirdy]

day 20 for my 3 little frizzle eggs- nothing, no rocking or anything. here we go again I guess...

but on a happier note- I won 12+ lemon cuckoo orp eggs!!! should be here next week & I just checked the track# on my sultan/polish frizzle eggs- they should be here today

and my SLW eggs will be here next week too- so I'm in for the March hatch (well I also have one lonely little call duck egg supposed to hatch next week too)

I REALLY want some Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons. They're beautiful.

 

[gapeach717]

x2 It happens to all of us sometimes with incubating, but you just have to enjoy the ones you have and know that you will have hatches that are better (and some that may be worse).

So many factors with artificially incubating that can contribute to losses and we will never really know all of them. I've had hatches with 0% hatch rate to 90% hatch rate back to back - you just never truly know.

I agree... time to bust out the bottle hun! You go ahead & rant all you want though. No need to apologize to us. We understand!

Was the box all smashed like some jerk at the PO stomped on it or something?

I could send you some of our barnyard mix eggs,... but I've never shipped eggs before. If they got smashed during shipping I would feel awful. I would love to see some of our mixie chickies out there though.

oh geez! you are having a rough time- maybe you should have a shot of something! try not to be down on yourself, you did everything you knew to do- some things are out of our hands...

Seriously, I am crying again reading all your wonderful responses. I know for 100% the main issue was the VERY rotten egg....I dont even know where to dispose of this thing. I left it out on my counter while I ran to a consignment sale to try and save a few bucks on kids summer stuff....got home and my whole bathroom smells like death....*barf* I am going to have something to drink tonight....seriously...and get a few good nights sleep before we do this again next week. I dont even want to get excited this time. I am so scared to death. I am most sad about my tiny little Sizzles.They were my feistiest little chickies in their eggs....ugh....I canNOT stop crying. I am so dang sad!!!

I got two sets of eggs today, one from Aprilschicks and they are 100% IN TACT! so that is amazing, and my sweet crzychicknlady (amanda) sent me this HUGE box backed with beautiful big eggs....they did everything right, and my mail carrier called me this morning while I was out to tell me how sorry she was for her fill in when my last batch got ruined, and how she will hold these for me safe til I get them....I was shocked at the SIZE of the box Amanda sent, I cut into it right in the parkinglot....opened the flap....and started to cry and said the F word a LOT louder than the seniors in the parkinglot look like they have heard in a while.....*sigh* and did what? CRY...all the way home....yes...like the freaking pig.

Then I come home and the last chick is bleeding out in her shell....my others look like a little greaser gang....ugh...

BUT.....I need to get my incubator cleaned (can I use bleach???) and ready, bc Saturday I am putting these eggs and the others I expect this week into it....and next week....It's lock down again...but I promise I will be a LOT quieter this time....*sigh*


Thank you all!! I needed ya'll through this...NO ONE would understand my sadness like ya'll!!!

You have to really scrub it, as firmly and gently as possible. Get a warm wet cloth and rub in a circular motion and the opposite way of the fluff. Trust me, it'll come off! Mine were exactly the same, some worse than others. The really bad one I held under the warm faucet and gently massaged (holding his head between my thumb and forefinger away from the water), and then rubbed him down with a cloth and blow dried. It took several minutes for each one.

OK, i will try that. First little one was NOT happy to be getting wet at ALL....
Thank you so very very much!!!

My last batch of chicks to hatch in February finished hatching this morning - three days from 1st to hatch to the last to hatch. Out of 18 eggs, 10 hatched - some of them had quit earlier but didn't have my bright candler at lockdown, so I didn't see that. At least 4 died during lockdown - mostly my Icelandics.


3 of our Welsummers and 2 of our Silkie mixes


1 of our Polish and 4 of our other mixes

*I have more hatching in March, but I have to start slowing down since brooder room is getting scarce and its still too cold to send the older chicks into the wilds of outside coop living.

I am totally in love!!! <3

 

[gapeach717]

day 20 for my 3 little frizzle eggs- nothing, no rocking or anything. here we go again I guess...

but on a happier note- I won 12+ lemon cuckoo orp eggs!!! should be here next week & I just checked the track# on my sultan/polish frizzle eggs- they should be here today

and my SLW eggs will be here next week too- so I'm in for the March hatch (well I also have one lonely little call duck egg supposed to hatch next week too)

I want to see ALL those little frizzles hatch!!! I need some tiny baby action!!!

ooh I love everything lemon cuckoo!!!

