Wow...I guess I've just never seen a blue cochin hatch out with that coloring or with black skin at all. Hmm...learn something new every day.
Got more eggs today...one with a chick in it!*UPDATE-PAGE 7 PICTURES!*
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What hatchery doest that?
That is a very beautiful chick.
What hatchery doest that?
That is a very beautiful chick.
Just read your post. That is amazing. IT's funny all the precautions we go through to get eggs to hatch and some just don't. This little guy had everything working against him and he's here. He's very pretty.
A couple of years ago I knew some breeders that were experimenting with sending each other hatching eggs thru the mail that had been incubated for ten days before shipping. Apparently they were getting much better hatch rates on shipped eggs that way.
That would be an interesting experiment. I might try it some day,if I got brave enough and the person on the other side was kind of close. How far did little Indie travel? I love the name and so apt considering what he went through and that the new Indiana Jones movie is being released. A chick with a theme song! Dah da da tah, dah da tah....
Moyers Chicks in Quakertown PA offers incubated eggs for sale.
See note at the bottom of their fertile egg web page.
http://www.moyerschicks.com/MC-Web/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=43
Jody
See note at the bottom of their fertile egg web page.
http://www.moyerschicks.com/MC-Web/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=43
Jody
WOW I am so happy he/she made it!!! What a terriffic story! But That is definately NOT a full blooded cochin. They dont have black skin
It could be a cross with a black skin chicken or a silkie chick???? But what ever it is its darn cute!!!!!!!!!
That's so cool! How jealous is Primo???
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He came from Georgia all the way here to CT
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Well I put little indie in with the other chicks that hatched sunday so Primo is still getting tons of attention. He follows me everywhere, even up the stairs
We're going to salem tomorrow to finally pick up our order that we placed 2 months ago
maybe you could take a ride up..you know to get more chick starter
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He came from Georgia all the way here to CT
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Well I put little indie in with the other chicks that hatched sunday so Primo is still getting tons of attention. He follows me everywhere, even up the stairs
edited: because I just can't spell today
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I would imagine they can ship incubated eggs, especially early on, due to this:
Info on power outages during Incubation.
From- A Guide to Raising Chickens by Gail Damerow
The more valuable your hatching eggs are, the more likely it is that the electricity will go out during incubation. If you have an uninterruptable power source (UPS) for your computer or other electronic equipment, consider disconnecting the usual equipment and using the UPS to power your incubator. If the outage comtinues beyond its capacity to keep your incubator running, or you don't have an UPS, open the incubator and let the eggs cool until the power goes back on.
Trying to keep the eggs warm is likely to cause abnormal embryo development. Furthermore, if you close the vents or wrap the incubator with blankets in your attempt to keep eggs warm, a greater danger than temperature loss is oxygen deprivation. Developing embryos use up oxygen rather rapidly, and the oxygen level may soon fall below that necessary to keep them alive.
As soon as the power goes back on, close the incubator and continue operating it as usual. The effect of the outage on your hatch will depend on how long the power was out and on how long the eggs had been incubated before the outage. A power failure of up to 12 hours may not significally affect the hatch (except to delay it somewhat), especially if the outage occurred during the early incubation, when cooled embryos naturally tend to go dormant. Embryos that are close to term generate enough heat to carry them through a short-term outage.
Info on power outages during Incubation.
From- A Guide to Raising Chickens by Gail Damerow
The more valuable your hatching eggs are, the more likely it is that the electricity will go out during incubation. If you have an uninterruptable power source (UPS) for your computer or other electronic equipment, consider disconnecting the usual equipment and using the UPS to power your incubator. If the outage comtinues beyond its capacity to keep your incubator running, or you don't have an UPS, open the incubator and let the eggs cool until the power goes back on.
Trying to keep the eggs warm is likely to cause abnormal embryo development. Furthermore, if you close the vents or wrap the incubator with blankets in your attempt to keep eggs warm, a greater danger than temperature loss is oxygen deprivation. Developing embryos use up oxygen rather rapidly, and the oxygen level may soon fall below that necessary to keep them alive.
As soon as the power goes back on, close the incubator and continue operating it as usual. The effect of the outage on your hatch will depend on how long the power was out and on how long the eggs had been incubated before the outage. A power failure of up to 12 hours may not significally affect the hatch (except to delay it somewhat), especially if the outage occurred during the early incubation, when cooled embryos naturally tend to go dormant. Embryos that are close to term generate enough heat to carry them through a short-term outage.
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