 

[hokankai]

where do you get stove pellets? what type of store?

I get mine from the feed store.

 

[LONDON HENS]

Hi Everyone.
One of my hens went broody last week and we put 6 light sussex eggs under her from ebay.
Day 6 today and all going well fingers crossed!

 

[gapeach717]

she is so cute London!! good luck!!

 

[PugBug]

I REALLY want some Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons. They're beautiful.

Me too! I hope I have a good hatch with the eggs

I've been looking @ them for quite a while, but until now have not found the right ones. I want the light lemon, some are too dark, nearly look like buffs. This lady breeds for the light lemon so hoping they hatch well & turn out nice

 

[Maah]

Seriously, I am crying again reading all your wonderful responses. I know for 100% the main issue was the VERY rotten egg....I dont even know where to dispose of this thing. I left it out on my counter while I ran to a consignment sale to try and save a few bucks on kids summer stuff....got home and my whole bathroom smells like death....*barf* I am going to have something to drink tonight....seriously...and get a few good nights sleep before we do this again next week. I dont even want to get excited this time. I am so scared to death. I am most sad about my tiny little Sizzles.They were my feistiest little chickies in their eggs....ugh....I canNOT stop crying. I am so dang sad!!!

I got two sets of eggs today, one from Aprilschicks and they are 100% IN TACT! so that is amazing, and my sweet crzychicknlady (amanda) sent me this HUGE box backed with beautiful big eggs....they did everything right, and my mail carrier called me this morning while I was out to tell me how sorry she was for her fill in when my last batch got ruined, and how she will hold these for me safe til I get them....I was shocked at the SIZE of the box Amanda sent, I cut into it right in the parkinglot....opened the flap....and started to cry and said the F word a LOT louder than the seniors in the parkinglot look like they have heard in a while.....*sigh* and did what? CRY...all the way home....yes...like the freaking pig.

Then I come home and the last chick is bleeding out in her shell....my others look like a little greaser gang....ugh...

BUT.....I need to get my incubator cleaned (can I use bleach???) and ready, bc Saturday I am putting these eggs and the others I expect this week into it....and next week....It's lock down again...but I promise I will be a LOT quieter this time....*sigh*


Thank you all!! I needed ya'll through this...NO ONE would understand my sadness like ya'll!!!

I think most people here understand. I had lots of heartache during my first hatch too. All 4 of my eggs hatched... BUT, 2 had to be put down because of leg problems (sometimes I think it's easier if they didn't hatch at all rather than having to be the one to choose to end it's life), My only 1 healthy chick ended up having seizures and died 1 week later, and the 4th chick was a runt and has had a ton of troubles. We still have him, but only cuz I don't have the heart to put him down. He's been sneezing or something... Not sure what's going on with him and it sucks that I have to keep him completely isolated from all our other chicks/chickens... and for what? I dont' know, but I just know I can't bear to end him.

This last hatch was better... but still I had 2 die in shell that I know made it to hatch day. They were both stuck like glue in there, and I'm sure a bit shrink wrapped maybe? The 2nd chick was still alive when I pipped it the next day to check... but it died too & I felt helpless that I couldn't save it.

Heartache in both... BUT, the cute chicks that we do have help to fill the void. Your little chickie doodles will too. And I'm sending good hatch vibes for your next ones!

I'll be setting eggs again on March 9th for the Easter Hatch-a-long. That thread is a MAD HOUSE though, so I'm sure I'll post in the March thread instead.

 

[PugBug]

Seriously, I am crying again reading all your wonderful responses. I know for 100% the main issue was the VERY rotten egg....I dont even know where to dispose of this thing. I left it out on my counter while I ran to a consignment sale to try and save a few bucks on kids summer stuff....got home and my whole


Thank you all!! I needed ya'll through this...NO ONE would understand my sadness like ya'll!!!

OK, i will try that. First little one was NOT happy to be getting wet at ALL....
Thank you so very very much!!!

I am totally in love!!! <3

Yes you can use a bleach mix w/ warm soapy water to clean- as for the rotten egg, put it in a zip bag to throw away- that's what I do. then put in your outside can.

 

[PugBug]

Hi Everyone.
One of my hens went broody last week and we put 6 light sussex eggs under her from ebay.
Day 6 today and all going well fingers crossed!

she is giving that 'if you value your life DO NOT mess with me or my eggs' look

good luck- they seem to do so much better than us @ hatching lol!